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110: The 1988 Presidential Election; Or, The Birth of the Modern Campaign Playbook
You know that phrase, “All’s fair in love and war”? Even though “politics” isn’t on that list, nowadays I’m sure seems like it could be. The smear campaigns, the attack ads - sometimes it just feels like politician care more about making their opponents look bad rather that actually talking about their own policies and strengths (wait a second…). And even though these kind of tactics have probably been around forever, there’s one year and one election in particular where they took centerstage.
Rob teaches Ray and Daniel all about the U.S. presidential election of 1988 and the numerous defining moments from the campaign of that year; the notorious political operator Lee Atwater and his bag of “dirty tricks”; Michael Dukakis’s unfortunate use of military headgear in one of his ads; Rob’s feelings on why debates have gone so downhill in the last few decades; and how Lee Atwater’s coded “Southern Strategy” has given way in modern times to a more explicit expressions of prejudice.
If you like what we’re doing, please support us on Patreon, or you can subscribe to our bonus content on Apple Podcasts. And we’d love to find even more listeners, so if you have time, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you have any other thoughts or feedback you’d like to share with us, we’d love to hear from you - feel free to email us or send us a message on social media.
TEAMRay Hebel
Robert W. Schneider
Mark Schroeder
Billy Recce
Daniel Schwartzberg
Gabe Crawford
Natalie DeSavia
ARTICLESEPISODE CLIPSGov. Clinton at 1988 Democratic National Convention
Bentsen vs. Quayle: The 1988 vice presidential debate
Lee Atwater’s 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
Bentsen vs. Quayle: The 1988 vice presidential debate
George Bush Debate - SNL
ADDITIONAL MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS“Happy Bee”
• Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Additional Sound Effects from Final Cut Pro, iLife, and Logic Pro
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You know that phrase, “All’s fair in love and war”? Even though “politics” isn’t on that list, nowadays I’m sure seems like it could be. The smear campaigns, the attack ads - sometimes it just feels like politician care more about making their opponents look bad rather that actually talking about their own policies and strengths (wait a second…). And even though these kind of tactics have probably been around forever, there’s one year and one election in particular where they took centerstage.
Rob teaches Ray and Daniel all about the U.S. presidential election of 1988 and the numerous defining moments from the campaign of that year; the notorious political operator Lee Atwater and his bag of “dirty tricks”; Michael Dukakis’s unfortunate use of military headgear in one of his ads; Rob’s feelings on why debates have gone so downhill in the last few decades; and how Lee Atwater’s coded “Southern Strategy” has given way in modern times to a more explicit expressions of prejudice.
If you like what we’re doing, please support us on Patreon, or you can subscribe to our bonus content on Apple Podcasts. And we’d love to find even more listeners, so if you have time, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you have any other thoughts or feedback you’d like to share with us, we’d love to hear from you - feel free to email us or send us a message on social media.
TEAMRay Hebel
Robert W. Schneider
Mark Schroeder
Billy Recce
Daniel Schwartzberg
Gabe Crawford
Natalie DeSavia
ARTICLESEPISODE CLIPSGov. Clinton at 1988 Democratic National Convention
Bentsen vs. Quayle: The 1988 vice presidential debate
Lee Atwater’s 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
Bentsen vs. Quayle: The 1988 vice presidential debate
George Bush Debate - SNL
ADDITIONAL MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS“Happy Bee”
• Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Additional Sound Effects from Final Cut Pro, iLife, and Logic Pro