The Also-Rans

Episode 19: Rock Us, Dukakis (w/ Robert Fleegler)


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The year is 1988 and the choice is stark: a patrician Vice-President from a prominent New England family or a first-generation Greek-American who became Governor of Massachusetts. 1988 is remembered for its dirty campaign tricks, and for being the last presidential election of the Cold War. Today we look at the man at the receiving end of so much of the dirt and abuse: Michael Dukakis. Robert Fleegler from the University of Mississippi is our guest expert. 

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The Also-RansBy Mark A. Lempke