big fan here, but I think equating dukakis' 1988 convention bounce with the current state of insanity we're in is playing the same small numbers nonsense that you make fun of Nate Silver for.
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His convention bounce was a return to the polling status quo most of the spring and summerpic.twitter.com/wanJW33xRn
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Was he up against a far right psychologically disturbed physically unhealthy man-child? I don’t think he was!
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At the time we thought he was. Everyone made fun of Bush Sr. for not being able to string a sentence together. How little we knew
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Ah, the days when simply calling someone "infirm" would tank their chances at the presidency.... Truly simpler times.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So we'll keep Biden from doing photo ops in a tank, problem solved
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Willie Horton ad & other dirty tricks Atwater confessed to his deathbed. Plus the “what if somebody raped your wife” debate fumble. And Dukakis was one of those personalities who seemed presidential til you picked up on the no-there-there automaton thing. Ugh—feels like yesterday
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