John Chancellor: Do you describe Michael Dukakis as a liberal?
Paul Kirk: I don't. I describe Michael Dukakis as a tough-minded, no- nonsense, take-charge chief executive.
Tom Brokaw: Would you agree that it's the working thesis of the Dukakis campaign this time that they have to . . . avoid at all costs phrases like "liberal"?
Susan Estrich: You know, the Republicans keep talking "liberal, conservative" . . . The point is that I don't think those labels mean a heck of a lot today.
-- NBC's Meet the Press, Sunday, July 17
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