En route from Richmond to Jacksonville last Friday, Michael Dukakis spoke with TIME Correspondent Michael Riley about George Bush, the Republicans and the campaign. Excerpts:
Q. George Bush has accused you of advocating unilateral disarmament, of coming from the far-left fringe, of being a Stealth candidate, unheard on the issues.
A. That's campaign rhetoric and nothing else. I think it's coming from a campaign that's in disarray, that's getting desperate. I guess the theory is that if you don't have that much to say yourself, stick it to the other guy.
I surely don't think that's what the American people want...