The Republicans He's Pretty Much a Blank Slate

In a talk with TIME, Michael Dukakis responds to Bush

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...

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