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A member of the press did photograph Dukakis without the helmet when the tank exited the garage at a slow speed, but the rest of the photographers snapped shots of Dukakis wearing a helmet when the tank made a high speed pass. [43] [44] The image of Dukakis wearing a helmet while riding the tank was ridiculed by Bush and the media.
The ad ended with, "Weekend prison passes. Dukakis on crime." [3] The "Tank Ride" ad [4] from 1988 was an attack on Dukakis by the GOP. [5] It created a lasting negative impression and helped guarantee Dukakis' defeat. The ad suggested that Bush was more supportive of military spending and weapons programs than Dukakis. The footage, pulled from ...
The ad shows a line of convicts (portrayed by actors) casually walking in and out of a prison (filmed in Draper, Utah) by means of a revolving door.The narration states that as governor of Massachusetts, Dukakis vetoed mandatory minimum sentencing for drug dealers, that he vetoed the death penalty, and that he gave weekend furloughs to first-degree murderers.
The Florida governor's fighter jet advertisement has striking comparisons to 1988 footage of presidential candidate Michael Dukakis in a tank.
Rogich also led George H. W. Bush's campaign during the 1988 presidential election, helping devise a numerous ads for the Bush campaign, [5] including the infamous "Tank" ad, which outlined Democratic contender Michael Dukakis's policies on military spending and used footage of Dukakis riding in a tank. [4]
Dukakis’s opponent, George H.W. Bush, innovated new types of negative campaigning that smeared Dukakis and seemed to shock or overwhelm him. Bush won 40 of 50 states and walloped Dukakis in the ...
Michael Dukakis was the 65th and 67th governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and 1983 to 1991.His running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, was a U.S. senator from Texas, and a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance who had previously run for the Democratic nomination in 1976.
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