Read the subject line. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 4:42 AM Subject: RE: Star Trek (Was: RE: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?)
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship > > Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 1:20 PM > > To: Killer Bs Discussion > > Subject: Re: Star Trek (Was: RE: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy > Movie > > Soundtrack?) > > > > At 02:04 AM 2/23/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > >Frex: it's all well and good to be morally against the death penalty, > > >but try answering the infamous 'Dukakis question' > > > > > > > > ??? > > > > "Can a Presidential candidate ride in a tank without looking like a > > complete doofus?" > > > > Or something else? > > > > Ancient history from 1988's Dukakis / Bush debates: > From > http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/debates/history/1988/index.shtml: > > CNN's Bernard Shaw opened the debate with this question to Gov. Dukakis: > "Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an > irrevocable death penalty for the killer?" Dukakis responded, "No, I > don't, Bernard. And I think you know that I've opposed the death penalty > during all of my life. I don't see any evidence that it's a deterrent, > and I think there are better and more effective ways to deal with > violent crime. We've done so in my own state." Dukakis went on to talk > about the drop in Massachusetts' crime rate and segued into the need for > international cooperation in the war against drugs. > > The question was meant to give Dukakis an opportunity to show -- and the > voters an opportunity to see -- the emotional side of a candidate dubbed > by many as the "Ice Man." Shaw had said that the voters had a difficult > time getting a "feeling fix" on Dukakis, and felt that only a very > personal question could elicit an emotional response. (In fact, he > feared that he might be criticized for asking a too-easy question.) But > Dukakis' response did just the opposite. Dukakis' passionless response > was the news out of the debate. > > Bush didn't perform particularly well either, but he didn't have to > after Dukakis' first response. The presidential polls did not move for > the first few days after the debate, but they soon started moving in > Bush's favor. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > An episode of The West Wing from this season followed up on the > question: > Televisionwithoutpity's recap: http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q18821293 > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
