Blackboard Revision 1-Dukakis, Mike (Michael Stanley)-[Democratic], 1988

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Identifier: P-1037-42359

For seven and a half years, George Bush supported cutbacks in American education. He even sat by while college loans for working families were cut. And now, suddenly, George Bush says he'll be the education president. Michael Dukakis won't just give us slogans. He's committed to a new national college loan program to make sure that any American kid can afford to go to college. Michael Dukakis for president. A real commitment to education. The best America is yet to come.

Scope and Contents

In this 1988 political advertisement, Dukakis, Michael Stanley (Mike) is presented as a candidate committed to American education. The advertisement criticizes George Bush’s history of reducing education funding and emphasizes Dukakis’s support for a national college loan program designed to ensure college affordability. It visually contrasts Dukakis’s commitment to education with Bush’s cutbacks.