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Avalanche-Dukakis, Mike (Michael Stanley)-[Democratic], 1988

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An avalanche of drugs has been pouring into this country, poisoning our kids, infesting our schools with drug dealers. This is Panamanian drug lord Manuel Noriega. George Bush decided to keep him on the CIA payroll, and the drugs have continued to pour in. And cocaine use is up, and teenage cocaine deaths are up. And again in 1983, George Bush dealt with Noriega, and again he did nothing, nothing to stop the drugs. Now George Bush says he'll be tough on drug kingpins. But where was he when our kids needed him? And where will he be? And where will he be?
An avalanche of drugs has been pouring into this country, poisoning our kids, infesting our schools with drug dealers. This is Panamanian drug lord Manuel Noriega. George Bush decided to keep him on the CIA payroll, and the drugs have continued to pour in. And cocaine use is up, and teenage cocaine deaths are up. And again in 1983, George Bush dealt with Noriega, and again he did nothing, nothing to stop the drugs. Now George Bush says he'll be tough on drug kingpins. But where was he when our kids needed him? And where will he be? And where will he be?

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In this 1988 political advertisement, Dukakis, Michael Stanley (Mike) criticizes George Bush for his alleged inaction regarding the drug trafficking associated with Panama’s Manuel Noriega, implying that Bush’s complicity contributed to teenage drug use and deaths. The advertisement employs melancholic imagery of children and serious depictions of Bush and Noriega to underscore the gravity of the issue.

Dates

  • Broadcast: 1988

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English

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