Imagine: Drugs-REV-Dukakis, Mike (Michael Stanley)-[Democratic], 1988

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Identifier: P-37-1085

Imagine a place where children go out to play without fear of drugs or drug dealers. Is that too much to expect? As President Michael Dukakis will be on your side, he'll declare a real war on drugs, double the number of drug agents, and slash aid to countries that allow drug traffic. Dukakis Benson. The best America is yet to come.

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In this 1988 political advertisement, the Mike Dukakis presidential campaign presents idyllic scenes of children playing alongside pledges of Dukakis’s commitment to addressing the drug problem. The advertisement promises an intensified war on drugs, with increased agents and reduced aid to countries that permit drug use, and concludes with the optimistic slogan, “The best America is yet to come.” Agent: Dukakis, Michael Stanley (Mike).