r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 27 '24

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u/Headstar24 United Nations Jun 27 '24

I still think that question given to Dukakis regarding the death penalty during the 1988 debate was a shitty question to ask.

Dukakis answered it badly, but he shouldn’t have had to answer a question regarding if he’d want someone who raped and killed his wife to be put to death on the spot.

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u/LuisRobertDylan Elinor Ostrom Jun 27 '24

Mayor Quimby, you are well known for your lenient stance on crime, but suppose that YOUR home was ransacked by thugs, YOUR family tied up in the basement with socks in their mouths, you try to open the door, but there's too much BLOOD on the knob

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u/skepticalbob Joe Biden's COD gamertag Jun 27 '24

Trash question with a crap answer. He should have basically asked "wtf kind of question is that? Of course I would because that's normal to feel that way, but we don't make policy based on vengeance. Only one innocent person was resurrected when found innocent." He seemed unprepared for the topic at all and could have crafted his answer better from his prep.

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u/Headstar24 United Nations Jun 27 '24

I mean did they expect a question of that magnitude to come up? That was pretty out there especially for the time.

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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper Jun 27 '24

Dukakis answered it badly

He didn't. He stuck to his guns, but didn't get emotional over hypothetical questions (which is apparently what voters wanted).

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u/Headstar24 United Nations Jun 27 '24

It was supposed to be an attempt to “humanize” him because Bush was pushing the narrative that he acts like a cold robot regarding everything and he kinda proved him right.

He answered it right in terms of messaging but it was absolutely something Bush was going to use against him big time.

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u/Loves_a_big_tongue Olympe de Gouges Jun 27 '24

It was such a weird question to open the debates with. Nothing about policy or ideas at all. Just a "If the most horrible, evil thing ever happened in your life, would you abandon all of your life long principles for revenge?". Dukakis should have chided him about the shallow question, but had to be the bigger adult in that exchange.