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Creating a Democratic Majority
Kopkind, A. | December 26, 1988 issue

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Vice presidential candidate Jesse Jackson almost got to the White House. Lunch with U.S. Vice President George Bush was laid out in the vice presidential office, next-door to the Executive Mansion, but for Jackson it was a potent symbol of legitimacy and acceptance. Bush had called him to make the date. "Lunch or a 4 o'clock meeting?" the Vice President offered. Remembering, perhaps, the first law of campaigning never pass up a pay phone, a toilet or something to eat, Jackson chose the meal and asked if he might bring along his children and a farmer from Iowa whose land was being foreclosed by the government.

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JACKSON, Jesse, 1941-; POLITICAL candidates; ELECTIONS; PRESIDENTS -- United States; BUSH, George, 1924-; UNITED States
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