Boston Herald columnist and radio host Howie Carr tells a story about Dukakis seeking the some union endorsement during an office run.
Dukakis has a couple of the union leaders over to his place, and offers them a beer. They say yes, and he brings back a single bottle with two glasses.
Of course, his wife Kitty was a quite the lush, including being rushed to the ER for downing isopropyl, so maybe he was minimizing the temptation for her.
Nah, he throws his own quarters around like they were manhole covers...
I was working at General Motors Framingham Ma, Duke came through for something (probably election time).
The union rep for the department came up to shake his hand and said, I think your increased tax on cigarettes is great... I smoke cigars.
(this union reps ‘alternate’ was later caught bringing un-taxed cigarettes from the south)
Oh, the plant also closed