Talk:Michael Dukakis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.
Biography Portal
B This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]
Flag of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Portal
Michael Dukakis is part of WikiProject Massachusetts, an effort to create, expand, and improve Massachusetts-related articles to a feature-quality standard. For more information on this project or to get involved see the WikiProject Massachusetts project page.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the assessment scale.

Source on Duke's continued complaining - 1992 Boston Globe article, 1998 Op-Ed column in the (Portland) Oregonian. I will try to pin down the sources with dates, author etc. Ellsworth 21:18, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] Birthplace

Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American politician of Greek origin, from Massachusetts.

I would beg to guess the "of Greek origin" was removed because it may lead to the belief that Mr. Dukakis was born in Greece, whereas he was actually born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Sahasrahla 05:21, Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)

Mr. Dukakis has Aromanian origin. His family tree goes back in Northen Greece, in a well established Aromanian community

[edit] References

Why do we have a further reading section but no references, which are far more important? If any of the further reading books were used as sources, let's cite them. Johnleemk | Talk 12:02, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Why was my citation of Clinton's autobiography removed for being irrelevant? Clinton was the governor of Arkansas who strongly supported Dukakis' candidacy, and even made a speech at the DNC supporting him. Clinton mentions the campaign quite a bit, and in any case, it's a reference. Until we find better ones, I vote to keep it. Johnleemk | Talk 14:02, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Dukakis would not have been the first U.S. President with immigrant parents; Andrew Jackson was. Both of Jackson's parents were born in Northern Ireland.

According to the article on Chester A. Arthur, Arthur was also born to immigrant parents.

Dukakis is definitely shorter than 5'8". Because it is not cited anyway, I recommend its removal.

[edit] Early Career

I deleted the stuff about his mother because it's entirely irrelevant to Dukakis' early career.

[edit] Campaign for president

there should be some mention of the Boston Harbor episode. Dukakis was slamming Bush over the environment and yet Boston Harbor was rated the most polluted body of water in the US. Bush visited the Harbor and the visit helped his campaign tremendously. Dukakis goes to great pains to downplay the fact that his mother and wife are both Jewish, I noticed that the entry in Wikipedia does not mention either of these facts.

[edit] Electoral history

There seems to be a problem with the figures for the presidential election. They add up to 103%.

[edit] Moved here from article

[edit] Trivia

  • Michael Dukakis was the longest-serving governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, spending a total of twelve years in office. He was not the longest consecutive-serving governor, however (Levi Lincoln, Jr. served nine consecutive years, from 1825 to 1834).
  • Dukakis's height is 5'6".
  • Dukakis and his wife Kitty have spent many summers vacationing at the summer home of Kitty's father in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Kitty's father is Boston Pops musician Harry Ellis Dickson. Had Dukakis won the Presidency, this home likely would have been the summer White House, according to The Berkshire Eagle.[citation needed]
  • Dukakis is mentioned in the Pulitzer-winning novel, Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides in a passage about being a Greek American.
  • The neighboring high school in the TV series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide is named after him
  • In Marvel Comics' New Universe, Dukakis becomes vice-president in 1988-- he, and much of the country, having been mind-controlled by the new President, supervillain Philip Nolan Voigt.

[edit] Personal information

  • Dukakis is married to Katherine D. (Kitty) Dukakis. The couple's children are John, Andrea and Kara and their grandchildren are Alexandra Jane Dukakis, Harry Nicholas Hereford, Josephine Katharine Hereford, Olivia Dukakis Onek, Peter Antonio Dukakis and Nora Dukakis Onek. The *Dukakises continue to reside in his boyhood home in Brookline, Massachusetts, but live in Los Angeles, California during the winter while Dukakis teaches at UCLA.

[edit] Discussion

  • Why was this moved? Gang14 15:54, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I moved it. Most of it does not belong in the article. Anything worthwhile can be integrated into the article, but Wikipedia does not encourage trivia sections. --John 16:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
I put back what was worth keeping. --John 16:09, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
How is the following not important:
  • Michael Dukakis was the longest-serving governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, spending a total of twelve years in office. He was not the longest consecutive-serving governor, however (Levi Lincoln, Jr. served nine consecutive years, from 1825 to 1834).

Just wondering Gang14 21:44, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Ok maybe not the longest-serving governor and Swarthmore college but what about the eagle scout thing. Gang14 23:38, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dukakis on TIME.jpg

Image:Dukakis on TIME.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 21:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)