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December 1987
--Attack ad paid for by the Bush campaign (ran from December 1987 throughout the campaign)
INTERVIEWER: We got a lot of real nice quotes out of that time. Did you have anything to do with those?
CARVILLE: Oh, no, this was before he hired me. We look back on it nice now, but the early stuff, the '87 stuff, it was a mess. Young people liked it and it completely whiffed with everyone else.
INTERVIEWER: Why was that? He was a good speaker.
CARVILLE: Yeah, but he wasn't taking it seriously just yet. He didn't expect to win, he was using the spotlight for activism.
INTERVIEWER: What made him change his tune on that, do you think?
CARVILLE: Well, I told him something on my first day with him, and I'll tell it to you, too. Activists say we should go to Mars. President's tell people to go to Mars, and then they actually go do it.
--Interview with James Carville, Sagan's campaign manager, on CNN, June 2004
Sagan's Campaign Promise: Mars by the Millennium
--Boston Globe, December 2nd, 1987
What Kennedy did was ignite the nation into action. We can do it again, and this time, we do not need some race with another country to motivate us, only our own race with ourselves, always striving for new heights and new discoveries.
--Carl Sagan, shortly after NASA announces new contracts, December 1st, 1987
NARRATOR: Sometimes, Democrats will try to justify tax hikes with some pretense. What pretense does Sagan provide? ...Going to Mars? Mr. Sagan, America is on Earth!--Boston Globe, December 2nd, 1987
What Kennedy did was ignite the nation into action. We can do it again, and this time, we do not need some race with another country to motivate us, only our own race with ourselves, always striving for new heights and new discoveries.
--Carl Sagan, shortly after NASA announces new contracts, December 1st, 1987
--Attack ad paid for by the Bush campaign (ran from December 1987 throughout the campaign)
INTERVIEWER: We got a lot of real nice quotes out of that time. Did you have anything to do with those?
CARVILLE: Oh, no, this was before he hired me. We look back on it nice now, but the early stuff, the '87 stuff, it was a mess. Young people liked it and it completely whiffed with everyone else.
INTERVIEWER: Why was that? He was a good speaker.
CARVILLE: Yeah, but he wasn't taking it seriously just yet. He didn't expect to win, he was using the spotlight for activism.
INTERVIEWER: What made him change his tune on that, do you think?
CARVILLE: Well, I told him something on my first day with him, and I'll tell it to you, too. Activists say we should go to Mars. President's tell people to go to Mars, and then they actually go do it.
--Interview with James Carville, Sagan's campaign manager, on CNN, June 2004
Who do you support for the 1988 Democratic ticket?
Jesse Jackson - 40%
Carl Sagan -20.5%
Al Gore - 15.5%
Walter Mondale - 3.4%
Other - 2.6%
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Up next: The Democratic primary debate.Jesse Jackson - 40%
Carl Sagan -20.5%
Al Gore - 15.5%
Walter Mondale - 3.4%
Other - 2.6%
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