[1] Arkansas governor Bill Clinton gave a very long and widely jeered nomination speech on the opening night that some predicted would ruin his political career,[2] Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy's remarks contained the iteration "Where was George?

In one of the subsequent presidential debates, when questioned about the general alleged "negativity" of the campaign, Bush cited the ad hominem attacks against him at the convention as the root cause.

[4] New Jersey governor Thomas Kean claimed at the Republican Convention that "The Dukakis Democrats will try to talk tough, but don't be fooled.

Entitled Turn of the Tide, the original version was accompanied by many of the famous folk singers, soft rockers and other light-adult-contemporary stars of the period.

Originally available only on a limited run single-sided promotional 45 RPM record along with the matching program and other memorabilia, this version with the new verses for 1988 was released primarily as the B-side of the hit single Let the River Run from the 20th Century Fox motion picture Working Girl and was also used a few months later in the U.S./Russian co-production of Marlo Thomas' and Tatiana Vedeneyeva's Emmy Award-winning ABC television special Free to Be... a Family.