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Article: Iacocca for President? The Man for '88: Ram Tough, Loaded with Options
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- The Washington Post
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- December 13, 1987
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BRILLIANT. Indefatigable. Tough. Charismatic. A national hero
with phenomenal name recognition. Superb communicator . Earned up
to $23 million a year as corporate chief executive. Virtuoso
negotiator and administrator. Glutton for homework. Tested by life
crises. Brimming with novel ideas for tackling the nation's ills.
That man exists, and even though he says that his political
leanings are Democratic, the Democrats-desperate for a
shiningpresidential candidate-choose to ignore him.
He is Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca and, of course, there's a
hitch: He says he doesn't want to run, says he detests politics, says
he couldn't stomach the job. Not so. Only one of Iacocca's denials
is ...