Counting Dwarfs

[stoutfellow]

During the 1988 campaign season, the major Democratic candidates were derisively referred to as "Gary and the Seven Dwarfs". "Gary", of course, was Gary Hart of Colorado. Try as I might, I can only come up with six of the "dwarfs": Michael Dukakis, Paul Simon, Jesse Jackson, Dick Gephardt, Tom Harkin, and Al Gore Jr. Does anyone remember who number seven was? (Joe Biden?)

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[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

Dennis Kucinich? He was a candidate.

[kd5mdk.livejournal.com]

Wikipedia lists the following candidates:
* Bruce E. Babbitt, former Governor of Arizona
* Joseph R. Biden Jr., U.S. Senator from Delaware
* Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts
* Richard A. "Dick" Gephardt, U.S. House Representative from Missouri
* Albert A. Gore Jr., U.S. Senator from Tennessee
* Gary W. Hart, former U.S. Senator from Colorado
* the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, civil rights activist
* Patricia Schroeder, U.S. House Representative from Colorado
* Paul M. Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois


That includes 3 you didn't mention: Babbitt, Biden and Schroeder, and leaves out Harkin.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Right, right, Harkin wasn't running that year. I don't think Schroeder was considered a serious candidate, so the other dwarfs would be Babbitt and Biden. Thanks!

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

I think the expression was "snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Snow White" being the blonde Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder. I forget just which seven male candidates the dwarfs were.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

That does ring a bell, yes. It's possible that the "dwarfs" phrase was used twice, before and after Hart's flameout, but I wouldn't commit myself to that.