The Nation - News from Jan. 24, 1986

Vice President George Bush accused New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo of trying to play down the achievements and hardships of ethnic Americans and with representing a party that advocates “the same old destructive politics of divisiveness and resentment.” Bush, a likely Republican candidate for President in 1988, singled out Cuomo, a potential Democratic rival, in a speech delivered to a Conservative Party dinner in New York. Without specifically naming Cuomo, Bush criticized “liberal politicians who seem very confused about who are the real victims of crime.”