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Reuben Askanase (1908-1991)
Entrepreneur & Close Friend of Opposing Candidates in 1988 Presidential Election
The 1988 U. S. Presidential election must have been very difficult for a man born and raised in Fargo. Two of the candidates on opposite sides of the ticket had been very close friends and/or business associates of Reuben Askanase. Lloyd Bentsen, the Vice-Presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket, had been a business partner, and George H. W. Bush, the Presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, had been a long-time friend whose political career Askanase had helped launch. Askanase was raised in poverty in Fargo but, because of his business genius, hard work, and dedication, became one of the entrepreneurial giants of the second half of the 20th century.
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