Word: gumpism
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While Helms is being excoriated for his recent remarks, perhaps we should recall another Gumpism: "Honesty is the best policy unless you are a crook...
...fact, we struggle constantly with a nasty addiction to Gumpism. And as the conundrums facing the voter become ever more complicated -- Whitewater, Bosnia, battling health plans -- and the average American apparently feels less and less compelled to understand them, the very last thing the country needs is a movie telling it that the answer is Engage Winning Smile and Detach Brain...
...real life, the "box of chocolates" line is seldom enough. And then Gumpism risks devolving quickly into a mindless, heartless conservatism where, if the next guy over is having a rough time of it, it's not because America has failed to grapple with the real and complex problems that face it -- it's probably because he isn't sufficiently upbeat. Or not decent enough. Lacks family values. Reads insufficiently of the Book of Virtues...
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