Word: jacksonianism
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...antipathy for insiders. It is this ideological hostility that prompted the Populist and Progressive movements and the rise of George Wallace, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. But the sentiments that fuel the surge for Perot ("Take our country back") are perhaps best understood as a 20th century manifestation of Jacksonian Democracy, the anti-Establishment revolt that captured the country's imagination in the 1820s, the very first voter rejection of the Washington Beltway...
...would. He has played the system to great advantage, and his coziness with insiders could tarnish his outsider appeal. He has promised specific solutions, but he clearly believes they are unnecessary -- because prescription implies promise, and "everyone knows" that political promises are hollow. In this anti-intellectual stance the Jacksonian Democrat whom Perot resembles is Davy Crockett. Almost everything about Crockett is myth. (Is it uninteresting that Perot once said, "I'm not a living legend. I'm just a myth"?) Like Perot, Crockett regularly exalted common sense above what he called "law learning." He also accepted demagoguery and deception...
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger '38, who attended GSAS as a junior fellow in the non-degree granting Society of Fellows, said that because of the flexibility of his program, he was able to conduct his research in ideas and politics in Jacksonian America unfettered. Schlesinger served as special assistant to former President John F. Kennedy...
Last week in Memphis, during her first campaign appearance with Jesse Jackson, Ferraro left the versifying to him, but her cadences and declarative oomph seemed markedly Jacksonian...
...planners' hope is to get all the controversy settled in an atmosphere of reasonable civility before Jackson mounts the podium on Tuesday night to deliver what is certain to be a rousing and rhythmic speech. The occasion will serve as a rare prime-time showcase for the free-verse Jacksonian oratory that stirred predominantly black audiences to near frenzy during the primary campaign...