Word: populistic
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...unshakable belief in his manifest destiny. His special purpose is to save the world (from global warming, mean-spirited Republicans, what have you). And this faintly messianic mission is joined at the hip with his scientific bent. His old friend and chief strategist Carter Eskew calls him a "futurist populist: he has a rare ability to see issues in the future and gauge how they'll impact people...
...more likely that the tub thumper is part of the real Gore too. He inherited the Southern populist tradition from his father and updated it over time. In Gore's first congressional campaign, in 1976, he ran on a traditional populist program--creating jobs, eliminating tax breaks for the rich, strengthening Social Security--and every campaign since has used those themes...
...focus more on Ally's sex life than her 401(k) balance. Whereas a mergers and acquisitions specialist on Bull talks about having a kid in a $17,000-a-year private school (he bets that much on Mets games too). We're meant to empathize. But in populist TV, the rich have tended to be more loaded than lovable...
...chain's trademark yellow zigzag. Above the order counter, in yellow neon script, were the words "Quality you can taste." Framed posters dotted the walls; off to the right, a series of renderings of In-N-Out outlets from bygone eras in the colorful-blur style of that great populist artist, Leroy Neiman. On the way to the bathroom, a display case of souvenir merchandise - not sold here, please order by phone or fax. (No web site; how wonderfully retro!). I picked up a catalog...
...Chavez may be a left-wing populist who takes Libya's Muammar Ghaddafi as a role model for his vision of an oil-financed social revolution, but his country is also one of the United States' leading oil suppliers. And the weight of his opinions is amplified by the fact that he's the current chair of OPEC and is looking to beef up the cartel's ability to keep prices high by restricting supplies. That, of course, puts him on a collision course with Washington, which recently leaned on Arab allies such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to open...