Word: populists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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McGovern's reception at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Minneapolis was equally frosty. He tried to stir some populist embers by attacking Renegade Democrat John Connally. Noting that the Texan had been searching for a villa in Europe, McGovern remarked: "That's where the oil-depletion money goes." He even assailed Connally's $300 suits-an ambiguous campaign issue. While it is true that McGovern pays less than $200 for his suits, his running mate wears Pierre Cardin suits and has been on the best-dressed list...
...program is a mix of populist palliatives and sensible economic reforms. Allende promised to double chicken production to 100 million birds a year by 1975 and build a new sugar refinery as well as two milk-bottling plants. More significantly, he promised that the government would bolster Chile's sagging economy with the help of $400 million in loans from Communist countries. In all, Allende plans to inject more than $760 million into Chile's economy and agriculture...
...cool, shrewd assurance that astounded and dismayed longtime professionals in their party, the neophyte legioris of George McGovern polished off a political miracle in the cramped but controlled atmosphere of Miami Beach's convention hall. The outsiders had barged through the gates of reform to lift the "prairie populist" from national obscurity to the Democratic Party's nomination for President in 18 amazing months. Exuberant only in the early morning hours of their champion's victorious entrance into the hall, they promptly and euphorically vowed to perform a second miracle: the defeat of Richard Nixon. That challenge...
...that McGovern's pollster, Pat Caddell, 22, has found evidence of McGovern popularity among supporters of George Wallace. "All of our analyses show that for a lot of Wallace voters, McGovern was their second choice," says Hart. "Given enough time, McGovern would begin to erode Wallace's populist support. The Senator goes a giant step forward in answering the concerns that Wallace has raised...
...organizers. Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris, wearing a button reading TAKE THE RICH OFF WELFARE, argued for radical tax reform?a plank the convention rejected. Hour after hour, the session ground on, with the delegates resisting pleas for adjournment. When they were finished, they had adopted a very liberal, semi-populist platform. The order in which the disputes were handled served party unity and party image: Wallace's package was considered first, and the more controversial items such as abortion and gay liberation were taken up well after midnight, when most of the nation slept...