Word: populists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Order, the shadowy British syntho-dance band, has always reveled in its contradictions. By melding the nihilistic mettle of punk with microchip magic and a populist disco beat, it has sold millions of records without losing its elitist mystique. Progressive dance-floor hits like 1983's Blue Monday made it possible to be cool while working up a sweat and anticipated the techno- industrial revolution, paving the way for groundbreaking groups such as Happy Mondays and Jesus Jones...
...political party start another political party? The Democratic Party is embarking on a new grass-roots venture that will compete with Ross Perot's populist semiparty, United We Stand America. In about a month, Democratic National Committee chairman David Wilhelm will launch the new community-based organization, and hopes the group -- which will use an 800 number -- will enlist local Democratic sympathizers and eventually have 2 million dues-paying members dedicated to promoting Clinton policies...
There are those who maintain that someone's personal side--sense of humor, mannerisms, and way of relating to the "down home" crowd--tell quite a bit about a politician that can't be learned from sterile debate. But while populist image-making has long been a staple of the American political diet, it has never truly been valuable...
...pundits say the problem is that salt-of-the-earth Clinton now looks hoity-toity, out of touch. In fact, as he wanders among his glammy new best friends, an invisible all-access backstage pass dangling from his neck, Bill Clinton is not squandering his populist image. Rather, he's showing himself to be too much a man of the people, reverting to white-trash form, one more grinning geek queuing up at Graceland. "Back when I saw him at ((a fund raiser at producer)) Ted Field's house," says a politically active movie $ star, "with his mouth open, star...
...public standing. "The best politician the Democratic Party has turned up in a long time turns out to have a tin ear," said a longtime friend. "He has squandered his moral authority with a lot of this stuff. It leads people to say, 'This man isn't really a populist; he is a phony, a fraud.' And though this perception is completely wrong in substance, it is enormously damaging and has to be dealt with. He has to regain the moral authority to call people to sacrifice...