Word: populists
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...people kept getting sick, and as news of fresh victims leaked out, Hu's efforts to shape his new government in a populist, people-first mold have been undermined. China's booming economy, which grew nearly 10% in the first quarter, is feeling the fallout, too. The volume of fast-food sales in chains like McDonald's and KFC fell 20% in southern China in recent weeks, according an industry source (KFC confirms sales fell but says they are now returning to normal). Despite the WHO's travel warning, the government refused to cancel its twice-yearly Guangzhou Trade Fair...
...Clyde Barrow, 20, visited a girlfriend in Dallas and went into the kitchen for some cocoa. There he met Bonnie Parker, 19; he remained sweet on her for their brutal careers. Their supposedly populist capers and violent deaths inspired a film mythology about love, girls and guns...
...This is the sort of intellectual stubbornness that rarely makes an appearance in Washington today. Successful politicians, including, most recently, Bill Clinton, usually temper their sharp intelligence with an ability to communicate in populist terms. The policy wonk who lacks a light touch - think Al Gore or Paul Simon - is subject to attack by the popular press for what is perceived as snobbery, while our less intellectually engaged politicians - think George W. Bush or Tim Hutchinson - are lauded for their ability to connect with voters...
...That's the really annoying thing about Moore's speech. Moore often casts himself as a populist, and sometimes he's even convincing. He often makes a strong case against other progressives who out of touch with the hoi polloi - who can't lower themselves to listen to talk radio, can't identify a NASCAR driver or country singer, can't in any sense understand how the mass of America lives and thinks. This kind of liberal attitude, he has rightly argued, has kept the Left from building broad-based movements. But Moore's own clubby, we-all-know-Bush...
Gephardt and Senator Joe Lieberman are bookends, of a sort. Gephardt represents the decent past--the blue-collar, Roosevelt coalition, Midwestern populist, Old Democratic Party. Lieberman represents the recent past--the high-tech, welfare-reforming, free-trading New Democratic Party. And both seem slightly irrelevant so far. Both are solid citizens, but older, less hip than their competitors; neither seems comfortable being ushered to the stage with rock music. Neither lights any fires on the stump. They are probably the two most hawkish Democrats in the race. These are not advantages with party activists at the moment...