Word: populists
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...watched while congressional Dems sheepishly handed President Bush the power to invade Iraq. By the time of the Iowa caucuses, Kerry had successfully co-opted Howard Dean's message of taking on the entrenched corporate interests that dominate our political process. But Kerry isn't credible as a true populist. Federal records show that he has taken more money from lobbyists than any other Senator over the past 15 years. Those facts only confirm what many of us feel: anybody but Kerry. The Democratic base is so stirred up about getting Bush out of office, it is in danger...
...rhetoric of the campaign heats up, so does populist sentiment that there ought to be a law against outsourcing--or at least something to slow it down. Various schemes have been proposed, such as tax initiatives or trade barriers to keep jobs from moving. Some companies may feel political pressure. Dell has moved some call-center support for business-enterprise customers back to the U.S., but the company cited poor service as the reason...
...incessant Star Wars comparisons are more than valid, as your own disparaging description of The Two Towers could easily apply to any of the first three films; The Lord of the Rings has officially replaced George Lucas’ space operas as the standard bearers for epic populist entertainment. These will remain important films 25 years from now, and to give the award to another film in 2003 will be forever remembered as one of the Academy’s biggest blunders. I agree that the Academy hasn’t properly identified the year’s best film...
...election, Nader undeniably moved Gore’s rhetoric to the left (remember Gore’s excited, populist-sounding convention speech?), something Nader told us was a unique advantage of running as a third-party challenger. But this year Dean—running as a Democrat—moved an entire field of candidates to the left, as Kerry and others struggled to bring their rhetoric in line to compete. Nader, evidently, was wrong: real change can come from within...
...Washington Post last month, David S. Broder called former Vermont Governor Howard Dean’s fundraising appeals “internet-based populism.” In The New York Times the same day, Robin Toner mused about whether Americans can accept a “populist uprising” at a time of economic recovery. On CNN, Robert Novak questioned what he called the “us-versus-them, populist rhetoric” of Sen. John R. Edwards, D-N.C. But since Che Guevara isn’t on the ballot and the most radical redistribution...