Word: trippy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this nation have to understand that they are American corporations, and they've got to start investing more money here for a change, and creating more jobs here for a change." In the shoot-out on the Southern airwaves, Gephardt was simply outgunned and outmaneuvered by Gore. As Joe Trippi, a top Gephardt adviser put it, "It was like there were two televisions, and ours got turned off and their volume got turned...
With help from Deputy Campaign Manager Joe Trippi, Political Consultant Bob Shrum, 44, an intense and brilliant veteran wordsmith in four presidential campaigns, went to work on a television ad that would bring Gephardt's theme to life. It showed a stern-looking Gephardt promising to force the Koreans to reduce tariffs on American cars, or "they'll soon learn how many Americans will pay $48,000 for a Hyundai." The spot hit the air in Iowa the day after Christmas and grabbed viewers by the collar. "What the TV did was punch through what I'd been saying...
...campaign in which reporters detected the most movement last week was Hart's. "He's coming up," conceded Joe Trippi, who manages Mondale's efficient organization in Iowa. Declared Iowa Party Chairman David Nagle: "Hart's starting to get hot. He's become more aggressive...