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populism

pop yuh li zuhm

  • n  the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

  • Ever since Andrew Jackson led a revolt against big banks and the East Coast oligarchy, populism has been a powerful strand in American politics.
  • The secret of Jackson's success is preaching a populism of inclusion, not exclusion.
  • The shameless populism that seemed a possible game changer to media observers, micro-ideas like the gas-tax holiday, the willingness to go negative which Obama tried .
News & Articles

  • Petrocaribe weighs Venezuela's post-Chavez oil diplomacy
    CARACAS, Venezuela, July 2 (UPI) -- Late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lavished gifts of cheap oil on neighbors sympathetic to either his populism or strident anti-American rhetoric. With Chavez gone, many recipients of that largesse are wondering if successor President Nicolas Maduro will continue the aid in kind worth millions of dollars.
    July 3, 2013 - UPI
Quotes

  • Manmohan Singh in Times of India
    Our people are wise enough to understand that excessive populism should not be allowed to derail the progress our country is making, and for which it is winning kudos internationally as well,he added.
  • President Bush in MarketWatch
    By passing these trade agreements, we will also serve America's security and moral interests,Bush said. "We will strengthen our ties with our friends. We will help counter the false populism promoted by hostile nations. And we will help...
  • Jon Stewart in International Herald Tribune
    Are you listening? Are you listening, Rick Santelli? I have to say I find cheap populism oddly arousing,Stewart said.

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