Some Antecedents of the 2016-2019 Populist-Patriot-Alternative Media Movement
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"Indeed, the best explanation of Trump's surprising success is that the constituency he has mobilized has existed for decades but the right champion never came along," wrote Michael Lind in Politico Magazine last month."
"Unfortunately for Trump, when it comes to comparing him to these past politicians all but one of them failed to become president."
1. "Andrew Jackson: A controversial figure who eventually ended up on the $20.00 bill, Andrew Jackson was a very popular public figure during the early nineteenth century among working class voters.
"Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized as entrenched establishment interests," noted PBS."
Andrew Jackson was also a member of the American Scots-Irish people who became a leader, not only of them but of many more frontier Americans.
For example, Andrew Jackson put together an unusual army of militia - including Frontier militia from Kentucky and Tennessee, regular Army, New Orleans creoles, who tended to be middle class, freed black men, some Indians such as Choctaws, and important for the several cannon in Jackson's highly diverse army, some Gulf of Mexico pirates, Jean Lafitte and his brothers, .who brought some of their big guns to the battlefield, along with their ability to handle the cannon, as well as sailors, and settlers of mixed races. With this army Jackson beat the best army in the world at that time at New Orleans, which was the last major battle of the War of 1812.
"2. William Jennings Bryan: The passionate orator was the only man on this list whose populist label came with a capital "P," serving as the figurehead for the Populist Party.
This movement advocated for the interests of working class individuals, especially farmers, against upper class business interests."
"3. George Wallace: the Economist noted in a piece Wallace published days after his death in 1998, some considered him a "populist" while others considered him a "demagogue."
"His chosen villains were liberals, communists, and 'pointy-headed' intellectuals. His was the message of America's poor farmers and factory workers being crushed by big government in Washington; of the common people against the elites," noted the Economist."
"4: Pat Buchanan: A former aide to three Republican administrations, conservative pundit and writer Pat Buchanan had his own efforts to become president.
During a failed campaign to become the Republican nominee in 1996, Steven Stark of the Atlantic argued that Buchanan "has the most potential to change our politics."
"His campaign is testing the viability of hard-right-wing populism, which, given the unchecked erosion of middle-class wages and living standards, may be the shape of politics to come," wrote Stark."
"Buchanan's hope is to unite the disparate and often contradictory forces that constitute what is left of populism — under the banner, no less, of the Republican Party, the traditional home of those established interests that populism has usually fought."
"5. John Edwards: U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina campaigned to get the nomination for the Democratic Party in 2004 and 2008, losing both times.'
"The entire system is rigged, and it's rigged against you …. From insurance companies to drug companies to oil companies, those people run this country now …. And I think you got to take them on and beat them," said Edwards.
"The idea that they are going to voluntarily give away their power ... that will never happen …. They have billions of dollars invested in making sure there is no change, that the system continues exactly like it's continuing today."
https://www.christianpost.com/news/populist-candidates-preceded-donald-trump-161140/?fbclid=IwAR1hWgrpOFImavyxN1dYCL_oo6X0CzKIOCHVJt9akYQBS4ghkRYbfGt_f1c
"Indeed, the best explanation of Trump's surprising success is that the constituency he has mobilized has existed for decades but the right champion never came along," wrote Michael Lind in Politico Magazine last month."
"Unfortunately for Trump, when it comes to comparing him to these past politicians all but one of them failed to become president."
1. "Andrew Jackson: A controversial figure who eventually ended up on the $20.00 bill, Andrew Jackson was a very popular public figure during the early nineteenth century among working class voters.
"Jackson embodied the ideal of the self-made American man, and his populist appeal lay in his message of inclusion against what he characterized as entrenched establishment interests," noted PBS."
Andrew Jackson was also a member of the American Scots-Irish people who became a leader, not only of them but of many more frontier Americans.
For example, Andrew Jackson put together an unusual army of militia - including Frontier militia from Kentucky and Tennessee, regular Army, New Orleans creoles, who tended to be middle class, freed black men, some Indians such as Choctaws, and important for the several cannon in Jackson's highly diverse army, some Gulf of Mexico pirates, Jean Lafitte and his brothers, .who brought some of their big guns to the battlefield, along with their ability to handle the cannon, as well as sailors, and settlers of mixed races. With this army Jackson beat the best army in the world at that time at New Orleans, which was the last major battle of the War of 1812.
"2. William Jennings Bryan: The passionate orator was the only man on this list whose populist label came with a capital "P," serving as the figurehead for the Populist Party.
This movement advocated for the interests of working class individuals, especially farmers, against upper class business interests."
"3. George Wallace: the Economist noted in a piece Wallace published days after his death in 1998, some considered him a "populist" while others considered him a "demagogue."
"His chosen villains were liberals, communists, and 'pointy-headed' intellectuals. His was the message of America's poor farmers and factory workers being crushed by big government in Washington; of the common people against the elites," noted the Economist."
"4: Pat Buchanan: A former aide to three Republican administrations, conservative pundit and writer Pat Buchanan had his own efforts to become president.
During a failed campaign to become the Republican nominee in 1996, Steven Stark of the Atlantic argued that Buchanan "has the most potential to change our politics."
"His campaign is testing the viability of hard-right-wing populism, which, given the unchecked erosion of middle-class wages and living standards, may be the shape of politics to come," wrote Stark."
"Buchanan's hope is to unite the disparate and often contradictory forces that constitute what is left of populism — under the banner, no less, of the Republican Party, the traditional home of those established interests that populism has usually fought."
"5. John Edwards: U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina campaigned to get the nomination for the Democratic Party in 2004 and 2008, losing both times.'
"The entire system is rigged, and it's rigged against you …. From insurance companies to drug companies to oil companies, those people run this country now …. And I think you got to take them on and beat them," said Edwards.
"The idea that they are going to voluntarily give away their power ... that will never happen …. They have billions of dollars invested in making sure there is no change, that the system continues exactly like it's continuing today."