Citations:Gipperism

English citations of Gipperism

Noun: "(uncountable) the political philosophy of U.S. president Ronald Reagan"

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• 1992, Jay Nordlinger, "Giving Thanks", The Weekly Standard, 27 November 1995, page 4:

  Here is a dose of pure Gipperism from 1981, amid the budget wars: “Long before there was a government welfare program, th[e] spirit of voluntary giving was ingrained in the American character.”

• 1996 February 17, BretCahill, “Party of the Gipper on the Ash Heap of History”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎^[1] (Usenet):

  Studds Terkel knew all along that Gipperism would end up on the ash heap of history.

• 1997 February 25, BretCahill, “Ken Starr's Misjudgment...”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎^[2] (Usenet):

  Most liberals haven't figured it out yet, but the fraud of Gipperism is on the ash heap of history.

• 1997 March 4, BretCahill, “Gipperism vs. Lackeyism”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎^[3] (Usenet):

  Gipperism was lackeyism with a lot of saluting and some diversional tactics conservative libertarians don't like thrown in.

• 2001 June 27, BretCahill, “Re: Republican attack on Libertarians?”, in talk.politics.libertarian‎^[4] (Usenet):

  The real reason the GOP is self destructing is the same as the LP getting weaker, because all conservatism --looneytarianism as well as Gipperism -- is based on censorship of economic information.

• 2001, James P. Pinkerton, "For the Nation, This Bush May Be Just Right", Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2001:

  The earlier Bush, the 41st president, campaigned for the White House in 1988 as the heir to Ronald Reagan but then broke faith with Gipperism, most notably when he repudiated his “read my lips, no new taxes” pledge

• 2011, "Paul Ryan's Republicanomics", The Economist, 10 February 2011:

  GOP inflation hysterics spring from ossified Gipperism

Noun: "(countable) a turn of phrase used by or reminiscent of Ronald Reagan"

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• 1988, Clarence Page, "Flap Control: We Love It When You Get Mad, George", Chicago Tribune, 24 August 1988:

  Unlike President Reagan, who would just put on that ol' folksy half-smile, cock his head jauntily, say Well. . . and roll off some classic Gipperism, Bush is ushering us into a new era of flap control: He gets angry.

• 1998, Ty Cashion, Pigskin Pulpit: A Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches, page 25:

  He and the other coaches then grabbed some chalk and began diagraming adjustments on the blackboards—no chairs thrown through windows, no belittled players, no Gipperisms.