Roll, thunder, roll. (Networks).(Roiling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour)(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, May, 2002
"A COUNTRY FAIR WITH GUTS" IS HOW Jim Hightower describes his Roiling Thunder Down-Home Democracy Tour, which kicked off last month in Dubya's former residence, Austin, Texas. With the president's approval ratings hovering around 80 percent, the term "liberal" sounding more like a cuss word in Washington than an ideological label, and the global economy being run like Enron, the progressive populists are seething and looking for an outlet.
Every movement needs a road show, and who better than the ever-witty Hightower to serve as ringmaster? Inspired ...
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