These populist sentiments from Vallone, a Democrat from Queens, just might have something to do with his mayoral aspirations.
The music has sanctimonious stretches, and for all their populist sentiments, the Broadsiders generally stayed unplugged and ignored contemporary black music.
Superficially, there are obvious similarities; both went to Oxford, were deeply influenced by their fathers, spoilt their wayward sons and were skilled at manipulating populist sentiments.
During the Great Depression, populist sentiments were captured by figures like Dr. Francis Everett Townsend, who mounted a national campaign for old-age pensions; the idea helped shape the Social Security Act.
Democratic governments are sometimes said to be prone to overreacting to emergency situations, sacrificing civil rights to security, and pandering to either electorally important, yet unrepresentative, minorities or the populist sentiments of the majority.
New Democracy came to power in part by tapping into populist sentiments, tacking right on immigration in elections that resulted in the entry of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, known for its attacks on immigrants, into Parliament for the first time.
