Question

A New York Times editorial about this politician titled “The Language Thing” said that this politician belonged to the “Me-Tarzan-You-Jane school of oratory.” This politician’s re-election campaign for one office included the slogan “Annoy the Media,” in response to an earlier depiction of this politician on the cover of Newsweek with the headline “Fighting the Wimp Factor.” A convention speech by this politician calling for a “kinder, gentler (15[1])nation” (15[2])that was written by (15[1])Peggy (15[1])(*) Noonan (10[1]-5[1])coined the phrase (-5[2])“a thousand (10[1])points of light.” (10[6])This politician was mocked as lacking a “real Texas accent” (10[1])and being (10[1])“born (10[1]-5[2])with a silver (-5[1])foot in his mouth” (-5[1])by Ann Richards. This man, (10[2])who criticized his predecessor’s “voodoo economics,” was later unseated by an opponent who used the slogan “It's the economy, stupid.” For 10 points, name this president who broke his campaign promise of “no new taxes.” (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: George H. W. Bush [or George Herbert Walker Bush; accept answer like the elder George Bush or the senior George Bush; prompt on George Bush; reject “W. Bush,” “Walker Bush,” or “George W. Bush”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt JacksonChicago A Minus MinusCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline6715
Davis Johnsonpurdoobie brothers2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind6815
Michael KearneyThe Present King of James is BaldTunks et al.6815
Matt BollingerBHSUChicago B7215
Dwight SolanoHouston Junior CollegeFree-ish Agents7315
Dylan MinarikNoli Me TangerineNobodaddy but you74-5
Alex SchmidtLet's Fighting Love1.g4 Test Mixture7410
Adam SilvermanLabour's Lost LoversTriple Round Robin Lovers77-5
Amogh KulkarniThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuolaprotobowling for soup77-5
Tejas RajebruhJJaryland7910
Parth JagtapA VK a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayHeat-Oppressed Brains8210
Nick Jensen>:3Oh the Missouri8210
Doug SimonsParden the InterruptionNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse8210
Emmett LauriemnemonistsNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)8210
Jonathan ShaufUNC AUNC B8210
Vivian MaloufWorld's Fair Wiggle WalkCleo: 5/7 movie8210
Brendan BethlehemEugene o'NeggingYou, Me and the Big G9210
Will Schneiderprotobowling for soupThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola9410
Will PulvinoClark AJason Lovers9510
Karthik PrasadchamPAIN and cornHELL in ColumbiaSandmännchen im Helikopter95-5
Ashish SubramanianDukeUNC Hunny95-5
Subhamitra Banerjee RoychoudhuryMichiganmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)98-5
Jake GreerJeffrey and DahmersClark B102-5
Derek FinoClark BJeffrey and Dahmers10710
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizboy's jitches (ft. DMA)10710
John StathisUNC HunnyDuke14210
Juliet MayerTriple Round Robin LoversLabour's Lost Lovers14310
Quynh Phungmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)Michigan14310
Andrew WangNobodaddy but youNoli Me Tangerine14310
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtSandmännchen im HelikopterchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia14310