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 nation” that was written by Peggy (*) Noonan (10[1])coined the phrase (-5[1])“a thousand (10[1])points of light.” (10[2])This politician was mocked as lacking a “real Texas accent” and being (10[1])“born (-5[1])with a silver foot in his mouth” by Ann Richards. This man, (10[1])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.” ■END■ (10[1])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Alex SchmidtLet's Fighting Love1.g4 Test Mixture7410
Amogh KulkarniThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuolaprotobowling for soup77-5
Tejas RajebruhJJaryland7910
Doug SimonsParden the InterruptionNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse8210
Emmett LauriemnemonistsNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)8210
Will Schneiderprotobowling for soupThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola9410
Karthik PrasadchamPAIN and cornHELL in ColumbiaSandmännchen im Helikopter95-5
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizboy's jitches (ft. DMA)10710
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtSandmännchen im HelikopterchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia14310

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%50%33%95.83
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y7100%0%29%94.43
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%50%112.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%67%115.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%0%87.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%67%0%74.33