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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” (15[1])that was written by Peggy (15[1])(*) Noonan coined the phrase “a thousand points of light.” (10[1])This politician was mocked as lacking a “real Texas accent” and being “born with a silver foot in his mouth” by Ann Richards. This man, 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■

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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