Chicken George (politics)
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Chicken George was a campaign tactic in the 1992 American presidential election, where one or more people in a chicken costume heckled George H. W. Bush, over his refusal to participate in a debate with Democratic candidate Bill Clinton.[1]
One of the Chicken Georges was a Clinton campaign worker from Detroit, Michigan, named Derrick Parker.[2]
Parker went on to work for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington, D.C., under Clinton's administration.[citation needed]
This was referenced to in the episode "Freedonia" of The West Wing, where a similar tactic is used by one of the candidates.
Tony Blair would be mocked in a similar fashion during the British general election of 1997.[3]
See also
- Chicken Kiev speech
- Commission on Presidential Debates
- Jay Byrne
- United States presidential election debates
References
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- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/30/us/the-1992-campaign-political-memo-those-chicken-georges-and-what-they-mean.html
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- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/background/pastelec/ge97.shtml
