# Right-wing populist parties? Was there ever a happy ending?

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**Created:** [July 15, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-populist-parties-was-there-ever-a-happy-ending/628262 "2012-07-15T00:03:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-populist-parties-was-there-ever-a-happy-ending/628262/31 "2012-07-18T07:47:07Z")

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> [@kevlaw](#):
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> Now that we’ve ruled out the 1860s Republicans and 1980s Conservatives as right wing populists, are there any examples of RPPs taking power and leading their countries to a happy outcome?

The current Republican Party can be described as right wing populist, can it not? I don’t know why, but I have some sort of a blind faith in the Republican Party. I just have a feeling that they’re doing the right thing for our country, that they govern from a source of deep-seated wisdom that superficially looks stupid and irrational. I can’t prove it very easily but I’ll try if you insist. =)

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