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American Jihad (Original Post) TalkingDog Mar 2016 OP
Demagogue: one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. Mencken Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #1
K&R NCTraveler Mar 2016 #2
Yes indeed. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #3
This would be more convincing if I didn't actually know anything about Donald Trump. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #4

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
4. This would be more convincing if I didn't actually know anything about Donald Trump.
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 05:03 PM
Mar 2016

Trump's rise is partly down to political frustration, economic stagnation and social decay, but a large part of it is down to good old-fashioned xenophobic populism and strong-man rhetoric.

So the metaphor doesn't really point in the direction she wants it to, I think.
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