Tuesday, February 23, 2010

MyDictionary.com word of the day: demagogue. (Wait, aren't ALL politicians demagogues??)

So, if a demagogue is "A leader who seeks power by appealing to
popular passions and prejudices of the people," doesn't that mean ANY
leader in power today? Even Obama plays off our prejudices of
terrorists. He tells us they're actively plotting to kill us, rather
than pointing out that cancer is an astronomically bigger killer than
terrorists. But hey, declaring a "War on Cancer" wouldn't guarantee
and election win like continuing a war on terrorism, right?

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