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  • noun Plural form of appeaser.

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Examples

  • We already let her husband make fools of us by excusing his selfish abuses of power, and now the second generation of appeasers is doing the same thing for Hillary.

    Sources: Most uncommitted senators to endorse Obama 2008

  • “President Bush's comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous on the face of it, especially in light of his failures in foreign policy,” she told reporters in Rapid City, South Dakota Thursday.

    Clinton seems to defend Obama after apparent Bush swipe 2008

  • The President used the word appeasers to describe leaders who'd be willing to meet with leaders of countries such as Iran, and it was widely interpreted to be an attack on Obama.

    CNN Transcript May 16, 2008 2008

  • The cognitive dissonance of Bush’s appeasers is shocking.

    Dinner With Rice - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • And I always smile when people like myself who opposed the Iraq Fiasco are called appeasers and Hitler is mentioned in the same breath.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Today progs are offended to be termed appeasers ala Neville “Ineffective” Chamberlain.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Compares Iraq War Critics To Hitler Appeasers 2006

  • Today progs are offended to be termed appeasers ala Neville “Ineffective” Chamberlain.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Compares Iraq War Critics To Hitler Appeasers 2006

  • Today progs are offended to be termed appeasers ala Neville “Ineffective” Chamberlain.

    Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Compares Iraq War Critics To Hitler Appeasers 2006

  • Religious orders, the Redemptionists and Lazarites, What we would call appeasers today, like the World Council of Churches were engaged in working for the redemption of captives and large legacies were left for that purpose in many countries. linkThere was even a good bit of maneuvering on the part of various European powers at different times to cultivate relationships with the Barbary pirates in order to gain advantage over other European adversaries.

    Archive 2004-11-01 2004

  • Religious orders, the Redemptionists and Lazarites, What we would call appeasers today, like the World Council of Churches were engaged in working for the redemption of captives and large legacies were left for that purpose in many countries. linkThere was even a good bit of maneuvering on the part of various European powers at different times to cultivate relationships with the Barbary pirates in order to gain advantage over other European adversaries.

    From On High 2004

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