boogeymen

• Koontz claims in his introduction that his Prodigal Son is as an attempt to update Shelley's story for our "hubristic age," filled as it is with messianic politicians (a thinly veiled slight at President Obama) and Koontz's other imaginary boogeymen - particularly, injudicious genetic scientists (my words). —  comicbookbin.com
• No doubt because it's a simpler-to-communicate message; no doubt creating boogeymen is easier and perhaps more effective with voters than arguing evidence and fact. —  MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory
• Once thought fictional boogeymen, the Horde are frighteningly real and stronger than anyone had imagined. —  [H]ardOCP [H] Enthusiast Article Feed
• I'm putting my weight behind the guy who doesn't worship at the altar of authority, who isn't afraid of boogeymen, and who doesn't take me for a damn fool. —  MetaFilter Projects
• Richard Perle is one of those neocon boogeymen, along with Douglas Feith and Paul Wolfowitz. —  Flopping Aces

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