demagog

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McCain's running mate (she doesn't even deserve to have her name mentioned) is nothing but a demagog - she doesn't have the brains to look up actual facts, but finds a bit or two that will inflame and runs with it.

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  • Maybe it would be better to list both "demagogue" and "demagog" for the American variants. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • McCain's running mate (she doesn't even deserve to have her name mentioned) is nothing but a demagog - she doesn't have the brains to look up actual facts, but finds a bit or two that will inflame and runs with it. —  First Read
  • We despatched the past participles, and came also without much disturbance through catalog, demagog, and so forth (vogue and rogue made some trouble, and our fundamental principle of inconsistency had once more to be asserted), but when their blood was roused and the fire of simplification grew hot in them, and they adopted the following with cheers and noises of feet Receev, deceev, conceev, beleev weev, leev, greev, seez, pleez, teez I felt that we had really got near the weeding-out point, especially when Jesse Willows rose and added fleez. —  How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee
  • To speak or act like a demagogue; also "demagog". —  RINF Alternative News Media: Daily Breaking News
  • Moreover, the demagog and the corruptionist often work hand in hand. —  State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
 

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