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	Demagogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a strategy of obtaining power by appealing to the gut feelings of the public, usually by powerful use of rhetoric and propaganda.
		The word is nowadays mostly used as a political insult: political opponents are described as demagogues, but people we approve of are "men of the people," or great speechmakers.
		This allows the demagogue to exaggerate this group's influence and ascribe any trait to them by identifying that trait in any individual in the group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demagogue (515 words)

	Rothbard on Le Pen
		Almost always, the demagogue is a man who finds that his ideas are held by only a small minority of people, a minority that is apt to be particularly small among the sober and respectable.
		All demagogues are ideological nonconformists and therefore are bound to be emotional about the general and respectable rejection of what they consider to be vital truth.
		The demagogue is frequently accused by his enemies of being an insincere opportunist, a man who cynically uses certain ideas and emotions in order to gain popularity and power.
	www.lewrockwell.com /rothbard/rothbard18.html (1101 words)

	Demagogues Intro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		If a demagogue is defeated in combat and some of his disciples are killed, a corresponding number of his followers in the towns will be automatically converted back to the catholic faith.
		A demagogue by himself will not be able to convert many catholics but with an army of 50 or more he should be feared as capable of converting entire towns in one pass.
		Also, if a demagogue happens to be in a city when it is burned, he will lose 1/3 of his army size as his men are burned alive.
	www.ventrice.com /tony/demintro.htm (849 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.1, Entry 358, DEMAGOGISM.: Library of Economics and Liberty
		When such was the case, as Garnier-Paget observes, the demagogue was rather an aristocrat than a democrat, since he made use of the interests of the people as of a mask, and since his real object was to lay a foundation for the rule of the few.
		The demagogue really dangerous to democracy is the man who is guided by political fanaticism, and whose ambition it is to see his own utopian ideas realized rather than to succeed himself.
		Even when that ideal is the ideal of democracy, even when his object is equality within the limits of freedom, he accepts, as a necessary transitory measure, the régime the most contrary to his principles, and willingly opens the door to tyranny as the readiest means to the realization of his plans.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy358.html (789 words)

	Epinions.com - Demagogy 101: A Beginner's Manual. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In other words, by invoking the relativity of truth, the demagogue is, in a sense, shooting himself in the foot – since, obviously, whoever it is he is accusing of lying, immorality, and evasiveness can invoke that very same argument.
		If the demagogue absolutely must wear a suit, he should make sure that his shirt is partially unbuttoned and his tie is slightly askew; this will create the impression that he is as unused to wearing suits as your ordinary, wilderness-dwelling lumberjack.
		The demagogue must state with absolute certainty that he is being hounded by secret police organizations, that his phone and computer are under surveillance, and that his name is on a dozen fl lists.
	www.epinions.com /content_3994394756 (2764 words)

	demagogue. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		Usage Problem To speak about (an issue, for example) in the manner of a demagogue.
		Among the nouns that the Usage Panel is loath to see used as a verb is demagogue, meaning “to speak about something in the manner of a demagogue.” Ninety-four percent reject it in the sentence The President will demagogue Medicare, unwilling to acknowledge that fundamental reforms need to be made.
		Resistance to the use of traditional nouns as verbs is sometimes strong, especially when the novel usages are associated with business or bureaucratic jargon.
	www.bartleby.com /61/78/D0117800.html (200 words)

	RD_demagogue
		Demagogue is a senior project from two CU-Denver students, Michael Gallaway and Jeffery Smith, that at the time happened to be interns at StorageTek.
		Demagogue is a Battlebots MW that has now competited at BB 4.0 and fought 4 matches.
		There are four 'EV' motors in Demagogue, two for the individual blades and two for the drive motors.
	www.robotdojo.com /RD_robots/RD_robot_demagogue.htm (183 words)

	Demagogue...on set
		Nearly half of Demagogue is set in an underground research centre.
		The Custard Factory in Birmingham kindly donated 4000 square foot of semi-derelict basement that was painstakingly renovated.
		Demagogue cost around two thousand pounds (four thousand US dollars) to produce.
	www.deadgood.co.uk /dema2.htm (170 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Demagogue is an Orator, a Debator, a Leader, a Diplomat, a Fast Talker and a controller of the masses.
		Demagogues are used to dealing with mind changing tactics, therefore the have partial immunity to Enchantment/Charm spells (10% + 3% per level), Psionics using telepathic powers against them suffer -2 to their power score rolls, and they recieve a +3 bonus against the Fast Talking of swindlers and other Demagogues.
		Note also that the Demagogue must stay still and concentrate on his victim when he does this, so his AC is penalized by three and he is easily backstabbed.
	www.textfiles.com /rpg/cl-demag.d&d (870 words)

	NAPFN What Children need to know about Freedom 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The "demagogue" is more commonly known as a "fast talker", or a "smooth talker".
		As we said earlier, the demagogue is a smooth talker and a fast talker.
		Demagogues counter this, demanding "democracy", and insisting that the "majority should rule".
	my.net-link.net /~napfn/demagog.htm (443 words)

	History News Network
		Many a demagogue has earnestly considered himself to be a man of principles, however much those principles may be open to question.
		Roughly a generation after Luthin, David H. Bennett, in Demagogues in the Depression--a study of the short-lived 1930s Union Party--did not even attempt a definition of “demagoguery” or the demagogic politician, despite the work’s title that would seem to call for one.
		Indigenous to the demagogue’s extensive use of unidimensionality has been the common practice of scapegoating: the hostile targeting of select groups for condemnation and blame.
	hnn.us /articles/printfriendly/7603.html (1665 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: demagogue
		This was to have held a sculpture of a Roman charioteer driving four horses, but the work was never completed, leaving behind what looks like a diving board or a futurist balcony, ideally suited for a demagogue exhorting a throng below.
		A consummate demagogue, McCarthy played upon cold war emotions and made charges so fantastic that frightened people believed the worst.
		Even when he showed his true colors as a demagogue and trickster, Stalin did so in such a crisp and weighty, confidence-inspiring manner that he bewitched not only his conversational partner but himself as well.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2002/04/06.html (200 words)

	ARIANNA ONLINE - March 08, 1999 - Buchanan The Demagogue Courts The Disaffected -- Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		What makes Buchanan the Demagogue both interesting and dangerous is that he uses passionate language like a sword, cutting right to voters' unspoken fears and dark emotions.
		But demagogues don't need truth to whip their audiences into a frenzy.
		With 1998 bringing record layoffs and with 26 million Americans unable to get through a week without a visit to a soup kitchen or a food pantry, there is no shortage of Americans who feel alienated and disaffected.
	www.ariannaonline.com /columns/column.php?id=328 (634 words)

	Demagogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		You have to be sponsored by either another Demagogue, who has 5 sponsor points.
		The first time you leave the town of Mileth after taking office you will be dubbed into office for 2 moons by the Mundanes.
		This allows all Aislings to see that you are a Demagogue of Mileth.
	www.iavalley.cc.ia.us /~jenn2050/DeMaS.htm (167 words)

	Tom Watson: Demagogue Nader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The faux champion of the people, the phony environmentalist, the self-centered demagogue announced yet another campaign for the Presidency this morning.
		This single announcement shows that he has a full-blown case of what brought Howard Dean down - he thinks he's far more important than the causes he pretends to espouse.
		As a candidate, he's a nut-job demagogue who has no understanding of business world...
	tomwatson.typepad.com /tom_watson/2004/02/demagogue_nader.html (757 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: demagogue
		A leader who tries to stir up people by appeals to emotion, prejudice, etc., in order to achieve power.
		A consummate demagogue, [Joseph] McCarthy played upon cold war emotions and made charges so fantastic that frightened people believed the worst.
		Demagogue derives from Greek demagogos, a leader of the people, from demos, the people + agogos, leading, one who leads, from agein, to lead.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2000/03/24.html (197 words)

	Search Results for demagogue - Encyclopædia Britannica
		This play shows how little Aristophanes was affected by the prosecution he had incurred for Babylonians.
		This comedy, which is extant only in fragments, was produced at the festival of the Great Dionysia.
		Nazi demagogue and politician who gained infamy as one of the most virulent advocates of the persecution of Jews during the 1930s.
	www.britannica.com /search?ref=B04201&query=demagogue&submit=Find (336 words)

	DEMAGOGUE - THE BAND
		Before joining Demagogue, Boris' singing experience was limited to the shower and his car.
		Three years later, at a New Year's Eve party, along with Marc and Boris, the idea that became Demagogue was formed.
		Soon, Spock and his Demagogue band mates, plan to record their first original songs with hopes of becoming one-hit wonders on the level of Soft Cell or Dexy's Midnight Runners!
	www.demagogue.50megs.com /photo2.html (1014 words)

	The Bird's Eye View - S. Minnitte – 10/5/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Defining a demagogue; S. Minnitte; Beaver County Times; October 5, 2004.
		“A G. Walker Bush cheerleader (this is obvious, palpable and apparent from repetitive, arrogant letters to the editor), Peter Homitz of Monaca in his latest outburst criticized letter writer Stephan Kislock III for using the word ‘demagogue’ in reference to G. Walker Bush.
		Homitz simply noted there are at least two definitions for demagogue and he chose the one he liked.
	home.comcast.net /~tbev-comments/pundits/BeaverCountyTimes/lte-MinnitteS-04-10-05.htm (353 words)

	The Ultimate Demagogue - William Jefferson Clinton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He develops lies that eventually become so believable that the lie becomes "truth." According to the dictionary, the definition of a demagogue is: "A popular leader/speaker lacking sound moral principles as a person." Does this sounds like a match for President Clinton?
		The world has seen some good examples of a demagogue: Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.
		And he continued with the spin that there was no sex between him and Monica Lewinsky.
	www.roadtowealth.com /demagogue.htm (894 words)

	Egg on face of Labour minister who called deposed leader 'ranting demagogue'
		Less susceptible to nuance was the article the minister, a former journalist, contributed to Saturday's Times when it looked as if Mr Chavez was as much history as his 19th-century hero, Simon Bolivar.
		Under the headline "I saw the calm, rational Chavez turn into a ranting populist demagogue" Mr MacShane described how his official 20-minute meeting with the Venezuelan leader on Monday had turned into a two-hour session in the presidential palace.
		It was not his ties to Saddam Hussein or Fidel Castro that brought Mr Chavez down, but his failure to deliver "economic efficiency, social justice and political freedom", Mr MacShane averred on Saturday.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/4-14-2002-16603.asp (482 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Advani's Pic Off Demagogue Wall
		Five years after L K Advani's picture joined those of Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin and other dictators on the Demagogue Wall at a major museum in Los Angeles, it was taken down on January 5.
		The Demagogue Wall is a section of the Museum of Tolerance, which itself is a part of the Simon Wiesenthal Museum in Los Angeles.
		Aghi received the wrath of the Hindutva groups in America when he endorsed a revised version of a Xena episode in which Hindu gods were shown as humans.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/jan/06us2.htm (570 words)

	Senator Landrieu: From Democrat To Demagogue to Loser
		The Dixie Demagogue took President Bush's words out of context.
		He was talking after the storm had passed and the levees at that point held.
		Threatening to "punch" the President is evidence of instability, Senator.
	www.theconservativevoice.com /articles/article.html?id=8361 (2341 words)

	Dr. Apraku The Demagogue – A Rejoinder
		Apraku the Demagogue,” if I did not know the facts.
		The story was published as Toli of Thursday, 07 November 2002.
		I can think of many words to describe the Honourable Minister, none of which would be “demagogue,” whatever that means.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=29573 (749 words)

	Centerfield: Comment on Dean The Demagogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I wish Howard Dean had not said that "John Ashcroft is not a patriot", not because it isn't true (I believe it is), but because it is an ad hominem argument.
		They are the capital D Demagogues (check the dictionary).
		The arguments that "Dean is too liberal" or even that "Dean must now move to the center" always indicate that the writer has not been paying attention.
	www.centristcoalition.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=44 (1175 words)

	MSN Encarta - Dictionary - demagogue
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		verb (past and past participle dem·a·gogued, present participle dem·a·gogu·ing, 3rd person present singular dem·a·gogues) (past dem·a·goged, present participle dem·a·gog·ing, 3rd person present singular dem·a·gogs)
		intransitive verb engage in demagoguery: to act like a demagogue in gaining power by appealing to people's emotions and prejudices
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861603571 (155 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Doomed demagogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fast forward to election year 2004 where the Compassionate Conservative has morphed into the Doomed Demagogue.
		Dictionary.com defines demagogue as "A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace." Or the second definition: "A leader of the common people in ancient times." I'd say both apply here.
		One need not look further than the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, for example, of appealing to the "emotions and prejudices of the populace."
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37582 (541 words)

	Democracy vs. Demagogue
		Democracy vs. Demagogue touches on the fallacies, foolishness and dangers of democracy.
		History will teach us that the former has been found a much more certain road to the introduction of despotism than the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants."190
		Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
	presys.com /~ekklesia/dvd.htm (2080 words)

	Pandagon: Demagogue This (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Once Democrats adopt this broader vision, they may find they're open to fair trims in future benefits as part of a blueprint that sustainably pursues progressive goals for all Americans, not just the elderly.
		Responsibly Demagogic Democrats sound like complete douches to me. They won't go after a bad idea on its merits (or lack thereof), they'll instead sink plan A to destroy Social Security even as plan B waltzes through because they want to serve the constituency of people who don't know how to define the word "cut".
		Republicans didn't demagogue responsibly when they caricatured Hillarycare as "socialist" back in the 1990's.
	www.pandagon.net /archives/2005/05/oh_my_can_you_t.html (1947 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		-William Orville Douglas, US Supreme Court Justice (1898-1980) demagogue (DEM-uh-gog) noun, also demagog A person who appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the people to gain power.
		To manipulate an issue, to speak, or to act in the manner of a demagogue.
		"But the production's real virtue is in not underestimating this flamboyant, egomaniacal figure, for making it clear that like most effective demagogues (as opposed to plain old cranks) he exploited some very real gripes to serve his overweening ambitions." Calev Ben-David, The Making of a Demagogue, Jerusalem Post, Jan 8, 1999.
	wordsmith.org /awad/archives/0902 (3879 words)

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