Monday, January 7, 2008

Fearmongering in the Twenty-first Century

I saw these on crooks and liars. President Johnson's fear mongering commercial in 1964.
Now Rudy's.

1 comment:

Femi Ford said...

The early 20th century American social critic and humorist H. L. Mencken, known for his "definitions" of terms, defined a demagogue as "one who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." (from wikipedia)