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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by mirimir on Monday March 13, 2017 @03:18PM (#13861347)
> demagoguery

Well, if President Trump actually does serve the common people, it will be a wondrous thing.

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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by waqf on Monday March 13, 2017 @07:11PM (#13863433)
By demagoguery I mean demagoguery — I mean highly charged oratory, persuasive whipping-up rhetoric (https://youtu.be/ZFD01r6ersw?t=40).
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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by mirimir on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:06AM (#13866271)
Yes, but isn't that a prerequisite for political success?
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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by memmcgee on Monday March 13, 2017 @04:41PM (#13862134)
Doesn't look too promising so far.
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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by mirimir on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:13AM (#13866299)
It's too soon to say. If he does end up serving a constituency, it'll arguably be one that's been long underserved. But personally, rueful cynicism is about the best that I can manage.
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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by memmcgee on Sunday March 26, 2017 @02:04AM (#13959461)
The constituency he'll end up serving is billionaires like him.
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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by weaksauce on Monday March 13, 2017 @04:37PM (#13862106)
> A demagogue ... is a leader in a democracy who gains popularity by exploiting prejudice and ignorance among the common people, whipping up the passions of the crowd and shutting down reasoned deliberation.

Where is he doing anything other than furthering his interests?

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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @09:10PM (#13873041)
>serve the common people

Nowadays we call that populism. And we don't like it one bit! /s

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Re:Rand Paul: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communicatio... by guelo on Monday March 13, 2017 @09:16PM (#13864143) 

  A demagogue for the common people* !

  *only certain people qualify
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