Saturday 12 July 2008

Question for the weekend

H.L. Mencken once defined a demagogue as "one who will preach doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots."

Which NZ politician does that best describe? Which US politician?

3 comments:

Jeffrey Perren said...

"Which US politician?"

Er... is this a trick question?

The answer, of course, is: damn near every one of them.

Anonymous said...

Russel 'one L' Norman leaps to mind NZ side.

Anonymous said...

Helen & Obama


(Winston doesn't count because
a) he's too devious to know he lies
b) he's too stupid to realise his voters are stupid.