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- n impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
- Does the black community's need for renewal outweigh Farrakhan's history of demagoguery and racial hatred? For many of the marchers, the answer was yes.
- Culture Minister Adrian Iorgulescu accused the opposition of "amateurism, populism and demagoguery.
- The Democrats now face between principled opposition to the Bush Administration and populist demagoguery on the two main issues of this election, the war and the economy.