re: #455 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Same here. People sitting tucked away in their gated communities, who will never be affected by teabagger/pitchfork/confederate rabblerousing, might think it funny and cute if a demagogue-lite gets the nomination. But they are not thinking critically. Or historcially.

Ah, that’s what it is. I’ve been getting a headache all week trying to put a finger on who Newt’s been channeling and that just made it click.

Huey Long. The Kingfish. Same little racist fascist wrapped in a populist glove. It was the OWS/leftist populism pretense that was confusing me.