Election Day is still nine months away. But already Kentucky’s senior Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Louisville Republican, has taken political bombast to new extremes with his astonishingly false claim that an opponent likened him to a Nazi.
And that’s an impressive accomplishment for the five-term politician known for his mastery of agitprop, political propaganda designed to agitate.
...never underestimate Mr. McConnell’s grasp of propaganda, true or false, or his understanding of its power.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Agitprop comes to Senate race
From today's Courier-Journal:
