[Hawthorn]

>> Both candidates (Reagan and Trump) appeal to a significant portion of the population <<

Sure! Absolutely correct.

But one of them is an unprincipled demagogue and carnival barker who will say just about anything to please an audience, while the other was a statesman of great character — a man of world-changing significance. To equate them is to make a grievous insult upon the memory of the latter.

[pfflier]

But one of them is an unprincipled demagogue and carnival barker who will say just about anything to please an audience, while the other was a statesman of great character

Can't argue with that.