“You’re good at talking to people,” she said. “They like you. Hell, they trust you. Why can’t you just preach to them like any other minister? Preach the way Jarret does. Have you ever heard any of his speeches? Most of them are sermons. Newspeople have a hard time opposing anything he wants because he’s always on God’s side. Guess whose side that puts them on?” “And you think I should do that?” “Of course you should do that if you believe what you say.” “I’m not a demagogue.” “That’s too bad. That leaves the field to people who are demagogues—to the Jarrets of the world. And there have always
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