Wow, almost word for word what I was going to post ;’)
At the site you’ll see comments from readers completely divorced from reality (there’s only a few so far). One referenced a speech by Teddy Roosevelt:
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1199
I can’t tell if he was self-deluded or a complete BS artist.
Note that thae article is 2011. I missed the discussion as this term began to creep into the language.
Leftists lie.
Always.
They are not deluded, they are evil.