cliché soufflé

A letter to the editor writer empties his bag of metaphors into the Ronco Rhetor-o-matic, and punches the "hi speed" button. Here's what comes out the chute:

Ordinarily, such pedestrian rhetoric would not merit comment but, unfortunately, it is on this level the Republicans have been peddling their wares. That is, refusing to dialog on the real issues extant, they rattle their sabers with non-issues to tantalize to the surface the visceral response of fear.

Try and picture that as an actual visual image. This is how Dali paintings begin.