MY Kind of Con-Man

[4est_4est_Gump]

Christopher Chantrill, American Thinker

Many conservative pundits and principled Republicans are recoiling from Donald Trump on the grounds that he is a con-man, a confidence trickster. To which my retort is: So?

Is not all politics a confidence trick? Is not Bernie Sanders a confidence trickster for conning the Millennials with the fantasy of free college? Free for whom? Students? Parents? Taxpayers?

When Democrats of all stripes hammer away on equal pay for women, are they not conning the worthy women of America? Studies show that young women in their twenties are outearning men, but many women, like humans everywhere, are attracted to politicians that treat them like victims.

When Barack Obama promised $2,500 savings in health insurance premiums and people keeping their doctor, who was he kidding? What comprehensive and mandatory government program ever cost the nation less and delivered more than a market-driven system?

And what about the Republican chestnut, that tax cuts create more revenue? It has some basis in economics, but who are we kidding? If we want to cut big government, it means cutting spending.

The novelty of Donald Trump is that he is opening a new front in the Darwinian evolution of the political confidence trick. He will build a wall; he will teach the Chinese a lesson. He will make America great again. What is not to like if you are a white working-class man who has seen bupkis in the way of wage gains in the last two decades?

The truth is that we all believe in the fantasies of politicians. It’s just that different people believe in different fantasies.

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http://www.americanthinker.com/arti...t_who_is_my_kind_of_conman.html#ixzz41k9owSls

What are you going to promise me to get my vote? With what promise will you get me to volunteer the surrender of just a small amount of my Liberty (and the Liberties of generations hence)? And it does not have to be for me! It is oftentimes the appeal to come to the rescue of the unassailable victim.

 

[Aella_]

I can't wait to read the lib.'s comments.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I have most of them on ignore, so...



NO QUOTING PLEASE!!!

 

[BabblingBrooke]

That's an interesting take, as it is really all smoke and mirrors.

I prefer diplomatic world leaders, though. That's the political fantasy I desire.

 

[Ishmael]

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." - Alexis de Tocqueville

Ishmael

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

FREE blowjobs...



... for Lit voters only. However, we get to pick who blows you and who you blow.

 

[miles]

FREE blowjobs...



... for Lit voters only. However, we get to pick who blows you and who you blow.

In the spirit of diversity and fairness Throb is the obvious choice to deliver the first blows.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

*chuckle*


I'm not going there...

 

[RobDownSouth]

In the spirit of diversity and fairness Throb is the obvious choice to deliver the first blows.

Once again, miles ben zonah, I'll ask you to please leave me out of your nonstop homo fantasies.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

If you like your fluffer...,



YOU GET TO KEEP YOUR FLUFFER!

 

[miles]

Throb has some type of notification system that tells him when I mention his name.

Am I inside his head or what?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Rent free, but in the dark...



... the attic light has burned out. Is the smoothie machine even working?

 

[miles]

Look....he has his own thread!

 

[RobDownSouth]

Throb has some type of notification system that tells him when I mention his name.

Am I inside his head or what?

You cannot let a day pass without randomly mentioning me, but you claim *I* am inside *your* head?

#Projection

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I refuse to look.


We need some Democrats to step up and promise an end to hate-speech...

 

[miles]

I refuse to look.

Chicken.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Chicken.

Egg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

National Review just offered me a Trump-Free issue...

 

[Disgustipated]

I have most of them on ignore, so...



NO QUOTING PLEASE!!!

In the spirit of diversity and fairness Throb is the obvious choice to deliver the first blows.

Throb has some type of notification system that tells him when I mention his name.

Am I inside his head or what?

Look....he has his own thread!

I refuse to look.


We need some Democrats to step up and promise an end to hate-speech...

If irony was a real iron, both of your heads would be even more flat.