Paul Newman and Robert Redford starred in one of my favorite movies in 1973 called The Sting. It was cool because the plot twisted and turned through the perfect con of a crooked mob boss. It didn't hurt that Newman and Redford had amazing chemistry having just come off their film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Been a long time since i watched it so i went to Wikipedia to jolt the memory. This sentences tripped my trigger: "The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the "play" and takes the mark's money. If a con is successful, the mark does not realize he has been cheated until the con men are long gone."
Ouch! Sound familiar? It's almost comical to watch the rubes as they throw their hard-earned dollars at the "billionaire." I say almost because there's nothing funny about any of it. Schmucks working their tails off and the sending it off to the guy who is living like a king is disgusting, pathetic and downright shameful.
Pretending he is "one of them," is beyond the pale. He's never been one them and he never will be one of them. In fact, he's been a con man his entire life. A grifter of the highest order. Becoming president allowed him to take his hucksterism to a whole new level. No more steaks, vodka, ties, phony classrooms or simply beating contractors out of nickles and dimes.
He's perfected the con and they just keep coming. How about yet another over-priced hat, flag or yard sign? At least when they buy those, they get something. It's the dummies that sign up for the perpetual monthly donations that are the biggest losers.
The only real questions is: Will the rubes finally understand how badly they've been taken when he is finally gone? Personally, i doubt it very much.
Yes, the McCloskey pardons seemed inevitable. When so much of politics is about defending those on your side, no matter what, and demonizing the other side, this type of pardon for misbehavior is the unavoidable result. They should have at the very least been forced to take gun safety courses before getting to keep their weapons.
I'm guessing the reason why Trump is soliciting funds under the guise of "election integrity" and other seemingly altruistic justifications, is that he isn't anywhere near as wealthy as he claims to be. I remember that Mark Cuban once commenting about he how he doubted that Trump was a billionaire, but a millionaire. My guess is that Trump is deeply in debt, and vastly overstates his wealth. The only things that Trump is proven to be good at, is that he is a really good image brander(even if premised on lies), and is really good at using bankruptcy laws to his advantage. The Covid-19 pandemic probably hurt his business ventures significantly, which is maybe why he is engaging in major solicitation of donations from his supporters, using the Big Lie, and the GOP establishment as a useful foil for his grift.
Paul Newman and Robert Redford starred in one of my favorite movies in 1973 called The Sting. It was cool because the plot twisted and turned through the perfect con of a crooked mob boss. It didn't hurt that Newman and Redford had amazing chemistry having just come off their film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Been a long time since i watched it so i went to Wikipedia to jolt the memory. This sentences tripped my trigger: "The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the "play" and takes the mark's money. If a con is successful, the mark does not realize he has been cheated until the con men are long gone."
Ouch! Sound familiar? It's almost comical to watch the rubes as they throw their hard-earned dollars at the "billionaire." I say almost because there's nothing funny about any of it. Schmucks working their tails off and the sending it off to the guy who is living like a king is disgusting, pathetic and downright shameful.
Pretending he is "one of them," is beyond the pale. He's never been one them and he never will be one of them. In fact, he's been a con man his entire life. A grifter of the highest order. Becoming president allowed him to take his hucksterism to a whole new level. No more steaks, vodka, ties, phony classrooms or simply beating contractors out of nickles and dimes.
He's perfected the con and they just keep coming. How about yet another over-priced hat, flag or yard sign? At least when they buy those, they get something. It's the dummies that sign up for the perpetual monthly donations that are the biggest losers.
The only real questions is: Will the rubes finally understand how badly they've been taken when he is finally gone? Personally, i doubt it very much.
Yes, the McCloskey pardons seemed inevitable. When so much of politics is about defending those on your side, no matter what, and demonizing the other side, this type of pardon for misbehavior is the unavoidable result. They should have at the very least been forced to take gun safety courses before getting to keep their weapons.
I'm guessing the reason why Trump is soliciting funds under the guise of "election integrity" and other seemingly altruistic justifications, is that he isn't anywhere near as wealthy as he claims to be. I remember that Mark Cuban once commenting about he how he doubted that Trump was a billionaire, but a millionaire. My guess is that Trump is deeply in debt, and vastly overstates his wealth. The only things that Trump is proven to be good at, is that he is a really good image brander(even if premised on lies), and is really good at using bankruptcy laws to his advantage. The Covid-19 pandemic probably hurt his business ventures significantly, which is maybe why he is engaging in major solicitation of donations from his supporters, using the Big Lie, and the GOP establishment as a useful foil for his grift.