o'care - A Promise to the Gullible by Thomas Sowell, economist

From: burd Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009

"One of the secrets of being a glib talker is not getting hung up over whether what you are saying is true, and instead giving your full attention to what is required by the audience and the circumstances of the moment, without letting facts get in your way and cramp your style.  Obama has mastered that art.  Con men understand that their job is not to use facts to convince skeptics but to use words to help the gullible to believe what they want to believe.  No message has been more welcomed by the gullible, in countries around the world, than the promise of something for nothing.  That is the core of Barack Obama's medical care plan."

-- Thomas Sowell

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