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'Cooling Out' the Voters

Otho Wrote: Oct 30, 2012 9:11 AM

With the killing of Ambassador Stevens, there could be no exchange, no October surprise. What was the October surprise? Well, Obama would spend a month negotiating with the terrorists for the release of Ambassador Stevens. Finally after his focused efforts on saving Stevens' life, Stevens would be released just before the election. Obama would have sucked all the energy out of the campaign as everyone would be watching him, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, negotiate for the release of Stevens. The world would applaud him, the Muslims would have their murderous Imam back, Obama would be reelected and the destruction of America would go on.

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'Cooling Out' the Voters

Confidence men know that their victim -- "the mark" as he has been called -- is eventually going to realize that he has been cheated. But it makes a big difference whether he realizes it immediately, and goes to the police, or realizes it after the confidence man is long gone.

So part of the confidence racket is creating a period of uncertainty, during which the victim is not yet sure of what is happening. This delaying process has been called "cooling out the mark."

The same principle applies in politics. When the accusations that led to the impeachment...