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'Cooling Out' the Voters

william 3905 Wrote: Nov 05, 2012 11:20 AM

The have not been mislead. This is their choice, a choice that has lead them down the path of partisanship to the degree that they were and are willing to defending a confidence man by hiding the fact that the administration sacrificed the lives of good men to protect BHOs political future. What do you call the accomplice of a confidence man? A confidence man! THIS is treason and betrayal, straight up.

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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...