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3Hotdogs

(12,375 posts) Mon Dec 27, 2021, 09:35 AM Dec 2021

I found the origin of the Trump political playbook: W.C. Fields.

"Never give a sucker an even break.
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I found the origin of the Trump political playbook: W.C. Fields. (Original Post) 3Hotdogs Dec 2021 OP

"OK I didn't knock her down. I was the one that kicked her, though" Walleye Dec 2021 #1

Sarah Palin nt doc03 Dec 2021 #2

Nor, Sir, Can You Cheat An Honest Man The Magistrate Dec 2021 #3

But I am still trying. 3Hotdogs Dec 2021 #4

Fair Enough, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2021 #5

Walleye

(31,018 posts)

1. "OK I didn't knock her down. I was the one that kicked her, though"

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Mon Dec 27, 2021, 09:39 AM

Dec 2021

doc03

(35,332 posts)

2. Sarah Palin nt

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Mon Dec 27, 2021, 09:44 AM

Dec 2021

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

3. Nor, Sir, Can You Cheat An Honest Man

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Mon Dec 27, 2021, 10:05 AM

Dec 2021

3Hotdogs

(12,375 posts)

4. But I am still trying.

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 27, 2021, 11:09 AM

Dec 2021

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)

5. Fair Enough, Sir

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 27, 2021, 11:45 AM

Dec 2021

But the maxims work together. As the one relates to the deficiencies of intellect which marks his followers, the other relates to the profound dishonesty with which they assess their place in the world. He gives them a cheap validation of all that is in fact their abject moral failure as human beings and citizens, which costs him nothing to do, and in exchange they shower him with praise, in his favorite form of money as well as mere adulation. It's a cheat, but one they're happy to succumb to.

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