A Mark Twain quote that describes Trump voters perfectly.

[shockey80]

" It is easier to fool people than it is to convince them they are being fooled".

[tblue37]

1. Or P. T. Barnum: "You can fool some people all of the time. nt

[Martin Eden]

2. I thought PT's quote was a sucker born every minute

You may have meant Lincoln, who ended with "you can't foll all the people all the time."

[jpak]

3. Is it "cool" or "foll"???

[crazytown]

4. !

[Martin Eden]

7. OOPS, I meant to type ...

... troll.

[tblue37]

9. Maybe Mark Twain said that also. Or maybe it was W. C. Fields. I forget. nt

[tblue37]

10. I looked it up. It was Abe Lincoln who said it. Heh. nt

[loves_da_dems]

5. They're not being fooled

They know exactly what MF45 stands for. White Nazi nationalism, and they embrace it enthusiastically. HRC warned us.

[misanthrope]

19. Some "embrace" it.

Even more just don't care because they think it doesn't affect them.

[KPN]

6. Perfect fit! THanks for sharing -- good bumper sticker material.

[dalton99a]

8. "I don't even wait. They let you do it. You can do anything."

Trump: Yeah, that’s her. With the gold. I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.

Bush: Whatever you want.

Trump: Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.

[dchill]

11. Or, "They're just racist xenophobes."

[Grins]

12. Even more true...

It was pointed out in a book some years ago (Maria Konnikova, author)) that it’s often easier to con someone who has been conned before - who KNOWS they have been conned, and comes back for more!

“You gotta keep his con even after you take his money. He can’t know you took him.” - Henry Gondorf in the movie, “The Sting.”

[WhiteTara]

13. Thanks Shockey80!

That's the quote I'm using for my next column!

[SunSeeker]

14. K & R

[SuprstitionAintthWay]

15. Twain was like an HL Mencken and George Carlin rolled into one

and preceded both. A unique national treasure.

(Last August I stumbled on an 1880s beat-but-complete Huckleberry Finn in an antiques mall... $3 on it... and it turned out to be a 1st edition, 1st printing. After the notorious Uncle Silas' penis sabotaged-in-an-illo problem had to be fixed, Twain inspected every one of the 1st/1sts as they were finished, personally and by hand. Three weeks ago I turned it over to an antiquarian book restorer, and when I shared that little bit of Twain significa with her, she hugged the book.)

[Honeycombe8]

16. Ain't that the truth! nt

[Roy Rolling]

17. This was posted earlier today

[GETPLANING]

18. People are more easily scared into doing the wrong thing than led towards doing the right thing

[betsuni]

20. Trump is The Royal Nonesuch.