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45. Yes, fear makes them easy targets for a con-job.

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 12:37 PM

Oct 2012

Many allow themselves to be conned because, even though they know they are being taken for a ride, it's still a whole lot less terrifying than actually facing reality.

Others allow themselves to be conned because they are uncomfortable admitting that a black president could be better qualified than a guy who "makes Wonderbread look dark and mysterious."

I think that very few are being conned and don't realize that they are being conned.

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