I wonder what it is like to be someone (this nut, Hillary, Obama, Susan Rice, etc.) that can just say outright lies and everyone they talk to just soaks it all in, pays them their speaking fees, votes, etc.
And I wonder what percentage of them actually believe that what they are saying is true (like this lady I might think?), and who know they are lying and chuckling to themselves all the way to the bank/political office (Hillary).
Obama? I’m not so sure.
“And I wonder what percentage of them actually believe that what they are saying is true”
Most of them are working toward an objective and say things to advance that agenda, not caring if it’s true, but judging success on the effect the words have on the populace.
It’s advertising, a branch of advertising called consensus shaping or consensus engineering.
I do not expect that the guys who write detergent ads to actually believe that their brand gets your shirts brighter, whiter with a lemony tang!, but they do watch sales (how many people they got to switch brand preference). Same thing.
Much of consensus shaping was pioneered by Edward Bernays in the early 40’s.