Posted on 05/21/2025 8:02:43 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Right. So consumers know that claims to be “the best in the world” are not to be given credence. Similarly, voters should know that brazen statements that don’t make sense on the face of things are not believable.
Here’s what Liebovich actually wrote in his Atlantic piece:
Yes, it’s a cynical business, politics, but here is why I think that the “cover-up” of Biden’s “true condition” is beside the point—and why I’m not really vibing with the umbrage-mongering: It’s pretty much impossible to “cover up” for something that is hiding in plain sight. Democrats could trot out as many White House officials as they wanted to claim I was with the president just this morning, and he was sharp as a tack and running circles around staffers less than half his age. But whenever Biden was allowed to go out in public—a rarity, which itself was a red flag—the public’s preexisting consensus about his infirmity was only reinforced. Biden was in no position to keep doing his job given his condition, which had been evident for years to most people paying even casual attention. Observable facts, people: They can be a real pain to cover up.
To be successful, the con relies on the dishonesty of the mark. The mark’s eagerness to believe in the con for his own dishonest profit is the point of leverage for the con man. The rest is easy.
“I always tell the truth, even when I lie.” —Tony Montana, Scarface
Reminds me of when I worked a lot with French companies. They would lie to you. You knew they were lying. They knew that you knew they were lying. They would just lie anyway. It was exhausting.
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