[linMcHlp]

Thomas Sowell, Monday, 01 October 2012

Much puzzling behavior by Barack Obama falls into place when we go behind the image that he projects (”Obama 1”) to the factual reality of the man’s whole life and thrust (”Obama 2”).

Obama himself is well aware of the nature and importance of his image. In his own words,

“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”

An 18th century philosopher put the matter bluntly: “When I speak, I put on a mask. When I act, I am forced to take it off.”

The role of a confidence man is not to convince skeptics, but to help the gullible believe what they want to believe. Most of what Barack Obama says sounds very persuasive if you don’t know the facts.

[linMcHlp]

Good catch; tx.

[SaveFerris]

[The role of a confidence man is not to convince skeptics, but to help the gullible believe what they want to believe. Most of what Barack Obama says sounds very persuasive if you don’t know the facts]

Now THAT sums it up perfectly. Thank you.

[rlmorel]

"...The role of a confidence man is not to convince skeptics, but to help the gullible believe what they want to believe. Most of what Barack Obama says sounds very persuasive if you don’t know the facts..."

Yep. A very salient point.

[SaveFerris]

A little modification to the text, in deference to the original author:

[cnsmom]

Paul Broun tried to warn us about Obama’s dream of a gestapo type National Security Force