P. T. Barnum was a piker

He certainly could have learned a thing or two from Bushco about fleecing the rubes. They billed Iraqistan as "the Greatest Show on Earth!" and we bought it.

America’s Blinders | The Progressive

Now that most Americans no longer believe in the war, now that they no longer trust Bush and his Administration, now that the evidence of deception has become overwhelming (so overwhelming that even the major media, always late, have begun to register indignation), we might ask: How come so many people were so easily fooled?

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