President Obama has eclipsed P. T. Barnum's wildest dreams
by pitching the biggest economic and social hoax in the
history of this great nation. All that is left for this
audacious ringmaster-in-chief to do is sell the hoax and
implement his radical socialist plan for America.
Ringmaster-in-Chief
By Neil Braithwaite
American Thinker
P. T. Barnum was an American showman and founder of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was also widely known for his flamboyant style and elaborate hoaxes. A famous quote (possibly apocryphal) from the audacious showman says quite a lot about his take on the gullibility of humanity: "There's a sucker born every minute." A born pitchman if there ever was one, Barnum could sell sideshow tickets to throngs of inquisitive and often skeptical people hoping to see some strange human or animal oddity that they almost certainly knew would turn out to be a fake.
While we all understand that P. T. Barnum was an exceptional entertainer and showman, his financial business philosophy was always the same -- sell the hoax. And while we may not see ourselves as "suckers" in the truest sense of the word, that's what we are if we have our doubts and still buy a ticket to see the show, and then later complain that we have somehow been taken. In capitalism, it's called "caveat emptor," which for us common folk translates to "let the buyer beware."
It becomes more obvious every day that Barack Obama has turned out to be a far greater pitchman than even P. T. Barnum could have ever imagined. President -- or should I say Pitchman -- Obama's understanding of the gullibility of humanity seems eerily similar to that of P. T. Barnum.
For starters, Obama obviously believes, as Barnum did, that "there's a sucker born every minute," and he thinks that selling his entire socialist plan for America completely depends on it. Obama's radical circus has been traveling around this great land for over a year now, with the ringmaster-in-chief telling everyone that his economic plans are working to perfection, even though the facts tell a completely different story. But the president knows that he has to convince enough suckers that his plans are actually working in order to continue his socialist agenda -- so the radical circus travels on.
Obama also employs the same strategy as P. T. Barnum when it comes to selling his hoax: Make outrageous claims about your product, never stay in one place too long, and always keep the circus moving. This strategy worked well for Barnum, because while the attraction to see the bizarre and unbelievable lured many people in, they were never given a chance to see it clearly or long enough to verify its authenticity. And if people ever realized that they had been taken, by the time they came back to voice their complaint, the circus would be gone.
President Obama's pitch for health care is a great example of how he uses P. T. Barnum's sucker strategy. With his radical circus moving from town to town, pitchman Obama shows up making outrageous claims to lure people into his health care sideshow. Standing on his soapbox, the handsome, well-dressed, fast-talking radical pitchman guarantees authenticity and satisfaction. "Step right up before it's too late, and see a universal health care system that will be the envy of the entire world," shouts the persuasive pitchman. Unfortunately, by the time many people realize they have been taken, Obama's radical circus will be long-gone.
President Obama has eclipsed P. T. Barnum's wildest dreams by pitching the biggest economic and social hoax in the history of this great nation. All that is left for this audacious ringmaster-in-chief to do is sell the hoax and implement his radical socialist plan for America.
With a Democrat majority in both the House and the Senate coupled with the full support of almost every media outlet, the slick pitchman can say anything he pleases without fear of enough truth getting out to dissuade the masses regarding his plans. If Obama is successful, then before the end of his first term in office, the social, political, and financial landscape of America will be transformed from a capitalist to a more European-socialist style economy.
It is an open question whether the checks and balances in government will stop ringmaster Obama from raising the center pole of his three-ring radical circus tent to complete the building of the greatest socialist show on earth, smack dab in the middle of our nation's capital.
While tossing away a couple of bucks on a sideshow is an easy pill to swallow for most circus-goers, blowing trillions of taxpayer dollars along with a laundry list of American rights and freedoms is off the scale of comprehension for even the most credulous circus midway patrons.
Who will save America from this radical socialist monster of the midway?
Neil Braithwaite writes political commentary and satire and is a regular contributor to PoliticalDerby.com.
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