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To: DMaA who wrote (366336)	5/27/2010 5:33:05 PM
From: mph	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793801

Well, he did speak of suckers.....and politicians today pretty much regard their constituents in that light.

To: DMaA who wrote (366336)	5/27/2010 5:35:27 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793801

Good grief, Barnum was a charlatan and a huckster. The only thing is that he admitted it and yes he knew how to keep people entertained. * * *

To: DMaA who wrote (366336)	5/27/2010 5:40:33 PM
From: MrLucky	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793801

Barnum was not dishonest Perhaps the lion tamer and the trained elephants were not, but the Midway was one big con and we loved it, kept going back for more. Barnum was significantly involved in the politics surrounding race, slavery, and sectionalism in the period leading up the American Civil War. As mentioned above, he had some of his first success as an impresario through his slave Joice Heth. Around 1850, he was involved in a hoax about a weed that would turn black people white. (from the WIKI)