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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (261171)12/16/2022 10:01:06 AM
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combjelly

  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 362582
 
"Con" means "confidence". It is a ripoff based on someone getting another's "confidence" then bilking them out of their money.

So like winning over a bunch of voters, getting them to donate money for this or that, and then using the money for something else?



To: i-node who wrote (261171)12/16/2022 12:48:37 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 362582
 
A con man might say - 'I'm going to sell you this stupid jpeg of me minus 150 lbs in a costume for $99', when you can just copy them ALL for free by copying them from the catalog.



To: i-node who wrote (261171)12/16/2022 2:42:20 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 362582
 
What you described sounds an awful lot like the scams Trump has run.

Besides, you dodged the question. Figured you couldn't support it.


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