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kentuck

(111,106 posts)
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 10:44 PM Aug 2018

The lies, distortions, and confusion of the facts ...

It is like the old card game - 52-card pick up. The entire deck is shuffled into the air and scatters all over the floor and everyone is trying to figure out what card was on the bottom? It is intentional and it is effective, to a large degree.

However, someone will pick up all the cards, one by one, and they will see the card on the top, the card on the bottom, and all the cards in the middle. The cards are like Trump and his supporters with facts. They scatter them everywhere.

But, the facts will all be gathered and they will be there for everyone to see. The lies and intentional confusion will work for a short time. However, in time, the facts will emerge victorious. It will just take a little time. In the end, the "52-card pick-up" strategy will fail.

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