Born suckers

I never thought I would see half of Americans get suckered in by demogoguery after the lessons we should have learned from Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Fidel Castro, George Wallace and Hugo Chávez.

As P.T. Barnum is credited with saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” This time, the suckers have all lined up behind a lying, thieving, bigoted demogogue.

This story was originally published November 9, 2016 at 9:30 PM with the headline "Born suckers."