Fooling People

Lincoln said, “You can fool all the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”

Superficially this sounds reassuring, but Lincoln didn’t say –– because it wouldn’t have been true ––  that “You can’t fool most of the people some of the time,” or even “You can’t fool most of the people most of the time.” 

Fooling as many people as much of the time as possible is the principal goal of the Republican Party and its allies.