[Oatka]

Thank you. GREAT article. The fact that Barnum copied the giant and then claimed he had the real one and the other guy had the fake was hilarious. The guy was a born politician.

The lyrics from the first stanza of the musical “P T Barnum” are an accurate description of not only the FB IPO buyers, but also the obamaBots:

“There is a sucker born every minute
Each time the second hand sweeps to the top
Like dandelions up they pop,
Their ears so big, their eyes so wide.
And though I feed ‘em bonafide baloney
With no truth in it
Why you can bet I’ll find some rube to buy my corn.
‘Cause there’s a sure-as-shooting sucker born a minute,
And I’m referrin’ to the minute you were born.”

[submarinerswife]

"History, unfortunately, has misdirected this quotation. Barnum never did say it. Actually, it was said by his competitor. Here's the incredible story."

For the new generation, Barnum will live on getting credit for this saying. He had to have been studied heavily by the Dem politicians for his loose use of the truth.