Here Comes The Con!

The con man, in history, is usually a very charismatic villain, he is essentially a "con"fidence man, he gains the confidence of the unknowing "mark" or victim and proceeds to swindle them out of something of value. The success of the con man relies on his ability to "con"vince and manipulate his victim. Once this is accomplished, he carefully proceeds to take advantage of the situation until he gets what he wants. In January of 2010, during the State of Union Address, part two of the Socialization of America Con will take place!

In only 9 short months the Obama administration has spent more money on NEW programs than the Clinton administration did in eight years. Beginning in January the President will suddenly change philosophies in mid stream and direct his entire focus on the federal deficit. What?

In what appears to be a clever con, the White House is going to focus on cutting the federal deficit in 2010. The President will unveil his plan in January during his State of The Union address. The reason for this 180 degree turn? The White House realizes that several incumbents are in danger of losing their seat in the 2010 elections. The massive spending and Orwellian expansion of government in the past 10 months has left the majority of Americans very upset with the White House and Congress, which suggests that the Democrats may lose their stranglehold on government starting in 2011. It's time to CON those voters back!

In an attempt to maintain their leverage and save important congressional seats, the White House will be forced to put a few programs on the back burner until after the 2010 elections. One of the programs that will seemingly disappear is the Presidents Cap and Trade boondoggle, not too mention several other costly programs. There is however a major problem with this plan, convincing the American people that the Progressive Democrats are suddenly concerned about the deficit. This will be especially hard given the fact that this administration has been proposing what will turn out to be the largest spending spree in American history. There is an old saying that the political mind of the American people is about two weeks long, if this is true, then the plan could possibly work and the White House could re-cast it's image over the next 10 months.

So, now that stage two of the Con is being planned, it will be interesting to see if they can once again pull the wool over the eyes of the American people. In order for the con to be successful, the American people will have to once again be "con"vinced that the President and Congress are really concerned about the deficit. This campaign will call for a great orator and a ton of rhetoric not too mention someone with charisma, hmmmmm. If the American people, fall for the con, they can rest assured that the promises for fiscal responsibility will cease and the vast expansion of government will resume shortly after the 2010 elections. Hopefully, this is one con that the American people will see through and in the end, the Con man will find out what it means to get conned.............at the election booth!