These Seven Ridiculous Snake Oil Products Prove Americans Will Buy Anything—Including Donald Trump

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<p>‘”No o e ever we t broke erestimati g the i tellige ce of the America p blic,” is how the q otatio from H.L. Me cke has come ow to s. It’s a paraphrase of a paragraph from a article i the Chicago Trib e, b t the part of the q otatio that is almost always left off is the most releva t for ersta i g this year: “No o e has ever lost p blic office thereby.”</p>
<p>Do al Tr mp’s campaig , which has combi e the art of the h ckster with the willi g ess of the America p blic to b y what he is selli g is, so far, a co firmatio of Me cke ’s ass mptio . P its have ch r e to s of b tter i a effort to explai Tr mp’s appeal. O e of the most commo expla atio s offere by those experts who took Tr mp’s eclaratio that he “loves the poorly e cate ,” was to see i that some ki of “ ew” mbi g- ow of the electorate.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alter et.org/electio -2016/these-7-ri ic lo s-s ake-oil-pro cts-prove-america s-will-b y-a ythi g-i cl i g" target="_bla k">Rea more: These Seve Ri ic lo s S ake Oil Pro cts Prove America s Will B y A ythi g—I cl i g Do al Tr mp</a></p>