Funk and Wagnalls\u00a0 def. “Grifter n. US slang, a petty swindler<\/p>\n
or confidence man; esp., one who operates a dishonest game<\/p>\n
of chance at a carnival or circus. [ ?<grafter ]”<\/p>\n
Quite often Americans are offered the chance to vote for a grifter,<\/p>\n
no surprise there. However this time around, in reward for their<\/p>\n
overwhelming cattle-like docility, they are given a choice<\/p>\n
between two grifters.<\/p>\n
I would also point out the analogy between our elections<\/p>\n
and a circus.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Islander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Funk and Wagnalls\u00a0 def. “Grifter n. US slang, a petty swindler or confidence man; esp., one who operates a dishonest game of chance at a carnival or circus. [ ?<grafter ]” Quite often Americans are offered the chance to vote for a grifter, no surprise there. However this time around, in reward for their overwhelming … Continue reading “Grifters”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}