Steve Skubinna,

Your point is well taken, honesty is a virtue and a protection, in most cases. My knee jerk reaction/comment stems from seeing many older, hard working, honest, unsophisticated (please note, I do NOT mean in any way stupid) people falling prey to the blandishments of smooth con artists because they would never suspect such a “nice acting” young man (or lady) being capable of being duplicitous.

As Wretchard implies in his #8 comment, many a hard working, honest, American has chosen “such a nice young man” to lead us into the promised and hoped for land. And the MSM, in THEIR kneejerk reactions….Whoa, programmer, time to go get a nice cup of tea.