How to identify political con artists, avoid their blatant lies

There are many tricks in the playbook of the political confidence trickster. [Courtesy]

The con artist weaves his schemes like an intricate tapestry. Baiting, hooking and reeling in a target or mark, he creates an elaborate web of deceit so cunningly woven as to be an art form. The victims never realise the con until it is much too late to untangle themselves. Usually, the con artist will work on inveigling themselves into the victim’s confidence or capitalise on the mark’s greed for mythical riches.