Call the election

[xoxoxoBruce]

Scott Adams (Dilbert's dad), explains why Trump will win.
Clown Genius

Like many of you, I have been entertained by the unstoppable clown car that is Donald Trump. On the surface, and several layers deep as well, Trump appears to be a narcissistic blow-hard with inadequate credentials to lead a country. The only problem with my analysis is that there is an eerie consistency to his success so far.

Is there a method to it? Is there some sort of system at work under the hood?
Probably yes. Allow me to describe some of the hypnosis and persuasion methods Mr. Trump has employed on you. (Most of you know I am a trained hypnotist and this topic is a hobby of mine.)

For starters, Trump literally wrote the book on negotiating, called The Art of the Deal. So we know he is familiar with the finer points of persuasion. For our purposes today, persuasion, hypnosis, and negotiating all share a common set of tools, so I will conflate them. Would Trump use his negotiation and persuasion skills in the campaign? Of course he would. And we expect him to do just that.
But where is the smoking gun of his persuasion? Where is his technique laid out for us to see?

Everywhere.

[glatt]

I posted about this in another thread, but I was undecided until yesterday morning when I read this article. It's long, but I found it worth while to go back and read the whole thing.

http://static.currentaffairs.org/201...ump-presidency.

It shocks me and makes me think now that Trump will be our next president. I can't go back and change my prediction in this thread, but there you go. I call Trump.

I'm voting for Bernie to try to stop that from happening, but it's going to happen anyway because Hillary will win for the Dems and Trump will eviscerate her. This is not a normal election and the normal rules don't apply.