Posted August 19th, 2016 @ 8:44am in #trump #clinton
By now, most of you know that Trump expressed “regret” at saying things in the past that might have hurt people. Most viewers interpreted this as an apology, of sorts.
Trump? Apologize?
I have some thoughts on this, in no particular order.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 18th, 2016 @ 2:13pm in #Gawker #Trump
Check out my long-form conversation with Stefan Molyneux, about lots of things, including Trump. People seem to like it.
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Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 18th, 2016 @ 10:08am in #trump #Clinton
As the media has reported, the media caused Trump to have a few terrible weeks following the Democratic National Convention. To be fair, Trump made it easy. They turned his casual comment about Islam’s gender issues (based on Mrs. Khan’s silence) into an imaginary insult to a fallen soldier. And they turned his unwise joke about the 2nd Amendment into an imaginary call for assassination. Trump’s poll numbers showed the damage.
So how did Trump respond?
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 17th, 2016 @ 6:09pm in #trump #clinton
As voters, we would like to see the medical records and tax returns of our candidates for president. But that would be a violation of their privacy to such a degree that it would discourage talented people from public service in the future.
So how about a compromise?
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 16th, 2016 @ 10:52am in #Trump #Clinton #ISIS
Let’s talk about Trump’s foreign policy speech from a persuasion standpoint.
Trump read from the teleprompter and acted more “presidential,” whatever that means. And he softened his position on Muslim immigration to “extreme vetting.” That was a good strategy for rebranding himself as less scary, but I doubt many people will watch that speech, so it won’t have much impact.
Anyway, let’s talk about what else Trump got right – or wrong – persuasion-wise.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 14th, 2016 @ 4:59pm in #Trump #Clinton
In my book – that you might enjoy because it is full of words – I talk about developing your own personal bullsh*t detector. I won’t rewrite that chapter here, but I’ll tell you how my own B.S. detector sees the accuracy of the presidential polls.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 12th, 2016 @ 1:00pm in #trump #clinton
Here’s the set-up:
1. The mainstream media knows they are smarter than Donald Trump. They see evidence of this truth all the time, although much of that evidence is confirmation bias.
Then…
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 10th, 2016 @ 9:38am in #Trump #Clinton
As you know, Donald Trump has been sinking in the polls, thanks to the Clinton campaign adopting Trump-like persuasion tactics and framing the GOP nominee as an unstable, racist maniac. That approach is working, and time is running out for Trump to change things.
Should I update my prediction of a Trump landslide?
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 9th, 2016 @ 10:04am in #Trump #Clinton
If you have been following this blog since last year, you know I have been saying Trump was playing 3D chess against 2D opponents. And by that I meant Trump was using powerful persuasion techniques while the rest of the field was flailing away with facts, reason, policy details, and other things that don’t change anyone’s mind.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted August 7th, 2016 @ 1:29pm in #trump #Clinton
Would you feel safe voting for a presidential candidate without knowing which prescription drugs he or she is taking? I asked the question on Twitter and got this result so far.
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