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Naming Romney’s Upcoming Anti-Trump Speech

The results of my flagrantly unscientific Twitter poll suggest that Romney will not enjoy the rest of his week.

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A Letter to Donald Trump (from a voter, not me)

This letter from Troy Morton was in the comments to my post from earlier today. I am reposting it here, with permission, because it is simply beautiful.

Breathtaking, actually.

Enjoy. 

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Super Tuesday (Master Persuader Series)

Donald Trump did well in the Super Tuesday primary states, surprising no one who reads this blog. Here are my thoughts about last night, as seen through the Master Persuader filter.

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Strategic Ambiguity (Master Persuasion Series)

If you have been watching the news lately you know that Donald Trump disavowed the endorsement of racist David Duke. Unless you are watching CNN, in which case, their version of the news is that he didn’t do enough disavowing that one time.

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Trump’s VP Options (Master Persuader Filter)

Just for fun, let’s say Trump has five options for VP. 

  • John Kasich
  • Some other white male governor
  • Superstar woman or minority governor
  • Mark Cuban
  • Chris Christie

I’ll break down the choices for you and run them through the Master Persuader filter for a prediction.

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Movie Persuasion Recommendations

If you have been following my Master Persuader series, and you want to learn more about persuasion by watching great movies, I give you two suggestions.

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Dilbert’s Changed Look Explained

Dilbert will look different the next six weeks.

I haven’t taken a day off from work for about three years, and my drawing hand needed some rest and rehab. So I asked my “coworkers” (at Universal Uclick) to fill in for me while I try to figure out how vacations work. (The alternative was running repeats.)

My instructions to the guest artist were that I would do the writing and they were free to draw Dilbert in their own style, or to copy mine as best they could. You will see six different Dilbert styles in six weeks. This first week is drawn by the President of Universal Uclick, John Glynn. The last week in the series will be drawn by an intern. So…expect every week to be better than the one before :-).

The names of the vacation artists are between the panels.

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Disavowing Trump

I disavow Trump. Because of this and a few other things.

His skills are still impressive.

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The Choke Artist Versus the Watch Salesman (Trump Persuasion Series)

Let’s compare Trump’s and Rubio’s Linguistic Kill Shots from the Republican debate last night.

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How to Spot a Narcissist (Trump Persuasion Series)

Donald Trump is the most famous narcissist in the world. That fact probably seems obvious to you, given Trump’s continuous self-promotion. Mental health experts agree with your assessment. Trump hits most of the checkboxes for the diagnosis.

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