There is a classic sales technique called “hurt and rescue.” In the hurt and rescue approach, the sales person works very hard to make the person he is trying to sell feel pain and discomfort, and to experience his/her problems as intensely as possible. When the sales person has the target in a distressed state, really feeling his pain, the…
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Broadcast Journalists, Stop Praising Trump, Please
People — mostly broadcast journalists — who have been praising Presidential Candidate Donald Trump for saying “LGBTQ” at his nomination acceptance speech, those people need to stop praising him. During his Presidential nomination acceptance speech July 21 in Cleveland, Trump said, “Only weeks ago, in Orlando, Florida, 49 wonderful Americans were savagely murdered by an Islamic terrorist. This time, the terrorist targeted [the]…
Donald Trump Is Irrational
Trump is dreadful and irrational. He has repeatedly criticized Hillary Clinton for her vote to support the war in Iraq (based on lies from a Bush administration whose goal was, as we all know now, to try to take control of Iraqi oil). He has claimed that her vote represents “bad judgment,” and that her bad judgment is a reason…
Donald Trump Botches Vice Presidential Pick Announcement
Donald Trump has demonstrated his inability to manage his announcement of his vice presidential pick. It is really amazing. On Thursday, many media sources reported that Pence had been chosen. Then, Trump said he would wait to make his announcement until the weekend, because of the attack in Nice, France on Thursday night. However, on Thursday evening, Trump called into…
Donald Trump, A Master Of The Obvious
My God, Donald Trump must be the most “mentally limited” candidate ever to run for the United States presidency. I offer the following as evidence. After the attack on the airport in Istanbul, Trump couldn’t say anything more than the obvious: “Many people killed,” he said. Yes, many people were killed. He went on, saying, “It’s bad.” Yes, it is…