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To: andy58-in-nh

How many techniques are there that are used to manipulate individuals and groups of people?

20 posted on 08/30/2011 9:40:19 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)

To: Jack Hydrazine

How many techniques are there that are used to manipulate individuals and groups of people?

Just the one I'm using now. ;-)

22 posted on 08/30/2011 9:52:14 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)

To: Jack Hydrazine

All kidding aside: any practiced stage magician knows how to manipulate a crowd by using misdirection, voice control, momentum, expectation, eye contact... all manner of things to get you to see something that's not really there, or to miss something that is. Some politicians become very adept at such techniques.

Frankly, Obama's not all that great, technically-speaking, especially absent his TOTUS. What he does have is a fawning media and an experienced political operation whose directors understand the power of presentation. Think of the background imagery for all his speeches: same colors, same font, always. The stage's design elements are always symmetrical. His clothes: dark suit, with a complementary single-color tie. And of course: The Logo, incorporated wherever and whenever possible.

23 posted on 08/30/2011 10:10:16 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)

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