“The hysteria of this article indicates a general ignorance of standard public speaking techniques... It’s technique, training, and lots of practice.”
It is not hysteria. These techniques are not standard.
The more common terminology for this is conversational hypnosis. It is an attempt to embed the influence of hypnotic suggestion into speech in a disguised way so that the listener is not aware of it.
The closer to the threshold of awareness these techniques achieve, the more potent the influence they have on the listener. And, although awareness of them can have the opposite effect, some techniques are so powerful, they work even when the listener is aware they are being manipulated. However, this should not be considered conversational hypnosis but brainwashing.
You are right in the respect that these are techniques that require lots of training and practice. Clinton is a master at them. But Obama is better than anyone I have ever heard. He uses facial expressions, body language, pacing, tone, and very precise linguistic techniques to hypnotize his listeners.
Some of the things that can be achieved this way are amnesia, post-hypnotic actions such as voting in a prescribed way, or the instilling of absolute, unquestioned beliefs that have no basis in logic, reason, or reality.
The idea that Obama is demon possessed is either ludicrous or obvious depending on one’s beliefs. Personally, I think most people have many demonic footholds and controls in their lives. People like Obama are not victims in the same sense though. People who are controlled by Satan in positions of power, wealth, and influence are not generally victims but willing participants. They have chosen to cooperate with the Devil. Their humanity is gone. They look human, but their real humanity has long sense been replaced by something else.
A person who does not accept the reality of the spiritual realm will not be able to accept this assessment either. But it is real. Demons are real. Principalities are real.
But you do not have to accept this in order to realize that our current overlords have a sinister and “diabolical” agenda.
Just talk to any liberal these days, really go ahead and try. I have lost more friends/acquaintances in the last 6 or so years than I care to count. I used to find that not concerning, but as the liberal agenda continues to rise and the culture continues to change I see very dangerous times ahead.
That section of the public is very open to being manipulated and thoughts have crossed my mind if this is what it was like in Germany just before the rise of the Nazi. Millions brainwashed not just by 0bama, but by his policies...supplanted in their minds as America's new truths.
I too watched the 2004 DNC Speech. Such a naïve time to be alive really. My skin crawled and all the bells and whistles went off in my soul. When he had finished speaking and the crowd went crazy...I said to myself behold the antichrist. There were some very worthwhile threads written right here on FR back in 2008 as many noticed his odd speech patterns. Many of us refused to listen to him speak and would rather read the transcript. We knew something was wrong.