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To: Ron who wrote (306088)	7/28/2016 12:25:46 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 540724

It is indeed. I hope the media focus on it more.

To: Ron who wrote (306088)	7/28/2016 12:39:16 PM
From: Sultan	Respond to of 540724

Did not watch either of them but my fleeting impression channel surfing was we are comparing low budget, "C" grade production with players who may have been a "B" at best, even when they were at their peak ages ago, to a more current crop of "A" list players.. The kind of people you don't mind running into a dark alley.. Opposite of Trump followers.. :o) Obviously, the billionaire's budget is running low for a good reality show.. But I don't think you can discount him quite yet..

To: Ron who wrote (306088)	7/28/2016 1:19:34 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 540724

A huge difference between the two conventions. I hope it makes a difference. Scott Adams has been pretty dodgy over the past couple of months, but I think he may have something here (see below). The Democrats may be "Selling past the close", something that is counterproductive at best. This election is close in good part due to Clinton losing white males with less than a college education by almost 40 points. They are the ones most threatened by feminism and the new economy. They are the ones whose jobs are the first to go and last to return--if they return at all. And even if they do get jobs, the jobs they get don't pay nearly as much as the jobs that they had in the past. And they are the ones who eat up Trump's claim that he can bring good jobs back to America from overseas and back to Americans from immigrants who are either taking the jobs or lowering pay because they are willing to work for less. IMHO, all of these issues get rolled into one by Trump and in the minds of these Trump supporters. The more the Democrats "Sell past the close" the more threatened this group will be. On the other hand, they are probably targeting middle class suburban women who are undecided and perhaps this appeal will work on them. I don't know. That was surely Bill Clinton's target audience when he was talking about his past relationship with Hillary (leaving out the distinctly rocky parts of course). But here is the Adams piece anyway. Scott Adams' Blog Posted July 27th, 2016 @ 9:48am in #trump #Clinton I’ve been watching the Democratic National Convention and wondering if this will be the first time in history that we see a candidate’s poll numbers plunge after a convention. On the surface, the convention is going great. Michelle Obama made a speech for the ages. Bill Clinton was his masterful self. Bernie gave a full-throated endorsement of Clinton. The whole affair has been a festival of inclusiveness. The media is eating it like cake. All good, right? That’s how it looks on the surface. And if you’re already a Clinton supporter, it probably looks great all the way down. But if you’re an undecided voter, and male, you’re seeing something different. You’re seeing a celebration that your role in society is permanently diminished. And it’s happening in an impressive venue that was, in all likelihood, designed and built mostly by men. Men get to watch it all at home, in homes designed and built mostly by men, thanks to the technology that was designed and built mostly by men. I mention that as context, not opinion. I agree with Michelle Obama’s gratitude about Clinton’s success so far, and how the country now “takes it for granted that a woman can be president.” That’s a big, big deal, and an accomplishment that you can never take away from Clinton, no matter how it all ends. I would argue – as did Michelle Obama – that Clinton already removed the glass ceiling. Now it’s just a question of who the voters prefer. And that brings us to a concept called “Selling past the close.” That’s a persuasion mistake. Clinton has already sold the country on the idea that a woman can be president. Sales experts will tell you that once the sale is made, you need to stop selling, because you have no chance of making things better, but you might give the buyer a reason to change her mind. Obama understood how to avoid selling past the close. At some point during Obama’s first presidential election campaign the country mentally agreed that an African-American could be their next president. So Obama accepted the sale and talked about other stuff. If he had dwelled on race, and his place in history, he would have risked making things worse. So he stayed quiet on race (mostly) and won. Twice. Clinton is taking a different approach. As Michelle Obama said, we now take for granted that a woman can be president. That sale is made. But Clinton keeps selling. And that’s an enormous persuasion mistake. I watched singer Alicia Keys perform her song Superwoman at the convention and experienced a sinking feeling. I’m fairly certain my testosterone levels dropped as I watched, and that’s not even a little bit of an exaggeration. Science says men’s testosterone levels rise when they experience victory, and drop when they experience the opposite. I watched Keys tell the world that women are the answer to our problems. True or not, men were probably not feeling successful and victorious during her act. Let me say this again, so you know I’m not kidding. Based on what I know about the human body, and the way our thoughts regulate our hormones, the Democratic National Convention is probably lowering testosterone levels all over the country. Literally, not figuratively. And since testosterone is a feel-good chemical for men, I think the Democratic convention is making men feel less happy. They might not know why they feel less happy, but they will start to associate the low feeling with whatever they are looking at when it happens, i.e. Clinton. On the 2D playing field – where policies and facts matter – the Democratic National Convention is doing great. And when it comes to exciting women, it might be the best ever. But on an emotional level – where hormones rule – men have left the building…that they built. For the record, I endorse Hillary Clinton for president, for my personal safety, because I live in California where it is dangerous for people to think you are a Trump supporter. My political views don’t align with either candidate and I don’t vote, in order to protect my objectivity. — If you read books, you might want to read this one, because the last part of this sentence doesn’t contain a reason.