Slog - Comments on Try Try Try to Understand: He's A Magic Man (Obama) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma The highly reputable and influential Las Vegas Penny Press dissects the true secret of Barack Obama's success: Barack Obama’s speeches contain the hypnosis techniques of Dr. Milton Erickson, M.D. who developed a form of “conversational” hypnosis that could be hidden in seemingly normal speech and used on patients without their knowledge for therapy purposes. Obama’s techniques are the height of deception and psychological manipulation, remaining hidden because one must understand the science behind the language patterns in order to spot them. This document examines Obama’s speeches word by word, hand gesture by hand gesture, tone, pauses, body language, and... Copyright 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:57:30 -0800 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:10:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Does anyone else hear the sound of pigeons while reading that? Coo, coo, coo....

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178829 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:04:39 -0800 Comment by Non MOAR optical illusions, yay!!

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178842 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178842 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:15:49 -0800 Comment by pragmatic @1 Are those pro-Castro pigeons?

]]> pragmatic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178843 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178843 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:16:02 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago This guy is completely retarded. I just saw Obama speak a week ago, and there was nothing even vaguely resembling hypn – BWOCK BOCK BOCK BOCK BOCK! – osis in his speech. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must go lay an egg.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178852 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:27:52 -0800 Comment by E I for one welcome our new hypnotic overlord. And those coo coo coos - are the sound of a cuckoo clock or just the cuckoo who wrote this paranoid pamphlet?

]]> E http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178856 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:30:02 -0800 Comment by max solomon cracker, please.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178858 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178858 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:30:59 -0800 Comment by Big_K Hummmmm. CSI (Las Vegas!) just had an episode where a hypnotist got two women to rob banks for her, and one to kill herself by diving out of a high-rise. So it could be true. TV told me so!

]]> Big_K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178865 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:38:23 -0800 Comment by cochise. I don't know. The head tilt thing is pretty convincing. I'm gonna try that.

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178867 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178867 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:40:28 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo If it's so effective, one wonders why all politicians aren't doing this all the time.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178887 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:58:18 -0800 Comment by Greg This is better than The Quibbler.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178888 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178888 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:59:01 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago @9 - Maybe they are! I have a new conspiracy theory for Eli. Maybe McCain is actually a hypnotist too, and he is hypnotizing all of us to think that Obama is such a great candidate, BUT when we step into the voting booth we will be compelled to push the button for McCain.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178892 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:02:27 -0800 Comment by Dalton Ordering that hypnosis book from the back of a comic book was the best investment Obama ever made.

]]> Dalton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178898 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:05:45 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale It does work. I do it all the time. The gestures and everything.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178920 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:16:18 -0800 Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber This isn't the candidate you were looking for...

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178977 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:00:09 -0800 Comment by Heart Cold late night so long ago
When I was not so strong you know
A pretty man came to me
Never seen eyes so blue
You know I could not run away
It seemed we'd seen each other in a dream
It seemed like he knew me
He looked right through me, yeah
"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me and
Let's get high awhile
But try to understand
Try to understand
Try try try to understand
I'm a magic man."

Winter nights we sang in tune
Played inside the months of moon
Never think of never
Let this spell last forever
Summer lover passed to fall
Tried to realize it all
Mama says she's worried
Growing up in a hurry, yeah
"Come on home, girl" mama cried on the phone
"Too soon to lose my baby and my girl should be at home!"
"But try to understand, try to understand
Try try try to understand
He's a magic man, mama, ah ...
He's a magic man"

"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"I cast my spell of love on you, a woman from a child!
But try to understand, try to understand, oh ... oh ...
Try to understand
Try try try to understand
He's a magic man!" oh yeah
Oh, you've got the magic hands

"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile
"You don't have to love me and
Let's get high awhile
But try to understand
Try to understand
Try try try to understand
He's a magic man." yeah ... oh ...

]]> Heart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/try_try_try_to_understand_hes_a_magic_ma#c1178991 2008 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:10:12 -0800