My Life and Hard Times

Today I talked to a Young lady who knocked on my door and asked me who I was voting for. I'm afraid I upset her. I asked her what Obama is likely to do about the war.
She said that he would try to bring the troops home.
I told her about a secret that hypnotists know. I said that there is a hypnotic induction that basically goes like this: "close your eyes"
"try to open them"
When they can't open them they're hypnotized. In other words there is no try. When people try to do things they don't do them.
I didn't make her cry. I'd already told her that I had lost most of my enthusiasm for voting over the years. Also that I liked to go down to the polls and see what was going on and if I did I would vote for Nader. She was slightly crestfallen as she walked away.
There has been a post running around the net about Obama using hypnotic techniques in his delivery. I say "so what else is new". Hitler used them so did William Jennings Bryan. Demosthenes probably used them and I'd be willing to bet that Tecumseh and Pontiac did too. In public speaking it is simply what works.
Back to Obama, if we assume that he is using them and we assume that he knows he is using them then maybe we can make the next leap and assume that when he says that he is going to "try" and do something that that is exactly what he means and that we should therefore not be expecting the results that he is "trying" for.