Trump recently broke contact with Political dark arts master Roger Stone, though many think Stone merely broke away so if he got caught plying his trade in the shadows Donald would have plausible deniability. Stone is reputedly like what Karl Rove would have been like if he wasn’t Karl Rove, but rather Machiavelli, and his boss wasn’t a genial good old boy, but rather a mega-Alpha like Trump who wanted to hear his enemies wail in agony as he stepped on their broken bodies on his way to the Presidency.
Stone periodically tosses out rules he lives by, and they give an interesting insight into his psychology and practical nature. There is a list of them here, as well as a pic of the Richard Nixon face tattoo he had emblazoned on his back.
Scott Adams is now predicting a Trump General Election win by a large margin, simply based off of Trump’s brilliance at persuasion. I’d say that sounds about right – if Trump wins the nomination, especially given Stone’s freewheeling, no-holds-barred style working behind the scenes.
The most amazing thing about Trump is how bad he makes everyone else’s political game look. It is as if you were attending an Aikido school with a fake Sensei who had just watched a Steven Segal movie here and there, but you never knew he was fake. Suddenly an old Japanese master shows up and you realize, there is a whole other world of possibility out there that you never knew existed. Suddenly you realize – every other candidate we have seen hasn’t even been trying.
Win, Lose or Draw, Trump’s candidacy will be worthwhile, simply for giving us a window into what is possible. I can’t wait to see how it plays out.
Roger Stone’s Rule: Better to wear a bad wig than no wig at all.