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Candidate Risk Assessment (Scott Adams)

Scott Adams Blog ^ | 10-31-2016 | Scott Adams

Posted on by servo1969

Imagine you lived in a world in which no one except one senior citizen ever drank alcoholic beverages. Would you think it is a good idea to choose this one person  the only drinker in the world  to be in charge of the nuclear arsenal?

No, that would be crazy. We know alcohol impairs judgment. And a president is on-call for emergencies 24-hours a day. Alcohol plus life-and-death decisions is a dangerous combination.

The only reason social drinking (or worse) is not automatically disqualifying for the Commander-in-Chief job is because wait for it many of us also drink alcohol. Or most of us do  at least enough to consider it normal behavior and socially acceptable.

We Moist Robots like to judge the world through filters that assume we are the standard for normal and sensible behavior. And because many of us drink  as do most of our role models  we figure it must be okay for a President to drink.

It isnt.

Because of nuclear codes and terror attacks and whatnot.

In most presidential elections, voters have a choice of one social drinker or the other social drinker. Risk-wise, thats a tie. But this election features a candidate who is known to like her alcohol versus a candidate who has reportedly never had a drink, an illegal drug, or a cigarette. And that means alcohol can be considered in the risk assessment.

I would argue that alcohol consumption is the biggest risk differential in this election. Were just blind to that risk because alcohol is socially acceptable. But even in your own life, you see alcohol being the force behind unwanted pregnancies, drunk driving, bar fights, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and just about every bad decision youve ever made. If we humans were even a little bit objective we would never select a leader who is likely to be impaired by alcohol several hours per week, including the workday. (Allegedly.)

Heres a quick summary of the other risks, organized by candidate. Ill rank them from 1-10 with 10 being drinks alcohol.

Trump Risks

1. No political experience in office (4)

2. Might say something insulting to another leader (3)

3. Might go nuts for the first time in his 70-year life. (2)

4. Aggressive negotiating stance might cause trouble (5)

5. Might institute some racist/sexist/homophobic policies (0)

6. Doesnt do his homework on the issues (3)

7. Health problems (5)

8. Budget deficit expands to deadly proportions (6)

9. Might cause a race war (3)

Clinton Risks

1. Perpetual scandals and investigations. (5)

2. Health problems for Hillary Clinton (7)

3. Health problems for Bill Clinton that become distractions. (7)

4. Scandals for Bill that distract (8)

5. Big donors to Clinton Foundation rely on wars to make money (9)

6. Clintons are relatively easy to blackmail. (8)

7. Budget deficit expands to deadly proportions (8)

8. Immigration policies are more likely to allow in terrorists (9)

9. Drinks alcohol (10)

I didnt include Climate change in the risk assessment because neither candidate is likely to do much about it.

You can do your own risk assessment and play with the estimates. This is subjective stuff. My only point is that the consumption of alcohol is the biggest risk variable.

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Video of Clinton allegedly drunk while wondering why she isn’t 50-points ahead.

Wikileak email about trying to sober-up Clinton at 4:30 PM.

Video of Clinton allegedly passing out drunk at 911 ceremony.

Images of Clinton drinking socially.



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To: servo1969

Big donors to Clinton Foundation rely on wars fought by other people's children to make money



To: servo1969

Too rational Scott. Your whole point is people exist in SPITE of reality.



by 3 posted onby wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)

To: servo1969

Clinton Risks ... 3. Health problems for Bill Clinton

That's a risk? I don't think so.

How about loss of sovereignty, amnesty for illegals, loss of 2nd Amendment, cow-towing to BLM and mooslimbs, liberal USSC judges!

Bill Clinton my arse.



To: servo1969

Scott: Have a beer and chill, bruther.



by 5 posted onby Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)

To: servo1969

Hillary’s Severgate scandal is the scandal that broke the dam because people aren’t looking forward to four years of scandals under the Clintons. They crave normalcy and Trump offers it to them. I keep thinking of German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s famous slogan in the 1957 federal election: “Keine experiment!” Literally - “no experiments.” He won by a landslide and its the only time in German history a political party secured an absolute parliamentary majority in a free election. Sometimes people want someone who projects confidence in America’s future. We haven’t had someone like that since Ronald Reagan. This is represented by Trump who is our De Gaulle. We really in crisis and are at our wits end. Next week is our opportunity four second Declaration Of Independence. Its long overdue.



by 6 posted onby goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))

To: goldstategop

There won’t be any scandals under a Clinton administration because the press and the legal institutions of our government will refuse to hold her administration accountable for anything. It would be a Stalinist-Orwellian nightmare, but it would be free of scandals because no one with legal authority would investigate them and no one with the public trust for information (nightly news, daily papers) would report on the scandals (or they would be cast in a way to draw suspicion of the accuser and not on the accused).



To: servo1969

There’s only one risk you really need to assess: Hillary Clinton wants a nuclear war, and she wants to be the one to order the missiles to launch.



by 8 posted onby thoughtomator (This election is a referendum on the Rule of Law)

To: servo1969

Good analysis on the alcohol thing. I noticed he mentioned why he didn’t include global warming but there is nothing about Obamacare.



by 9 posted onby Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)

To: servo1969

(5) (11) Perpetual scandals and investigations. We will have scandals, hearings, indictment, and jail sentence for many DC players, media big shots, and government officials, including Hillary. The reopened FBI investigation can basically ensnare all of them into serious legal jeopardy. At the least they face long legal proceedings and huge legal bills. Maybe that is why so many of them are more scared than ordinary Dem supporters, many of whom may just shrug it off. Many of them will be thrown under the bus. Even in good times, Clintons have had a habit of throwing their associates under the bus if they turned out to be liabilities. Health problems for Hillary Clinton (7) (10) I suspect Hildebeast cannot even handle bare minimum workload required for POTUS. Her health problem will worsen, after the election. They may have propped her up using all kinds of extreme measures, but can't do it indefinitely. Hillary is another version of Kim Jong-il during his final days. White House will be her nursing home even if she is elected.



To: TigerLikesRooster

Good article. I think your assessments are more accurate.



by 11 posted onby generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)

To: servo1969

Hey Scott I appreciate your sentiment but Climate change? Ya know about that big ball of fire in the sky, the sun. It does what it wants. We can’t control it. Well... maybe you have passed, on trying to convince your audience of “moist robots” that it’s fraudulent science and you know the subject is forefront in their subroutines so it must be addressed to be dismissed. BAL R13, 0



by 12 posted onby infool7 (The ugly Truth is just a big lie.)

To: servo1969

I think this link got left out. She’s CLEARLY drunk. There is no denying it: https://twitter.com/WDFx2EU7/status/793150330787598336



To: oh8eleven

You can do your own risk assessment and play with the estimates. This is subjective stuff. My only point is that the consumption of alcohol is the biggest risk variable. Risk Trump Clinton 1. No political experience in office (4) (0) 2. Might say something insulting to another leader (3) (3) 3. Might go nuts (2) (5) 4. Aggressive negotiating stance might cause trouble (5) 5. Might institute some racist/sexist/homophobic policies (0) 6. Doesnt do his homework on the issues (1) (2) 7. Health problems (5) (7) 8. Budget deficit expands to deadly proportions (6) (8) 9. Might cause a race war (3) 3 10. Might cause violent reaction to gratuitous action (0) 5 1. Perpetual scandals and investigations. (1) (10) 2. Long Term damage to constitutional norms i.e., SCOTUS (5) (20) 3. Health problems for family that become distractions. (0) (7) 4. Scandals for family that distract (2) (8) 5. Big donors to Clinton Foundation rely on wars to make money (0) (9) 6. Clintons are relatively easy to blackmail. (0) (8) 8. Immigration policies are more likely to allow in terrorists (0) (9) 9. Drinks alcohol (0) (10)



by 14 posted onby conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)

To: conservatism_IS_compassion



You can do your own risk assessment and play with the estimates. This is subjective stuff. My only point is that the consumption of alcohol is the biggest risk variable. Risk Trump Clinton 1. No political experience in office (4) (0) 2. Might say something insulting to another leader (3) (3) 3. Might go nuts (2) (5) 4. Aggressive negotiating stance might cause trouble (5) 5. Might institute some racist/sexist/homophobic policies (0) 6. Doesnt do his homework on the issues (1) (2) 7. Health problems (5) (7) 8. Budget deficit expands to deadly proportions (6) (8) 9. Might cause a race war (3) (3) 10. Might cause violent reaction to gratuitous action (0) (5) 1. Perpetual scandals and investigations. (1) (10) 2. Long Term damage to constitutional norms i.e., SCOTUS (5) (20) 3. Health problems for family that become distractions. (0) (7) 4. Scandals for family that distract (2) (8) 5. Big donors to Clinton Foundation rely on wars to make money (0) (9) 6. Clintons are relatively easy to blackmail. (0) (8) 8. Immigration policies are more likely to allow in terrorists (0) (9) 9. Drinks alcohol (0) (10)

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