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Great write up SD! Have you viewed Trump’s town hall from earlier in the week that he turned into a song fest ending with 9 songs and him leaving to November Rain? Could you share your take on this and if you think some or all of the 9 songs were significant?

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Just like with Obama's playlists, when major politicians organize song playlists they're scheduling itineraries. They meet people at set times, but like organizing business meetings usually goes, not everyone can synchronize their schedules. If I had to guess the methodology, the important figure is recommend songs by the people who want to meet him. The important person then posts the playlist to confirm the itinerary. If it doesn't work, they could shuffle the playlist around in a new list until it works. I think that happens rarely, though, because they've likely got it down to a science now.

Basically, I theorize that each song corresponds to a business meeting arrangement. To protect the identities of all parties involved, there's little to no way to externally discern the person to the song.

Alternatively, one could also see the songs as a buffet of potential operations to "vote" on. Each song portrays a time/connection to a popular media motif that is on the discussion table. "November Rain", then, could imply Delcass In November should the White Hats be amenable to it.

Both theories could, feasibly, be in play simultaneously -- killing two birds with one stone. The song choices are code for each business meeting but also have a secondary function to shop around game plans between likeminded individuals.

That's my current take on Presidential Playlists, anyways. Feel free to poke holes in it.

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