McGrath, the subconscious is like a sponge soaking up what it hears/reads/sees, anything we "input" just as we input on our computers. Like a computer it takes in negative and positive without any directive as to which is which, unless we tell it through meditation/prayer/mindfull awareness/etc., IMO. If Chicken Little says enough times "the sky is falling"...his subconscious will believe it and manifest some kind of disaster as directed, IMO.

If one doesn't believe in the cause and effect of words/beliefs/etc. then of course, predict away, print it all over, tell it to the world. If, instead you'd like to help the planet to be a safer place, then send out those Good Thoughts we Mudcatters seem to be so good at and seem to believe in so much and watch what happens...every positive thought/action is worth ten times any negative one, IMO. In other words, why feed the negative by sanctimoniously announcing you'd already predicted an assassination? IF you believe in the power of prayer, why negate your god by announcing someone will not live beyond a certain time? Talk about pre-empting one's god's will!

And, all of this before we've ever heard anything about who his running mate will be, so we know who would serve if something did happen.