Bruce, if we don’t get the Krauthammers and Noonans at the end of the day over the Punk, we have more slimeballs in America than even I have suspected. Moderates don’t exactly have 50% of the electorate either. What Palin has is the courage to fight for her positions, unlike the Boehners and Lugars of this world. Bob
True. But they do have enough to throw the election either way.
What Palin has is the courage to fight for her positions, unlike the Boehners and Lugars of this world. Bob
Well, let's see if she runs first. Lugar's a weasel. I'll wait on Boehner. As best as I can tell, there are some disagreements in terms of best tactics/strategy to get the result we want, and those are the type of honest disagreements with which I can live, at least for a little while.
What is amazing to me is that poll after poll shows that there are fewer liberals than conservatives, yet they've managed to drag this country in their general direction for decades now. The only conclusion I can draw is that they've been fighting smarter than we have. They compromise, and back off when they must, but they never go in the opposite direction.
In my mind, we need a candidate who knows when to push in one place, and when to push in the other, because I think focused attacks, the "mass" principle of warfare, is more likely to succeed than attacks on a broad front. Divide and conquer, as it were. My concern with Palin is that tactically, she's more of a "hey diddle diddle, straight up the middle" tactician, and we used to tell our students that generally should be the approach only when nothing else is possible.
But whomever it is, Palin or someone else, it has to be someone who never gives up ground already won.