[Jim Noble]

"They act like they hold all the cards" Because they do. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” ― Sun Tzu.

[txhurl]

RATS bought clean into CINC’s deception. Now the D-10 treatment begins... this is actually a surrender move.

[Migraine]

"They act like they hold all the cards"
Because they do.

I see your SunTzu point; but the Republicans actually DO hold all the cards; they just don't know how to play them, or they're in a stupor at the table, or they're too used to losing that they don't know how to press their advantage. Best answer, though? Someone is paying some of them to take a dive. It is difficult to watch.