I’m much happier reading about Lou Gehrig than American politics. There’s no crying in baseball. Meanwhile, it seems like everyone wants to write some kind of sob-story. If people were a little smarter, they’d internalize political defeat when it occurs and not have to be surprised when it manifests in shitty outcomes nine months later.
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“If people were a little smarter, they’d internalize political defeat when it occurs and not have to be surprised when it manifests in shitty outcomes nine months later.”
Yeah, I remember all those naive idiots opposing the invasion of Iraq and the appointment of Roberts and the authorization of government-sanctioned torture. Blah blah blah. Elections have consequences, you pointed-headed whiners.
Losing does suck. What should Dems do now?
I know what is on tap for the American political debate: some August scandal by the right, them threatening to shut down the government in September and waiting to see how bad this trigger deal ends up being.
How the financial world sees the agenda.
Debt-Ceiling Deal is an Alarming Bipartisan Mess
Mission Accomplished: We now have bipartisanship.
puts on his Cheerleading Outfit
Gimme a B… Gimme an I… Gimme a P…
I like studying mathematics. Everything makes sense. There are right and wrong answers that nearly everyone agrees upon.
“If people were a little smarter, they’d internalize political defeat when it occurs and not have to be surprised when it manifests in shitty outcomes nine months later.”
My problem is not the political defeat 9 months ago, but the huge victory 2 3/4 years ago which instantly became a defeat. Indeed, the defeat 9 months ago appears to have been a big victory for Democrats seeking right-wing outcomes.
I’m beginning to think we and certainly our Dem leaders should all have as required reading, David Petraus’ Army/Marine manual about dealing with insurgencies.
The reworking of our understanding of strategic combat against insurgencies.