Reply #40: Hes too damn nice. He should get MAD.

[tomreedtoon]

If he wanted to make an impression, get out in front of the pack, he should build anger. Liberals and progressives are wimps. They would "kind of" like to end the war, "sort of" help the homeless, and "it would be nice to" have universal health care. And they go hat in hand to Republicans and the voters to beg for it.

He should stand up and lay out what is wrong, his anger slowly building to a fever pitch, and conclude by saying, "If you voters don't want to do anything to change this system, and make your own lives better, you are f***ing stupid."

Yes, curse. With the cameras rolling. And angrily kick the podium over to the side of the stage and stomp off.

It would be noticed. It would bump him up to the top of the headlines. And if he stayed on his game, responding to the inevitable criticism from the other candidates with the same anger and curse words, he would pull ahead of the pack.

What? Not principled enough? Not polite enough? In case you haven't noticed, politeness doesn't work. Politeness got Bush, Bush II, Reagan and all the other bad guys elected by default. It's time to stop being polite.