Reply #22: I'm feeling you big time, and agree wholeheartedly

[Eyes_wide_ open]

and I'll go one step further and say I'd be willing to bet our candidate would back you also. How many of us actually were listening to him when he said he intended to bring a new kind of politics to Washington? I know I was, it impressed me mightily, and I don't believe for a second that was just political rhetoric. He spoke with the sincerity and conviction of a man that understands why so many Americans are so disillusioned with the political process that they won't even participate anymore. He also said we could win, and we could do it the right way. I believe him.

Seems to me that Rovian techniques have been highly successful in both Republican and Democratic circles. Republicans embraced them and have been successful with them, but even more insidious is that so many Democrats now seem to believe they are the only path to success. That's sad, and if we continue to let it rule our thoughts and actions it will doom us in the end.

Don't you see you cannot 'dabble' in Rovian techniques? The whole philosophy boils down to winning is everything, the ends justify the means, there are only winners and losers ... EVERYTHING else, principles, truth ... all are subservient to that. It's all about power. What do we know about power? Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. To use their methods, is to become like them. I won't go there. I can't stop anyone else from doing so, we are all still able to choose for ourselves, but I will do everything in my power to convince you not to.

Just 'laying down and taking it' is NOT 'taking the high road'. Laying down and taking it is just weak. We do have to fight, but we don't have to fight dirty to win. Obama didn't get this far this fast by not fighting. He's a smart fighter though, he just doesn't stand in the center of the ring and trade punches. He out thinks and out maneuvers his opponent. And he wins, it's been working so far, let's let him prove he can do it his way.