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Knowin' What to Throw Away | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Knowin' What to Throw Away (none / 1)

The thing about the 'all in' bet in poker is that it works ...... all the way until it doesn't. Then you are out. The only way to stop all in bets is to call them. As your stack gets smaller, even the other nominal stacks stop fearing you, because they know your are forced to play worse and worse hands.

The Republicans will go all in. That has been their play for years .... and it HAS worked. It probably will still work a few more times, but then will come the time they overplay their hand and they will be ... out.

You can see this happening in the 'media torture debate' going on right now. And in the tea parties. Much more of the media has taken a dismissive attitude towards the republicans has they have had to go further and further out on their limb. They are getting more push back than I have ever seen on any subject. In a twisted and sick sort of way it's great fun to watch.

It's a GREAT analogy.

nalbar

by nalbar (nalbarsatgmaildotcom) on Sat Apr 25th, 2009 at 11:26:53 AM EST

Re: Knowin' What to Throw Away (none / 0)

David Plouffe said the other day that the Dems had won all there is to win in the House, but I don't believe it. We can win another twenty seats from these clowns if they keep throwing good money after bad.

by BooMan on Sat Apr 25th, 2009 at 12:12:23 PM EST
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Re: Knowin' What to Throw Away (none / 0)

did ploufe (or whatever) make that statement before tedesco announced?

by billjpa (billjpa@aol.com) on Sat Apr 25th, 2009 at 12:38:22 PM EST
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Re: Knowin' What to Throw Away (none / 0)

yes, but I don't think he meant we can't win any new seats. And that one was a hold anyway.

by BooMan on Sat Apr 25th, 2009 at 01:12:51 PM EST
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Re: Knowin' What to Throw Away (none / 1)

I think there is no limit to gains if any two of three things happen;

the economy improves even a little in the next 3 years
Obama enacts a type of health care reform that actually improves the life of the average person
the Republicans continue down this strange complain/incite road they are going down.

Any combination of two of those three will start to pull the middle class southern whites from republicans. I don't believe in 'unreachable' red states. You give relief to the middle class after 20 years of stagnation and they will notice. They already ARE noticing, and right now we are only in the 'it looks like we might get attention' phase.

If Obama delivers the Republicans are dead, dead, dead. Like I have said in the past, it's why they HAVE to destroy him. Clinton they did for fun, Obama they HAVE to ruin.

nalbar

by nalbar (nalbarsatgmaildotcom) on Sat Apr 25th, 2009 at 01:17:32 PM EST
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Re: Knowin' What to Throw Away (none / 0)

An addendum;

Notice I ignored torture and wire taping and other Bush crimes. I believe that Obama is, in a certain sense right, when he says we need to move on.

The REAL issue facing America is middle class stagnation. No country can long survive a weak/shrinking middle class. Obama seems to understand this. This would be the first time in a LONG time that we had a POTUS who DID understand this. So I can see why he might not want the country to get distracted from the REAL goal, which is an America of economic strength, with a vibrant middle class.

I may not agree with him on it, but I can at least see his point. (of course that assumes I am right, and not full of BS)

nalbar

by nalbar (nalbarsatgmaildotcom) on Sat Apr 25th, 2009 at 01:27:54 PM EST
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The torture stuff is enough on its own but the problem is it sets a precedent either way. Either an administration can do whatever the hell it wants regardless of the law as long as it has a hold on Congress, or each administration attempts to prosecute the ones before it.

And on that last point: Dems should prosecute republicans because in a human lifetime, there has not been a republican administration that has not been full of corrupt criminals who did their crimes while in office. Republicans will prosecute Dems because they hate liberals.

What is the point really? I mean, I'd rather we all die in attacks than we live in a nation where torture is okay and we just don't admit we broke the law.

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by MNPundit on Sat Apr 25th, 2009 at 05:56:54 PM EST
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