tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800203224024653867.post339070318539675500..comments2023-12-26T16:48:34.886-05:00Comments on Dispassionate Liberal: KumbaayaMark W Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13535890174971048423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4800203224024653867.post-48315478972260188142007-05-21T11:49:00.000-04:002007-05-21T11:49:00.000-04:00I'm with you 100%, Mark. But I want to point out t...I'm with you 100%, Mark. But I want to point out that this is not a disagreement about strategy, but tactics.<BR/><BR/>Shep asked this in the comment thread at E Pluribus Unum:<BR/><BR/><I>who is going to hate Democrats for the authorization with deadlines? Why doesn't that "move the ball forward"?</I><BR/><BR/>I hate to keep dragging sports analogies into this discussion, but let's switch from football to basketball...<BR/><BR/>The Dems need to win the next game. If they can win that one, then they need to win the next one. And so forth. <BR/><BR/>In other words, it's not good enough (or realistic enough) to say "I want to win the NBA Championship." You have to play (and win) one game at a time.<BR/><BR/>Mark, you're going to hate this but I'll quote Pistons small forward Tayshaun Prince (who will be guarding King James):<BR/><BR/>"You have to go up 1-0. Then you have to go up 2-0. Then you have to go up 3-0 and then you've built some momentum....and then you can't let them off the mat: you have to go 4-0."<BR/><BR/>The Democrats haven't even gotten to 1-0 yet. If anything, they are 0-1. <BR/><BR/>Final observation: there is no "trying." "Trying" just means you failed with honor. <BR/><BR/>The electorate did not give the Dems the majority for them to fail with honor. <BR/><BR/>P.S. Now it may very well be that the winning streak the Dems are REALLY trying for is the electoral kind. <BR/><BR/>2006: They're 1-0<BR/>2008: Going for 2-0<BR/><BR/>...and so forth. <BR/><BR/>It's not for me to read the minds of Rahm Emmanuel, Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, et. al. <BR/><BR/>(I omit John Edwards because I think he means it when he says cut off funding now.)Arahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833639196971015060noreply@blogger.com