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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (487891)	5/20/2012 4:53:13 PM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794212

"Power corrupts" is the first rule of politics. The second one is "money corrupts". Herman Cain kept sending me emails after he stopped running asking for money. Even after hitting "unsubscribe", I got emails. Then I had to label it as spam. Yeah, this is all very sad. There are very few people with scruples in politics. I would dare say there are a handful.

To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (487891)	5/20/2012 8:32:31 PM
From: robert a belfer	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794212

I believe that I first saw this here. I saved it. "......................."1. Vote for a hard-core challenger on the other side against a squishy incumbent. This rule separates the hard core members from the soft core members. It has a corollary: A first-term incumbent next election is easier to beat than a squishy incumbent this election. It is always hard to defeat an incumbent. Do what you can to defeat any incumbent, no matter which party he belongs to, if he is squishy on the issue you regard as fundamental. Why is this so important? Incumbents must become deathly afraid of your movement. Take out a few dozen of them in the next election and the one that follows, and many others will cooperate. As Sen. Everett Dirksen put it so long ago, "When we feel the heat, we see the light." In short, you do not settle for the lesser of two evils. You eliminate them both, one election at a time: first the softie, then the newbie. 2. Hold your newly elected politician's feet to the fire the first time he breaks ranks on a key vote. He is like a puppy. When he leaves a mess on the carpet, get out the switch. "Bad dog! Bad dog!" Let him remember that switch"................ http://www.garynorth.com/public/6827.cfm