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To: KLP who wrote (30531)	5/23/2014 5:44:46 PM
From: sense	Respond to of 125127

"Too many rank and file conservatives act as if ideological purity has to be displayed every last second under every conceivable circumstance. Too few show any sign of having heard of tactics, subterfuge, or gamesmanship. They insist on hearing what they call “the truth” no matter what... Recall Fontanelle’s words: “If I had a fistful of truths, I’d be careful about opening it.” Truth always annoys, frightens, and infuriates. The standard reaction to truth is not understanding or enlightened behavior. It is outrage. If you want to win elections, truth must be modulated and utilized sparingly." Wrong, wrong, wrong... on so many levels... Dishonest RINO's might WANT to rationalize their lying to their own people as a necessary condition for "winning"... but, that's OBVIOUSLY WRONG... both as a function of the truth that what you "win" that way isn't what you think it is... and isn't worth the having... but, MORE, because it intends to advance the fallacy that winning tactics require misrepresenting what you believe... essentially claiming that VIRTUE is VICE, and VICE IS VIRTUE. Ignoring the idiocy that the only way Republicans can win elections is to out-compete Obama as a liar... by lying to Republicans to get elected... in order to enable Democrats in advancing THEIR policies, which they're lying about ? The "concept" that advances requires a couple of assumptions which don't pan out... including the key element in the assumption that just because you tell lies... you can assume that people will always believe them, and you. Yes. Democrats will believe the lies they want to believe... no matter the proofs that require anyone with a brain to recognize the opposite where that truth is revealed... which still isn't an advertisement ? Democrats are the brand of liars and thieves... and you know that when you vote for them. Mine isn't an argument that obviates tactics and strategy as part of competition... particularly given opposition who are themselves so unwilling to recognize basic truths that conflict with their utopian wishes that they are fully incapable of recognizing them. But, tactics and strategy require using your opponents weaknesses against them... not adopting them. The argument that successful development and application of tactics and strategy always requires a purposeful brand of FUNDAMENTAL dishonesty at the core... is not only dishonest in itself... it is PROVEN incorrect as both a practical element in leadership (and followership) and in political / electoral strategy. I don't think I've lived through a period in history when politicians were MORE well understood to be liars than is true today... So, the "strategic advice" this clown offers... is that Republicans need to be more aggressive liars in order to try to keep up ? Shameful.