Re: the KKK fake leak. There's a concept in military strategy called a "spoiling attack"

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If you notice the other army looks like it's building up to attack you, you just attack immediately even though you haven't been building up. You'll lose, but you won't lose as badly as you would if you just waited for it, and you'll throw their attack plans off.

I think we've just seen an example of this strategy...

[TexasTowelie]

1. In that case...

[rjsquirrel]

2. In politics the same move is a "bad jacket"

The technique has been around at least since Machiavelli.

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5. Now that I think of it, it's what Octavian did to Antony

"Hey, this guy wants to be Emperor! Let's get him!"

[still_one]

3. That is the Karl Rove strategy. He did it with the bush AWOL

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4. Yep.

Good point.

[spanone]

6. K&R...