Reply #80: ON. THE. NOSE. It's the PERCEPTION that is all-important here. [View All]

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They absolutely CANNOT be perceived as losers. This is anathema. They have everything tied up in this invincibility machine, or at least a PERCEPTION of an invincibility machine. Half the battle is the perception. If their enemies think it's no use to oppose them, they don't have to fight as hard to win, because they've convinced their opponents to lie down and submit before the battle even begins.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING.

They may not be on the ropes, but they are already approaching the ropes - way too close for comfort, in their own minds. They've had it so good and lived so large for so long with submissive Democrats and silenced moderate Republicans and angry voters whose votes can be up-ended and who have no recourse because those same angry voters know their reps are too cowed to pay much attention to them.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT to keep attacking tom delay and to keep the hapless frist on the defensive. As long as frist remains ineffective (the bad guys merely assumed this would be another slam-dunk, and that they're so good at intimidating people that nobody would put up a fight about the nuclear option, either), they're going to have to break a sweat a little and earn this. It's "hard work," after all, as their lead jackass puts it.

THAT IS WHY IT IS CRITICAL TO KEEP FIGHTING THIS HARD!!! Match their aggression with our own!!! Have you called your senator today? Have you called anyone else's senator? Please see this thread from Sapphire Blue, which I've nicknamed "DO IT ANYWAY". Because we just should.

Contact your US Representative - IMPEACH BUSH
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1739608

Once the momentum shifts (and this would be HUGE toward that end), there will be Loser Stench oozing from every pore. Granted, there may be hell to pay, but the bad guys will have been irreparably tarnished. ALL their opponents need to see is one really good chink in the armor, and they can then zero in. THIS IS ALL THE MODERATES NEED TO SEE - to break free of the shackles that have been holding them in bondage to these horrible "people." That's all they need to see - that resistance is NOT futile. Once they're convinced of this, the momentum is OURS.

I can't express HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. And if bolton gets by - by the hair of his "cheney-chin-chin" - with dick breaking a tie in the Senate, we will still be able to call it a win, of sorts. Which we MUST. This was supposed to be a no-brainer. Just one more outrage they expected to be able to shove down our throats basically unchecked, without breaking a sweat. The fact that they have to haul kkkarl rove out onto center stage from the cover of the rocks and shadows and other dark crevasses he'd rather operate underneath should be a glaring signal to us all - how desperate they are to clinch this, AND HOW DESPERATE THEY THINK THEIR SITUATION IS.

WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING.

WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING.

WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING.