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Offline Mary Ann

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If not for the title,
« on: April 22, 2015, 07:17:55 AM »
and the last couple of paragraphs, I might have thought one of the DUmmies had gotten a clue about Jughead's "negotiations" with Iran. Silly me!!! The peace-loving mullahs who playfully chant "Death to America" are not nearly the threat that Republicans are.
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Republicans are the enemy; our generals suck.

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Abraham Lincoln had a big problem with his generals at the start of the Civil War: they'd win battles, more or less, but wouldn't press their advantage to decimate the retreating enemy and end the conflict.

So Lincoln replaced his generals, one after the other, until he found ones that would fight. Really fight. And the Union was saved.

If you asked Lincoln who the enemy was, he surely would name the Confederacy, not his pusillanimous generals. But he still fired the generals, because he wanted to get the job done. And getting the job done required more than saying the Confederacy was mean. It meant fighting them, and beating them, and generals are the people who lead that effort in modern warfare.

Let's suppose that Lincoln's generals came back to him after each battle boasting of how they began the battle by offering the Confederacy half the territory being fought over, then after negotiations agreed to give 'em three-quarters. Are they talking about Republicans or Jughead's negotiations with Iran??

"We kept a quarter! We could have had nothing! Huzzah!" Are they talking about Republicans or Jughead's negotiations with Iran??

And what if, after each of these giveaways, his generals' bank accounts suddenly grew by leaps and bounds? I suspect they'd be court-marshalled, ???????? not honored. Are they talking about Republicans or Jughead's negotiations with Iran??

And this is what we Democrats face today. Our generals are, by-and-large awful at best and likely deeply corrupt. Just look around. Use your eyes and your brains, and see what's happened over the last 30 years. (Spoiler alert for some: we're @#$%ing losing, big time. Huge.)

Some of us Democrats want to give the same generals a few more decades to figure out how to win. I have a different idea, one that seems to discomfort many Democrats: I think we should follow Lincoln's lead, and find people who might get the job done.

No more excusing giveaways to bankers and the rich by saying it could have been worse. No more horrifically cynical wars fed by hundreds of thousands of human lives, and trillions of our dollars.

New generals. New generals. New generals.

Until we get ones that don't suck.
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Offline franksolich

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Re: If not for the title,
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 07:32:45 AM »
Oh now, remember; one can't take my good pal Manny seriously when he's subtly mocking the primitives; it's his style.

Although I am rather surprised--to say the least--that my good pal Manny used "court-marshall" rather than the correct spelling, but it's probably just a meaningless brain-fart on his part.

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Re: If not for the title,
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2015, 07:53:15 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on April 22, 2015, 07:32:45 AM
Although I am rather surprised--to say the least--that my good pal Manny used "court-marshall" rather than the correct spelling, but it's probably just a meaningless brain-fart on his part.

Or, possibly, more mocking?
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Offline Carl

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Re: If not for the title,
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2015, 09:20:10 AM »
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And this is what we Democrats face today. Our generals are, by-and-large awful at best and likely deeply corrupt. Just look around. Use your eyes and your brains, and see what's happened over the last 30 years. (Spoiler alert for some: we're @#$%ing losing, big time. Huge.)

Some of us Democrats want to give the same generals a few more decades to figure out how to win. I have a different idea, one that seems to discomfort many Democrats: I think we should follow Lincoln's lead, and find people who might get the job done.

No more excusing giveaways to bankers and the rich by saying it could have been worse. No more horrifically cynical wars fed by hundreds of thousands of human lives, and trillions of our dollars.


New generals. New generals. New generals.



Mr Moskwa

Manny is dissing your cash cow.  :hyper:
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Offline DumbAss Tanker

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Re: If not for the title,
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2015, 09:46:01 AM »
I'm with Carl, I take it as a slap at She-who-must-remain-nameless and her shills.
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Re: If not for the title,
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2015, 12:37:55 PM »
Like Mary Ann, I thought this post was about Obama and Iran.

Nice little swerve at the end!
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Re: If not for the title,
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2015, 01:48:18 PM »
Quote from: HawkHogan on April 22, 2015, 12:37:55 PM
Like Mary Ann, I thought this post was about Obama and Iran.

Nice little swerve at the end!

Yes, and good "get" Mary Ann.
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Offline thundley4

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Re: If not for the title,
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2015, 01:51:09 PM »
I think it's more a slap at Hillary being one of the top 1%ers who sides with Wall Street, but tells the left that she is fighting for them.
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