Re: [Dems2008] Re: Do we really want to bury our heads in the sand

As a military man... you have a very misguided idea of "fighting"... surrender isn't for "pussies". Surrender is what you do when the damage done by fighting outweighs what you would gain by continuing. Lee wasn't a pussy when he surrendered at Appomattox. He came to the conclusion that he could continue the fight, but it wasn't worth it.

Leaders who refuse to ever surrender just end up getting more of their soldier killed.

I'm not saying Hillary should give up... I'm just saying the "never give up" attitude is counter productive and not sound strategy.

Slainte,
Rob Harrington

----- Original Message ----
From: isabelle <isabelle_ms@yahoo.com>
To: Dems2008@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 4:16:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Dems2008] Re: Do we really want to bury our heads in the sand

ras, Hillary doesn't need to "surrender". Surrending
is for pussies and that's what is wrong with the
democrats. Barack Obama has not asked her to stop
campaigning. If you have any faith in him, then you
won't see her as being such a threat unless you think
he's that weak. If she loses on Tuesday, she will
stop running, but in the meantime she has made him a
much better candidate. Dude, how old are you anyway?
As Huckabee put it, don't be a politician if you can't
stand the sight of your own blood.

--- raschueller <raschueller@yahoo.com> wrote:

> My point continues to be that this thing needs to be
> over. I suggest
> however you go back and reread the dialogue. The
> Clinton camp has
> patently refused to surrender. Fine... they feel
> that she is the best
> choice, they feel like a deadlock going into the
> convention is fine, I
> don't have a problem with that. I think its stupid.
> But it is NOT
> something I want to get emotional about.
>
> What I HAVE gotten emotional about, and what IS a
> problem is the
> strategy they adopted just before Wisconsin and post
> Wisconsin adopted
> whole heartedly. Her campaign was forced to go
> entirely negative to
> prevent Barak from winning, and then JUSTIFYING it
> by saying this is a
> taste of what he will face post nomination through
> November. We are
> doing everyone a favor. On top of that the campaign
> is attacking the
> voters that support Barak when they are the VERY
> voters we need to
> court come this fall. Keep in mind, with the
> exception of a few, most
> everyone here will vote for the nominee. Hell I am
> as blue dog as they
> come. Despite the "I am mad my candidate did not win
> I am going to
> vote McCain" petulant children, all of us are going
> to vote the party
> line. The debate becomes how best to do win not only
> the presidency
> but at every level. I think emptying the parties war
> chest to satisfy
> an ego, and to tear down your own likely nominee is
> not a great
> strategy. My HOPE is that come the end of the week
> that the
> impossibility of Hillary winning this thing we make
> her supporters
> realize the futility of continuing and SOMEONE can
> convince her to end
> this.
>
> If you don't like whats happening, write her
> campaign. Ask her to let
> go and do the right thing.
>
>
>

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