Inspired by the threat against Priebus. Maybe we should start sending out something like this-

[rzemanfl]

Dear (Republican person),

I am writing to apologize for the affair I had with your husband/wife/significant other. I want you to know I have been checked out and have no STDs/have been cured of the one he/she gave me. It was a foolish thing to carry on an affair with your spouse/significant other for so long. I did it mostly because he/she said you were frigid/impotent. Truth be told, he/she is a boring lover.

I appreciate him/her paying for/having the abortion. I, of course, cannot provide you with my full name. I hope he/she won't either-it would not go well for him/her if he/she did. He/she knows why. My lawyer has the pictures in a safe deposit box.

Best of luck to both of you,

/s/

Of course we would never do this because we take the high road. They would though if they thought there was a buck in it for them.

[loyalsister]

1. no

Trump, his supporters, and even oppostition watch too much House of Cards and Scandal.

[rzemanfl]

2. I never heard of either of those shows. n/t

[loyalsister]

3. They are based on the conventional wisdom that all politicians are dirty

And that there is an opportunity for blackmail around every corner. It's a silly romanticized version of the cynical belief that those whi use dirt or simply play dirty to manipulate people and politics always win.

[rzemanfl]

5. It seems to work for Republicans. n/t

[loyalsister]

7. Like negative advertising

People who want to retaliate think it's the content and who is being attacked that shows it works for the GOP. Not so. It works for them because it drives voter turnout down, and lower voter turnout favors republicans.

[rzemanfl]

8. True that. n/t

[rzemanfl]

4. So you're saying the Mooch is threatening through an intermediary to help

Priebus's career?

[loyalsister]

6. I'm saying it's a fantasy that people who want to involve themselves in politics have

They want to be the hero who takes down the evil politician. It's cartoonish and silly.

[rzemanfl]

9. I don't want to do that. I want them sent to known Trump voters anonymously

to make their lives miserable. But of course, the high road and all that.

[loyalsister]

10. It's the kind of thing that makes people dig in

in an "I'll show them" way. Particularly when it is not true. What you are suggesting would not have your desired effect for many reasons.

[rzemanfl]

11. I think they are so dug in already they can't dig deeper. What I desire is for them

to spend at least a few miserable days, like the miserable days I have spent since November 9th.

It won't happen anyway.