Right and wrong approaches to winning
(This is from another tread, but I think worth starting a new one. To point out how the HRC/DWS strategy is not a winning one. If it's seen as a redundancy, pls delete with my apologies.)
While arguments can be made for which of them, Bernie or Hillary, is stronger against the repubs, the real problem is laying out the assumption that any candidate is, even before making any argument.
The repubs outright suck. Both Bernie and Hillary are strong enough candidates to win.
Yet we have the ABSOLUTE LOSER, DWS, continuing her campaign for HRC, this time from the inside.
And they're taking the ch!ckensh!t approach of, we better rig the game, and not take any chances. Hey, let's make the primaries little more than an exhibition match, so we can put all our energy into the general.
The Clinton campaign imploded in 08, and DWS is doing it again.
Trying to put the fix in, with the idea to help your side easily coast into the finals, is the worst thing you could do. It shows that you're a coward. That you don't believe in your candidate enough to win in a fair fight.
It creates two huge issues (as a big NHL fan, so please accept the analogy).
1. Trying to get to the Finals while avoiding the fight along the way is a losing strategy.
You only get to the Stanley Cup Finals by building upon every game you played before. In NHL, the Finals are sometimes called "a season within a season". Detractors will chide it for being way too long, which (relative to all other pro sports) is a reasonable complaint. Fans love it, because it's an epic war, requiring you to win 16 huge battles.
Now, if you were somehow able to circumvent all of the season, all of the playoffs, and go straight from exhibitions to the finals, how do you think your team would do? You'd be creamed, right? You'd have no prayer.
Going to battle and winning in a good, honest fight is what makes you stronger. If you don't win, then so be it. The other team has proven themselves. Trying to avoid the fight, so that you may "live to see another day" may keep you alive, but it only makes you weaker. If you want to compete in the finals, you do that by battling and winning, at least as much as your opponent did.
2. A clean win to a hard, fair fight is how you get your opponents' support. Anything less only serves to alienate them.
It's all about the small battles. A smart team never looks further than their next game. Put up a good, honest fight, and both sides will respect and support you.
If you want your opponent's respect, you don't do it by beating them with a win at any cost approach. You do it by playing tough but fair. If you put up an epic battle to win a series, the fans of both sides will hugely appreciate it. And have tons of respect for both teams. Even if it's not your team that wins, you'll have way more appreciation for the other team. Whereas if you feel they won by playing dirty, you'll hate them and hope they get destroyed.
Bernie is trying to run like a Stanley Cup Champion team. Hillary is trying to run as an NHL All-Star team. NHL fans certainly know what I'm talking about.