Poker party (Bush/GOP fail, but Dems get political gain only if brave)

[papau]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mamet16sep16,0,4469455.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Poker party
In politics as in poker, the only way to win is to seize the initiative. The Democrats need to make bold wagers or risk being rolled over again.
By David Mamet

September 16, 2005

ONE NEEDS TO know but three words to play poker: call, raise or fold.

Fold means keep the money, I'm out of the hand; call means to match your opponents' bet. That leaves raise, which is the only way to win at poker. The raiser puts his opponent on the defensive, seizing the initiative. Initiative is only important if one wants to win.

The military axiom is "he who imposes the terms of the battle imposes the terms of the peace." The gambling equivalent is: "Don't call unless you could raise"; that is, to merely match one's opponent's bet is effective only if it makes the opponent question the caller's motives. And that can only occur if the caller has acted aggressively enough in the past to cause his opponents to wonder if the mere call is a ruse de guerre.

If you are branded as passive, the table will roll right over you — your opponents will steal antes without fear. Why? Because the addicted caller has never exhibited what, in the wider world, is known as courage.

In poker, one must have courage: the courage to bet, to back one's convictions, one's intuitions, one's understanding. There can be no victory without courage. The successful player must be willing to wager on likelihoods. Should he wait for absolutely risk-free certainty, he will win nothing, regardless of the cards he is dealt.
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[opihimoimoi]

1. In Desperation, Bush went ALL IN on this hand...he of a losing status.

The Dems must CALL, or, Raise the bet by asking Who will Pay and who will get the contracts, etc

The Dems must also address the wisdom of rebuilding in an area that is already LOW....with the knowledge the Planets Ocean Levels are rising at an alarming rate....etc etc...

I hope the Dems have the cajones to call the bet...Bush is a BLUFFER as well as a FLUFFER

[jojog]

2. Sun Tzu said

Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.

[WhiteTara]

4. Democrats should be meeting them at the

door..I hope Cynthia McKinney's I message gets out. Time to impeach Bush and send all of them to the Hague.
BTW Welcome to DU:hi:

[papau]

3. no one wants as a leader someone who can not tell east from west

Go along to get along folks need not apply for Democratic Party leadership positions

[yurbud]

5. pick most humiliating part of this and email and fax to dems in congress

[TheStates]

6. Howard Dean called their bluff....And kicked their butt.

Who will be next, Nancy Pelosi?

All the democrats need to do this: Call the GOP's bluff. Kick their butt six ways from sunday....Where's the money going? What is the purpose of the tax cuts? Suspending david-bacon? Why is the welfare situation out of control? How come the governors are being blamed for something they fouled up?