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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 01:28 AM
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Obama followers as cultists - Stage IV of Clinton's losing defense matrix
Stage I When you do not have the best position on the war - prevaricate

Stage II When you do not have the clear voice of leadership - triangulate

Stage III When you do not have the momentum - trivialize the election just lost

Stage IV When you do not have anywhere to go - instigate a smear on the supporters as unthinking cultists

Stage V When the supporters embrace the slur and turn it around - start backing up the dump truck and release a load
against the leader who has sparked a fire across the country.

Stage VI When this desperate tactic is reviled - step aside as the great locomotive of history barrels by you and you turn to watch history pass you by.

We are about to pass out of the Stage III. It had no traction. These Obama followers took a cue from their leader and rather than casting aspersions on the followers of Clinton simply stated: Cultists = Yes we are and by embracing the absurd made the charge even more ridiculous than it was.

A simple chart that translates all of these packed arenas into a mathematical equation.


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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 01:30 AM
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1. Their campaign is in its death throes. They're at the bargaining stage.
Hence the notion they can get Al Gore to take over and be the consensus candidate, so as to thwart the Obama Nation. Desperate bargaining in the face of imminent death.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 02:05 AM
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4. Well the last time they got desperate they sent Bill out to make
a fool of himself so that atleast they could interupt the loss of the news cycles. Kind of like when a coach calls a time out when the opposing team has taken over the momentum in the game.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 01:31 AM
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2. Nice summary :-)
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-10-08 01:33 AM
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3. thank you
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