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10. It's also a time-honored military strategy that allows your opponent...

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 01:45 PM

Oct 2012

...to wear himself out on your defenses before you launch a devastating counter-attack.

Good example: Stalingrad, 23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943.

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"Never interrupt your opponent when he is setting himself on fire" [View all] cliffordu Oct 2012 OP

K & R! lonestarnot Oct 2012 #1

I keep saying this BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #2

Aikido, no? nt flamingdem Oct 2012 #9

Except it didn't work in this case lame54 Oct 2012 #60

That's a poor excuse for not coming out swinging. 1-Old-Man Oct 2012 #3

google the Gish Gallop and that will answer your problem shraby Oct 2012 #5

Please see my thread on the "Clampett Defense" Mopar151 Oct 2012 #6

"Never wrestle with a pig in mud, the pig will love it and you will only get muddy." rhett o rick Oct 2012 #7

Yeah, there are plenty of stupid ones Ilsa Oct 2012 #20

They were always there--just too ashamed of the Mittwit to mention it. MADem Oct 2012 #53

In reality, the GOP only has to get close. They count the votes in our country. they robinlynne Oct 2012 #23

Dont you have Democratic monitors for the vote counting? nm rhett o rick Oct 2012 #28

80% of US votes are counted by computer. noone can see the vote counting. The software robinlynne Oct 2012 #29

What State are you in? Each State runs it's own elections. Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #47

Yes. That is true. And 80% of Amreican votes are counted by computers. my state uses paper ballots, robinlynne Oct 2012 #50

I had the thought then, and many have echoed it since then, Obama was stunned by Mitts bullshit pasto76 Oct 2012 #12

Exactly. Sugarcoated Oct 2012 #18

Your argument was used against Obama in 2008 cliffordu Oct 2012 #41

I call the panick peeps CJCRANE Oct 2012 #4

Demoralizers is putting it mildly. I logged on here during the debate to Doremus Oct 2012 #11

Nailed it. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #27

- Or "D" is for Douchebag flamingdem Oct 2012 #8

It's also a time-honored military strategy that allows your opponent... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #10

I don't get this delusional crap about the debate. cali Oct 2012 #13

Agreed. The "give him enough rope to hang himself" thing is a fair strategy... Curtland1015 Oct 2012 #14

rass and that clarion poll? that's hardly evidence of a bounce bigtree Oct 2012 #15

Gallup. And I suggest waiting until the middle of the week to see just how much of cali Oct 2012 #17

yet, it's irrelevant bigtree Oct 2012 #21

Now you're invested in the polls going against the President treestar Oct 2012 #22

Obama knew exactly what he was doing lunatica Oct 2012 #16

I don't care if it was a deliberate strategy or not. It is playing out as if it was... Kalidurga Oct 2012 #19

Mitt lost the war before the debate Glitterati Oct 2012 #24

Bingo! BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #30

Is it bad form to light a cigarette off of a self-ignited opponent? porphyrian Oct 2012 #25

Not at all - reduce, reuse, recycle! mikeytherat Oct 2012 #39

:) Whisp Oct 2012 #26

Here ya go! BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #31

Oh come on his strategy was to stand there and get lectured by doc03 Oct 2012 #32

I caug what he did the the Clintons in 2008. cliffordu Oct 2012 #34

YUP! +a zillion graham4anything Oct 2012 #33

I agree! bushisanidiot Oct 2012 #35

Kicking cause the panic peeps are still at it. cliffordu Oct 2012 #36

Need to kick harder. GoneOffShore Oct 2012 #37

When the success of your strategy is defining your opponent - allowing him to redefine himself jsmirman Oct 2012 #38

And I do think the media is making many of us cliffordu Oct 2012 #40

I am not jsmirman Oct 2012 #42

Nobody Has Been More Stalwart In The Defense Of The President And Putting The Best Spin On Things DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #43

He was jsmirman Oct 2012 #44

I'm Looking At Muhammad Ali's Rematches With Joe Frazier, Ken Norton And Leon Spinks For Inspiration DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #45

Was it during the Tech boom?? cliffordu Oct 2012 #46

I did not trade bullshit internet companies - I traded options on real companies jsmirman Oct 2012 #48

So you speculated and got rich. cliffordu Oct 2012 #49

1) I don't consider knowing what you are doing "speculation" and jsmirman Oct 2012 #55

Nothing. There is no point to be made. cliffordu Oct 2012 #56

What is this vendetta, which includes things fabricated out of whole cloth? jsmirman Oct 2012 #57

And I made less than minimum wage on Wall Street if my hours were calculated jsmirman Oct 2012 #58

I'm interested in what cliffordu Oct 2012 #59

And it's sibling rule: Turbineguy Oct 2012 #51

Yeah that worked out great. If he pulls that again it's over. budkin Oct 2012 #52

Same thing everyone said about him in 2008 and cliffordu Oct 2012 #54