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MyOwnPeace

(16,887 posts)
43. Marketing 101:
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 02:58 PM
Apr 2016

"Keep your friends close - and your enemies closer."

This has often been attributed to Sun Tzu and sometimes to Niccolò Machiavelli or Petrarch, but there are no published sources yet found which predate its use by "Michael Corleone" in The Godfather Part II (1974), written by Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola: "My father taught me many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

Did he suspend his campaign? liberalnarb Apr 2016 #1
God, I hope not. forest444 Apr 2016 #20
This "convention"......................of the grand poohbah's......... turbinetree Apr 2016 #35
Well, it would certainly be cosmic justice. forest444 Apr 2016 #42
I think we should set up a small pool...... lastlib Apr 2016 #65
No wonder his name is rumored to be in the DC Madam's phone book brush Apr 2016 #54
No kidding. christx30 Apr 2016 #58
Now that made me laugh out loud. Good one. brush Apr 2016 #59
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2016 #2
If this site is about progress why feature Republicans? whereisjustice Apr 2016 #3
Comprehension of Mockery 101.... Graded F. Hekate Apr 2016 #21
I triple-read the post just to make sure I had it correctly... RiverNoord Apr 2016 #28
Really? You want Trump and Cruz plastered here everyday? WTF? Democrats can't market their whereisjustice Apr 2016 #74
And now that I think about it, even phrased as it was likely meant to sound,... RiverNoord Apr 2016 #32
Exactly what I thought robbob Apr 2016 #49
Really? Because I think a 30 second ad christx30 Apr 2016 #22
Also a great natural laxative. nt elljay Apr 2016 #25
lol RiverNoord Apr 2016 #33
Marketing 101: MyOwnPeace Apr 2016 #43
But you don't promote your enemies in full page photos on your site every day... whereisjustice Apr 2016 #75
Does anyone seriously believe that Hillary cannot defeat these clowns? nt onehandle Apr 2016 #4
It won't be Cruz. It'll be Trump. RiverNoord Apr 2016 #34
Who is willing to take advantage? gordianot Apr 2016 #5
No Ted, that was your mistress liberal N proud Apr 2016 #6
Yeah. 47of74 Apr 2016 #7
that's what I was thinking NewJeffCT Apr 2016 #12
Was Ted thinking of having sexy time with 'Murica then? 47of74 Apr 2016 #8
He would flip her over for that. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #10
Was this written down for him? Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #9
The musings of a putrid mind. eom UtahLib Apr 2016 #11
Have you seen the excerpts from that bill he wrote in Texas to ban sex toys? Hekate Apr 2016 #23
So Ted's got a thing for Lady Liberty. Now it makes sense. He talks about her all the time. Akicita Apr 2016 #13
...lying down with her back on the mat...and what? PatrickforO Apr 2016 #14
And cooing, "Oh, Teddy, your hands are so much bigger than Donald's." tclambert Apr 2016 #26
+5 appalachiablue Apr 2016 #29
I'm leaning toward 'the idiot accidentally said what really meant for once in his sad, shameful... RiverNoord Apr 2016 #30
... Jamaal510 Apr 2016 #15
What's this guy's name? Johnny... louis-t Apr 2016 #45
Johnny Bravo. nt Jamaal510 Apr 2016 #67
Talks like Elvis, right? louis-t Apr 2016 #71
Yeah, Jamaal510 Apr 2016 #73
Right, he'd say "Hey Mama!" louis-t Apr 2016 #76
Cruz makes my skin crawl. SunSeeker Apr 2016 #16
Oh my Iliyah Apr 2016 #17
He's lower than whale shit in the Marianas Trench Fritz Walter Apr 2016 #18
What do we call "Freudian slips" these days, anyway? Hortensis Apr 2016 #19
We could call them... 3catwoman3 Apr 2016 #50
Yes. It seems likely some truth slipped out here. Hortensis Apr 2016 #55
The eloquence of Republicans is truly inspiring. tclambert Apr 2016 #24
Didn't know the Senator was hard of hearing... HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #27
Well, there you go... ReRe Apr 2016 #31
They ALL do! complain jane Apr 2016 #64
From the linked article: Contrary1 Apr 2016 #36
Again, Creepy! TomCADem Apr 2016 #37
Lucky it wasn't Trump, ... CRH Apr 2016 #38
WTF?? NastyRiffraff Apr 2016 #39
It sounds like TED wants to HAVE CONGRESS with AMERICA!!!! MADem Apr 2016 #40
Must have gotten that line from his Madame a few years back rurallib Apr 2016 #41
Ahh, how easily the stupid rolls off the tongues louis-t Apr 2016 #44
Well that is just weird and creepy, Ted. yellowcanine Apr 2016 #46
HOW DOES HE DO IT ! CREEPIER BY THE DAY ! Sigmund Freud was right. nt King_Klonopin Apr 2016 #47
Hillary would be as bad as any of the Republicans. urbuddha Apr 2016 #48
I really don't understand why they pretend to hate her so much. She is a big neocon. RIP Democratic thereismore Apr 2016 #51
Senator Strange Malbrownluna8708 Apr 2016 #52
watch out randy ted. captainarizona Apr 2016 #53
He looks a lot like Mad magazine's Alfred E. Newman red dog 1 Apr 2016 #56
How can this man be considered a contender for AllyCat Apr 2016 #57
what an unbearably sexy man redruddyred Apr 2016 #60
God Help me for this . but I 'think' he was making a wrestling reference nini Apr 2016 #61
That face......... TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #62
Backpfeifengesicht ornotna Apr 2016 #63
Every time I see this Pic of the Moment, Ilsa Apr 2016 #66
How revealing. You can be sure what he has in mind to do to this country. n/t Lodestar Apr 2016 #68
ummg ... urp struggle4progress Apr 2016 #69
God can't sleep. 47of74 Apr 2016 #70
I now think I know why THIS happened fred v Apr 2016 #72
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