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2016 Postmortem

SoutherDem

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10. You have a point but

Reply to coalition_unwilling (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 08:10 PM

Jun 2012

I don't mind and would prefer a clean fight but it is obvious we won't get one.
We seem to have 3 choices;
1. Status quo - Play clean while Republicans play dirty. Causing us to lose when we should win.
2. Play dirty - Give them a taste of their own medicine.
3. Get them to play fair- but how?????

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Is it time to stop playing fair? [View all] SoutherDem Jun 2012 OP

Successful Democrats do not play fair. murielm99 Jun 2012 #1

I agree , we need a war room that takes no prisioners!!! n/t hrmjustin Jun 2012 #2

I think we need to stop eating our own. revolution breeze Jun 2012 #3

I think we "Play fair" msider Jun 2012 #4

No Way Beststash Jun 2012 #5

Only some times, and then only regarding some things demwing Jun 2012 #12

This isn't some ethics class 'what if' situation. ancianita Jun 2012 #13

Winning isn't the most important thing...it's the only thing. N/T Chan790 Jun 2012 #15

We should play real dirty Politicalboi Jun 2012 #6

+100 FirstLight Jun 2012 #11

I don't think the Dems need to play dirty. They just need to hold the Cons accountable. bloomington-lib Jun 2012 #7

Right. They don't "need" to. But ancianita Jun 2012 #14

That's a slippery slope and once embarked upon it, not easy to coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #8

You have a point but SoutherDem Jun 2012 #10

I called for the end of Queensbury rules long ago meow2u3 Jun 2012 #9

Playing fair? When did I start playing fair? Chan790 Jun 2012 #16

Democrats must be ruthless Rosanna Lopez Jun 2012 #17