Checkers vs. Chess

[Duer 157099]

First of all, I'm not even sure I get why this analogy keeps coming up. But nevermind that, I don't really care.

I'm just wondering if 1 or 2 days is really sufficient to have finished up the chessboard so that Obama is now in the "checkmate" position that everyone claimed he was after.

Really?

What substantially changed in the past, what? 48 hours? He moved all his pieces around the chessboard and finally (whew! that was hard work!) got them in the correct positions that he's now able to come out publically and claim that he's not really opposed to prosecutions?

Seriously - I want to know what happened, chess-wise, to allow this bold move.

Anyone? Buhler?

[Orrex]

1. The horsey moves two forward and one to the side, right?

[DS1]

4. Then it drops dead

[Orrex]

7. That's what they get for not letting lefties play

I suspect the work of an embittered southpaw.

[ulysses]

2. heh - the legacy of Dem_Strat.

Or whatever his handle was. :D

[bobburgster]

3. Cheney's big mouth....

maybe it will shut his mouth. I also think he has heard a lot of feedback about going forward with prosecution.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. In this instance, the "chessplayer" was getting a lot of heat from the sidelines.

From all over the world, and domestically, about letting criminals slide.

[Captain Hilts]

11. He's trying to have it both ways. A good strategy actually. Gretsky letting others fight the goons

[SIMPLYB1980]

6. Because Chess is about tactics, and checkers takes about

as much tactics as tic tac toe. If you can't see how things are unfolding to at least get some war criminals like judge Jay Bybee, Alberto Gonzales, Rove, and possibly but still doubtfully the DICK himself then I don't think anyone will be able to convince you till the day someone is convicted.

[Hekate]

8. One or two days? Political chess is long-term & multidimensional....

See if this op-ed by Bob Herbert makes sense to you. It only scratches the surface.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/opinion/10herbert.html

[Duer 157099]

9. Ahah! Then you get my point, exactly!

Sorry I wasn't able to articulate it clearly.

[Solly Mack]

10. Doesn't anyone play Go?

sigh

[Hekate]

12. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200...

Sorry Solly, I just couldn't resist.

Hekate

[Solly Mack]

13. hehe!

I understand :)