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He wins and he gets his way virtually every time.
Here is why. Barack Obama is on a mission. The competitors are Politicians being political.
Obama's mission treats it as jungle warfare. He is out to win and will use anything and everything to win. Anything. Everything. Did you get that?
Did McCain and Romney act that way? No. Romney avoided taking Obama to the mat. He had is chance in the last debate and danced around the ring. No knockout there. No effort to mix it up. No passion to win. Now I know Romney wanted to win, he worked hard at it. But did he work like Obama works? No he did not.
Is Boehner acting more like Romney than Obama now over the #FiscalCliff battle. It is like we are witnessing another knockout by Obama.
Obama uses every trick he can come up with, every ploy he can muster. The Republicans whine, "oh he went to a stupid toy factory to make a point". Yes he did, and why? To WIN! Is he winning again? Yes he is. Some accuse him of cheating. Would he cheat? I think he would. Would he find a way to subvert the military vote? I think he would. Would Obama give out Obama Phones to win over votes? Yes he would, he did that. Would Obama increase the welfare roles and make the recipients believe they go away if he loses? Yes he would, he did that too.
Are you getting the picture here?
So now what republicans?
What do you do from being killed, not just knocked out. He's after your majority in the House you know. He's not trying to win the fiscal cliff battle. He is trying to kill your majority. He is not being a politician. He won't settle on a tax the rich battle. That's not his battle, it his skirmish. It's a piece of what he is doing.
Obama is out to change the Country. He says it. You don't listen.
He is using the fiscal cliff and adding pieces to it to beat you to a pulp; raising the debt ceiling for example. Hey now it's two fights. And three. And then four. And then five. And in two years, it's a knockout and he is on his way to his real goal, "Changing America".
He will win unless a major change takes place, which doesn't look likely.
The change? Back to my original simile'. Obama is on a mission and the republicans are playing politics, they are politicians, and oh does that smell bad.
You see, there is a difference that is core. I served two years as a Mormon missionary. We were on a mission to spread the good word. It was a core belief we had that we were saving souls. We would knock on doors for hours being rejected. That didn't matter, we didn't get discouraged. We were just looking for those we could share our message with. A grandson spent two years doing this in Moscow, Russia. No converts, he got beat up several times. He didn't come home all beat up in his heart, he felt he was serving God, and he knew Jesus had it worse.
That's the way it is with Obama. He can be spat upon, called names, called out by Congress, disparaged on Fox News. All of that is OK, he is on a mission too.
So what again about the Republicans fighting the Obama battle? Not on a mission. No core principles at work here. Is their mission survival of the Union? Is it protection of the Constitution? Is it based on principles? Sadly, no. When Obama issues an order that is against the good of the Country do you ever hear Boehner, or another Republican Leader say "that issue is dead on arrival"? Would they mean it if they said it. Do they fight with all their might, with everything they can muster? The answer is no and no and no.. It doesn't mean that much to them. It isn't core to them. And that is why they lose and lose and lose. They in fact punish any member of their body who gets the problem and tries to step up, speak out, and act with a core principle. In elections they fight that type of candidate. They don't want freedom fighters, they want more politicians.
Something historical and basic is on exhibit here. It is so basic. And as the republicans fail to get it they fail. It is that no matter how audacious the issue, how irrespective the import of the consequences, if you don't fight with all you have, and you are up against an opponent that fights that way, you will lose.
The Republicans are up against a control freak. He is playing to win. I learned a long time ago how to illustrate the inner soul of a control freak. Picture a man in a small deep pool with another man standing on the man in the pools head. He's holding him under water with his foot. The man in the water is running out of air. Picture how hard the man under water would be seeking air. How hard would he fight to get air? How hard would you fight?
Republicans, your head is under water. It's been there for years. Do you even know it or have you drowned already?
A [John F.] Kennedy quote, “To whom much is given, much is expected.”
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