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How Donald Put Jeb into Checkmate: Beware the Dreaded Zugzwang
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| Alan Kelly
Posted on 10/21/2015 10:09:51 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: sparklite2
Probably all through the Trump Presidency, at least through the first term.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:29:30 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
To: RoosterRedux; hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; conservativejoy; RitaOK; Black Agnes; ...
“Surely he can’t have thought all this through in advance.”
He is fully capable of it.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:30:15 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: DoodleDawg
Jeb was too stupid not to realize that his earlier words would come back to bite him if he took a swing at The Trumpmeister.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:30:27 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common anymore.)
To: DoodleDawg
Read The Art of the Deal. Trump let’s on a lot.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:30:51 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
To: RoosterRedux
Well Huffpo wised up. Trump is playing chess and the others are playing checkers. What appears to be Trump accidentally stumbling through one dangerous utterance after another is in reality a very carefully thought out gameplan.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:31:45 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: RoosterRedux
My impression from the start of the Donald is that he plans 20 moves ahead when his opponents can barely see the first move. That is why he is always smiling because his plan just falls into place. Bush is getting filleted.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:32:07 AM PDT
by
GilGil
To: RoosterRedux
Trump is doing a flavor of country dumb...Regan did this... one the biggest advantage you can have is to have your opponents underestimate your...you can exploit that to lead them to slaughter....
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:32:20 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patriots are in rebellion... teach him why)
To: Mariner
Trump is seriously smart and street smart. He’s got that over Cruz even.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:32:29 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Cobra64
The Bushes in general are not very bright. Jeb might even be the smartest one. Not a one comes off as smart.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:33:33 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Yaelle
Jeb is the “Fredo” of the family.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:34:10 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: RoosterRedux
As an old time chess player I recognized that tactic too. Its part of The Donald’s “Art of the Deal”.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:34:34 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: flaglady47
“Trump’s wheels are always turning. While other’s sleep, The Donallold thinks, and plots his next chess move.”
Yep - and my guess is that his “people” are always plotting policy, researching opponents, and planning the next move. He can afford the best, and will not suffer 2nd-rate performance by any of his staff.
Formidable he will be and IMHO, he will only be defeated - by himself (an untimely faux pas)...
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:35:02 AM PDT
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: tophat9000
Any blonde knows this. The more dumb they think you are, the more you get your wishes accomplished.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:36:02 AM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: jonno
” he will only be defeated - by himself (an untimely faux pas)...”
Americans seem prepared to forgive his gaffes. They want S.C. cleaned out, and fumigated.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:38:19 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:38:52 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Georgia Girl 2
What appears to be Trump accidentally stumbling through one dangerous utterance after another is in reality a very carefully thought out gameplan.
Yep...he is deliberately chumming the water (hey stupid fish.."blood in the water" does not always mean a wounded opponent you can finish off for a free meal) to control the agenda...he baiting
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:42:35 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patriots are in rebellion... teach him why)
To: RoosterRedux
A player is said to be "in zugzwang" when any possible move will worsen his position. German word meaning "obligation to move." Bad explanation. What it actually means is that the opponent has only one possible move in response to the other player's move - a forced move. (And of course he's obligated to move in any case (or forfeit the game), as players take turns moving.) Zugzwang happens when the king is cornered and every move is one move further to an inevitable check mate.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:46:05 AM PDT
by
Moltke
To: flaglady47
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:46:46 AM PDT
by
Magic Fingers
(Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
To: Yaelle
Know the female dumb blond act well.. also the helpless “little old me?” game
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:46:58 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(King G(OP)eorge III has no idea why the Americans Patriots are in rebellion... teach him why)
To: stephenjohnbanker; RoosterRedux
“Surely he can’t have thought all this through in advance.”
He is fully capable of it.
I thought RoosterRedux was being facetious, but I could be wrong.
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posted on
10/21/2015 10:48:28 AM PDT
by
867V309
(Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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