she is the candidate we have.
She has botched up campaigns, but I will vote for her.
She has poorly delivered her message, but her message is correct and I will vote for her.
I will not be silenced by defeatism.
Defeatism did not stop Leonidas and his spartans.
Maximizing turnout is always a victory for our side.
"Defeatism did not stop Leonidas and his spartans."
Do we really want to emulate Leonidas? IIRC all of Leonidas' guys died at Thermopylae. We might as well invoke the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Let's please use the Katharine Harris fiasco as a lesson for the future instead of blindly riding into the jaws of death.