Posted on 07/28/2003 5:44:15 PM PDT by Lando Lincoln
MISUNDERESTIMATING THE STRATEGERY
Ever since George W. Bush campaigned in 2000, he has been dismissed by the liberal elitists as a daddy's boy, an idiot and a dolt, someone who wouldn't know how to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions written on the heel. They call him names, they scorn him. They pick out every mispronounced word he utters and they run with it, writing 1,000 word articles on his ignorance and his lack of "gravitas." Political cartoonists have a heyday with his face, and invariably portray him as a fool.
After the election debacle in Florida, they were even more vitriolic, if it could be possible. They still complain that he "stole" the election, or that he was "selected," instead of elected.
At the Inauguration, the outgoing President was given a warning by George W. Bush with just a look. A look, I might add, that said volumes to anyone who might have seen the expression. The opening gambit of the game of Strategery had been made. Since that Inaugural Look, the liberal elitists have time and again tried to overwhelm GWB with their demagoguery, their rhetoric, their whining and complaining, and maneuverings in the wells of both Houses of Congress. Far from being disturbed by these tactics, the President takes the threats and posturings with equanimity. When he can't not reply to a complaint or a demand, he does so matter-of-factly. He states the facts, he presents his position in words anyone can understand, then he says, "Thank you, and God Bless America." Make of it what you will, it always seems to work. Another ace has been drawn, another pawn has been castled.
With each non-reaction, GWB sends the liberal elite and their presstitute toadies into apoplexy. They cheat and cheat, but this game can't be won by cheating, only by playing by the Rules--Rules apparently written in Klingon, for all the liberal elitists understand of them. And he sends a message to Americans who hear him speak. "Take heart. America is indeed great."
Americans, by and large, appreciate real leadership, and they see it in this consummate player of the game of Strategery. It is comforting to know that the man in the Oval Office really believes in what he is doing. At the Inauguration, he swore to do his duty and to protect the nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and so far, his performance has been exemplary.
The liberal elitists lose another point with each grandstanding play, firmly shored up with untruths, spin, and demagoguery. But GWB is not put off by their apparent inability or unwillingness to attend to the Rules. Therein lies the problem: The Rules are just too simple for the liberal elite, so they can't possibly work. So, they trot out another laundry list of imagined malfeasances committed by George W. Bush, and trumpet their cheatery loud and clear. And every time they do, GWB draws another ace or castles another pawn.
The strategery of George W. Bush will go down in history as the absolute greatest leadership tactic in the history of the Presidency of the United States. He keeps his campaign promises, and he refuses to budge on things that he believes in strongly. He prays daily, asks God's blessings on the country and its citizens every time he speaks to us, and does things that send the liberal elitists into flying, spittle-flinging fits. He fills his cabinet with bright, daring, and dedicated people, and eschews sycophants. He demands--and gets--a tax cut that is going to work, has even already started to work, if the surge in the stock market is any indication. And the liberal elitists throw themselves on the floor and drum their heels. This move of theirs, the stumbling economy, was to be the big club they would use to beat GWB over the head. Instead, he took it like a Louisville Slugger and knocked another one out of the park.
Misunderestimating George W. Bush's ability to play Strategery has been the biggest mistake the liberal elitists have made so far in their checkered political careers. By refusing to play the game by the Rules, they not only cheat, but they cheat themselves, since time and again, the President has demonstrated not only his willingness, but his ability to work with anyone on the other side of the political spectrum, regardless of their stance, provided they play by the Rules.
The most recent tantrum by the liberal elitists concerns the finding of the weapons of mass destruction that are known to be hidden somewhere in Iraq. Their newest mantra is "There are no weapons of mass destruction; there were no weapons of mass destruction, and the claim that there are is another ploy by the administration to save face and justify the war in Iraq." Not only does George W. Bush not reply, he doesn't even send in his spokesman. He regards all moves in the game that are not played according to the Rules as non-moves, not worth a countermove. He doesn't even have to feint. All he has to do is wait, and sooner or later, the liberal elitists are hoist on their own petard.
The fact is that the liberal elitists simply can't stand George W. Bush. They can't stand the fact that not only did he win the election, but he's doing the kind of job that will put his place in history firmly near the top of the list of Great Presidents of the United States. They can't stand the fact that he is a man of his word. They can't stand the fact that he has a very, very good chance of being re-elected. And they can't stand the fact that he plays the game so well. For some reason, the liberal elitists believe the game being played is, "Aha! GOTCHA!" So they cheat. And cheat, and cheat. Then they lie. And they lie, and lie, and lie to cover up the cheating and the lies. Then they cry when the Rules of Strategery fall in favor of a President they despise to the very core of their being. They are "deeply saddened." They hold his Judicial appointments hostage. They throw tantrum after tantrum, and GWB goes on about the business of the game: Another ace drawn, another pawn castled. And still, the liberal elitists not only refuse to listen to the Rules, but they steadfastly refuse to hire a Klingon interpreter.
I don't want to give advice to my political enemies. I don't want to see them win anything ever again. I want to see them defeated so decisively that they will have no way to come back. "Play by the Rules, and see what happens," I am tempted to tell them. But they hate Strategery, and they always misunderestimate George W. Bush. So they lose every battle. They just can't seem to learn that every attack they launch against the master of Strategery is going to blow up right in their faces. And they just can't seem to break the habit of misunderestimation.
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