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Amen to that. I have long had several people who I look to in war, political or otherwise: Among them are William Casey (Reagan's first CIA Director and probably the best to ever hold that position), Ollie North, and Richard Marcinko (founder of SEAL Team Six). Most of my strategic thinking comes from Mr. Marcinko, the founder of SEAL Team Six.

Today, like it or not, we must recognize that there are no rules except to win. Winning sets us up to try to reverse the damage, IMHO.

Reading Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior and Rogue Warrior: Strategies for Success, I have seen countless times where the "rules" are broken, and those who "broke the rules" won big. Thinking outside the box is the best shot here, and frankly, if we do not, then we will be doomed to lose everything.

Short-term compromises are acceptable right now. Sorry if the folks who hold principle above everything are upset, but a principled loser is still a loser. I did not choose these terms of politics. The Dems have set these terms. I accept them and fight by them so my principles have a chance.

If it means the President has to appear on Howard Stern's show, so be it. If we have to run an amnesty provision we know will be blocked to get an edge over the Dems, I'll do it in a heartbeat. If it means we punt something to the Supreme Court, knowing we will get the ball in better field position when they are done with it, I'll do it. We're not going to get everything we want right away. We must prioritize, pick and choose our fights, and for now, pick only those fights where we have relative strength to out opposition. It's ugly, but then again, politics was never a clean endeavour. You just hope that you are cleaner than your opponents when all is said and done.

Thus endeth my sermon.

Sorry if the folks who hold principle above everything are upset, but a principled loser is still a loser.

THANK YOU! This is, in essense, all that I was attempting to say. Principle means absolutely nothing if you are not in a position to use those principles assertively. You can be principled all you want, but if you are not in the game, it means nothing.

I guess it escapes most that being so "principled" makes one an easy target to pick off. I mean, the "unprincipled" knows that the "principled" will not do whatever it takes to win. In politics, the realm in which most everyone seems to forget is the playing field, to the aggressor goes the victory. This has always been the truth, is always the truth, and will always be the truth. Period. End of story. No amount of complaining about it is going to change the rules of the game.

All I'm guilty of here is telling the truth. And if that's my only crime, then hey, I'm guilty as charged and will continuously be guilty.

So that there is no question, here's why I am the way that I am: MY SOLE PURPOSE IS TO DEFEAT, OBLITERATE, DESTROY, ANNIHILATE, AND DISPOSE OF THE LEFT. And you can quote me on it. When it's dead and buried, I will dig it up from time to time, empty 25 full metal jackets into the corpse, and bury it again. You can quote me on that, too.

The Left is dangerous, deadly, and will be the cause of the destruction of America, unless we do something about it. We have two means at our disposal: ballots or ballistics.

I have studied and continue to see how they use, manipulate, and rob my people, American blacks, of not only its ambition, but more importantly its pride. Leftism is a curse upon the Spirit of America, it is antithetical to achievement, and seeks only to further its goals and power. America cannot absorb any more Balkanization. But if we don't defeat the Left, it will continue.

And you think I don't absolutely HATE the Left? Ha! No, I'm not talking about the people. I'm talking about Leftist ideology. Honest to God above, I loathe Leftism. I really, really do.

There are those who are critical of my apparent "lack" of principles. So be it. Now, if they would kindly step aside, I'd like to go forward with M-16 in hand, selector switch at "burst."