10 years ago, I wrote an article titled “Note to Progressives on Hostage Taking: Don't Knock It 'til You Try It” which was about the (racist) Tea Party’s use of its voting block to risk default on debt and other mayhem. Some lessons for current battle…1/x cliffnotesfromthesouth.blogspot.com/2011/08/note-t…
In article, I discussed the Tea Party’s willingness to cause GOP loses in elections actually strengthened their position: “Although many observers took these losses & widespread criticisms as a sign that the TP would decline in strength, the truth has been quite the opposite.”
I continued: “Today, Speaker Boehner’s biggest fear is that the Tea Party will “primary” some of his key members, or even worse, that Tea Party candidates will split the vote in the general election.” But here come the tricky part…
“Progressives are usually a lot more attached to getting a win. Possibly it’s because we generally represent interest that don’t get to win much, so we become more willing to compromise in order to get a moral victory…
“Or possibly it’s because we care so much about those we serve, often society’s most vulnerable, that we can’t stand the thought of the collateral damage that would accompany a strategic loss. Regardless of the source…
“progressives are going to have to become more willing to lose a couple of battles in order to win the larger war.”
—-August 2011
#HoldTheLine
—-August 2011
#HoldTheLine
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