Poker party By David Mamet (Dems must take risks)

[julialnyc]

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-mamet16sep16,1,341798.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Poker party By David Mamet
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. "In poker, one must have courage: the courage to bet, to back one's convictions, one's intuitions, one's understanding. There can be no victory without courage. The successful player must be willing to wager on likelihoods. Should he wait for absolutely risk-free certainty, he will win nothing, regardless of the cards he is dealt."

"For example, take a player who has never acted with initiative -- he has never raised, merely called. Now, at the end of the evening, he is dealt a royal flush. The hand, per se, is unbeatable, but the passive player has never acted aggressively; his current bet (on the sure thing) will signal to the other players that his hand is unbeatable, and they will fold.

"His patient, passive quest for certainty has won nothing.

"The Democrats, similarly, in their quest for a strategy that would alienate no voters, have given away the store, and they have given away the country."

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[papau]

1. I thought it an excellent summary of the current Democratic Party Problem

:-(

[Neocondriac]

2. Thx Julia

I have said for sometime that we as progressives lack only resolve. Conversely, it is really all the Neocons have.

[julialnyc]

3. Yep, it's like Clinton said at the dem convention about * being certain

which isn't such a great quality when he's wrong.