"The opportunity costs of Underpants Gnome politics".

[kpete]

Moving the conversation forward
by: Paul Rosenberg
Mon Sep 27, 2010 at 12:00

I've been trying to make a fairly basic (and tremendously un-original) point for a couple of weeks now, without encountering a whole lot of success in doing so. The point is this: If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

This tired old truism is just as applicable for activists enraged with Obama as it is for Obama himself. And it's also just the tip of a pretty massive iceberg as well.

Starting with the tip, for the moment, pointing out the fact that this is a stupid plan:

(1) Dump the Democrats.
(2) ???
(3) Progressive victory!

Is not an argument to STFU and never think again, as some folks would have it. What I'm arguing for is not any one particular strategy. Rather, I'm arguing against a genre of strategies--Underpants Gnome strategies with a bit fat "???" where all the thinking should be.

more:
http://openleft.com/diary/20302/moving-the-conversation-forward

More xlnt advice:
http://www.openleft.com/showComment.do?commentId=242732

[xchrom]

1. Underpants is a Gnome? Do the Gnomes know this? Nt

[pansypoo53219]

3. reference to an early South Park episode.

the gnome stole underwear.........PROFITS! cause tax cuts have magical powers.......

to entrace the stupids.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

4. I thought he was just a sock puppet....I mean, who else would post crap like that?

:rofl:

Edit: To the Mods -- Don't go getting all trigger-happy. I'm pretty sure Underpants knows we're kidding.

[frylock]

2. i've been using this analogy to describe the centrists in the party..

(1) Elect Democrats.
(2) ???
(3) Profits!