[Magdalen] New York Times op-ed piece

[Roger Stokes]

His erraticism also makes it harder for his opponents to develop an 
effective and coherent strategy. It's rather like fighting against 
guerillas and terrorists. You never know where the next attack is coming 
from. Roy Cohn was also an aide to McCarthy, another one with a 
scayyergun approach.

Roger

On 03/07/2017 17:09, Eleanor Braun wrote:
> I was, of course, quoting the Charles Blow piece.  But it's clear that on a
> short term basis, his tweets are designed to distract from the actual
> policy he is putting into place.  And his history as a "businessman"
> indicates he uses a wearing down strategy, only using lawsuits,
> bankruptcies and similar tactics, perhaps learned from Roy Cohn.
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Bob Rea <petard at petard.us> wrote:
>
>> On Monday, July 03, 2017 11:20:42 AM Eleanor Braun wrote:
>>> "Donald Trump is depending on people’s fatigue. He is banking on your
>>> becoming overwhelmed by his never-ending antics. He is counting on his
>>> capacity to wear down the resistance by sheer force.
>> I'm not sure I would attribute some much agency to Trump. I suspect he is
>> just
>> flailing around with not much by the way of planning or strategy.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Rea
>> www.petard.us
>> www.petard.us/blog
>>
>> America, it was a wonderful country
>> Til they took it private
>> and made it a theme park of itself
>>
>>