How to lose every fight with Barack Obama
I’ve been noticing an interesting trend with the President-elect that fellow conservatives ought to be aware of; Obama appears to be intensely using the Clintonian strategy of testing his ideas by leaking them through his staffers to the press.
If we want to lose every fight with him, we can devour those “choice bites” of leaking (gossip), respond to them before they are official, and both preserve Obama’s political capital (“it wasn’t an official announcement”) and embarass ourselves by acting on gossip.
If we want to win a few, we need to hold our fire and only go after the things he makes official by open, sourced announcements.
Avoiding gossip isn’t just a Biblical imperative; it’s a way to be effective in life.
