{"id":6231,"date":"2012-03-20T12:41:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T03:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haakondahl.com\/blog\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2012-03-20T12:41:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T03:41:32","slug":"2666-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/2666-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This stuff is child&#8217;s play when your opponents are children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Announce outrageous power-grab with vocal minority support.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will arouse powerful and justified opposition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Amid furor, weakly defend worst part of it.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will focus opposition on an easy win for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Announce that the worst part will be withdrawn.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will energize your friends and placate your opponents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resume the bad parts but in different phrasing.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You now have a free hand because the tension surrounding the issue has been discharged, and those who rightfully point out what you are doing will be dismissed as unreasonable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The key is to keep several of these processes in motion at all times; long and short, big and small, trivial and momentous. \u00a0It creates a sea of activity in which your opponents always have something to attack you about, be right, and win, yet they never stop you from getting your way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"6231\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/wp-login.php\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"6231\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"user\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This stuff is child&#8217;s play when your opponents are children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Announce outrageous power-grab with vocal minority support.<br \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will arouse powerful and justified opposition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Amid furor, weakly defend worst part of it.<br \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will focus opposition on an easy win for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Announce that the worst part will be withdrawn.<br \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will energize your friends and placate your opponents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resume the bad parts but in different phrasing.<br \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You now have a free hand because the tension surrounding the issue has been discharged, and those who rightfully point out what you are doing will be dismissed as unreasonable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The key is to keep several of these processes in motion at all times; 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