{"id":9788,"date":"2020-01-26T10:01:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=9788"},"modified":"2020-01-26T10:01:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T15:01:31","slug":"yielding-the-high-ground-is-for-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/26\/yielding-the-high-ground-is-for-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"Yielding the High Ground is for Losers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In war attacking an enemy who is occupying the high ground is a daunting exercise.\u00a0 Because all other things being equal, attacking the enemy is literally an uphill battle.\u00a0 Gravity is your opponent\u2019s friend and your foe.\u00a0 Line of sight works for him and against you. \u00a0Almost every possible advantage is given to the force occupying the higher ground.<\/p>\n

Now, the only thing worse than starting out at the bottom of the hill is starting out on the higher ground and then giving it up to the enemy for no reason.\u00a0 That is the sign of a blithering idiot.\u00a0 Case in point is the Battle of Gettysburg.\u00a0 The Confederate forces routed the Union on the first day of battle but through the incompetence of one of the generals did not then occupy the high points and deny the Union the strategic advantage that eventually won them the battle, and consequently thereafter, the war.<\/p>\n

One of the hallmarks of both Bush presidencies was the way these men allowed the press to pummel them at every turn.\u00a0 And among the most memorable occasions for this mayhem were the Presidential Debates.\u00a0 On these occasions, especially for Dubyah, a unanimous chorus of Leftist Journalists would lopsidedly pound the snot out of the poor old doofus at every turn, while his Democrat opponents would be treated to love taps when their turn came to answer questions.\u00a0 In fact, most of the time, the questions given to Gore or Kerry consisted of Democrat talking points to use as segues into a new attack on poor old George.\u00a0 And of course the Bushes were just the worst case of this syndrome.\u00a0 McCain and Romney were both treated to a similar roasting when their turns came up for the debate demolition derby.<\/p>\n

Knowing that the press is almost 100% leftist it is no surprise that the Commission on Presidential Debates is irremediably hostile to Republican candidates and if a Republican is running for a first term, unless he is in a very strong position vis-a-vis the Democrat incumbent, he probably has no choice but to submit himself to the uphill battle that the debate commission will engineer.\u00a0 But if you are an incumbent President with a good record or even a fair record why would you give up the high ground and allow your enemies to sit back in comfort and pour artillery fire down on you while you have to slog up the hill through it?<\/p>\n

That is why it\u2019s especially satisfying to read that President Trump is not satisfied with walking into the typical ambush<\/a>.\u00a0 Several times now he has stated that if the panel and the rules don\u2019t seem unbiased he\u2019ll forego the whole thing.\u00a0 And he can do it.\u00a0 After all that is the advantage of the incumbency, your opponent needs to show that he is better than you.\u00a0 If the incumbent has a good track record then it\u2019s an uphill battle for him to attack you.\u00a0 He wants the debate to provide the chance for a lucky knockout punch.\u00a0 To extend the boxing metaphor, if you are going to fight him at least do it in your ring and with at least a neutral referee, not one of his henchmen who\u2019ll allow your opponent to put some lead in his glove.<\/p>\n

When considering who I would want as a debate moderator the first name that came to mind was Tucker Carlson.\u00a0 Carlson would inject a right-wing perspective to a presidential debate that as far as I can remember has never been tried before.\u00a0 Watching Bernie or Crazy Uncle Joe trying to answer any really hard questions about their nonsensical positions or actions would be a true revelation for the American voting audience.\u00a0 Watching them try to answer honestly how the Green New Deal would impact the cost of heating a home and owning an automobile would be hilarious.\u00a0 And can you imagine Joe Biden explaining how his half-wit son made millions of dollars as an energy company director when he can barely keep himself out of a crack cocaine halfway house from month to month.\u00a0 That would be amazing to watch.<\/p>\n

But we don\u2019t have to restrict the idea to just Tucker.\u00a0 Brit Hume, Sharyl Attkisson, Mark Levin or Rush Limbaugh would all bring various skills and viewpoints that would balance out the typical leftist positions represented by someone like Lester Holt, Martha Raddatz, Anderson Cooper or Chris Wallace.<\/p>\n

So, here\u2019s hoping that President Trump cuts a really good deal and holds the high ground or just foregoes the whole biased process and let\u2019s the American people judge him and his opponent on the merits of what each has accomplished.\u00a0 That would be another way to make his opponent fight an uphill battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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