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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
You're right -- I'm not a transactional lawyer, and I've freely admitted to being a poor negotiator. However, I think we should not have taken this particular hard position in the first place -- for the reasons I enunciated. (And, apparently, many senior Republicans agree with me mirabile dictu!)
Credibility is important, but at some point you've got to bend over and take off the golf spikes if you're stepping on your dick. The problem is, I think that som of our policy-makers never figure out where the pain is coming from.
S_A_M
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Nice line. Let's see where this goes first. There is usually a great rush to criticize on this board followed by a hat eating party down the line. We need to give this time to play out. I just can't see a scenario where this plays out badly. We either (a) give in for some agreement on debt relief, in which case, we've won, (b) given in for no agreement on debt relief, in which case we look like we are capitulating, but we spin it as an opportunity to kiss and make up and the French feel like BSDs, or (c) we don't given in and we are stuck right where we are today, no worse off.
