tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post112079173911184252..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Sun Tzu and Opposition Research Strategy: Part IIIGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1120821994594741692005-07-08T06:26:00.000-05:002005-07-08T06:26:00.000-05:00Thanks. Opposition research isn't progressive or c...Thanks. Opposition research isn't progressive or conservative. As a consultant, you take the position of your candidate, not your own. I could have used any example, but chose one that doesn't necessarily jibe with my own philosophy precisely because the tactics are pretty much value neutral. Keeps everybody on their toes!Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1120793485496813812005-07-07T22:31:00.000-05:002005-07-07T22:31:00.000-05:00Thanks for the philosophy! Someone recently said ...Thanks for the philosophy! Someone recently said that a Party must simply tell the truth and stand for what's right. In my head, I said, but what about Phaedrus? But Sun Tzu also impels a subtlety that might be instructive to party people.<BR/><BR/>Still, I wish you hadn't used that anti-environmentalist example, which was not so subtle. Wouldn't it be more subtle to show how oppo work can help the progressive agenda even when conditions are unfavorable?-gmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com