Bruce4Ron
01-25-2008, 11:12 AM
I felt I needed to share this with all of you in a seperate thread.
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Well after about 10 hrs of sleep, looking at it in hind sight, I still feel beaten down. But not hopeless. I feel disappointed. We have what would appear to be mission impossible. This is without a doubt one of the biggest fights I have ever seen anyone go through. We are a part of it because we fight with him. While it appears to be mission impossible, its not impossible.
I will never apologize for the way I feel whether it was last night or the way I feel this morning or how I will be tomorrow. The original title of this thread could have been worded differfently and for that, I will apologize. I never had nor will I ever have the intent of bringing down this cause that we share or the efforts we spend fighting it. I promise you that.
Honestly I think Ron Paul probably feels the same way at times. What can we do against the machine? We want so desperatly for him to come out with the gloves off and to make his stand on center stage. To stand out as the champion we all know he is. But this MSM censorship stands directly in the way of that and they have direct control over what their audience sees and hears.
On the subject of defeat:
How can you appreciate or understand what it is like to win if you have not understood or felt what it is like to have been defeated? Any good fighter will admit defeat at one point. They use this to hone their skills and to adjust to the adversity and over come it. Blindly ignoring the truth is what will ultimatly cost you the battle. In the eyes of a typical American who is not part of this Grassroots team, we lost that debate last night. We have to accept that as painful as it is. But each and every time we get smacked we once again rise to the occasion and overcome the circumstances. We did this in Nevada and we're on our way to doing the same thing in Louisiana. We are fighters and we will continue to fight as long as Ron continues to fight. I bet you he feeds on our will when he is down like I was down last night. My true friends picked me up and dusted me off and said "lets go!". We do the same for Ron.
Someone asked what I was going to do, not what I have done. I'm going to continue to fight as I have since the beginning. Accepting defeat in last nights debate is not shame. Its not weakness. Its not a defeatist attitude. Its not negative nor is it going to spread like a plague around this forum. It is reality and its a reality that I am quite in tune with. I think some members here should share that reality with me and use it to sharpen our skills and adjust our strategy. Use it as motivaton to win.
We have Truth on our side. We have Ron Paul.
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt
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Well after about 10 hrs of sleep, looking at it in hind sight, I still feel beaten down. But not hopeless. I feel disappointed. We have what would appear to be mission impossible. This is without a doubt one of the biggest fights I have ever seen anyone go through. We are a part of it because we fight with him. While it appears to be mission impossible, its not impossible.
I will never apologize for the way I feel whether it was last night or the way I feel this morning or how I will be tomorrow. The original title of this thread could have been worded differfently and for that, I will apologize. I never had nor will I ever have the intent of bringing down this cause that we share or the efforts we spend fighting it. I promise you that.
Honestly I think Ron Paul probably feels the same way at times. What can we do against the machine? We want so desperatly for him to come out with the gloves off and to make his stand on center stage. To stand out as the champion we all know he is. But this MSM censorship stands directly in the way of that and they have direct control over what their audience sees and hears.
On the subject of defeat:
How can you appreciate or understand what it is like to win if you have not understood or felt what it is like to have been defeated? Any good fighter will admit defeat at one point. They use this to hone their skills and to adjust to the adversity and over come it. Blindly ignoring the truth is what will ultimatly cost you the battle. In the eyes of a typical American who is not part of this Grassroots team, we lost that debate last night. We have to accept that as painful as it is. But each and every time we get smacked we once again rise to the occasion and overcome the circumstances. We did this in Nevada and we're on our way to doing the same thing in Louisiana. We are fighters and we will continue to fight as long as Ron continues to fight. I bet you he feeds on our will when he is down like I was down last night. My true friends picked me up and dusted me off and said "lets go!". We do the same for Ron.
Someone asked what I was going to do, not what I have done. I'm going to continue to fight as I have since the beginning. Accepting defeat in last nights debate is not shame. Its not weakness. Its not a defeatist attitude. Its not negative nor is it going to spread like a plague around this forum. It is reality and its a reality that I am quite in tune with. I think some members here should share that reality with me and use it to sharpen our skills and adjust our strategy. Use it as motivaton to win.
We have Truth on our side. We have Ron Paul.
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt