Eating Dignity

Consider Hesiod's description of why Dems must fight dirty:

"It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game" is ideal for sports. The only thing you "win" is a game, or a title. And the losers can take solace in doing their best and losing to a superior opponent. In politics, the stakes are too high to fight "fair" when the other side has no intention of doing so. As we've seen, moral superiority doesn't prevent unnecessary wars, or the passage of a terrible Medicare prescription drug benefit. Fighting the good fight, only to lose, doesn't protect our environment from rapacious polluters. Or provide health insurance, or jobs for millions of people. You can't eat "dignity." So, if you are not willing to mix it up, and get down and dirty with the Republicans...then move to Canada. You're of no use to those of us who want to take our country back.

But fighting at the level of the opponent only results in a draw, meaning the status quo remains. To defeat the political enemy, you need a revolution.