There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
I love hard political debate and I love beating somebody on a political point but what I'm more frustrated by is the politics where you play the man not the politics.
Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.
There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong.
Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.
Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.
I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.
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