Afraid of Making Mistakes

10/28

And onward with exploring Elbert Hubbard quotes; well kind of, his death date is May 7, 1915. Why is that significant? It was the date when a German u-boat sank the Lusitania and Hubbard was on board the ill-fated liner along with his wife. 

Back to the quotes though. “The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one.”

And just like that Hubbard has shown prescience again in that the quote aptly describes the Democratic Party. It seems the Dems only concern is to plow money into political contests they think they can win for fear of making a mistake. On “Real Time” Bill Maher and Joy Behar said that Democrats should no longer be the party of “nice” and “go after the jugular.” Behar even went further to say; “when they go low we should go lower” which is in contrast to what Michelle Obama said at the Democratic National Convention “when they go low we go high.” Of course the “they” in this case refers to Republicans.


“Winning ugly” is a phrase used in sports to describe when a team has made numerous mistakes but still manages eke out a victory. That should be the mindset the Democrats in the current climate instead of sitting on their hands and speaking quietly.

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