Comments on: Obama’s mastery of political jiu jitsu http://polizeros.com/2008/10/13/obamas-mastery-of-political-jiu-jitsu/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:07:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/10/13/obamas-mastery-of-political-jiu-jitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-156704 Bob Morris Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:11:34 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=13401#comment-156704 Wikipedia "In competitive situations other than boxing, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one party purposely puts itself in what appears to be a losing position, attempting thereby to become the eventual victor." So, maybe it's a combination. First the rope-a-dope, then the jiu-jitsu of using the opponent's force against them so they go sailing off the cliff? Wikipedia

“In competitive situations other than boxing, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one party purposely puts itself in what appears to be a losing position, attempting thereby to become the eventual victor.”

So, maybe it’s a combination. First the rope-a-dope, then the jiu-jitsu of using the opponent’s force against them so they go sailing off the cliff?

]]> By: Eli Stephens http://polizeros.com/2008/10/13/obamas-mastery-of-political-jiu-jitsu/comment-page-1/#comment-156702 Eli Stephens Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:59:59 +0000 http://polizeros.com/?p=13401#comment-156702 To be technical, "rope-a-dope" and jiu-jitsu are quite different. To be technical, “rope-a-dope” and jiu-jitsu are quite different.

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