If I can't win by hitting them head on, I'm willing to flank. At an early age, I learned to only fight fights I can win. Losing causes are ok for those who are willing to lose. I'm a pragmatist......being poor I've had to settle for second or third best all my life. I'll do it many more times before I die.
We see things differently I guess, and that's ok. But I would like to make two points.
Point 1.
My father taught at a very early age, If you know your right , stick to your guns , fight the fights , take your licks , cause it doesn't matter the outcome, If you stand up for what you believe to be true , you will always have your dignity and self respect win or lose, and being a little guy I can assure you I lost a lot more fights than I ever won, but I can also assure you those that tangled with me always knew they had been in a good scrapp (even when they won) , and I always walked away with head high cause I knew I did my best.
Point 2.
I too was brought up quite poor , A treat was day old donuts, almost expired bread, or potato chips, cause our family had Blue collar uncles who drove the distributing trucks to local stores. anything left over they would be sure to stop by on the way home and give to my family. Govt cheese and Govt peanut butter was a staple in our house, And there were times when we were down right hungry , not the occasional hungry like a skipped meal. I mean down right hungry. and for those that knock food stamps thank god for the program . After my dad died. My mom went to night school and learned a skill , and got us off the food stamp program as soon as she could (she was always embarrassed in the store having to use them). But there was a period of time without food stamps she could not have kept us together as a family and kept a roof over our heads and food in our stomachs. Food stamps were a hand up ...not a hand out when we needed it most. and no one spent them on liquor or cigarettes either . they went to necessities like baby-food, and vegetables.
And that's why I'm sticking with RP. Just cause others are saying they are one thing don't make 'em so. RINO's
RP walks the walk and talks the talk. He gets my vote win lose or draw.
And that's just how I see it .
Semper Fi