Then he flipped open his communicator and said, "Spock, you ready?" And Spock was there and the rescue instantaneous.
The fantasy of Captain Kirk was that he never gave up and he always won. So what's to learn from a fantasy? Well, two things.
First, Kirk plays to win. He doesn't compromise; he doesn't trade-off one thing for another; he doesn't accept less than what he wants. He puts it all on the line and he wins.
Second, Kirk does not act out of fear, he acts. To win, he lets go of fear and puts his effort into winning. It is the same thing the basketball player does when she drives to the goal between two guards. It is the same thing the quarterback does when he tracks the distant receiver as linebackers thunder toward him. It is the same thing the businessman does when he dares expand just when the economy is tanking.
The competitor who runs a race always looking behind herself is not focused on winning, she is afraid of losing. Playing it safe doesn't get the big prizes.
Who would do better against McCain in November? I'm going to surprise readers and admit that I don't know. I really don't. But for those Democrats who want so desperately to win that they'd support Clinton even though they despise her war enabling, her denial of the same, her corporate servitude and her recent lies about her support of NAFTA, I have a thought.
If you are playing to win, let me define winning. Winning is getting what you want. With Clinton, you might win the election but lose everything you are fighting for. If you want to win, then run an honest race and don't look back.
The final thing is this. Presidents are fun to have, but they don't make law. Congress makes law and if you want to turn this country around, Congress is the only game in town. I could live with McCain if I had a liberal Democratic Congress with the mandate to act and the spine to become a co-equal branch of government.
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