"Our goal is to inflict pain. It is not good enough to win; it has to be a painful and devastating defeat. We're sending a message here. It is like when the king would take his opponent's head and spike it on a pole for everyone to see."
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from the National Review, quoted in The Republican Noise Machine by David Brock, Crown Publishers 2004, pg. 50
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