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'A bad night': Republicans worry Trump will be 'like a lab rat hitting the cocaine' at debate (www.alternet.org)

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What do you call it when you keep moving the goalposts, but you keep moving them closer?

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

de-escalation?

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Ha! I wish!

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

~~edging~~ building tension

wait now that I think of it, moving them closer actually makes it more difficult to score a goal