man: "I think the realities of the political processs probably mainstream most of the radicalism out of anybody, just in the name of being able to get anything accomplished at all."
woman: "So if we feed the system visionaries, and it spits them out as mediocrities... then what we need is some sort of extreme double mega-visionary who'll get worn down to the level of 'visionary'.
man: "In other words, we should elect the most crazy nutball whackjobs out there."
-- from Wondermark, by David Malki, 2008-02-05
[Er ... are we sure that hasn't already been the strategy of the neocons for a while?]