"Slow bleed." "Drown it in a bathtub." What's the difference?

[Atman]

I'm struck by the republics jumping on the bogus "slow bleed" reference they're trying to pin on the Democrats. It was, of course, a republic who came up with the "slow bleed" scam they're trying to peg on us. But it raises this question...strategically, how is a "slow bleed" policy, regardless of its genesis, different than Grover Norquist's infamous "Drown the government in a bathtub" meme? Why is it okay to "slow bleed" the very fabric of American government, but somehow tragic to "slow bleed" the president into actually listening to the people?

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[The Count]

1. Very few know of "drown in the tub" - but their memes are plastered everywhere

They have the media - you don't.

[Kagemusha]

2. Technically Norquist never said he intended to drown it

only to get it so small that such a thing was possible. After all, a drowned government can't fight wars.