“Our week was good, in retrospect;
The polls should make that clear.”
Where is this place called “retrospect”?
It sure as hell ain’t here.
Heh. The article at the National Review Online is titled “Priebus: ‘In Retrospect,’ Last Week ‘Good Week’ for Romney Campaign” Priebus seems to have looked back on a very different week than his fellow Republicans. It takes industrial strength spin control to tumble-polish a turd like last week. Don’t try this at home, kids.
Or maybe “Retrospect” is the name of the planet Romney will rule over in the afterlife.
Hey, isn’t that supposed to be in limerick form?
For the man who’s got specifics “coming out of his eyeballs”, according to the linked story:
Dissing poor among high-flyin’ guys,
Romney stumbles, so then Ryan tries;
Makes it worse. Now 5 pints
Won’t convince me that Reince
Is preferred to my own lyin’ eyes.
I hate that the RNC chairman has a name that rhymes with almost nothing, but I love that the first line in his Wikipedia entry is currently “Mr. Priebus claims he has specifics coming out of his eyeballs! [2]”
I think that this violates at least two of the three canons of good spin doctoring.
1. It cannot be an outright lie. –Instant fail.
2. You have to be able to say it with a straight face. — Perhaps.
3. It should seem profound. — It doesn’t seem very profound, and what debate?
I actually probably *should* have used it for Headline Muse, but didn’t actually think of that.
In the race for Republican seats
Party spin and the truth rarely meets
So they have to make do
With fake bullshit (sham poo)
Which Reince, in a lather, repeats
Fantastic!
Also, does anyone else, upon hearing “Reince Priebus” think of Rance Burgess from the Heart of Gold episode of Firefly? It seems appropriate, in so many ways.