tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post5928047848455632687..comments2023-04-02T10:44:21.551-05:00Comments on The Travis McGee Reader: Rand PaulJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-35796224049563069322010-05-22T11:35:30.136-05:002010-05-22T11:35:30.136-05:00"The consultant tag followed me home one day ..."The consultant tag followed me home one day after I apparently had been observed exercising a small bit of ordinary common sense."<br />We'll overlook it this one time, but don't let it happen again.JohnWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-6117848398786341042010-05-22T04:56:19.587-05:002010-05-22T04:56:19.587-05:00I could tell you stories.
It is such a lunatic bu...I could tell you stories.<br /><br />It is such a lunatic business, and the entry standards for "political consultants" are snake low.<br /><br />My personal defense is that I never billed myself as anything other than a writer -- a "press guy." The consultant tag followed me home one day after I apparently had been observed exercising a small bit of ordinary common sense.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-37952298803505101522010-05-21T10:14:53.707-05:002010-05-21T10:14:53.707-05:00Political "consultants" have always been...Political "consultants" have always been an interesting breed for me. They can mess things up worse than the proverbial addition to the punchbowl, but when their guy/gal loses, it's always the candidate'f fault. JAGSCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-8096439080147242062010-05-21T04:39:32.552-05:002010-05-21T04:39:32.552-05:00Even a good guy can get seduced by the sweet magic...Even a good guy can get seduced by the sweet magic of world-wide exposure on electrical teevee. <br /><br />He now admits it was a fool's move, and his No. 1 chore is to get a boss handler who isn't afraid to wrestle him to the floor before letting him do dumb things.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-56315580442215373792010-05-20T18:49:03.948-05:002010-05-20T18:49:03.948-05:00What makes me question his judgment is, what on Ea...What makes me question his judgment is, what on Earth possessed him to think that going on MSNBC was a good idea?JohnWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-1920567678926604192010-05-20T09:51:54.732-05:002010-05-20T09:51:54.732-05:00In the immortal words of Over Yonder, "Me too...In the immortal words of Over Yonder, "Me too."<br /><br />I'm just afraid he might blow it by listening to the same sorts of high-pay political nincompoops who pissed away his dad's 2008 money in a successful effort to reinforce Joe Sixpack's belief that libertarians are intellectual kin to your basic shithouse mouse.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-51074253413967343852010-05-20T09:45:18.514-05:002010-05-20T09:45:18.514-05:00Abolish the Department of Education? Okay, right ...Abolish the Department of Education? Okay, right there, I'm ready to move to a double-wide in Possum Trot just to be able to vote for him.JohnWnoreply@blogger.com