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...well as his e-mail system, through which he squirted orders and suggestions to campaign workers and lobbyists using only a few words. "It's like haiku," says a political operative who has been on the receiving end. During meetings--even ones with the President--Rove would constantly spin the BlackBerry's dial and punch out text on its tiny keyboard. "Sometimes we're in a meeting talking to each other and BlackBerrying each other at the same time," says a colleague. At times Rove's voltage got too hot even for all his outlets. He became known for breaking...
Punch-drunk. Terry McAuliffe must have been punch-drunk. After seeing a Republican President gain congressional seats in a midterm election for the first time since 1902, the Democratic National Committee chairman offered a woozy bit of spin: "I could make the argument that George Bush should have done a lot better last night." McAuliffe was not the only one finessing the results. "This country is still in the upheaval of 9/11," said dethroned Senate majority leader Tom Daschle. "The war in Iraq, the North Korean situation--all of that probably precluded us from having the opportunity to break through...
...there were no tomorrow. That just meant that the editors of the tabloids came back for more. Diana knew exactly what she was doing, because she knew the kind of messy three-ring circus modern Britain had become. One or two of the Windsors' hired spin doctors have shown signs of getting this - since Diana's death they have worked with some success to rehabilitate the reputations of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. But when the latest crisis hit and Charles appointed his own private secretary, rather than an outsider, to conduct the obligatory investigation into the Palace...
...While waiting for laundry to finish, take a spin in the dryer...
...audience of a 100,000 for U2, headlining and selling out Red Rocks in Denver and supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers as his fondest moments. He namedrops clubs in Singapore, Buenos Aires, Miami, San Francisco and Boston’s very own Avalon as favorite places to spin. “The Irish are fucking great, man,” he muses...