Bob Shrum indicates the number of his winning campaigns.
Shrum has such a stellar record of success too ........ ROFLMAO, That guy couldn't even find the prize inside a cracker jack box, much less be a winning campaign manager :-)
Posted on 06/28/2006 7:10:31 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
June 28, 2006
Over the last couple days, I've received four emails from one liberal reader of these columns, repeatedly asking me why conservatives are so 'angry and mean-spirited'. I tried explaining that while anger is common to the human condition, in no way do conservatives have a monopoly on the emotion. To the contrary, I cited a recent study revealing that, even when controlling for relevant variables, Republicans tend to be happier than Democrats.
Since I was unable to prove the proposition to the reader's satisfaction, I very much hope he was watching this evening's Hardball. For the show provided a perfect case in point of Republican good humor and angry Dem bitterness.
Chris Matthews' first guest, in for an extended interview, was Tom Delay. He had been invited on the occasion of the Supreme Court decision that largely vindicated his redistricting effort in Texas. DeLay took even Chris' hardest hardballs in stride, answering cheerfully and with refreshing straightforwardness.
Fast forward to the next segment, featuring the affable Republican consultant Ed Rogers and Dem consultant Bob Shrum. In fairness, Bob has what to be bitter about, as is well understood by those familiar with his world record for futility as a consultant in presidential campaigns.
Even so, Shrum's raw hostility was breathtaking. The very first words out of Shrum's mouth, without so much as a 'hi Chris', were these:
"The real sleaziness of DeLay's approach was exposed --"
Matthews was clearly taken aback. He interrupted: "Let's get personal right away!"
Shrum would not be deterred, actually resorting to that most tired of attack lines: "Look, how do you know when the guy [DeLay] is lying? He moves his lips."
You could hear Rogers' protest in the background, and when the camera moved to Matthews, he was manifestly mortified by his fellow Dem.
Hardball/NewsBusters ping to Today show list.
Just part of what I forgot to tell you....LOL
I told you there was a lot I would forget.
Shrum has such a stellar record of success too ........ ROFLMAO, That guy couldn't even find the prize inside a cracker jack box, much less be a winning campaign manager :-)
The libs are losing it
Watch for them to get even more petty in their attacks
Bob Shrum indicates the number of his winning campaigns.
Shrum has such a stellar record of success too ........ ROFLMAO, That guy couldn't even find the prize inside a cracker jack box, much less be a winning campaign manager :-)
SSHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! (they'll stop hiring him~!!!)
Wasn't Shrum the guy who called the gigolo, Mr. President that wonderful night of the election?
Bada-BING. This is where we got the verb "shrum." To shrum, to be shrummed, etc...
Lol! I was thinking the same thing. The guy is like 0 and 9
in Presidential races. What I could never understand is how he could continue to find employment?
The masks fall off these mean a*s democrats.....and it's NOT pretty!!
Special shout-out to General Meredith, if she happens to read this thread!
Shrum is a nasty, nasty man. Mean, snarling, you can see hatred and meanness in his eyes, as he listens and impatiently waits to spew out predictively ugly, vile insults. I wonder how he manages to enjoy living, with all that venom stored up inside him.
Correct and Ted Kennedy did the same. We are fortunate that our political opponents are so delusional that they even believe their own fake polls and exit polls.
Bob had his heart set on the lead role in 'The Return of Pollyanna', and after his audition was heart-broken when the casting director informed him they had 'decided to go in a different direction' ;-)
Shrum is the LA Clippers of political strategists.
They're a strange bunch, and being out of power has made them even stranger.
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