“I meant to do that!”
Spin, of course, is taking negative news and reframing it as positive, making DEFEAT sound like Victory.
But it has to be believable, Sandy. You lost and should own up to it, not try to gaslight the public. How stupid do you think we are?
She tried this with the Amazon debacle, and no one was buying. 25,000 jobs, millions in tax revenue, and she said it was a bad idea and turned it down. Another "victory" for your constituents?
So how do you know when you're at TLOS? Your allies' eyes roll, they get quiet and they start to edge away from you. That's when you know you've jumped the shark...