[nopardons]

Then you and your "friends" heard what you wanted to hear.

I worked on Reagan's campaign, as well, sadly as both of the Bushes; for which I need to do penance.

Few people "heard" what W said and inferred what you did.

[thingumbob]

Ya well, you werent at the table for those discussions with my friends

Having worked on the campaign trail you know what I mean by "sell Reagan like a good politician". Inference, intended or not, is a political tool thats used...

along with mentioning every possible answer to a question, hoping everyone will hear the one they want and ignore the rest of what you said. Hilary was/is very good at this technique. Bush talked about Reagan hoping that "inference" would connect the dots and it did.

Call it subliminal advertising if it you want, I call it, in this instance, "selling Reagan".