Tortoise Capital Management

Speech checklist

Ken Long

Blame Bush? check
Call republicans lying, scaremongering politically expedient hacks? check
Then invite republicans to be reasonable and cooperate? check
Use fuzzy unsupportable numbers? check
increase the partisanship? check
have more other hands than an economist? check
gloss over disconfirming facts (like CBO analysis)? check
characterize opposition as haters and obstructionists and toadies to powerful interests? check
surround yourself with grinning halfwits like Biden and Pelosi? check