Creative Tactician Gifts

'Man, I can't believe we didn't think of this before.'

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

Alternative fielding positions

"Hurry up with that dictionary!"

"It's Dr. Sadie. Go ahead, caller." "Yeah, how come you haven't said 'Merry Christmas' yet?" "Oh, that’s because I was hoping to provoke everyone who’s upset about the so-called 'war on Christmas' to spend all their time on hold waiting to castigate me. That way, all the normal people who don’t think Christmas is just another chance to play the victim can open their gifts in peace." "You're welcome, America." "Why haven't you played 'Jingle Bells' yet?"

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

Copywriter's blank paper compared to the gridded screen of a content provider.

"Works every time."

'This will be tough. The parents can handle Bs and Cs, but I really gotta spin this D in math.'

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

'What say we set aside all our petty grievances and just hate each other on general principles.'

ISIS needle in a haystack.

'This paintball war has really spun out of control.'

Being unable to clearly articulate responses to interview questions is a common mistake...

'let's see if we can find any loopholes in this 'honesty-is-the-best-policy' nonsense.'

"Tell us again — a little less graphic."

'Sir! We're all doomed! It's a fitted sheet! How can we ever hope to stop something we can't even fold?!'

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

'...always surround yourself with incompetent people.'

"Are you sending your people over here to smoke in my doorway?"

"We can stop the bombardment - the castle surrendered."

British patent (applied for) A Trained Dog of war Drawing the Enemy's Fire.

Arsene Wenger

'Cap'n, why's the enemy fire so accurate after we deployed the smoke screen?'

'I don't think you are going to see the end of this match with that 4-4-2 formation.'

"Lets stop arguing about the pool. We'll divide it in half and stay on our half."

'And that's the latest on today's coaching changes.'

"But, what if we're attacked in the press?"

'Let's take turns saying what we like about each other...and fake it if you have to.'

"...and the business will carrion as usual!"

'No, I mean Mr lang can see you now.'

'You've got your ears shut again, haven't you?'

"I've been asked to talk to you boys about 'rapid building entry' techniques