Government Strategist Gifts

'Just between you and me, we were counting on a big stock market rally, so Wall Street could bail out the government.'

CONGRESS, 'No, no, you don't HAVE to fool all of the people all of the time - you just need to CONFUSE them!'

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

"Good boy."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

The president's men

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

We Tenatively Oppose War on Strictly Procedural Grounds

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

"Any questions?"

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

'Now, keep in mind that these numbers are only as accurate as the fictitious data, ludicrous assumptions and wishful thinking they're based upon!'

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

Empty box of ideas

'If only every year was an election year.'

"#Win!"

"What was I thinking?!"

Israel/Palestine Conflict

"We have an acronym!"

The economy.

Bright idea

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

Eureka!

A presenter with a very complex chart to explain a business plan - 'And it's as simple as that!'

'Believe me, I know transformation isn't easy. I pulled a muscle once.'