Party Tactician Gifts

"Here comes Gail—everyone play dead."

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

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

Carrot VS Stick

Carlo Ancelotti

"So this is it...the first day of the new school year. I guess studying, tests and report cards are still the hot things around here."

ISIS needle in a haystack.

'I wish i could think of some way to get away form him.' 'I wish i could think of some way to get away form her.'

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

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

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

'Can I Come In Soon?'

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

'That's right, I'm offering you faint praise. I'm feeling magnanimous today.'

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

"Mrs. Martin is here. She's the new substitute teacher."

Kamakasi pilot instructor

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

Nick Clegg.

'I wonder who they'll bring on as manager for the second half.'

Arsene Wenger

'He's switched from tweeting on Twitter to growling on a new social media site called Growler. Suits him better.'

"However, now, gentlemen, we see the frown has become a smile."

Napoleon with a wine bottle for a shadow

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

"It's blank because we haven't found a new war yet."

Connect the Dots and see what the 2014 political campaigns and/or elections are all about. . .

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

Not a Tory or Labour Conference.

"Richard just came in - he must have had a board meeting."

"We came early to avoid the conga line."

"Passive-aggressive musical chairs." "You sit. I don’t deserve to" "I couldn’t possibly." "Maybe two of us could share." "Someone else go first." "I actually prefer standing."

Sun Tzu takes on Heisenberg

"Spoilsports"

'Waiting until we see the whites of their eyes doesn't help much if they all happen to be squinting.'