Spin Class Star Gifts

Gym: Back and Forth or Going Nowhere.

"This is a merit-based organization! Can't you see I’ve hired the very best and most qualified yes-men money can buy?"

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

"...And do you Sean Spicer take Kelly Anne Conway..." "The marriage of alternative facts"

'Fred, I want you to sanitize this, punch it up, dumb it down, leak it to the media and then be fully prepared to deny it!'

'Which sounds better: 'now with MORE XZ100' or 'now with LESS XZ100'?'

Danae's Career Plans: 'The major product manufactured today is punditry, so I'm honing my argumentative skills to work my way to the top of the blow hard industry..my goal is to become a spin ninja...'

Running

Public Relations: Reputations cleaned and repaired

"We've won control of the congress. Our next objective is to win control of the media."

"The good news is...you've one less window to wash."

'This one is for keeping 'On Message' in the spin wars.'

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

"What's important is that we learn from what we must never admit happened."

“Pottery Classes – Give it a Whirl!”

'That's the new guy. He writes our 'shuck-and-jive' press releases.'

"I'm not spinning - I'm contextualizing."

"We're looking for the kind of bad taste that will grab - but not appall."

"I think I'm in the wrong kind of spin class!"

'It has been revealed that a senior politician will criticise something in a speech. Later they will criticise the opposite of something, just in case.'

Chinese History: Redwash

The Truth

"There sits the unvarnished truth. Now, how shall we interpret it to our advantage?"

'I don't know whether these are good grades or not. The teacher calls them unique.'

'Your job, Richards, is to make sure that my name never appears in a headline alongside the word 'siphoned.''

"Looks like he's coming around to our way of thinking."

'Sir, what comes first ??" the buzz or the spin?'

"Prospectus in not spelt P...R...O...A...G...A...N...D...A."

Have our P.R. people do a report on the beneficial effects of cyanide on river life.

"We specialize in corporate slogans, business brochures and annual reports to shareholders..."

"I work in PR where I provide a dynamic and highly effective bespoke service that can work for you and blah blah blah ..."

"I just spoon-fed the media a pound of really old salmon."

"Three years running 'fake news' websites? You're just what we're looking for!"