• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 months ago

      So maybe...

      "Look, these names don't have any moxie," he says with a downcast look.

      An enterprising aide pipes in "Mr. President, I know a guy at DDC (DelawareDemocraticConsulting). Should I get in touch with him?"

      "Delawareyasay?"

      "Yes. The firm could purpose-build a name-calling department for just this purpose."

      "Well, get on the horn and talk to them!"

      ---

      A few minutes later the aide is in the bathroom making a surreptitious call to his brother-in-law. He says "Remember when I told you to make that jokey DelawareDemocraticConsulting website? 'Fucking stupid' you said. Yeah-yeah-yeah. Shut up. Remember when I said - 'Just you wait. It might pay off. And big too.' It has. We just made a few hundred grand. No, I'm not shitting you!"