MEMO
To: Harry Reid
From: GOP
Re: Thanks!
Hey, Harry, just wanted to drop you a quick note of thanks for your work so far on this auto bailout thingamajig. We know it's a tough time of year, and wanted to acknowledge that your foresight and planning have not gone unnoticed over on this side of the aisle.
First off, we really appreciate it that you didn't take some advice from your more aggressive colleagues and attach a politically minded name to this bill, like the "Save American Jobs 2008" bill, or the "Protect America's Military Capacity 2008" bill (more on that later), or anything like that. Frankly, the media just loves those names, and once the public starts thinking about it in those terms, we're really sunk. We've been pushing this "bailout" language for quite a while, and honestly we were beginning to worry that it was getting stale, so God knows it was a big help to see you and your colleagues adopt the "bailout" word as well.
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