Chris Frates On Power, People And Influence From Capitol Hill To K Street

Tweet of the Moment: Akin Spox Calls McCaskill a 'Bullshitsu'

If Sen. Claire McCaskill were a dog -- hang with us here -- what kind would she be?

If you ask the incumbent Democrat, she'd say: an underdog. Republican opponent Rep. Todd Akin would say one that has an affinity for playing fetch -- that is, fetching high taxes and regulations from Washington to bring back to Missouri.

But Akin spokesman Rick Tyler put it this way:


Oh dear. This also sort of sounds like that line from Dumb and Dumber, in which Jeff Daniels says he successfully bred a bulldog with a shih tzu to create, well... Just watch the scene below.



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