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(1). Negative ads and rhetoric designed to focus everyone’s attention on some insignificant detail of a candidate’s past (and away from his opponent’s lack of qualifications). So, in other words, every campaign ever.
“This is ridiculous! It’s just a blatant smear campaign by the Senator in an attempt to make it look like I cheat on my wife. It’s disgraceful! I only cheated on my wife that one time…last week…with my secretary…in my kid’s room.”
(1). Anything that is deemed valuable or profitable after the original goals of a campaign are met.
“Heck, we already met our goals for this campaign, any extra personal information we get and can sell to a third party is just gravy!”
(1). In finance, an expression used in client meetings to (1) dissuade a client from making or avoiding investment changes purely to avoid (or incur) capital gains taxes, and (2) allow the speaker to show the client how witty he is, while throughly enjoying the sound of his own voice.
“Well, you know what they say, “don’t let the tax tail wag the investment dog“. Am I right or am I right? This guy knows what I’m talking about!”
