the ultimate backhanded compliment

Couldn’t help laughing at this remark by one Declan Ganley in Ireland, who campaigned against the Lisbon treaty, “congratulating” his opponent for winning the referendum:

“I’m not saying I admire the campaign that said that there would be jobs and economic recovery from a yes vote, but I politically admire a masterful campaign from a masterful politician who has made absolute glove puppets out of the opposition.”

Remember that line, and use it some time when in a jam.