[lbo-talk] Noonan: the party pros hate their bases

[Carl Remick]

>From: andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
>
>Just an anecdote. As many of you know, I presently
>work as an associate in the main office of one of the
>half dozen biggest baddest corporate law firms around,
>a firm ... [for]  people who can afford to pay our
>heart-stopping rates. (For which the firm gives
>excellent value, in case you have a load of money and
>need to litigate something or do a really big deal.)
>
>My office is next to the office of a Very Senior
>partner who is important in the firm's admninistration
>-- a heavy, in short. ...
>
>  We spoke briefly yesterday; asked each other how
>things were, I said, too much work, too little time;
>he said he was dealing with problems but there were
>always solutions. So, I said (though normally I don't
>talk politics at the office), "What's the solution to
>the Iraq War?" "Withdraw," he said.

Great, ask him to put that in writing and send it to the Democratic National 
Committee along with an invoice for $100,000 for services rendered.  The 
only way to get clients to take advice seriously (for law and PR firms 
alike) is to charge them extortionate rates even for the most self-evident 
recommendations.

Carl