The Kuster Shuffle – It’s All the Rage
You gotta have a signature move.
Michael Jackson had the moonwalk.
Michael Jordan had this dunk.
Maverick and Goose had the high-low five.
Now, after four months in Congress, Annie Kuster has developed her own signature move – the Kuster Shuffle. And it’s about to go viral.
For those not familiar with the Kuster shuffle, it goes a little like this.
Step 1: Find out about a negative breaking news story that may involve you or require your comment.
Step 2: Hide.
Step 3: When the media finds you, shuffle away like this:
Kuster’s first debuted the Kuster Shuffle when she was confronted about her failure to pay $40,000 in property taxes, but she is prone to break it out during times of crisis when her constituents demand answers.
Fortunately, the NRCC has developed the perfect defense to the Kuster Shuffle. For example, this week Kuster avoided talking about the IRS profiling scandal for several days, only making a statement after the NRCC sent out a press release demanding a response.
Wonder what if she’ll make a statement on her own about Benghazi and the AP scandal . . .