What the Politico story didn’t mention

I’ve already updated the RNC begging letter post to include a link to Politico’s story about a leaked Republican fundraising strategy that is so shameless and insulting as to make the push-polls look positively quaint.

However, looking through the copy of the PowerPoint presentation, I noticed a huge clanger long before the juicy stuff.  See if you can pick what’s wrong here:

I dispute this number.  In fact, I will go as far as to say it is completely impossible for the Republicans to have raised $81,255,000 million in only one year.

$81,255,000 million is $81,255,000,000,000 or 81.255 trillion dollars!

I am not accusing the RNC of wilfully inflating their fundraising efforts by a factor of one million.  Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.  However, it’s not a good look from the party that claims to have a superior understanding of economics.

The Rules:

When quoting values over one million, use either numbers or words.  Don’t try to mix them – you’ll end up looking foolish.

Where’s Rick Santelli when you need him?  Or even Barnaby Joyce.