"The nominating process can be unruly, clumsy, backwards, confusing, counter-productive or all of the above, and we've got a little bit of that going on right now," Mr. Barbour was quoted as saying by Politico.
When Cameron took power in 2010 in a coalition government, the incoming Conservative Party accused Labor of wasting taxpayer funds by confusing counter-terrorism with community building.
The first day or so, as admittedly confused counters tried to operate in an atmosphere in which lawyers and political operatives from both sides seemed to tug and jerk at the recount process, it was, the counters say, hard to proceed with any kind of speed.
Its sweet heart — a vanilla, praline and caramel accord that made it stand out from the floral and powdery scents of the 1980s and early '90s, and arguably created the "gourmand" perfume category — is copied by so many fragrance makers you could be forgiven for confusing a perfume counter with a confectionery, at least if your eyes are closed.
For 50 years, confused and counter-productive "aid" from Washington has entrenched autocrats perceived as friendly to our short-term interests.
Boardy panned the navigation for being confusing, counter-intuitive, and requiring the player to revisit locations multiple times.
Those values seem to have been buried under the tangled web of counter intuitive, confusing immigration rules and regulations that govern who gets to take a shot at the American dream, and who does not.
It's confusing to be the bean counter (me), but it's undoubtedly far more taxing to be them, trying to figure out where they stand on their standard bearer.
These days, one might be forgiven for confusing the candy store and cosmetics counter.
Hitting a bullet with a bullet will always be devilishly hard, whereas creating missiles that confuse interceptors through "counter-measures" will be easy, say the sceptics.
