"You can take any text message, or any email, or any reported conversation on its own or out of context and you can use it to paint a particular picture," Mr Hunt said.
Alternatively, he said, "if you put it on a plate, it'll disintegrate and turn into a muck, and you can use it to paint a picture".
That is, they took a shameful episode from long ago, divorced it from all other context and then used it to paint a distorted picture of the man.
"It can be a simple stepladder, or you can use it to paint a double-height stairwell, because one leg can be shorter than the other".
McCain and the Republican Party will use it to paint their likely general-election opponent as a foreign policy naif, too weak to defend the country.
They took the blood, sweat and tears that have been shed in the buildup of Vieira's side and used it to paint Yankee Stadium – and the City – red.
So Mr. Giuliani's rivals, particularly Mitt Romney and Fred D. Thompson, have tried to use it to paint Mr. Giuliani as liberal on the issue and out of step with the Republican base, something he emphatically denied again last night.
At benjaminmoore.com, you can buy a Personal Color Viewer software program ($14.95 on a CD, $10 for the downloadable version) and use it to "paint" digital photos of your rooms to see what any one of 3,000 Benjamin Moore colors would look like on the walls.
So, when the jar is full, use it to paint prickles in furries.
