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Best of Common Sense PR 2007 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 01:35:22 +0000

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Tech PR not so common sense, apparently « Fake Plastic Noodles — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:01:37 +0000

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By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:13:14 +0000

It took Bush’s team more than four years to arrive at that conclusion. Either they were getting bad communications advice, or they were ignoring good advice.
Jeffrey Keefer’s right. In fact, I wonder if Bush’s couldn’t give a sh*t attitude about what anyone thinks actually added to his appeal. You’ve seen it in business meetings… when there’s apathy all around, people let the blowhard who seems most certain and determined take the reins, even though they know he’s an idiot. Everybody’s secretly glad they’ll have him to blame id and when it all blows up. How else could they “re”elect this guy?

By: Jeffrey Keefer

Jeffrey Keefer — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:04:37 +0000

What I find most interesting, as an organizational communications instructor as well as an American, is that the lack of PR and communication does not seem to affect the ability of the president to get reelected nor to set policy. He seems to get whatever he wants for the war, and while that does not translate to high approval ratings, that does not seem to affect anything. Strangely ironic and not very satisfying, but perhaps he is not interested in clear communication or PR; it has not yet seemed to matter.

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Blog Buzz on PR - August 17, 2007 : Naked PR — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:15:43 +0000

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By: Chris Gilbey

Chris Gilbey — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:23:14 +0000

When you start at a conclusion and then reverse engineer the problem, and do it with an unlimited amount of money, its not hard to see that you get the mess that we have… The problem is that Bush doesn’t even know that there is a problem. In his world view the rhetoric IS the reality.

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:11:23 +0000

Man, don’t get me started! I think Karl Rove’s departure may help, but in the end, Cheney is the real PR villain of the administration.

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Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:38:37 +0000

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By: Eric Eggertson

Eric Eggertson — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:36:05 +0000

Which makes them different from the vast majority of political bloggers, who seem incapable of talking about an issue without getting antagonistic and dividing down party lines.

(The end of the interview is priceless, when Kristol tells Stewart the new Defence chief thinks he’s a pussy.)

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:07:09 +0000

The most amazing thing to me is that Bill Kristol has a great sense of humor. It gives me hope to see polar opposites intelligently debate and still keep things friendly, and even fun.