WHERE ARE OBAMA'S PR PEOPLE?
Are they doing the job?
They seem to forget that it's not about ideological ideals and intellectualism at this point......
it is only about the beans. And they are doing a really bad job.
First, Mrs. Obama should be doing the "school talk" since he is so "tied down" with health care. It isn't as if she doesn't have the edu credentials, and she is the Mom of their own school age daughers - while he's busy "at a critical time in our history regarding the securing of affordable healthcare for our nation's citizens."
Most important, the fascist, fringe repubs don't have a retort to HER giving the talk. What are they going to say- "she's a black woman?" I don't think so.
And the old Lincolnesque reach across the aisle thing is dead. We are dealing with ignorant, belligerent fascists here, bought with the dollars of special interest groups and short term profit corporations. The oxymoron is that the ones that will need help the most are the ones that are bought and paid for in fighting any positive change.
I guess when Fred and Mildred lose their home and move in with their oldest son's family because of Mildred's limited med coverage and Fred's scaled-back retirement........ Fred will blame Obama's socialist conspiracy for that as well.
All the while, "the handlers" use words too complicated for Fred- like "option." Dudes- don't you think that "option" sounds a bit vague for the typical high school educated, nose to the grind hinterland American? Don't you think sound bytes like "no preexisting condition" or "your choice" or "cheaper" might be a bit more effective??
Like hey- where are the commercials talking about America being the greatest country in the history of the world, while showing montages of elderly whites (in sepia) sitting on boxes in front of their foreclosed houses, showing pics of Mildred limping sadly away from the front of an emergency room- while a top country and western star croons in the background? I mean, where are these things???
Don't they look at history and the current environment and ply an array of possible reactions and responses in to their marketing forecasts?? Hey, remember, good will and altruism are commodities to be marketed just like Nokia phones and Viagra. People are pissed, they should be and that is a plus- they just need to be corrected regarding the target of their frustrations- and you guys are dropping the ball on this one.
Pissed Patriot in Asia