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Michael, <br>
Yes, you have hit the nail on the head here. Why are we so poor at PR
with the Arab street? I don't think it is oil money, since you can sell
a lot of less likely ideas with proper communication. I wish I knew,
and it is one the the reasons I am so uneasy with Bush and his team.
They seem to be absolutely blind. Anyone know why????<br>
I actually think they have also done a lousy job communicating with
the American public. This election shouldn't have been close, if you
look at the basic fact that we are at war and generally people will not
change horses in the middle of the war, and Kerry really offered almost
nothing new (in contrast with Howard Dean who was a much more
interesting person, IMHO). Bush has done a very poor job of
communicating about the war. In fact, he has avoided press conferences
in his first term, although when I watch him, he really isn't too bad
at them. It is a kind of obtuseness about persuasive communication and
its value. A number of people on the right are very disturbed by
Bush's failure to effectively communicate his message. <br>
Bush isn't new with that obtuseness. Lyndon Johnson used to say,
"If you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow"
and look where that got him. <br>
<br>
Lynn<br>
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Michael Christopher wrote:<br>
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--Good source. Are we just not funding good PR for our
foreign policy, or are we hiring inept people? Or is
the Bush admin so tainted by its connections to the
oil industry that no amount of PR could help? The Bush
admin has put so much money into appealing to American
ideals, but why are we so bad at appealing to Arabs
and Muslims? It can't just be because they have a
different culture, hiphop and cowboy culture have been
sold to the world by people who didn't really
understand them but understood the psychology of
public relations. Are we just hiring the wrong people?
Michael
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