Comments on: The President Could Use A Marketing Advisor http://brianshaler.com/blog/2007/10/06/the-president-could-use-a-marketing-advisor/ Design, Development, and Business Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:54:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: snipfer http://brianshaler.com/blog/2007/10/06/the-president-could-use-a-marketing-advisor/#comment-77 snipfer Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:49:20 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/2007/10/06/the-president-could-use-a-marketing-advisor/#comment-77 Great analysis. It would be very interesting to see politicians use the internet to promote themselves for something more than just asking us to vote for them. Right now I'm suscribed to Fred Thompson's Twitter and it would be a great tool not just to win elections but to keep citizens informed about what he thinks he's doing. Great analysis. It would be very interesting to see politicians use the internet to promote themselves for something more than just asking us to vote for them. Right now I’m suscribed to Fred Thompson’s Twitter and it would be a great tool not just to win elections but to keep citizens informed about what he thinks he’s doing.

]]> By: Ben Wood http://brianshaler.com/blog/2007/10/06/the-president-could-use-a-marketing-advisor/#comment-51 Ben Wood Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:38:54 +0000 http://brianshaler.com/blog/2007/10/06/the-president-could-use-a-marketing-advisor/#comment-51 Bush has his own branding entity - if you want to see tireless support for his policies, watch Fox News and much of the rest of the mainstream media. The federal government actually spent $1.6 billion in PR/propaganda between 2003-2005! ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021301897.html ) It's too bad (for Bush, in his own words!) that he's not a dictator and that he doesn't have complete control over every media outlet. Thank God for the Internet so we can see and put forth alternative viewpoints. What if the truth actually is too much bad and not enough good? To me, that is the sad, but unavoidable conclusion at this point. Most people aren't aware of how stridently the founding fathers warned about how naturally the government would assume tyrannical power and quench individual freedoms if we let it. It's happened at an alarming rate of speed in the last 6 years or so. Bush has his own branding entity - if you want to see tireless support for his policies, watch Fox News and much of the rest of the mainstream media. The federal government actually spent $1.6 billion in PR/propaganda between 2003-2005!
( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/13/AR2006021301897.html )

It’s too bad (for Bush, in his own words!) that he’s not a dictator and that he doesn’t have complete control over every media outlet. Thank God for the Internet so we can see and put forth alternative viewpoints. What if the truth actually is too much bad and not enough good? To me, that is the sad, but unavoidable conclusion at this point. Most people aren’t aware of how stridently the founding fathers warned about how naturally the government would assume tyrannical power and quench individual freedoms if we let it. It’s happened at an alarming rate of speed in the last 6 years or so.

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