Comments on: PR doesn’t work for countries either http://www.badlanguage.net/pr-doesnt-work-for-countries-either How to communicate Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:08:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Bruce Pilgrim http://www.badlanguage.net/pr-doesnt-work-for-countries-either#comment-139744 Bruce Pilgrim Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:07:24 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=461#comment-139744 Let's be clear. For a brief period after 9/11, America had the world's sympathy. President George W. Bush and his administration squandered that good will with an unprovoked war in Iraq and a raft of other ill-advised moves that have sullied the reputation and image of the United States, perhaps irreparably. As an American, I am profoundly embarrassed, and more than a little pissed off by Bush's actions. I voted against him twice and I repudiate virtually everything the man has ever done. We can only hope that we can elect someone better next time (it would be difficult to find someone worse) and begin to repair our relationships with countries around the world. All the PR and all the spin doctors on earth may not be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again, however. Let’s be clear. For a brief period after 9/11, America had the world’s sympathy. President George W. Bush and his administration squandered that good will with an unprovoked war in Iraq and a raft of other ill-advised moves that have sullied the reputation and image of the United States, perhaps irreparably.

As an American, I am profoundly embarrassed, and more than a little pissed off by Bush’s actions. I voted against him twice and I repudiate virtually everything the man has ever done. We can only hope that we can elect someone better next time (it would be difficult to find someone worse) and begin to repair our relationships with countries around the world.

All the PR and all the spin doctors on earth may not be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again, however.

]]> By: richard pelletier http://www.badlanguage.net/pr-doesnt-work-for-countries-either#comment-136037 richard pelletier Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:58:47 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=461#comment-136037 Spot on Matthew. As an American, I have to say that these past six years have been very, very difficult. However anyone wants to spin it, these past years have not reflected well on us, nor have they reflected the values that many of us citizens of the world and the US hold dear. It's a fascinating thing to look at all this from a PR perspective. Republicans are generally held in high regard for their marketing prowess in election campaigns. But no amount of marketing or PR can scrub this thing clean. We used to call Ronald Reagan The Great Communicator. And he's the guy that named the MX Missie the "Peacekeeper." Spot on Matthew. As an American, I have to say that these past six years have been very, very difficult. However anyone wants to spin it, these past years have not reflected well on us, nor have they reflected the values that many of us citizens of the world and the US hold dear.

It’s a fascinating thing to look at all this from a PR perspective. Republicans are generally held in high regard for their marketing prowess in election campaigns. But no amount of marketing or PR can scrub this thing clean.

We used to call Ronald Reagan The Great Communicator. And he’s the guy that named the MX Missie the “Peacekeeper.”

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