Comments on: PR 101 http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:49:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: catherineD http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359669 catherineD Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:29:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359669 <p>Thanks, Jane.</p> <p>Did you see the video of Clark on Fox the other day? It was like 2 separate conversations. They’d ask him didn’t he find Kerry offensive, and he’d say the real issue here is Iraq and talk about it in depth and they’d come back with, but didn’t you find Kerry offensive? and back and forth. (It’s over at securingamerica, as are all his tv appearances.) He did a good job of not being drawn into it and saying Kerry wasn’t running, unlike Hilary. Got to wonder how many friends she’s really got, the way she treats the party…</p> Thanks, Jane.

Did you see the video of Clark on Fox the other day? It was like 2 separate conversations. They’d ask him didn’t he find Kerry offensive, and he’d say the real issue here is Iraq and talk about it in depth and they’d come back with, but didn’t you find Kerry offensive? and back and forth. (It’s over at securingamerica, as are all his tv appearances.) He did a good job of not being drawn into it and saying Kerry wasn’t running, unlike Hilary. Got to wonder how many friends she’s really got, the way she treats the party…

]]> By: sedrunsic http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359384 sedrunsic Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:32:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359384 <p>umm - what does it take to get the dnc into action? RUN THAT AD IMMEDIATELY!</p> <p>it’ so simple.</p> umm – what does it take to get the dnc into action? RUN THAT AD IMMEDIATELY!

it’ so simple.

]]> By: Larry Johnson http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359322 Larry Johnson Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:23:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359322 <p>Better said this way:<br /> Kerry botched a joke but Bush has botched Iraq. With 2800 Americans dead and thousands maimed for life, that’s no laughing matter.</p> Better said this way:
Kerry botched a joke but Bush has botched Iraq. With 2800 Americans dead and thousands maimed for life, that’s no laughing matter.

]]> By: dkswerve http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359154 dkswerve Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:31:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359154 <p>touche. it seems the same clueless fucks (’experts’) that ran the successful 2000-2004 elections are still on the payroll. Stand up for your man (or woman). stabbing your own guy in the back is not a winning elective technique. Jesus. it didn’t work then and it won’t work now. turn it around. damn.</p> touche. it seems the same clueless fucks (’experts’) that ran the successful 2000-2004 elections are still on the payroll. Stand up for your man (or woman). stabbing your own guy in the back is not a winning elective technique. Jesus. it didn’t work then and it won’t work now. turn it around. damn.

]]> By: Ferruge http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359090 Ferruge Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:02:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-359090 <p>It’s only fair that Kerry had to apologize for this. After all, look at what the major media did to George “Macaca” Allen after his verbal gaffe - they were all over him too!</p> <p>Oh wait…..</p> It’s only fair that Kerry had to apologize for this. After all, look at what the major media did to George “Macaca” Allen after his verbal gaffe – they were all over him too!

Oh wait…..

]]> By: Transparent Grid » Blog Archive » How to stay on message http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358999 Transparent Grid » Blog Archive » How to stay on message Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:06:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358999 <p>[…] Earlier, between court appearances, I whipped out a post on the John Kerry thing where I offered three points on how to handle the controversy: (1) stop talking about Kerry’s flub; (2) don’t equivocate and stab Kerry in the back (unless absolutely necessary in a very tight district) and (3) flip the argument back on the Republicans. Anyway, Jane at Firedoglake, sums it up in another way that I really like: I can see we’re going to have to set up some sort of “Democratic PR school” soon. There seem to be a few remedial lessons they are lacking, as the John Kerry incident demonstrates. […]</p> […] Earlier, between court appearances, I whipped out a post on the John Kerry thing where I offered three points on how to handle the controversy: (1) stop talking about Kerry’s flub; (2) don’t equivocate and stab Kerry in the back (unless absolutely necessary in a very tight district) and (3) flip the argument back on the Republicans. Anyway, Jane at Firedoglake, sums it up in another way that I really like: I can see we’re going to have to set up some sort of “Democratic PR school” soon. There seem to be a few remedial lessons they are lacking, as the John Kerry incident demonstrates. […]

]]> By: melior http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358756 melior Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:04:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358756 <p>Thanks Jane, for posting absolutely what I wish all the Democratic campaign staffers were telling their bosses last night.</p> Thanks Jane, for posting absolutely what I wish all the Democratic campaign staffers were telling their bosses last night.

]]> By: Joeff53 http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358657 Joeff53 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:21:07 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358657 <p>Maybe this has already been said (who has time to read 171 comments?) but the fault, Dear Brutus, is not with awkward patrician Kerry but with the media that pretend to be disinterested observers of the garbage that the GOP spews while in fact acting as its transmission belt. It’s like a horrible flashback of the Swiftboat episode. </p> <p>One other thing, while I’m here: why hasn’t anyone thought to refer to our brave, doomed troops in Iraq as “Bush’s Human Shields?” Just wondering.</p> Maybe this has already been said (who has time to read 171 comments?) but the fault, Dear Brutus, is not with awkward patrician Kerry but with the media that pretend to be disinterested observers of the garbage that the GOP spews while in fact acting as its transmission belt. It’s like a horrible flashback of the Swiftboat episode.

One other thing, while I’m here: why hasn’t anyone thought to refer to our brave, doomed troops in Iraq as “Bush’s Human Shields?” Just wondering.

]]> By: EvilDrPuma http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358618 EvilDrPuma Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:06:45 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358618 <p><a href="#comment-358248"><em>jjohannson @ 29 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>“Both men [Cheney and Rumsfeld] are doing fantastic jobs,” Mr. Bush told The A.P….</p></blockquote> <p>I demand that George W. Bush apologize to the troops.</p> jjohannson @ 29

“Both men [Cheney and Rumsfeld] are doing fantastic jobs,” Mr. Bush told The A.P….

I demand that George W. Bush apologize to the troops.

]]> By: Moon http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358607 Moon Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:01:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/11/01/pr-101/#comment-358607 <p>Welcome to the real world George. Welcome to youtube.</p> Welcome to the real world George. Welcome to youtube.

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