Comments on: Mark Penn — Out?

By: ekunin

ekunin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:22:30 +0000

I agree. After all her mistakes and lies, how can anyone support Hillary? but the PA primary won’t be unanimous and she might even win. Supposedly 30% of Americans think the decider has done a good job of deciding. It’s enough to make one lose faith in democracy.

BTW what’s a ”concern troll”?

By: nogowar

nogowar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:42:50 +0000

Penn with a conflict of interest with HRC positions?
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By: RedHen

RedHen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:02:07 +0000

Jettisoning Penn so he can devote all his time to consulting for union
busting corporations and anti-labor governments is a blatant attempt to secure the endorsement of the Steelworkers and Mine Workers – a necessity if she hopes to win Pennsylvania. Hopefully those unions will not forget who Clinton was associated with last week.

By: ThatGuy

ThatGuy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:28:37 +0000

Off topic – HOW ABOUT THEM STANFORD WOMEN? Go home, UConn.

By: selise

selise — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:13:46 +0000

lol, you’re right.

and i just can’t see any of these moves (by either candidate) w/o thinking “hmmm, i wonder what is really going on?”

By: selise

selise — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:12:06 +0000

nope. imo, larry’s jumped the shark.

and AC, i’m no fan of clinton’s either.

i am, however, a big fan of commenters here - including those who support either or neither of the dem candidates.

By: siri

siri — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:11:58 +0000

I agree. And I think not only have we had quite enough of THAT, but I THINK Obama will chose according to policy and competence.
I may be wrong regarding Obama. I am quite sure I am NOT wrong regarding Clinton.
:)

By: selise

selise — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:09:34 +0000

Persistent is the nice way to put it. more accurate would be pig headed, stubborn,… :-)

really, though, it’s my responsibility to dig if i want answers to my own questions. wasn’t trying to give you a hard time…. just curious.

By: Kirk James Murphy, M.D.

Kirk James Murphy, M.D. — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:09:22 +0000

Now that Penn is “withdrawn” (anyone ever told Hillary that method’s efficacy is uh…oh, nevermind)…

Who else from the global perception control mafia is on the payroll for Clinton, Obama, and McCain?

Glad to see Mark Penn out the symbolic door….but the decision to keep his polling firm Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates on just seems like the campaign wants to keep bleeding credibility.

Penn’s a busy little tapeworm - in addition to heading up his own firm, he also heads up the aptly named B-M. And B-M and PSB, in turn, are owned by WPP - one of the planet’s two largest ~~manipulator of public perceptions for the benefit of the upper 0.1%~~
….. - er - corporate and political PR firms.

WPP - aka World Propaganda Power - is quite the nasty octopus…

A perfect fit for:

Penn: clients include Uribe’s right-wing repressive regime, Shell Oil, US Tuna Foundation (bye, Flipper - hello, mercury). Oh, and of course, Phillip Morris and the nuke industry.

B-M: clients include Blackwater, Entergy (Indian Point nuke plant - bye, Long Island), Iraqi National Congress, Big Carbon (bye, ecosphere) - oh, and of course, Philip Morris. Methods include greenwash and fake news.

PSB: clients include Venezeulan oligarchs (~~bye, poor brown people~~ - oops, not so much!), Bloomberg, AT&T (bye, Fourth Amendment), Coca-Cola (bye, teeth and unions), Berlusconi (hello Il Duce), and Novartis (bye-bye baby… food without GMO’s..hello corn with GMO’s)

Along with the rest of the octopus WPP”s clients, Novartis needs the spin:

Novartis sells American farmers GMO seed; but it will not buy its own products. Last month the company announced that it has banned GMOs from the foods it makes.

Penn will fit right in.

By: Fern

Fern — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:07:09 +0000

My guess is she will pick a team based primarily on loyalty.