Two of my good friends in the PR industry made additional comments on my post about Barack Obama, cocaine use and 60 minutes.
Curtis Gasser says . . .
I suppose young people could see Obama’s former drug use and be inspired to turn their own lives around, but couldn’t some of them see it and say, “Hey, this dude did drugs and now he’s running for president. Maybe drugs aren’t so bad . . .”
Clayton Blackham says . . .
Couldn’t agree with you [Russ] more. On a sports level, I once spoke to a writer about this very thing. He said that an organization is upfront about it and divulges the information they can to the media, the story is over in a story or two. On the filp side, however, an organization hides details and is tight-lipped, the story goes on for weeks, and they’ll dig for more info.
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How easy will it be for Romney to ditch the “Mormon” story? It seems that there are so many that want to keep bringing up irrelevant or outright false issues.
- The whole \”many wives\” lies dont\’ work. He\’s married to the only woman he has ever kissed while all the other candidates have been married more than once. In that sense, Romney is the only candidate who hasn\’t had \”many wives.\”
- Honesty is a \”Mormon\” teaching if you will.
- He\’s got big-time business names starting to back him up.
I understand what you’re saying but I’ve already grown weary of the vitriolic tone of so many that just want to use this as their bully pulpit.
Getting back to Obama…regardless of the effect the candidate’s past drug use might have on kids, being up front and frank about it was his only reasonable choice, other than quitting the election altogether. Any idiot knows this stuff gets out eventually, and hiding it only makes it worse. Not that I’m insinuating there are no idiots in Congress…
Here’s a question for the guru of politics… why is Romney’s religion an issue, and Obama’s not. He’s Muslim if I understand correctly, and even grew up in a home with an extremist as his step-dad. Not saying its his fault, or even something we should consider, but the fact its been left out of the news is suspect, isn’t it?
(Side note: I get that Romney’s religion is an issue because of the religious right, but the liberals polled didn’t seem to fond of the Mormon thing, or Muslim thing for that matter, either)
Here it is: http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/elliott/3_29elliott.htm
Wait a minute - Obama is a Muslim? Am I missing something here?
By the way, I read the article above as well and although there were some offensive things in there I also found it complimentary and a little funny as well.
OK, I just read that his grandfather was a Muslim but he claims to be a christian - a former cocaine snorting christian liberal democrat. OK - everything is back to normal.
…a former cocaine snorting christian liberal democrat.
Or in other words, “hell in a handbasket”.
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