Madame Secretary, anyone?
Is it just me, or do you get the feeling that we are constantly being manipulated by brilliant political handlers? I think my public relations background has made me perhaps a little more skeptical than the average Joe.
Why are they dragging this Secretary of State announcement? The longer it takes for it to be confirmed, the more certain the outcome. Floating Hillary’s name as bait for lazy news reporters and a gullible public hungry for easy gossipy stories keeps the spotlight off more important issues with far more dramatic implications.
It’s a beautiful capitalistic model: The more suspense, the more interest. The more interest, the more eyeballs. The more eyeballs, the more money news organizations can make on easy stories.
That leaves the politicians free to make final decisions with our money in the middle of the night (like buying CitiGroups bad debt – 4am Monday – last night while we were all sleeping!).
It’s the economy, stupid. Let’s just make sure you stay stupid, stupid. They tell us what the problem is, and they romance us with what we should be interested in. They package stories with just the perfect amount of juicy tidbits for them to become “newsworthy” and then we all bite. It’s an art form! And it works every time…
Hey — how do you think Michelle and Hillary will get along? Will they be able to keep Bill under control? Did GM sell its private jets? Water cooler chats for the next three weeks…
Cuba’s got nothing on us! HA!