The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ran an article entitled Crisis management professionals not impressed by Ben's approach. Basically, the owners and principle partners of companies which will improve your image for a fee are saying that whoever Ben Roethlisberger got to write his apology didn't do a good job. In other woods, if he had hired their firm, they could have made Ben sound much, much more sincere. This article is so crazy that its hard to have just one favorite part, but I like:
"It really means nothing," said Mike Paul, who heads MGP & Associates in New York (slogan: "Because Your Reputation is Everything").I guess the subtext of the slogan is "and what you actually do means nothing"
Just as crazy in a different way was this article on Arizona's new immigration law, Mexico's Felipe Calderon says Arizona laws breed intolerance and hate. In this case the article seems to actually be reporting news, but it reveals the extraordinary lengths people, even smart people, will go to...well...to be liked by others, I guess. Toward the end of the article John McCain is mentioned as having an awkward time with the bill.
He added that he opposed "discriminatory behaviour" by the police armed with their new powers and that, in conversation with police chiefs at the weekend, he had been assured they could implement it without racial profiling.So, in other words, the police will be looking for western Europeans who legally emigrated to Mexico, but then illegally emigrated to Arizona?
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Is John McCain one of the most disappointing politicians ever? This article reminded me of other articles I have read recently on McCain as he tries to hold on to his senate seat by moving himself further to the right. Recently he even nixed the notion that he was a maverick.
This got me thinking that there are rankings of most liberal and most conservative politicians, but I think we can be a little more creative than that. Liberal and conservative are too confining. Some possible categories would include a rating of disappointment, sleaziness or likelihood of cheating on spouse, corruption level, public speaking capability etc.
I agree, not sure if his run for presidency turned him into a bitter old man or the race showed his true colors. I had always liked him, his spiraling descent probable began after choosing Palin.
It's the old line: wining isn't everything, it's the only thing. He's being seriously challenged from the right by Hayworth and the Republican party has become such a lunatic asylum, he feels he needs to disavow everything he ever stood for to win the nomination. "I never considered myself a maverick" -- that's like Obama saying I never said "yes we can."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylJkmMR8Fek
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