David : True, the Admin has made health care a signature issue, but there is a lot more to the WH and its policies than that bill. What I am curious about is what the possibilities for marketing in government are. We have the administration we have, but there will be others, Thus, what is the role of marketing in governing ? Or maybe more like it, what can its role become considering that so little is done with it now.? If someone in marketing was making a proposal to Administration X, what would it say ? I'm a social scientist, hence my interest. But I do remember a joke I heard some place. Texas humor. A freshly minted college grad was applying for a job in Dallas or Houston or someplace. The personnel manager said. "it isn't often we get someone with a degree in socialism here." " But my degree is in sociology." "Well, we both know its the same thing." Ha ha ha, ho, ho.. Actually it isn't, but I get the point. Billy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- In a message dated 11/30/2009 8:55:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
You can only put so much lipstick on a couple of 2000 page plus pieces of legislation. After a while it looks gaudy. Maybe good or great marketing can get somebody to buy a s**t sandwich; but not if the sense of smell has kicked in. David _ "Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection."—Neal Boortz [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: Ernie: One thing is for sure, during the 2008 campaign the Obama team had expert marketers working for them. Not that marketing can play the exact same role as part of governance, but marketing as such seems to be AWOL as an Admin function. Why ? Seems strange. Billy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/30/2009 11:19:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: Hi Billy, On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:13 AM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: > A year into his presidency, however, Obama’s gift for controlling his image shows signs of faltering. As Washington returns to work from the Thanksgiving holiday, there are several anti-Obama storylines gaining momentum. A very good analysis. I don't know if any of them are "true", but that is more-or-less beside the point; they have enough contact with reality that if things go badly (as they seem to be at the moment) these stories will gain traction. Of course, if things go well, they'll fade into obscurity. Like I always say: _http://www.radicalcentrism.org/marketing.html_ (http://www.radicalcentrism.org/marketing.html) 11. The Converged Law: Eventually, marketing and reality must converge. Good marketing delays convergence; Great marketing alters reality. -- Ernie P. _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) ____________________________________ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) _http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com_ (http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com) Archives at _http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/_ (http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/) _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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