Posted by Peter Himler on 9th August 2006
There are no shortage of pundits and political commentators who have
weighed in on the forces behind Senator Joe’s primary loss to the deep-pocketed and blue blooded Ned Lamont.
The bloggers, of course, attribute the upset to their brethren’s growing political influence. Others blame the incumbent for his lateness (arrogance?) in acknowledging the threat at hand. Some lefties would have voted for anyone who didn’t get bussed by Bush.
Personally, I have my own thoughts. Over the weekend, I managed to catch both Sen. Lieberman and Mr. Lamont on ABC’s This Week George Stephanopolous. The Senator lacked energy, and frankly was cumbersome. Lamont, in contrast, was quick and appeared much more alert. Net net: Lamont looked and sounded much, much better.
In fact, it didn’t even matter what he said. It was how he said it. If I were a Connecticut Yankee, I would have voted the 800 Ned number at the bottom of the screen based purely on his telegenics
So, Peter, how then do you explain the inarticulate Mr. Bush’s ascension to the top political office in the land? Let’s just say, he had some help.
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Posted by Peter Himler on 8th August 2006
How many times have we seen some corporate bigwig get skewered in the media when a gross distortion suddenly turns up in his or her CV? Also, wouldn’t most reputable PR firms resign a piece of business if it were learned that the client knowingly misled or lied?
These thoughts recently crossed my mind when I saw a piece quoting the next-gen mogul Paris Hilton declaring:
“‘I’m not having sex for a year. … I’ll kiss, but nothing else,’ says Hilton, who told the magazine she has had sex with only two men during her lifetime.” Huh??? (This must be a typo.)
I wonder if her publicist would consider this brand of poetic license grounds to resign her business? Or could this be part of a grander scheme by the high-profile priestess to lie her way to the top of the celebrity-o-meter?
I think there may be some credence in the latter theory after seeing her kindred spirit Lindsay Lohan quoted in the Post today:
“The busty ‘Herby: Fully Loaded’ star also insists to the mag that she’s never had plastic surgery, nor does she snort cocaine. But the loquacious Long Island native admits she often tells the press ‘things that aren’t true . . . just because it’s fun.’”
File this one under “Clients from Hell.”
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Posted by Peter Himler on 7th August 2006
Dear Floyd,
Anyone watching you saw shades of Lance in your 17th stage comeback — a spectacular feat of athleticism by any standard. At a time when there’s little to cheer about, all Americans were proud to see you prevail…in France, especially.
Today, however, our pride has turned to bewilderment and dismay from the latest revelations of enhanced levels of “synthetic” testosterone in your bloodstream. (I’m sure there were plenty of guys out there hoping that your initial explanation of elevated testosterone naturally caused your super human performance.)
Today, we hear you gripe about the “agenda” of cycling’s governing bodies. You complain about not having sufficient time to react to the public release of your lab test results.
“I just got the information on the ‘A’ sample a day and half ago…I had to find out about the ‘B’ from reading it in the media…I had only two days to react to mine.”
Floyd, shame on your PR consiglieres for not having their RSS readers or a Google News Alerts keyworded to capture breaking news about your fate. Had they taken the easy steps to set up these digital testosterone tools, the tainted test results might have found their way into your inbox, thus allowing more time to react in the first news cycle.
Now you really have to spin some wheels with a full-out media blitz just to catch up…
Best of luck.
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