Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id XAA22548 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:51:41 +0100 X-Sender: rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: Raymond Recchia <rrecchia@mail.clarityconnect.com> Subject: Re: Fwd: Beer ad spurs Canadian pride Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:50:18 -0400 Message-ID: <1255851478-5445508@smtp.clarityconnect.com> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
At 04:02 PM 04/20/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Very interesting, Wade. Actually, I thought Budweiser was Molson's best
>selling label. Well, I guess, technically, the article is right in any case
>because Molson only leases the label from it's owners in U. S. America.
>Interesting positioning, Molson's can now cultivate beer drinkers from both
>sides!
>
>My understanding is that Ronald Reagan's handlers used an effective memetic
>campaign to ensure the popularity of a president of less than notworthy
>ability (he didn't even make it in Hollywood as a grade "B" actor). They
>began using sophisticated
>polling so that they could plant ancillary ideas into the
>population that would eventually result in a public opinion ready
>to accept their right wing political agenda. They then trained former
>Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in their method. In fact, the
>Progressive Conservative's polling company became a legally owned
>subsiduary of the holding company that, in turn, owned the Republican's
>main polling firm.
Funny, the main reason I was a Republican in the 80's was the influence of
a Canadian Rock band (RUSH) that sprinkled its lyrics with libertarian
messages. Of course they were probably being secretly influenced by that same
Republican polling firm :P
Raymond O. Recchia
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