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"Lawrence H. de Bivort" wrote:
> On Thu, 11 May 2000, Chuck Palson wrote:
>
> Without commenting on the PR vs propaganda issue, I would suggest that
> Perot's political failure had more to do with personality (not a
> team-player) and perceptions of his reliability than with his ability to
> communicate and persuade within the poltiical arena. Indeed, his initial
> strength seemed to come mostly from the clarity of his thinking and
> communications on difficult political issues and his persuasiveness on the
> solutions (e.g. the US national debt).
You are defining political arena to narrowly. He achieved clarity of thinking at
the expense of votes. Being a politician demands that one think of many
constituencies which tends to lead to less clarity. It's easy to get up and say
what you think; it's hard to represent often clashing interests. It's demanding
and frustrating work to those who are not experienced and talented politicians.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Lawrence
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