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June 16, 2014
Obama Spins Himself Dizzy
[From article]
The bottom line is that the president settled on a controversial, high- risk strategy here in a difficult and problematic manner — and then sought to use his mastery of pop culture to change the story to a more palatable one. But some stories just can’t be gussied up.
More important for the president’s future fortunes is this lesson: You can only spin for so long before you start spinning yourself. Spin and spin and spin and soon you have a whirlwind to reap.
http://nypost.com/2014/06/07/obamas-well-honed-media-strategy-unraveled-with-pow/
How Obama’s media strategy unraveled with recovered POW
By John Podhoretz
New York Post
June 7, 2014 | 11:41am
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