The federal Cons seldom seem to lack for useful hints to anybody looking to run a top-down, reality-averse government. But while it isn't always possible to highlight all the examples, let's look a few handy tips from today's news:
- Want to take credit for being the first in the world to do something when you're not - in this case an air quality index which already existed in Canada in pilot form? Just ignore everybody else who's done it first, and let others try to correct your claim.
- Need to break a promise without calling it that? No problem - just claim you've "modified" it, as the Cons did today in deciding to replace their campaign promise to buy icebreakers with an alternate strategy of not buying icebreakers.
- And want to get your message about a massive public event, in this case the Calgary Stampede, to the media without any risk of pieings or other messy realities that tend to come with the general public? Just plan to take the media on a field trip from the event site rather than allowing anybody to know where your announcement is happening. And for an added bonus, you can always refuse to offer a ride back to anybody who doesn't project your desired message.
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