New PR Blitz Planned By Pentagon To Help Rumsfeld

A Pentagon memo obtained by AP describes a new PR campaign to buttress Donald Rumsfeld's image. It sounds like more of a propaganda push to me. Dorrance Smith, assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said new teams of people will "develop messages" for the 24-hour news cycle and "correct the record." The memo describes an operation modeled after a political campaign's, such as that made famous by Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential race, that use "Rapid Response" action to answer opponents' assertions quickly. Another branch would coordinate "surrogates." In political campaigns, surrogates are usually high-level politicians or key interest groups who speak or travel on behalf of a candidate or an issue. Does the Administration and the Pentagon seriously believe that the public is so dumb they will fall for this? Give me a friggin break! This man is so far removed from reality it would be downright pathetic if it weren't so damn dangerous. Read on....