Politicians need to spend as much time on their public image as on their public service.
Or do they?
What do you think?
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3 comments:
These days they do, although that's not the way it should be.
I always remember reading once that "had Americans had TV in the 1940s they'd have never elected a man in a wheelchair...." which meant they'd have never got one of their most well-known and respected Presidents. (FDR for reference).
I think they spend more of their time on self-image than on public service. Every vote a Congressman takes is a reflection of his image. According to me.
Regretably, I think we're in the midst of seeing how and why Tony Blair will be remembered as a stronger, more capable leader than Gordon Brown - regardless of the sophistication of their thinking and reasoning, the people they referred to for guidance and the settings of their social and moral compasses.
In short, yes, politicians do need to have as much regard for their public image as for their actual public service.
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