St. Maarten Private Eye

Not being pessimistic and gloomy, but the McCain campaign tactics is a grim reminder of the short term memory of people. McCain is constantly re-inventing himself in light of the fact that he does not have a clear identity of who he is and what he stands for and can do this with impunity because of the fact that people tend to forget things that happened six months ago.

His present election campaigning is now even operating on the premise that people are even forgetting what was said or done six weeks ago. and from the flipflopping McCain has done this past week in regards to his position on the Wall Street crisis, he is now even assuming people has already forgotten what he said six days ago.

Here is where the PR spin doctors of our local politicians come in and are actively taking lessons from the McCain campaign tactics based on the Nixon doctrine: Lie, lie, lie and lie convincingly and people will believe what you say to be the truth.

I had to shake my head when I read that Loulou said that not even the environmental groups spoke up loud enough to stop people from using plastic bags or stopping the supermarkets from providing plastic bags to their clientele. A Nixon/McCain tactic if I ever saw one.

So you know what I see happening?

At the crucial moment, Commissioner Louie Laveist will pass legislature banning the use of plastic bags and ofcourse Jadira Veen and Barbara Cannegieter will be happy for that, but they will have to grit their teeth while smiling as they look on and see Loulou become the green hero of the day and coast clear to another election victory as The Plastic Bag Man.

My advice: debunk that comedian with a public awareness campaign before he makes a joke out of all the environmental groups and what they stand for. Remember, voters have short term memories and will only remember what the last guy shouted the loudest.

I am The Plastic Bag Man, who can forget that?
Shameless self-promotion as I have never seen it before.
You got to hand it to the man. He knows his "Positioning".
Shameless self-promoter marketeers around the world would be proud.

The title of this post actually should read:
The Shameless Plastic Bag Man