Thursday, February 26, 2009

Braddock's Mayor Fetterman On Colbert

Near as I can tell, this is a blueprint for how a dynamic young mayor might parlay some minor celebrity and personal charisma into meaningful exposure for his or her city. (Early Returns)

5 comments:

  1. Every time I see Fetterman I have a quick flash of an old silkscreen in my mind: OBEY GIANT.

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  2. I never understood that guy. But he has guts. The tattoo is over the top.

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  3. He says the tattoo is to remind him of some stuff, and I imagine the rest of the image/branding is nothing more than to keep reminding himself of similar stuff. If it helps him stay focused, and his constituents are into it, that's amazing. Two or three years from now I expect to see lots of strange, intensely positive headlines about Braddock.

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  4. And in that same time frame maybe we'll see lots of strange, intensely negative headlines about Lawrenceville, S'Lib and Highland Perk. Ain't nothing like a charismatic pol...

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  5. Good job by Fetterman. He made a good case, but even more importantly, just getting on a show like that is a great move. You can't buy that kind of exposure.

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