Department of the Obvious: Media Division

The Boston Globe in a stunning display of Casablanca Syndrome (they’re shocked; shocked!)  reported that the Obama Administration employs public relations techniques:

President Obama entered the White House promising a new era of openness in government, but when it comes to bad news, his administration often uses one of the oldest tricks in the public relations playbook: putting it out when the fewest people are likely to notice.

What’s next, spinning at pressers?

The Floon saga: I hear crickets chirping

Ray Flynn and Mel King just endorsed Floon, and the Dog is totally underwhelmed. 

All that happens is to further seal Floon into JP, Southie, and lace-curtain Dorchester.  Field reasonance in the black, Latino, and Asian communities will be zero, none, nada.

Purely for the humor relief, I’m working on a somewhat more comprehensive overview of the cultural dynamics of this election, to be posted within the next few days, with the working title of  Float like a butterfly; sink like a rock: the Floon saga.