Politicization of Pure Michigan could taint brand

Ugh...

First Blush response: Republicans weren't able to outright kill "Pure Michigan," so now they trying to poison it with partisan messaging?

Upon reflection, it does seem inevitable:

One of the false argument "selling points" for RTW was that it would somehow magically draw businesses to start or relocate here. Tying RTW to Pure Michigan is a clear attempt to "prove" their specious argument so they can raise it as a "success" in 2014.

"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." ~ Harlan Ellison

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by: helzapoppn @ Thu Jan 10, 2013 at 22:40:03 PM UTC

I don't even think it's that

Rick loves Pure Michigan, and he was always going to get his way with it whether the legislature liked it or not.  This was one of the things they were going to give him.  

The governor needed mass media to disseminate his RTW message, and Michigan just so happens to have a huge advertising budget.  It's coicidentally dove-tailed.  His ambitions have met a successful ad campaign.  It's relaly no more deep or conspiratorial than that.

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by: MiddleGrandGuy @ Fri Jan 11, 2013 at 02:30:21 AM UTC

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