The New York Times points out that Mark McGwire's "come clean" strategy and tearful confessions were "coordinated over the past month by Ari Fleischer, a former White House press secretary who runs a crisis-communications company, and the St. Louis Cardinals …"
Crisis-communications company?
People actually pay for this kind of stuff?
This proves a long-held theory of mine: Take the simplest concept, put a fancy name on it, charge a ton of money for it — and people will run to soak it up.
Ari Fleischer was George W. Bush's press secretary. That means he has extensive experience in making Mr. Hanky look like Barbie–in other words, dolling up a turd.
Tiger needs Ari's services as well
Tiger is in sex rehab right now. But he'll be at The Masters real soon.
I will tell you when Ari is at his best: when he is negotiating for Vince, trying to get him into one of those big movies, and ensuring that Turtle and E get producer credits
Today I watched a 1995 game between the Indians and the Orioles. People lie, eyes don't. It's a shame we'll never get to see Thome's bogus mea culpa. It was ridiculous seeing him circa 1995, nearly equivalent to the difference between McGwire 1989 and McGwire 1998. Thome could get all weepy like he did with the wife is his rock thing.
If Thome's wife was his rock, then he must have been a quarry worker.