The Laughable Notion of the "iPod Presidency"
I have not read Megan McArdle's latest article, but I certainly will*. Although I must take extreme exception to the crazy notion of the, putative, "iPod Presidency." This is one of those ridiculous memes fostered by the mythmakers in the MSM, similar to "Camelot" in respect to all things Kennedy.
Let's quickly deconstruct. The iPod is both a technological wonder and the very pinnacle of a marketing success. Thus it is one of those rare business cases where innovation intersects with brilliant business execution. This is rare even in the business world that is inhabited by legions of die-hard businesspeople. Obama is a man who has never held a real job. He has never had to think about technological innovation other than to use it. He has never had any experience marketing anything other than running for political office, in which he sold himself, or more truthfully, a myth of himself.
Obama and the iPod are polar opposites. The iPod is new. Obama is largely old, discredited ideas repackaged as new. The iPod is real and it works. Obama is a myth and, as we are discovering, does not quite work - from Middle East policy, to ObamaCare, to economic policy, to corruption of the federal bureaucracy.
Thus, the iPod Presidency is a joke.
* McArdle has become required reading. She is the financial journalism equivalent of doing squats at the gym. If you're not doing squats, you are wasting you time. If you are not reading MM, same basically.
Let's quickly deconstruct. The iPod is both a technological wonder and the very pinnacle of a marketing success. Thus it is one of those rare business cases where innovation intersects with brilliant business execution. This is rare even in the business world that is inhabited by legions of die-hard businesspeople. Obama is a man who has never held a real job. He has never had to think about technological innovation other than to use it. He has never had any experience marketing anything other than running for political office, in which he sold himself, or more truthfully, a myth of himself.
Obama and the iPod are polar opposites. The iPod is new. Obama is largely old, discredited ideas repackaged as new. The iPod is real and it works. Obama is a myth and, as we are discovering, does not quite work - from Middle East policy, to ObamaCare, to economic policy, to corruption of the federal bureaucracy.
Thus, the iPod Presidency is a joke.
* McArdle has become required reading. She is the financial journalism equivalent of doing squats at the gym. If you're not doing squats, you are wasting you time. If you are not reading MM, same basically.
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