America-Haters For Hillary

Sweetness & Light ^ | May 9, 2006 | N/A

[Sam Hill]

America-hating, terrorist-loving Saudi-owned Reuters [excerpted] brings us this hard hitting news:

  

Behavior guide aims at demise of "the ugly American

By Bernd Debusmann, Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alarmed by the relentless rise of anti-Americanism around the world, a business-backed group is trying to change the behavior that spawned an enduring stereotype of Americans abroad -- loud, arrogant, ill-dressed, ill-mannered and lacking respect for other cultures.

For many years, much of the rest of the world distinguished between the United States and the American people. Americans tended to get better ratings than their country and its policies. But recent surveys show that favorable perceptions of Americans have been shrinking while views on the world's only superpower grow increasingly hostile.

Enter Business for Diplomatic Action Inc. (BDA), a non-profit organization founded by advertising executive Keith Reinhard after a worldwide survey of attitudes toward Americans convinced him that "our collective personality is one of the root causes of anti-Americanism."

"We are seen as loud, arrogant and completely self-absorbed," said Reinhard, chairman emeritus of the advertising agency DDB Worldwide. "People see in us the ultimate arrogance -- assuming that everybody wants to be like us."

An estimated 60 million Americans travel abroad each year and BDA's Reinhard sees all of them as potential ambassadors who might win the hearts and minds of their host countries, no matter how much people there might hate U.S. policies. ...

Keith Reinhard clearly hates America. Just look at his Federal Election Campaign contributions:

REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10019
DDB WORLDWIDE/CHAIRMAN

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM     VIA FRIENDS OF HILLARY
	09/19/2005	420.00	25020441485

REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021

DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
	09/22/1997	400.00	98032672681
	11/17/1997	500.00	98032672681

REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWID

DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
	10/08/1999	500.00	20035103190
	02/09/2000	500.00	20035431470
	10/19/2000	500.00	20036582359

REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE/ADVERTISING

BRADLEY, BILL     VIA BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC
	03/29/1999	1000.00	20990096038

REINHARD, KEITH
NEW YORK, NY 10021
OMNICOM

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM     VIA HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC
	08/02/1999	1000.00	20020040718

 

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM     VIA FRIENDS OF HILLARY
	02/07/2003	1000.00	23020172367

REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021

KERRY, JOHN F     VIA JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC
	07/20/2004	-1000.00	24962265245

REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE

SCHUMER, CHARLES E     VIA SCHUMER '98
	12/05/1997	1000.00	98020040633
	12/05/1997	1000.00	98020040633

REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB WORLDWIDE

SCHUMER, CHARLES E     VIA FRIENDS OF SCHUMER
	05/20/2002	1000.00	22020571975
	05/20/2002	1000.00	22020571975
	11/13/2003	1000.00	24020040669
	11/13/2003	1000.00	24020040669

REINHARD, KEITH L
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB WORLDWIDE/CHAIRMAN

KERRY, JOHN F     VIA JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC
	03/07/2003	2000.00	25971196814
	03/29/2004	1000.00	25971248667

REINHARD, KEITH L.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE/ADVERTISING

GORE, AL     VIA GORE 2000 INC
	03/31/1999	500.00	20990084752

REINHARD, KEITH L.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB WORLDWIDEINC./ADVERTISING EXE

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
	05/20/2003	1000.00	23991143964

REINHARD, KEITH L. MR.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWIDE/ADVERTISING

GORE, AL     VIA GORE/LIEBERMAN GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUND
	09/20/2000	1000.00	20990232040

REINHARD, KEITH MR.
NEW YORK, NY 10021
DDB NEEDHAM WORLDWID/ADVERTISING

DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
	11/07/2001	500.00	22990286737
	11/26/2003	1000.00	23992497709
	03/01/2004	2000.00	24991147279

Big surprise, huh?

I'm sure one of the things Mr. Reinhard rails against is Americans' "conspicuous consumption." Well, he should know.

From Adfreak.com:

Livin' la vida larga

DDB chief Keith Reinhard has set up house on the 70th floor of the south building of the Time Warner Center, in a four-bedroom, $9.1-million spread that puts him directly upstairs from Prince Turki bin Khalid (who is described as both a member of the Saudi royal family and an official with the Saudi national soccer team) and five floors above Ricky Martin.

Preach on, brother!

[Sam Hill]

What a great ambassador for our country!

[Sam Hill]

Hillary fan and proud Democrat donor ping!

[jamese777]

Matt Drudge is reporting that Fox News owner Rupert Murdock is hosting fund raisers for Hillary, to wit:
MURDOCH TO HOST FUNDRAISER FOR HILLARY CLINTON
Mon May 08 2006

Rupert Murdoch has agreed to host a political fundraiser for Hillary Clinton this summer, the FINANCIAL TIMES is reporting!

Murdoch's surprise decision to raise money for Clinton in July, on behalf of NEWS CORP., parent company of FOXNEWS and the NEW YORK POST, underlines a dramatic turn of relations between Murdoch and Clinton, who in 1998 coined the phrase “vast rightwing conspiracy” to denounce critics of her husband.

Some say the move by Murdoch reflects approval of her Senate career, notes FT's Caroline Daniel. Others point to Murdoch's record for picking future national leaders. Last century, he threw over the British conservatism he'd long supported to back longshot Tony Blair.

Clinton surprised Washington and media watchers recently by attending a FOX NEWS anniversary party, where she toasted Murdoch.

Political powerbroker and studio head Harvey Weinstein is said to have convinced Hillary that Murdoch could be a friend, not a foe, in her ongoing political maneuvers.

Hillary has now cornered the NY media market, by winning support from the NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS owner Mort Zuckerman -- and now Murdoch and the NY POST.

[Seruzawa]

WE'RE self-absorbed? Ahahahahahahahahaha. ROTFLMAO! Who on earth is more self-absorbed than the Europeans.... except maybe the monks in Tibet?

Americans are so "self-absorbed" and the Euros aren't.

Come on. Pull the other one.

This is the best laugh I've had all day.

[needlenose_neely]

As a photographer, I recently had a dream that placed me in a moral dilema.

I dreamed there was a great flood, and as water rushed down the streets carrying all sorts of things, I looked out of my window, ready to take some photos, when I saw a human hand sticking out of the water.
Then the hand raised higher, and an arm and shoulders came above the water.

Finally a face appeared out of the water.

Lo and behold it was Hillary Klinton.

Which brings me to the moral dilemma.

Color or black and white?

[nopardons]

YIKES!

And just WHY does this article and person, whom it's about, ignore the cold, hard FACT that the descriptions of THE UGLY AMERICAN, that is used, is a blatant, word for word, regurgitation of what was said/written almost SIXTY years ago...when that term was coined for American tourists abroad, right after the end of WW II?

[Sam Hill]

 

Keith and Rose-Lee Reinhard: “Peace Is Possible” conference of world religious leaders

With the objective of bringing together internationally known religious and spiritual leaders dedicated to the proposition that “Peace Is Possible,” Rose-Lee and Keith Reinhard funded a week-long meeting of The Peace Council, in New York.  

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[nopardons]

Murdock may own the N.Y. Post; however, the N.Y. Post has never and is not now, endorsing Hitlery!.

[Sam Hill]

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PRESS REVIEW, JUNE 7-9

QUOTATIONS FOR THE DAY

"I THINK ANYTHING THE GOVERNMENT DOES AT THIS POINT IS PROPAGANDA AND IS NOT CREDIBLE."

--Advertiser Keith Reinhard, commenting on the "Shared Values" TV ad campaign, created by the government under Charlotte Beers, onetime undersecretary for public diplomacy and public affairs; cited in "Questions for…Keith Reinhard: Nonprofit-Group Founder Aims To Combat Anti-Americanism," Suzanne Vranica (Wall Street Journal)

http://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/newsroom/johnbrown_detail/june_7_9_2004/

[Screamname]

an enduring stereotype of Americans abroad -- loud, arrogant, ill-dressed, ill-mannered and lacking respect for other cultures.

Isn`t that the French?

[Sam Hill]

The ad agency is now blocking access to the photo of Mr. Reinhard.

But since I'm sure we all want to know what a "beautiful American" looks like...

Ecce homo:

[Chode]

[ladyinred]

Dear God help us. I think I will have to move to some other country if that horrible woman is elected!!!!