President Obama deliberately creates controversy to draw public attention away from his administration’s disastrous policies. He did it with gender pay gap, now he is doing it with job training. The National Journal,
“This is the White House theory of “Stray Voltage.” It is the brainchild of former White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe, whose methods loom large long after his departure. The theory goes like this: Controversy sparks attention, attention provokes conversation, and conversation embeds previously unknown or marginalized ideas in the public consciousness. This happens, Plouffe theorizes, even when—and sometimes especially when—the White House appears defensive, besieged, or off-guard…”
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