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Originally Posted by valo403
What are you talking about? That's about as strong of an example of playing politics with this whole thing as you'll ever see.
As someone who's not in Calgary, can one of you guys fill me in on why Nenshi is getting so much credit here? I haven't seen anything that makes me think 'wow, that was some great work from the mayor' but again, I'm not there so could have easily missed it.
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Part of it is that he has already built a large following on social media, so he can act as the main point of communication, and that he is genuine about helping people. He also knows his role in all this....
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Nenshi appears to intuitively understand what a political leader should be, and what he should not be, in a time of crisis. He must be chiefly a tireless communicator and cheerleader, as opposed to any kind of disaster micro-manager. The skilled politico lets first responders and hands-on volunteers do their life-saving work, praises them to the skies, and otherwise keeps out of the way. The very last thing any leader wants or needs is to appear to be taking advantage of a crisis for political gain. “I’m in control here,” said Alexander Haig, following the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1981. Haig never lived it down.
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http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Ta...#ixzz2XM6xcHRq