Who is Marilyn Katz?

On the heels of a depressing jobs report, Barack Obama is raising $5 million at fundraisers in Chicago this Friday – including one co-hosted by Marilyn Katz.

So who is Marilyn Katz? According to the New York Times, she’s the person who gave Obama “entry into another activist network: the foot soldiers of the white student and black power movements that helped define Chicago in the 1960s. As a leader of Students for a Democratic Society then, Ms. Katz organized Vietnam War protests, throwing nails in the street to thwart the police.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/01/after-bad-jobs-report-obama-parties-with-radicals/#ixzz1wbBvIWgp

Co-hosted by Marilyn Katz (and 15 other people). Is there something illegal about that?

More recent than decades ago history, here's what she is now: She is the head of Marilyn Katz Communications.

The founder and president of MK Communications, Inc. is Marilyn Katz, whose work in media and in public policy formed the basis for the firm's creation. Trained as a sociologist, in fact, Ms. Katz has followed a dual track career. In the 1970s, Ms. Katz relocated in California where she pursued her dual interests in media and public policy. During those years, Ms. Katz worked as a writer, producer and director of educational and theatrical films. At the same time she wrote about and advocated for public policy reform of a variety of government institutions.

Shortly after Ms. Katz returned to Chicago, in 1982, she, in partnership with a California firm, formed the media/press team for the Harold Washington Mayoral Campaign. It was this experience, the combining of public policy interests with media skills, which caused her to found MK Communications as a vehicle to marry public policy goals with organizational strategies that brought public support and program realization.

Ms. Katz received her formal training in sociology and political science at both Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University and Northwestern University. She is the recipient of numerous awards for films and campaigns, grants from both the Carol and Ping Ferry and Russell Sage Foundations for policy-related research projects and the author of numerous articles and a published book, The Glass House Tapes (Avon, 1973). She is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, sits on a variety of boards and voluntary organizations.

Then and now:


http://www.mkcpr.com/marilyn-katz-pages-50.php

But hey, let's focus on what she did 50 years go. The elephants never forget.

Raees wrote: Co-hosted by Marilyn Katz (and 15 other people). Is there something illegal about that?

More recent than decades ago history, here's what she is now: She is the head of Marilyn Katz Communications.

The founder and president of MK Communications, Inc. is Marilyn Katz, whose work in media and in public policy formed the basis for the firm's creation. Trained as a sociologist, in fact, Ms. Katz has followed a dual track career. In the 1970s, Ms. Katz relocated in California where she pursued her dual interests in media and public policy. During those years, Ms. Katz worked as a writer, producer and director of educational and theatrical films. At the same time she wrote about and advocated for public policy reform of a variety of government institutions.

Shortly after Ms. Katz returned to Chicago, in 1982, she, in partnership with a California firm, formed the media/press team for the Harold Washington Mayoral Campaign. It was this experience, the combining of public policy interests with media skills, which caused her to found MK Communications as a vehicle to marry public policy goals with organizational strategies that brought public support and program realization.

Ms. Katz received her formal training in sociology and political science at both Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University and Northwestern University. She is the recipient of numerous awards for films and campaigns, grants from both the Carol and Ping Ferry and Russell Sage Foundations for policy-related research projects and the author of numerous articles and a published book, The Glass House Tapes (Avon, 1973). She is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, sits on a variety of boards and voluntary organizations.

http://www.mkcpr.com/marilyn-katz-pages-50.php

But hey, let's focus on what she did 50 years go. The elephants never forget.

Ah gee... no one would ever do that?

Much has already been written in the past 24 hours about the accusations that Mitt Romney was a teenage tyrant at the Cranbrook School. Former classmates say he bullied a gay student, John Lauber, pinning him to the ground and cutting his bleached blond hair.

Hypocrite much?

Maybe it's just me but I hear John Kerry's voice; it's ok to be for it and then be against it as long as enough time has passed between one opinion and the next.

I wonder what Barry's view on the statute of limitations would be for various crimes, Chicago and pro Obama criminals exempt of course.

otisptoadwater wrote: Maybe it's just me but I hear John Kerry's voice; it's ok to be for it and then be against it as long as enough time has passed between one opinion and the next.

Yeah, I understand that one....Like Gov. Etch-a-Sketch?

On abortion -- Full Flop. From "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country" to "I am firmly pro-life."

On signing a no-tax pledge -- Full Flop. As a gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, he refused to sign a pledge that he would not seek tax increases. As a presidential candidate, he signed it.

On support for Ronald Reagan's policies -- Full Flop. As a Senate candidate in Massachusetts, he distanced himself from Reagan. As a presidential candidate, he's embraced the Gipper.

On whether humans contribute to global warming -- Half Flip. He said be believed humans contribute to climate change, but then hedged.

On gun policy -- Half Flip. Romney’s downplayed his signing of an assault weapons ban as governor in 2004, but it’s not clear that his policies have shifted as much as his rhetoric has.

On the economic stimulus -- Half Flip. Romney supported having a stimulus, but criticized the specific program Obama and congressional Democrats enacted.

On the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) -- No Flip. Romney’s view has been consistent -- TARP was necessary, but some of its operational aspects were bungled.

Did you REALLY want to go there?

LadyJazzer wrote:

otisptoadwater wrote: Maybe it's just me but I hear John Kerry's voice; it's ok to be for it and then be against it as long as enough time has passed between one opinion and the next.

Yeah, I understand that one....Like Gov. Etch-a-Sketch?

On abortion -- Full Flop. From "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country" to "I am firmly pro-life."

On signing a no-tax pledge -- Full Flop. As a gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, he refused to sign a pledge that he would not seek tax increases. As a presidential candidate, he signed it.

On support for Ronald Reagan's policies -- Full Flop. As a Senate candidate in Massachusetts, he distanced himself from Reagan. As a presidential candidate, he's embraced the Gipper.

On whether humans contribute to global warming -- Half Flip. He said be believed humans contribute to climate change, but then hedged.

On gun policy -- Half Flip. Romney’s downplayed his signing of an assault weapons ban as governor in 2004, but it’s not clear that his policies have shifted as much as his rhetoric has.

On the economic stimulus -- Half Flip. Romney supported having a stimulus, but criticized the specific program Obama and congressional Democrats enacted.

On the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) -- No Flip. Romney’s view has been consistent -- TARP was necessary, but some of its operational aspects were bungled.

Did you REALLY want to go there?

How about going here? Past moments in economic recovery...

“Look, I’m at the start of my administration. One nice thing about the situation I find myself in is that I will be held accountable. You know, I’ve got four years. And, you know, a year from now I think people are going to see that we’re starting to make some progress,” Obama said. “But there’s still going to be some pain out there. If I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., countered that the cost of the stimulus plan is less important than the quality of the recovery it creates. "It's not just about how big the package is," Pelosi said. "It's about how fast jobs are created and how those initiatives that were added in the spending will contribute to long-term stabilization of our economy."

"To finally spark the creation of a clean-energy economy, we will double the production of alternative energy in the next three years. We will modernize more than 75 percent of federal buildings and improve the energy efficiency of 2 million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills." (01-08-2009)

By the end of 2010, Barack Obama promised unemployment would drop to 7.25 percent. Obama also warned that without the stimulus America was in danger of seeing unemployment rise as high as 8.8 percent.

"Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office." (Feb. 23, 2009)

Fond memories, slowing fading fast... brought to you by the Obama Administration.

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

Much has already been written in the past 24 hours about the accusations that Mitt Romney was a teenage tyrant at the Cranbrook School. Former classmates say he bullied a gay student, John Lauber, pinning him to the ground and cutting his bleached blond hair.

Hypocrite much?

Not my quote, so I can't say.

Raees wrote:

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:

Much has already been written in the past 24 hours about the accusations that Mitt Romney was a teenage tyrant at the Cranbrook School. Former classmates say he bullied a gay student, John Lauber, pinning him to the ground and cutting his bleached blond hair.

Hypocrite much?

Not my quote, so I can't say.

APr for the course... you don't say much.

You say enough for both of us.