Notorious PR Firm That Reps Swift Boaters, Creationists, PhRMA Now Helping Fired IG TPMMuckraker:
"A heavy-hitting conservative public relations firm that flacked for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and boasts an impressive array of right-wing clients is now helping Gerald Walpin, who was fired this summer by President Obama as the inspector general for AmeriCorps.
Creative Response Concepts Public Relations (CRC) is representing Walpin, a secretary who answered the phone at the company confirmed to TPMmuckraker today."
The list of CRC's current and former clients reads like a who's-who of the right-wing establishment, from the Republican National Committee to independent groups like Rick Scott's Conservatives for Patients' Rights and authors like David Freddoso, who wrote The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate. Other current and past clients of the Virginia-based firm include the creationist Discovery Institute, the original Swift Boaters who torpedoed John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid, PhRMA, the Federalist Society, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
CRC's president is Greg Mueller, former press secretary for Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign.
The Los Angeles Times had reported Walpin was getting free PR help from a firm that represented the swift boat group.
"A heavy-hitting conservative public relations firm that flacked for Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and boasts an impressive array of right-wing clients is now helping Gerald Walpin, who was fired this summer by President Obama as the inspector general for AmeriCorps.
Creative Response Concepts Public Relations (CRC) is representing Walpin, a secretary who answered the phone at the company confirmed to TPMmuckraker today."
The list of CRC's current and former clients reads like a who's-who of the right-wing establishment, from the Republican National Committee to independent groups like Rick Scott's Conservatives for Patients' Rights and authors like David Freddoso, who wrote The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate. Other current and past clients of the Virginia-based firm include the creationist Discovery Institute, the original Swift Boaters who torpedoed John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid, PhRMA, the Federalist Society, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
CRC's president is Greg Mueller, former press secretary for Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign.
The Los Angeles Times had reported Walpin was getting free PR help from a firm that represented the swift boat group.