I don’t like Bush. But the financial crisis we have now is multi-faceted and has some roots in Democratic legislation as it relates to Fanny May and Freddie Mac. And I personally get sick of the automatic blame game – blame the ones who you disagree with politically.

Sure there are exceptions – companies that are inherently very pro-environmental for example. But those exceptions are relatively rare.

@Mark Well said.. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Take a look at someone like Loren Feldmen who has fine tuned his niche by being simply that… offensive. he and all others who delve into voicing their opinions, however offensive, live by the sword and die by the sword.

I have had the same concern on Twitter for some others I follow. In one case I know that an individual’s Twitter feed actually posts to his company website as well.

While I am open minded to people’s political choice, I feel they need to use caution in the words chosen when communicating with others on the subject. Obviously in today’s Internet world we need to especially be cautious about what we write as it is permanent.

Yes, in marketing we can’t make everyone happy, but as with any sales conversation keep the politics and religion out to avoid some major risks. It’s just so tough to judge with each individual where the “I’m now offended line” is on these topics. I say leave your opinions out, or run the risk of someone saying “no longer following @twitterfriend due to his/her worthless billion tweets this evening during the speech.”

From a marketing standpoint, his politics adds to his identity. Will it turn off some of his readers, maybe, but it will also create more loyal followers in his niche.