Gerald Rafshoon

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Gerald Rafshoon is one of the four founding members of Unity08, and was the White House Communications Director under the presidency of Jimmy Carter[1] (in doing so, Mr. Rafshoon became the first professional advertising executive to join the White House staff [2]), and is a television producer.

In January 2008, Rafshoon and fellow Unity08 co-founder Doug Bailey left that organization to launch a national effort to draft New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for President of the United States as an independent candidate. [3]

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[edit] Television work

Mr. Rafshoon produced a number of TV movies based on biblical stories including:

He also made Running Mates, a TV movie starring Tom Selleck with "as themself" appearances by Margaret Carlson, Arianna Huffington, Al Hunt, Michael Kinsley, Robert D. Novak, Kate O'Beirne, and Mark Shields[4].

[edit] Political work

According to Namebase, Gerald Rafshoon is mentioned in the following books:

  • Greider's Secrets of the Temple 1989 (47)
  • Hertsgaard's On Bended Knee 1988 (23, 38-9)
  • Jones's The Politics of Money 1991 (215)
  • Kilian & Sawislak's Who Runs Washington? 1982 (56)

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Ken Clausen (Richard Nixon's Head of the Office of Communications)		 White House Communications Director
1978–1979		 Succeeded by
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[edit] References

  1. ^ Transcript: CNN Today: Gerald Rafshoon Discusses 'Running Mates'. Retrieved on 2006-09-23.
  2. ^ Eagleton Digital Archive of American Politics: Election of 1976.
  3. ^ Benjamin, Elizabeth (2008-01-10). Unity08 Scales Back, Co-Founders Split For Draft Bloomberg Committee. NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
  4. ^ IMDB: Gerald Rafshoon. Retrieved on 2006-09-23.
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