Instead he has appeared as a fawning PR man, apparently willing to do or say just about anything to get elected.

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Andy Griffiths, 26, a PR man with London's Halpern Associates, is another.

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Surprisingly, and to the audible gulp of PR man Fontana, he agreed.

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Matt O'Connor, the outfit's founder (and a PR man), says his first pop-up let him launch his brand for a tenth of the normal cost, while testing product ideas.

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Mixed in with those topics Potter gets more personal, describing his life as a journalist, then a PR man in the health care industry, and later as a whistle blower.

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He turns to his PR man.

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He said the PR machine behind the man they call Blade Runner has all but made him untouchable.

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So how did a tiny Houston-based PR firm manage to recycle over a ton of electronics responsibly using only 40 man hours?

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