JCOM 2300 PR Does it win hearts and minds even in the face of a great recession?

PR fuel recently wrote an article stating that PR Doesn't win wars, but it also highlights the use of silence. There was a comment about how much of the time Silence speaks louder than outcries from PR Reps. This was a very interesting view. I can see where it is true, but I can also see where it can be false. The journalist said it can be good becaue it means the gov. is working in the problem, which much of the time we hope is the case. Yet, given the recent situation and how the american public didn't make a move to pay attention to the little whispers of problems, those little whispers have turned into screams of pain from the American piggy bank. Many people blaming Bush which as discussed earlier has made some less than sensible choices, with his second term of power. But the main money crisis was given to us by none other than our favorite president, Clinton. Regardless, whether silence has helped or hurt our economy for now I do hope that PR can help to uplift the hearts and minds of the American people. After all that is the job of a PR person isn't it? To uplift the hearts of man to buying into the right idea? We are givers of thought, not sellers of goods!