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Woman hospitalized in Milwaukie for Ebola testing ... Donor helps Mt. Ashland buy new ski boots ... Rain damage closes Darkwing Manor ... Woman hospitalized in Milwaukie for Ebola testing ... Donor helps Mt. Ashland buy new ski boots ... Kent Bush: Sometimes technology and stuff won't save you By Kent Bush MailTribune.com By Kent Bush Posted Oct. 31, 2014 @ 10:43 am Updated Oct 31, 2014 at 11:33 AM By Kent Bush Posted Oct. 31, 2014 @ 10:43 am Updated Oct 31, 2014 at 11:33 AM GHNS » Social News We’ve all been there: You are supposed to say something but going with a script would seem unengaged. So you get together some “talking points” in your head so that you can stay on the topic while sounding genuine. If you are lucky, someone good gives you your talking points and you don’t get so nervous that they all become “things I meant to say.” Rikk Wilde wasn’t so lucky Wednesday night as he was Chevrolet’s designee to provide the World Series MVP with a new Chevy Colorado as part of the award. Wilde said the Colorado embodies the best of Chevy’s new line of trucks and presented a 2015 model to Madison Bumgarner for his incredible World Series pitching performances. Wilde went on to describe the truck. “Um, it combines, um, class-leading… technology and stuff with, um, Wi-Fi powered by OnStar,” he said, obviously nervous to the point of mental shutdown. Who wouldn’t be nervous on national television, right after an exciting game seven with Erin Andrews shoving a microphone in your face behind the World Series trophy? Wilde then reached in his pocket and provided the multi-millionaire with a brand new truck that probably isn’t as nice as the one his parents gave him to drive when he was 16. I drive a Chevrolet, but not because I was World Series MVP. Like Matthew McConaughey and his Lincoln MKC, I don’t drive it to be cool or to make a statement. I drive it because I like it. I don’t even have any of that “technology and stuff” in mine, since I bought it in 2001. Not only is the Colorado line full of technology and stuff, but it is also full of airbags that are wired incorrectly. That afternoon spent getting his recalled Chevy Colorado should be a lot of fun for the MVP. I know how Wilde felt though. Back in 2010, I had just joined the Andover Chamber board and had been vice president for about 45 days when it came time for the annual banquet. It was going to be a great chance for me to meet people in a market our newspaper had just entered, and I was really looking forward to it. When I got there, a friend who was also on the board let me know that our president wasn’t going to make it back from his business trip to Topeka and I had to fill in with the keynote address. Sounds fun, doesn’t it? Thankfully, this friend is also a talented public relations professional who I have since turned to on any number of issues to get real help in message composition and delivery. That night, she put together some talking points and a nice outline that guided me — with the help of some self-deprecating humor — through a moderately successful speech. But Wednesday’s minor “technology and stuff” gaffe has inspired me. Consider me officially back on my diet. If I ever do something regrettable, I do not want the internet meme machine to have to decide between Chris Farley and Rob Ford to make my mistake more hilarious. It was such a small issue during a ridiculously silly MVP advertorial presentation, but any shortcoming in 2014 and beyond will instantly go viral and lead to an outpouring of mean-spirited humor until someone else comes along and stumbles a bit and makes people forget about your gaffe. All someone like Wilde can do is ride the wave, enjoy a few laughs at his own expense and have fun with his 15 minutes of fame. He needs to look on the bright side. If he hadn’t stumbled over the message, no one would ever have remembered him. How many people can say they were the internet’s meme of the day? Kent Bush is the publisher of the Butler County (Kansas) Times Gazette, and can be reached at [email protected]. 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