'Hope and Change' is sooo 2008 - Team Obama is looking for a new slogan for 2012:
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Winning The Future. Greater Together. We Don't Quit.
They may not be official but those are all phrases that could in one form or another be candidates to become President Barack Obama's re-election slogan.
I know we can help.
THE ROAD TO THE FINAL FOUR: Not having even checked I am willing to bet that the winning entries will include either LOL or OMG.
PITCHERS AND CATCHERS HAVING REPORTED... Maybe Obama can bond with the bitter-clingers by resurrecting "We Are Family". Or he could appeal to ironists with "So Happy Together". "Gonna Walk (Before They Make Me Run)"? Probably not. And why am I stuck on popular music when there are so many other roads before me? Over to Hit et al...
PUTTING NEW JERSEY IN PLAY: Would "Better Together" encroach on New Jersey's "Perfect Together"? Is ripping off the NJ slogan really the way Team Obama wants to go? Geez, if they are going to steal a state campaign, why not go with "I Love Obama"? I'm sure someone somewhere (and everyone at the Times) would keep a straight face.
STAYING POSITIVE: "We Don't Quit" is a negative message almost as dumb as Nike's ridiculous "No Fear" campaign. I'm begging you, don't tell athletes what they won't be doing; tell them what they will be doing. And don't tell people not to think of pink elephants unless you want them to do just that.
SKIMMING THE POSSIBILITIES: "Greece is the word"; "Fore More Years"; "Audacity II - The Recovery"...
Is that last, a promise or a threat,
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 07:58 AM
"Tomorrow belongs to me"
Posted by: sbw | February 19, 2012 at 07:58 AM
Shirley they can't be serious;
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/bonds-backed-by-mortgages-regain-allure/?hp
It probably is Sorkin, so they are;
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 08:05 AM
It wasn't, but it follows in the same oblivious footsteps.
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 08:10 AM
"Audacity Part II"
Posted by: Janet | February 19, 2012 at 08:14 AM
"Petty and Vindictive"
Posted by: Janet | February 19, 2012 at 08:19 AM
Holy cow Clarice! Pieces is spectacular!
Posted by: Jane | February 19, 2012 at 08:20 AM
Sadly, old Doug really captures the tone more than others,
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/books/review/the-obamas-by-jodi-kantor.html?ref=review#
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 08:20 AM
Thanks, Jane.
Tomorrow Belongs to Me sounds just right SBW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSoLN77fBn8
Posted by: Clarice | February 19, 2012 at 08:23 AM
I agree, Jane. I love how she ends it with Obama's chin thrust up in the air ala Benito.
I imagine him as a youngster admiring photos of all those infamous dictators past and present, and practicing his pose in front of the mirror.
Posted by: centralcal | February 19, 2012 at 08:27 AM
"Greater Together" plays nicely into the devastation of the individual and group first mentality.
Pretty soon we will have a majority who see defying the herd as a betrayal of the country. I think I have warned everyone already you will not like the version of civics education this crowd has in mind.
That really was first rate snark clarice. As Red and I were discussing yesterday there really is a reason history was gutted for cultural studies and current events. All this has gone on before. Thanks for the vivid reminder.
Back to Miss Marple mode as I go back through my notes. Yesterday was one of those days where the side nonpublicized document kindly explained that it was the true focus.
Words. They can so be your friend when you pay attention to them.
Posted by: rse | February 19, 2012 at 08:30 AM
I hope we won't have much longer to wait for your opus, rse.
Posted by: Clarice | February 19, 2012 at 08:32 AM
I think they are way harsh, then again, Rock
Center, 'I don't know what that is, better check the cables'
http://www.jammiewf.com/2012/nbc-keeping-untalented-hack-on-the-payroll/
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 08:45 AM
They give the game away, inadvertently;
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/02/18/new-msnbc-host-sees-sharpton-show-and-maddow-show-my-old-testament-and-n
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 08:50 AM
"Hands Up America!"
Posted by: Extraneus | February 19, 2012 at 08:54 AM
TM:
Over to Hit et al...
Roger,over.
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 08:57 AM
"Mortgaging our future"
Posted by: Cecil Turner | February 19, 2012 at 09:00 AM
O Debt
Owe China
Obama
?
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:02 AM
'that's a lovely country you got there, shame if something were to happen to it'
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 09:06 AM
Clarice, ausgezeichnete Stücke.
This one is for the Ladies: MO skis Aspen:)
Posted by: Jack is Back! | February 19, 2012 at 09:06 AM
The problem with "Hope and Change" is it's too sophisticated for the typical Obama voter. Needs to be shortened a little. I like "New and Good". Easier to spell, equally positive connotations, and it's a cinch the Stupid Party attacks the idea of an incumbent being "New", thus implicitly conceding "Good". You lure a handful of GOP poobahs into that trap, then run a few FactChecker articles reminding everybody what the "O" in "GOP" stands for....
...And you still lose by 15 (I'm with Rick).
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:06 AM
"Free Stuff."
Posted by: MarkO | February 19, 2012 at 09:06 AM
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time.
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Posted by: Hey, Ma, look at the glorious sunset! | February 19, 2012 at 09:06 AM
I thought Obama had settled on "Change is..."
I like that one.
I have a video for it and everything.
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:07 AM
Mourning again in America
Don't underestimate the service charge
Charges that we have to continue [to pay]
We'll fight for you[r money]
Posted by: Cecil Turner | February 19, 2012 at 09:09 AM
I like MarkO's.
"Freedom Isn't Free, So Who Needs It?"
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:11 AM
Still too sophisticated;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vw2CrY9Igs&feature=related
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 09:12 AM
You wouldn't like me as a scorned ex-President
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:14 AM
Heh, c, little did we know we had Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini all balled up in one tasty little Obama Roll, did we.
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Posted by: Get Esther an underwater camera to go with the dreiecken. | February 19, 2012 at 09:15 AM
I imagine him as a youngster admiring photos of all those infamous dictators past and present, and practicing his pose in front of the mirror.
Not me. I imagine him grabbing at the pants of Frank Marshall Davis begging for attention. The rest is a result of that.
Posted by: Jane | February 19, 2012 at 09:17 AM
Too obvious, but it must be included...
Fore More Years
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:17 AM
1 lb top end beef eaten while telling you people to sacrifice: $100
1 week vacation rental in Martha's Vineyard visited after telling you people to tighten your belts: $50,000
Budget deficit after promising a net spending cut: over $1,000,000,000,000/year, every year
Killing bin Laden: Priceless
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:18 AM
Finishing the Dream
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:20 AM
Over the precipice together
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:21 AM
I'm the Only One Putting Between You and the Pitchforks
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:23 AM
Too Smart to Fail
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:24 AM
Help Me and Warren Buffett Fight the Rich
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:27 AM
Having second thoughts? Doubts? Regrets? It's not me, it's you.
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:27 AM
Vote Obama
It's Like Having a Real Black Friend
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:28 AM
If you strike me down I shall become more pitiful than you could possibly imagine
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:30 AM
Obama 2012
Like none of the other presidents on the dollar bills
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:31 AM
Obama or Bus!
Posted by: Jack is Back! | February 19, 2012 at 09:32 AM
I think they are way harsh, then again, Rock Center, 'I don't know what that is, better check the cables
Dear God, did you see the pictures in the Mail article that was linked? I think we've finally identified who's been giving the HMS Pantsuit the fashion tips that have reduced her to a garbage scow. She has the same white trash tastes of her predator father, just with a higher price tag.
Posted by: Captain Hate | February 19, 2012 at 09:33 AM
Obama 2012
Check the Box Marked "Present"
Just like me
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:33 AM
Drones for Obama.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | February 19, 2012 at 09:36 AM
Don't Vote for Some Rich Old White Dude.
Vote for the Rich Black Guy.
He's way cooler
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:36 AM
If I Don't Win, I'm Just Going to Make Ginsburg Retire and then Appoint Myself as Her Replacement, So It's Not Like I'm Going Anywhere
Posted by: bgates | February 19, 2012 at 09:37 AM
Rove and Trippi on the FNS panel; where's a good suicide bomber when you need one?
Posted by: Captain Hate | February 19, 2012 at 09:37 AM
"Got a Light?"
Posted by: scott | February 19, 2012 at 09:37 AM
Actually the link is to the Post's gossip section, which is as fact challenged as the Daily Mail,
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 09:41 AM
Minus 14 at Raz today.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | February 19, 2012 at 09:41 AM
I am willing to bet that the winning entries will include either LOL or OMG.
The winner will be NFW.
Posted by: Gmax | February 19, 2012 at 09:44 AM
In 2008 you proved you weren't a racist. It's all on the line again in 2012.
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:45 AM
TOTUS needs work.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to Axelplouffe's calculations on how it helps me.
Give Ayres more material for another book.
We need four more years to become Argentina.
I'll refuse to leave and I'll rule by decree anyway.
Another chance to assuage your liberal guilt.
Spending the capital is fun.
Envy is good.
Posted by: Thomas Collins | February 19, 2012 at 09:45 AM
From another American Thinker article.
"Islam, from its inception, discovered the crucial secret of getting to the young mind early by adhering to the dictum: Instruction in early childhood is akin to carving in a rock. In the same vein goes the Jesuit saying, "Give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man."
Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/islam_detoxification.html#ixzz1mq2wWb96
Obama and his Indonesia childhood?
Posted by: pagar | February 19, 2012 at 09:46 AM
It's Shovel-Ready Now.
Once is Not Enough.
At Some Point, You've Had Enough Democracy
Let's Finish What We Started: Dismantling Rights, One Amendment At A Time.
Four More Amendments!
Posted by: AliceH | February 19, 2012 at 09:46 AM
You Can't Spell America without "Me" and "I"
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:47 AM
I would say this was Spinal Tap, but this is sort of real,
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/jenna_lyons_calls_michelle_obama_mnf5Tp64FjPoTtO3WKimuN
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 09:48 AM
We're Like So Almost Out of the Ditch
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:53 AM
Civility is in abundance, down under as well;
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/sweary_kevni/
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 09:54 AM
Chains You Can Believe In!
Freedom's Just Another Word
Me - Or Your Lyin' Eyes
Posted by: Rick Ballard | February 19, 2012 at 09:54 AM
You're welcome
Posted by: Captain Hate | February 19, 2012 at 09:56 AM
If The Last Four Years Didn't Kill You, It Only Made You Stronger. You're Welcome.
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 09:56 AM
Baby Got Back.
Posted by: scott | February 19, 2012 at 09:58 AM
"WE HAVE ONLY A FEW YEARS LEFT TOGETHER."
"I'M LIVIN' THE DREAM."
"DON'T BE UNGRATEFUL."
"LOOK UPON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR."
Posted by: MarkO | February 19, 2012 at 09:59 AM
Divide and Conquer.
Posted by: East Bay Jay | February 19, 2012 at 09:59 AM
Remember your White Guilt - Don't be a Rascist Cracker this time
Posted by: Pops | February 19, 2012 at 10:01 AM
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Posted by: Captain Hate | February 19, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Great Minds Are Freely Brave
Posted by: boris | February 19, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Re-elect we much
Posted by: Captain Hate | February 19, 2012 at 10:03 AM
'there's a thin line between stupid and clever'
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Favorite Union Collectivist for King
Posted by: henry | February 19, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Four More Years..of golf..and I'm ready to turn Pro!
Don't Act Stupidly - Vote Obama
Making Sure you have nothing left to Cling to
Posted by: Pops | February 19, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Get in their face and choke'm out this time.
Posted by: East Bay Jay | February 19, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Maybe we can cobble something from this:
Krauthammer on payroll tax holiday compromise: ‘Selling crown jewels to buy crack’
"Free Crack" Hit?
http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/18/krauthammer-on-payroll-tax-holiday-compromise-selling-crown-jewels-to-buy-crack/#ixzz1mqB3QNIN
Posted by: MarkO | February 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a nation who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the free shit that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up your free contraceptives, and shut the hell up. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Free crack, free Mumia, free everything
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM
I thought we had all pretty much agreed Winning The Future would be hard to top:
WTF?
Posted by: Ignatz | February 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Libya's Lookin' Good.
Posted by: scott | February 19, 2012 at 10:15 AM
And who pointed out, how screwed up that slogan spells out to,
Posted by: narciso | February 19, 2012 at 10:19 AM
all good but I need to blog bgates'. These must be shared.
Posted by: Clarice | February 19, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Declare Obama Our Master!
Posted by: henry | February 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Mad Jack,
One for you:
Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year
And one for me:
Suddenly, a Sharp Deterioration in the Job Market
Perhaps the candidates should just alternate between the two, rather than stick with one?
Posted by: Rick Ballard | February 19, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Can't argue against bgates' gems, Clarice. All of the JOM campaign themes are great. My fave is Rick's "Chains You Can Believe In!"
That sums up not only Obama, but also the whole history of the Prog State!
Posted by: Thomas Collins | February 19, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Doing a job to America that an American wouldn't do.
Posted by: Threadkiller | February 19, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Obama 2012
A Tyranny Sincerely Exercised for the Good of Its Victims
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Got a black cat bone
Got a mojo too
Gimme fo mo year
Gonna mess wit you
Posted by: Danube of Thought | February 19, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Obama 2012
This is going to hurt you more than it hurts me
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/02/19/some-new-mottos-for-obama/
here we go
Posted by: Clarice | February 19, 2012 at 10:38 AM
A reminder of what's at stake:
Posted by: Danube of Thought | February 19, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Obama 2012
I Do Think At Some Point, You've Made Enough Money
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate
Posted by: RichatUF | February 19, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Gee I leave for a few minutes and genius breaks out.
Did anyone else see the opening segment of SNL re: Linsanity last night?
Posted by: Jane | February 19, 2012 at 10:42 AM
"He's cracked some eggs. Re-elect Obama if you want the omelette".
"Let Him Finish His Waffle"
Hmmm. I feeling a bit hungry right now.
Posted by: AliceH | February 19, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Make Michelle Proud! (for the second time)
Posted by: Threadkiller | February 19, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Rich:
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Obama 2012
A Republic, You Can't Keep It
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Obama 2012
We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident, That Some Men Are Created More Equal Than Others
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Obama 2012
It Takes a Pillage
Posted by: hit and run | February 19, 2012 at 10:49 AM
You have to vote for it to see what's in it.
I suck at slogans, poems, limmricks, haiku, and photoshop.
Posted by: RichatUF | February 19, 2012 at 10:50 AM