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« on: May 01, 2012, 08:20:11 am » |
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While the Obama theme is still "Fairness," the new slogan caught me off guard. I would have thought it would be more subtile. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-campaign-video-focuses-achievements-ignores-romney-140409923.htmlForward.It's strong, and will most certainly appeal to his youthful base. Beyond that, the "Forward." slogan has stood the test of time as a very powerful political slogan dating back to the late 19th century.
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AquaMan
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2012, 08:41:31 am » |
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It provides great contrast to the Republican theme. I even remember an oil company using it iirc, "Lean Forward". Someone should copyright the word.
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« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2012, 08:44:09 am » |
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It provides great contrast to the Republican theme. I even remember an oil company using it iirc, "Lean Forward". Someone should copyright the word.
Hmm...I believe a cable news channel uses that...
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Gaspar
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2012, 08:48:47 am » |
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I'ts been around as a political slogan for a long time. . . and as the central slogan for a media outlet (since the early 1900s).
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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2012, 08:51:11 am » |
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Hmm...I believe a cable news channel uses that... Oh, yeah. The one I watch most of the time. Maybe I should buy the domain name....
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« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2012, 09:39:14 am » |
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This new slogan will be gone in a week. Aqua, Not copyrightable. You would need to be able to establish claim to the slogan as unique or as a marketing construct related to an individual product (or campaign). "Forward." exactly as the President is using it, has been used as a political slogan before. It is also the name of the official publication of the European Socialist party (Vorwärts). It was the media outlet that Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Georg Weerth and Georg Weber wrote for. вперед
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2012, 11:24:02 am » |
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Is BACKWARDS available? Or have the Republicans made that their unique marketing product.
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« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2012, 11:49:38 am » |
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Is BACKWARDS available? Or have the Republicans made that their unique marketing product.
"Reverse" may be appropriate!
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2012, 10:18:21 am » |
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This new slogan will be gone in a week. Aqua, Not copyrightable. You would need to be able to establish claim to the slogan as unique or as a marketing construct related to an individual product (or campaign). "Forward." exactly as the President is using it, has been used as a political slogan before. It is also the name of the official publication of the European Socialist party (Vorwärts). It was the media outlet that Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Georg Weerth and Georg Weber wrote for. вперед Let's assume that the President's re-election team knows the formative history of the Soviet Union, has a grasp of the Revolution, and lionizes Marx, Engels, Lenin et al. Let's assume that they specifically chose "Forward" to reflect their Communist lineage Let's assume that all of this is an intentional dogwhistle to summon to their sides all the true believers, the brothers in arms, the fellow travelers. Will this Red Army of Darkness amount to more than fifteen, twenty people? Or do all us godless libs have the commie gene, and, when summoned, will find ourselves irresistibly drawn to the collective farms that Obama's sure to build? I guess I'm trying to understand the threat you're seeing. Because you specifically seem to think that Obama's going to activate his sleeper cells for the next election, who will sneek through the cul de sacs of your neighborhood in the black of night, and sap you of your precious bodily fluids while you sleep. With, like, a 32% marginal tax rate or something.
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2012, 10:20:23 am » |
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2012, 12:25:55 pm » |
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Let's assume that the President's re-election team knows the formative history of the Soviet Union, has a grasp of the Revolution, and lionizes Marx, Engels, Lenin et al. Let's assume that they specifically chose "Forward" to reflect their Communist lineage Let's assume that all of this is an intentional dogwhistle to summon to their sides all the true believers, the brothers in arms, the fellow travelers. Will this Red Army of Darkness amount to more than fifteen, twenty people? Or do all us godless libs have the commie gene, and, when summoned, will find ourselves irresistibly drawn to the collective farms that Obama's sure to build? I guess I'm trying to understand the threat you're seeing. Because you specifically seem to think that Obama's going to activate his sleeper cells for the next election, who will sneek through the cul de sacs of your neighborhood in the black of night, and sap you of your precious bodily fluids while you sleep. With, like, a 32% marginal tax rate or something.
Nah. He's not that smart. He's a dolt, surrounded by dolts with little understanding of basic economics, political philosophy or the direction their own political path points towards. I am convinced that they came up with this slogan completely independently through adoption of the same value system that enabled other similar political movements to arrive at it. The exact same evolution of thought.
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2012, 02:16:52 pm » |
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I really think he should have made " Reverse." his slogan. It would be the perfect comeback. The ad could be completely silent, all they would need to do is go line by line through all of the policies of President Obama. Stimulus ObamaCare GM Bailout Cash for Clunkers Fast & Furious $16 Trillion in debt by September Inability to propose a budget in 3 years that even his own party is willing to swallow Then scroll the logos of all of the pay-for-play campaign donor companies that cost tax payers billions and then billions more in bankruptcy:Solyndra SunPower First Solar Ener1 Evergreen Solar SpectraWatt Beacon Power Abound Solar Amonix Babcock & Brown A123 Systems Solar Trust for America Nevada Geothermal Then he could just do a quick scroll of all the K Street lobbyists he hired (gotta fit this thing into 30 seconds):Barnes, Melody Barrien, Jacquelin Beliveau, Emmett Butts, Cassandra Corr, William Coven, Martha Crowley, Phillip J. Donilon, Thomas Douglas, Derek Frye, Jocelyn Gaspard, Patrick Gomez, Gabriella Harden, Krysta Harris, Scott Hayes, David Hirschhorn, Eric L. Hoffman, Alan Kennedy, Sean Klain, Ron Liebowitz, Jon Litt, Robert Lynn, William J. Marantis, Demetrios J. McDonough, Dennis Munoz, Cecilia Patterson, Mark Perciasepe, Robert Perrelli, Thomas J. Poneman, Daniel Punke, Michael Ricchetti, Steve Rundlet, Peter Sapiro, Miriam Sebelius, Kathleen Sher, Susan Siddiqui, Isi Singiser, Dana Stoner, Nancy Strautmanis, Michael Strickland, Thomas Sussman, Robert M. Sutphen, Mona Taylor, Michael Thompson, Karl R. Trasvina, John Turton, Dan Varney, Christine Verma, Richard Vilsack, Thomas Wilkins, William J. Then show his slogan like this Forward?Then end the spot with No. . .Reverse!
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« Reply #13 on: May 02, 2012, 03:32:05 pm » |
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It doesn't fit well on a bumper sticker, but I'm kinda fond of "Osama Bin Laden is Dead and GM is Still Alive. Deal With It!"
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Gaspar
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« Reply #14 on: May 02, 2012, 03:43:51 pm » |
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It doesn't fit well on a bumper sticker, but I'm kinda fond of "Osama Bin Laden is Dead and GM is Still Alive. Deal With It!"
He should SO use that. Now that this has FAIL written all over it, I wonder what they will come up with next? Hey, this is funny. It was also the slogan for the Hitler Youth. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l_z_pHUKajc[/youtube]
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