New slogan: Back Biden Better. Whaddya think?

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[greenjar_01]

1. No

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4. Why?

You don’t want to?

[greenjar_01]

11. It sounds silly and it centers Biden rather than the country

It's a bad slogan.

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17. Respectfully disagree. The bad guys are making him a target.

Aiming to weaken him so they can take the White House in 2024.

And like it or not, THAT comes down to one guy. And how we have that guy’s back.

Too many whiners complaining that he hasn’t done anything/enough/fill-in-the-blank-here. It’s a corrective aimed at THEM.

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19. And I respectfully disagree that it "sounds silly."

Anything that’s clever and can fit on a bumper sticker and takes his side when he’s under constant assault from the unfortunately-well-organized/funded/amplified will enhance the pushback. And I think we have to BIGTIME amplify the pushback. Any such effort by Dems so far seems awfully anemic to me.

We’re up against an enemy that uses verbal bombs and mace and brickbats. I’m tired of going into battle armed with nothing but feather dusters.

[gulliver]

2. It should be obvious, maybe not as a slogan but as watch words

We need to have his back. I have no patience for anyone who claims to be on the left but doesn't strongly support Biden. To me, they're not pulling their weight for the team. Anyone who claims to be a Dem or any flavor of liberal or progressive who would, for example, tell a pollster that they disapprove of Biden's performance should just simply be considered effectively a Republican.

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5. Yes!!!

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I wish I could recommend your post, gulliver!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Who's it aimed at and what is the goal?

[MineralMan]

6. It's aimed at Democrats, and the goal is to help boost voter turnout in 2022.

What did you think?

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8. Yep! Calcium supplements for wobbly Democratic backbones.

[MineralMan]

9. I thought that was an odd question, really.

Obviously, stirring up more support for President Biden will help across the board.

Some just can't get over their feeling that they aren't getting everything they want this very minute.

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18. YES. We need to have his back!

[MineralMan]

20. His and the backs of every other Democratic candidate.

They will need full-throated support and strong GOTV efforts in 2022 and 2014. If we can get over ourselves and get behind those things, we can regain control of this country. If we offer only weak support, we will lose. We can't afford to do that.

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28. THIS!!!

DEFINITELY This!!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. I had no idea, which is why I asked.

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7. Anybody on our side who's wobbly.

And to the opposition - if you want to get into their face - or simply offer guidance toward improvement.

[Dial H For Hero]

10. Respectfully, I give it a thumbs down.

Directed towards Democrats, it would seem chiding and nagging. Said towards a Republican, the reply would likely be something along the lines of “I never backed him in the first place.”

[BlackSkimmer]

21. I don't like it either. nt

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23. Then you certainly don't have to use it!

I do find myself reminded of one of my all-time favorite movie quotes.

It comes from the 1980 film “The Competition”, starring Amy Irving as a top-level young pianist in an international competition, Lee Remick as her piano teacher/coach/mentor, and Richard Dreyfuss as her main competitor-turned-lover. The love affair goes awry amidst the pressure of the competition and Amy Irving sits in a side room in a big blue funk about the relationship’s possible end because she won the competition. So Lee Remick seeks to straighten out her prize student:

“It’s going to take another 100 years for nature to evolve the kind of man you have in mind. Until that time, get out there and dance with what there IS!”

Hard to describe how powerful I found that quote to be - not just regarding a specific love affair, but WAY relevant, just metaphorically - in the sense of pointing out a well-intentioned but mistaken positioning: “keep holding out for perfect when the merely good is right in front of you, staring you straight in the face.”

[BlackSkimmer]

24. I won't.

You did ask what people thought.

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27. Yep! See? We do agree on something!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. I think policy successes would be a better move than "vote harder this time!" messages.

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16. I wanted something with alliteration because it sticks in the mind Better.

And I think it’s worth aiming at wobbly Dems, and uncertain independents. Especially as we go into an election year where all the talk seems to be leaning against Democrats keeping control of the House and Senate.

[Pantagruel]

14. Go NEGATIVE

I like
"GOP simply can't govern!"

Followed by a region specific or national list of their incompetence and criminality.
They've handed us a treasure trove of their screw ups with which to hammer them .

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15. Republicans don't want to help you.

Republicans don’t want to help anyone. (Except the rich who don’t need any help.)

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22. Please remember: Democrats MUST unite!!!

We HAVE TO UNITE!

Must!!!

Have to!

The last thing we need to do, going to a critical election year (an EMERGENCY election year), is to be waffling and quibbling and giving up on a President who doesn’t get ANY credit for all the beneficial things he’s done for America, in his first year, and the “Perfection or Bust” folks on our side cannot be ignored or shrugged off because he hasn’t turned out to be some Perfection Superman Machine in their view.

I think we have to push back on that, and remind each other what’s at stake if we quibble and complain about how “disappointed” we are in the job he’s done.

We risk having them not show up at the polls next November if we don’t get big, strong, and solid behind him.

It’s a “mere” midterm election coming up. His turn at re-election isn’t til 2024. But you bet yer ass he’s gonna be on the ballot in 2022. The bad guys are gonna do everything they can to put him there, to help soften his support so he’s a dead man walking by 2024. THAT, I suspect, is their strategy.

This is Red Alert time! And we need to act NOW.

[iemanja]

25. For what purpose?

The bill? I disagree. It's better to focus on what something does for the people rather than making it about the president. As a general slogan, I don't see what it accomplishes. The people we need to reach are wavering on Biden. Being told they need to support him "better" isn't going to convince them.

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26. I'm a nag. And I think people need reminders.

Especially when all they hear in the media is one of a thousand versions of “Dump on Biden.”

I think pushback is needed. All kinds of pushback. Gentle and otherwise. As often as possible.

[LuckyCharms]

29. BIDEN/HARRIS. They work for YOU

VOTE DEMOCRATIC. Prosperity & Equity for ALL Americans

NO to personalities, YES to your well-being. BIDEN/HARRIS

BIDEN/HARRIS. For YOU and your FAMILY

NO to division. YES to the UNITED States. BIDEN/HARRIS

LET'S GO BIDEN. Biden/Harris 2024

[LuckyCharms]

30. And for the "negative" slogans (assuming tfg gets the nomination again)

JOE BIDEN doesn't mock disabled people

VOTE BIDEN. Spray tans and orange hair don't stop nuclear missiles

VOTE BIDEN. You won't have to tell your children what paying hush money to a hooker means

JOE BIDEN. Because Putin fears him

Vote for the guy who can comb his hair by himself. In mere seconds

BIDEN. Because we do not want the leader of the free world paying for sex

JILL NEVER PUSHED JOE'S HAND AWAY IN DISGUST

VOTE BIDEN. He knows how to drive a car

VOTE BIDEN. He won't stare into the sun during an eclipse

Serving in Vietnam vs. dodging STDs with Epstein...JOE BIDEN KNOWS WHY THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING