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LAS14

(15,477 posts) Sat May 6, 2017, 07:19 AM May 2017

Too early to start thinking about campaign slogans? [View all]

I was struck when an interviewee on NPR (PBS??) reported asking his college class what Trump's campaign was about and everyone responded "Make America great again." No one could respond when he asked what Hillary's was. Now I know what Hillary's was, "Stronger Together." I thought it was great, but it obviously didn't grab people's attention. I admit I had to look up Obama's, but when I saw "Yes, we can!" I remembered that it made news stories in a way that "Stronger together" never did.

What is the secret of a riveting campaign slogan? I'm sorry to say that I think it may be more important than I had thought. Bringing change for the better everywhere she goes is a great attribute for a president, as far as I'm concerned, but it's not pointed enough to grab the modern attention span.

Ideas?

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Too early to start thinking about campaign slogans? [View all] LAS14 May 2017 OP

Yeah, I got one! Chasstev365 May 2017 #1

EVERYONE has better health care than the U.S. nt LAS14 May 2017 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author LAS14 May 2017 #2

I believe it was John Nichols who said "Let's Make America American again!" myrna minx May 2017 #4

"Make America Sane Again!"? n/t PoliticAverse May 2017 #5

Have to admit... Softail1 May 2017 #6

I agree. It meant nothing, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #28

"Take Out the Trash" dalton99a May 2017 #7

That's it madokie May 2017 #10

+Infinity - nt KingCharlemagne May 2017 #11

Because We Deserve Better Vogon_Glory May 2017 #8

"Integrity. Civility. Decency." meow2u3 May 2017 #9

I thought "Stronger Together" was a reminder and call-to-action for the post-primary hold-outs. NurseJackie May 2017 #12

I'm pretty sure Trump's "snappy" slogan helped people... LAS14 May 2017 #13

I'm not buying it. It may have been "snappy", but it didn't get him more votes than Hillary... NurseJackie May 2017 #14

Thanks for a thoughtful response! nt LAS14 May 2017 #17

Rather I think the morons among us need snappy hats and memes... bettyellen May 2017 #15

We've got to do something to get some more morons to vote Democratic. nt LAS14 May 2017 #16

We need to go after the apathetic, the hateful are a waste of time. bettyellen May 2017 #22

It signaled "change" loyalsister May 2017 #24

Maybe something like Save America True_Blue May 2017 #18

When the media repeats your red hat slogan 50 times a day... displacedtexan May 2017 #19

A very astute observation. I believe you're on the right track. NurseJackie May 2017 #20

Repeal and Replace Republicans. n/t W_HAMILTON May 2017 #21

That one turned me of because it had a military tone loyalsister May 2017 #23

"You've been Trumped" Adrahil May 2017 #25

Based on all the Bernie/Hillary hostility that has lingered here at DU True Dough May 2017 #26

"Trump is a sack of shit!" rock May 2017 #27

Simple. To the point. MontanaMama May 2017 #29

"Put the Grownups Back in Charge" Freddie May 2017 #30

WE CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW: 2020 VISION raging moderate Aug 2017 #31