Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Campaign slogans



Here is one I like, reminiscent of 'I Like Ike' back in 1952. From McCainiac and Don't give up the Ship here.
An interesting comparison of Obama to Adlai Stevenson here.
There are superficial similarities between these two upstarts from Illinois. Both deliver visionary, sometimes windy speeches; both are witty and appeal to a group of educated liberals whom Stevenson cultivated. (Stevenson called them “his Shakespeare vote,” complaining after his loss to Eisenhower in 1952 that they had failed the final exam.) Both Stevenson and Obama ascended rapidly into the highest party circles with slight resumes, the beneficiaries of fortuitous events.

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