Republican 're-branding' poised to launch
A couple of months ago, Rep. Tom Davis, a Virginia Republican and former chairman of the NRCC, told the WaPo, “The House Republican brand is so bad right now that if it were a dog food, they’d take it off the shelf.”
GOP leaders probably didn’t care for the comparison, but they’ve been worried about the Republican “brand” for quite a while. Indeed, way back in October, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) quietly launched a re-branding initiative, working to with corporate advertising and rebranding experts to help Republicans turn things around.
Seven months later, we’re finally going to see what these guys have come up with. Subscription-only Roll Call reported:
After months working behind the scenes, House Republican leaders this week will finally start rolling out their rebranding effort aimed at rallying the party around a comprehensive policy and message agenda.
Titled “Reasons to Believe,” the plan is meant to provide House Republicans with a sales pitch to voters by focusing on four issue areas: the economy, energy, health care and security.
Leaders will present the package Wednesday at the weekly meeting of the Republican Conference.
According to a memo that will circulate to House Republicans today (and which Boehner’s office seemed willing to leak), the GOP caucus will get a relatively straightforward message: “Washington is broken, the American people want it fixed, and Democrats in Washington have proven unable or unwilling to get the job done. Republicans will. Americans have seen first-hand the change Democrats are making, and it is moving America in the wrong direction. To the American people, we say that Republicans will deliver ‘the change you deserve.’”
The closer one looks at the details, the more one wonders whether those corporate advertising and rebranding experts were overpaid.
Next week, Republicans will premier their energy policy, focused on boosting the supply of domestic production, bringing down gas prices and creating jobs, the memo states.
In following weeks, GOPers will roll out their visions for other issues:
* Health care — “Affordable, high-quality health care for every American by giving families greater choice and control, not through a massive expansion of government health care controlled by bureaucrats.”
* The economy — “A stronger economy by stopping the largest tax increase in American history, cutting wasteful Washington spending, balancing the budget by 2012, passing serious entitlement reform and strengthening our housing sector.”
* Security — “From threats our families face both at home and abroad by securing our borders once and for all, taking on the rising criminal threats in our communities and giving terrorists plotting new attacks no place to hide.”
Now, maybe it’s just me, but this sounds exactly like the Republican agenda we’ve seen for quite a while. The only substantive difference seems to be that the House GOP caucus is now willing to unveil some kind of “universal” healthcare bill, though it will probably look pretty similar to the McCain plan, which means, of course, that it leaves millions of Americans behind and does nothing to even try to control costs. (I am, however, delighted to see House Republicans endorse the notion that “every American” deserves “affordable, high-quality health care.”)
In other words, the re-branded Republican Party will look exactly like the old Republican Party, except now we’ll hear GOP candidates saying “change you deserve” an awful lot. (This, by the way, also happens to be the marketing slogan for a prescription anti-depressant.)
My sense is that Boehner & Co. are confused about the systemic and institutional problems burdening the party right now. The problem isn’t that the party has great ideas that it’s having trouble selling or a brilliant agenda lying just below the surface; the problem is the GOP’s “ideas” — I use the term loosely — are either unpopular, complete failures, or both.
This isn’t an old car in need of a fresh coat of paint; this is a car that only moves in reverse.
Lyndon Johnson said famously: 'you can't shine a cow patty'.
What about an entire convention arena full? Madison Avenue has magicians.
New and Improved Republicans with lemon fresh borax!
Same old crap.
If the Dog Food has gone bad it will still stink no matter what they call it, they can call it Chanel #5 and it will still disgust us.
We are going to show them what change is really all about in November.
Naming this thing "Reasons to Believe" is ironic because we already have reasons to believe that these guys have followed happily down the road where bush has taken this country. If they were sincere about wanting what is best for the American people they would have done something about it when bush was leading them by the nose into this war in Iraq.
What a fucking joke. Who would believe this GOP bullshit? ... I mean, who would believe it besides the delusional 28%?
They're not going to take the White House because they put up a shitty candidate. They will get what they deserve -- obscurity!
You'd have to be completely brain dead to believe a single word a reslug utters. I love that they think a new slogan will change the fact that they're the "Lying two faced bastard" party. I realize that there are plenty of people who indeed WILL believe their crap. But even those lowest of the low IQ's will have to put on a gas mask to ignore the smell of dead meat and bullshit coming off of every gopper like a dog that just rolled in fresh crap after being sprayed by a skunk.
If evil had a smell it would be called 'republican'.
Re-branding?
"We're still hopeless fuck-ups" ?
"Change you deserve"... we know that and the Republicans have been unwilling to make changes that Americans deserve in the past so why would anyone think that the Repubs were going to make the "change that we deserve" now? It reminds me of the "Contract ON America" that the Repubs referred to as the "Contract with America".
Shouldn't it be "Reasons to Believe Baldfaced Liars"? Or maybe: "Put us back in charge, or we'll continue to keep Congress from acting?"
Focusing on four issue areas they completely suck on. Sounds like a good plan to me.
They broke it and they shouldn't be allowed to fix it.
Too little and way way way too late.
Funny how they decided to give a damn now, just before the elections. As if we can't see through exactly what they are doing. I doubt even republican voters will buy this garbage.
Republican ‘re-branding’
That's like putting lipstick on a pig or better yet, powdered sugar on shit.
After serious consideration of the republicans attempt at re-branding, I have this to say....
Bwaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the BEST you fuckers can come up with?
*snort* Good luck with all that!
Rebranding?
What?
As the NEW MAFIA?
End the Republican's Party Now!
TREASONS TO BELIEVE. It practically writes itself.
Alice (Rome didn't fall in one day) @ 1:
That hasn't exactly stopped the Dubya from attempting it, though.
And the "New and Improved" GOP is the same shit in a new package with air freshener.
"* The economy — “A stronger economy by stopping the largest tax increase in American history, cutting wasteful Washington spending, balancing the budget by 2012, passing serious entitlement reform and strengthening our housing sector.”
* Security — “From threats our families face both at home and abroad by securing our borders once and for all, taking on the rising criminal threats in our communities and giving terrorists plotting new attacks no place to hide.”
SAME OL' SAME OL'
same old LIES!
The G O P ing Party is broken and it will not recover.
Wow. So, the Dems weren't able to straighten out the giant republican catastrofuck in a year and a half while barely controlling one of the 3 (or 4, depending on how you count Cheney) branches of government? Shocking. I mean, it's shocking that it only took 18 months for the gopers to blame the razor-thin dem majority for the collosal fuck-ups of the past 7+ years.
Yes, Washington is broken and we are going to fix itby voting out the freakin' repugnacans.
Great, I hope they put this message out. They sound like delusional drunks who don't know they are the ones who wrecked the car in the first place.
Reslug rebranding = polishing a turd.
But really, if they can make people believe a decorated veteran is a traitor [swift boat] then what makes us think they'll have any trouble convincing the delusional folks of whatever they want?
My inlaws think Obama is a muslim. Let me rephrase that, they KNOW Obama is a muslim because faux told them so and they'd sooner be damned then allow any other notion to enter their empty little heads. My husband and I tried multiple times to show them the truth and they just make up excuses why all other sources of information are lying to them.
This is the reslug base. These are the kinds of people they will reach and they're a very scary bunch.
The only way to re-brand the GOP is to change all the personnel. Now that could bring some change, otherwise they only present themselves as reformed sinners. How do they spin that.
The only way to give them a new brand image is to give Cheney a new heart.
G O P ing rebranding = polishing a Turdblossom!
“New and Improved” GOP with Karl Lite (in the loafers)!
"Reason to Believe" is a concession in response to defeat.
The Repugs will be in full retreat this November and they can only blame themselves.
GOP solutions (reading between the lines):
Healthcare: Let our corporate buddies in the insurance and pharmaceutical companies take more control with less oversight.
Economy: Give our corporate buddies more tax breaks and handouts.
Security: Give our corporate buddies in the weapons/defense/service industry more contracts and less accountability.
Energy: Stay in Iraq till the oil is flowing. Let our corporate buddies rape the environment some more.
"Reasons to Believe"?!? Tim Harden is rollllllllling in his grave . . .
New and Improved Corruption.
New and Improved Lies.
New and Improved Toe-Tappers.
New and Improved Fake Christians.
Same sorry ass GOP.
Dog doo by any name will still smell as foul.
But 'the Demcorats are in charge of congress' and that lie will actually help the republicans in the '08 selections.
The 'democrat leadership in congress' has been an abject failure. Nothing to speak of has come out of it. Figuratively every piece of decent legislation has been blocked by the republicans. Damn near every one!
I also expect this to be about the FISA rim job for the telecoms. They want that so damn bad that they will stop at no smear or leave no stone unhurled at the democrats and how they've left America defenseless (against the Bushist spys).
It most likely will work because I'm sure that 'teh media' has already sworn onto the program and McCain will be the next president. Fear sells... Fear is like 'the dark side', it has a strong power over the weak minded...
Yup, all of our nation's problems can be solved through sloganeering and marketing.
Rather than say gasoline prices are rising, they should say that they are "New and Improved!".
I can change my name to Larry but that won't make me a guy.
Just changing the brand name of something doesn't make it anything more than what it was. I think I shall from now on call myself a millionaire. We'll see how that works out for me.
What? Choking the chicken,strangling the goose,whipping the pony,spanking the monkey,was already in use?
"The Change You Deserve...."
For those who missed it, half the web is laughing about it this morning. This phrase is a registered marketing slogan for the anti-depressant Effexor.
Philip Graham @ 28:
So is Lou Reed...
Reason to Believe...that's a song recorded by Rod Stewert (and others) about trying to find a reason to believe his constantly betraying lover will suddenly become faithful. Unlike the lover in the song, I think America will have no problem living without the Republican Party. Maybe the Dems can get the rights to the song and put in some appropriate lyrics. Make sure the Republicans get their money's worth from the Consultants. Ha! Talk about stepping in it.
First of all, applying the concept of "re-branding" just proves their minds can only think in the framework of business. Second, re-branding implies no conviction of an ideology. It allows the flip-flopping. Re-branding means they look at government as a profit generating business. In this case profit means control.
Finally, it is not a car that runs in reverse. It is a car that harms you as in a bad back do to poor seats or kills you when it crashes.
"Meet the new
RepublicansSHIT, same as the oldRepublicansSHIT."fastfeat @ 36:
Lou is alive and kicking, thank goodness . . .
A Republican lead impeachment would do wonders for their reputation.
Kuparuk @ 35:
So they had to steal a phrase and the title of a song too? Sounds like the "new" republican brand has the same ingredients as the old one did.
We ruined the economy, we gave energy to the GOP lovin oilmen, we let loose our friends to destroy the environment, and after criminal abetting we lost the occupation of Iraq, plus we are less safe today thanks to us. Please vote for me.
pissed off patricia @ 42:
Ignoring copyright laws too?
They are consistent.
"Guys, its an election year! How can we make them believe we actually care about working class people? Let's take our donations from millionaires and billionaires and hire a large marketing company to help us out with that." What could go wrong?
The closer one looks at the details, the more one wonders whether those corporate advertising and rebranding experts were overpaid.
I doubt it. They know the corporate mainstream media will always do their part. They've kept crazy John McCain looking like an honorable maverick to the sheeple for years.
How interesting. They are doing exactly what I predicted months ago.
Running against the 'Do-Nothing Democratic Congress' and...well....
They can do it. Congress has done nothing.
Miss Nancy and Sellout Reid have allowed their 'good friends and colleagues' to bend them over and shove it right up their asses. How's that feel Miss Nancy, Harry? I can
assure you that no matter what degree of discomfort you are feeling it pales in comparison to the anger and disgust the American people have for you at this moment.
I'd rather cut off my little finger than vote for another 'Democrat' like Shuler or Hoyer. My money and support will be going to
folks like Donna Edwards and...oh, yeah...
This woman.
If they are going to steal song lyrics, how about this one?
"Freedom's Just Another Word, for Nothin' Left To Lose."
It's got the ford 'Freedom' in it.
Re-branding?
“We’re still hopeless fuck-ups” ?
"We LOVE the little people, they're the cannon fodder beneath our wings!"
fastfeat Says:
What? Last I heard Lou was still kickin'.
Philip Graham @ 40:
Of course, you are correct.
And, since he just got married to Laurie Anderson, he's probably not wishing he were dead. (Unlike me, especially on Monday mornings...)
“Washington is broken, the American people want it fixed, and Democrats in Washington have proven unable or unwilling to get the job done. Republicans will. Americans have seen first-hand the change Democrats are making, and it is moving America in the wrong direction.
Does anyone see the blatant contradiction here?
The Dems have done NOTHING and yet they have still managed to move us in the wrong direction? I'll give in to the first part. That much is certain. But how can you resolve that inaction has MOVED us in any way?
BTW McCain wants to make our energy policy a NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE. The handwriting is on the wall. The oil wars will continue.
"economy, energy, health care and security"
Funny how those are the four areas that the Republicans have failed miserably at. If I were them, I wouldn't focus on those failures. They should focus on what they excel greatly at (I.E. corruption, greed, going around the Constitution and Bill of Rights, etc.).
How come the wealthy neocons put their money behind the stupid repugnantcants? Is it because they are the only ones they can fool anymore?
Shorter GOP "brand" - "TAX CUTS!" "DRILL FOR OIL IN ANWR!" "TAX CUTS!" "MORE WAR!" and "LET'S KEEP THE MEXICANS OUT!"
I dunno. Sounds like the same ol' shit to me.
This is priceless...
If I listen long enough to you,
I find a way to believe that it's all true.
Knowing that you lied,
Straight-faced, while I cried.
Still I look to find
A Reason to Believe
...this really ought to backfire on the GOP.
Same lines they started peddlinging in the late 60's and hasn't changed since. While the argument made headway when the Dems had been in control of most of government for 40 odd years it hardly makes any sense when they have one house and barely hold the other for less than two yearsand are not and have not been in the WH for eight years. Today's political landscape is not a replay of this tired sloganism, it's a replay of what Adlai Stevenson said about the RePubs near the beginning of that 40 year domination - "I have finally figured out what the Republican orators mean by what they call "moderate progressivism." All they mean is:
"Don't just do something, Stand there."
" the American people want it fixed, and Democrats in Washington have proven unable or unwilling to get the job done. "
man who didn't see that coming. the repubes have become so predictable it is like a comedy routine. the response to this plan is simple. lets hope the dems can keep it simple and clear.
Direction of the Country polls tell me that Americans won't get fooled again...until ADD strikes.
“Washington is broken, the American people want it fixed, and Democrats in Washington have proven unable or unwilling to get the job done. Republicans will. Americans have seen first-hand the change Democrats are making, and it is moving America in the wrong direction. To the American people, we say that Republicans will deliver ‘the change you deserve.’”
Oh yeah, right. You guys in the GOP took 12 years to completely fuck up this country, and of course, it's the Democrats' fault that, in the face of continued obstruction from the GOP and your puppet in the White House, they haven't been able to turn everything around in two. RIIIIIIIGHT! Uh, thanks to the stupidity of a big portion of the American sheeple, we've already had 8 years of the "change we deserve". No more! But hey, GOP leadership, feel free to spend money you don't have in this pathetic attempt to "rebrand" the same old bag of turds.
The old lies aren't working anymore -- Bush wore them out.
From "I Found a Reason" by Lou Reed:
"Oh, I do believe, if you don't like things you leave
For some place you've never gone before..."
C'mon Rethugs, step into the light--vote DEMOCRAT this November...
These idiots have been in charge for about 8 years this is their mess they created it!!
1. Not a soul on the planet is going to buy their rebranding bullshit.
2. And we aren't going to let them forget the "real" Republican party.
"A stronger economy by stopping the largest tax increase in American history, cutting wasteful Washington spending, balancing the budget by 2012..."
uhhhh...pardon me you silly repubs, but how the hell can you balance the budget and pay for the damn war you seem to love so frakkin' much without raising taxes like every previous wartime administration in the nations history has done? that is, every administration before chimpy the wonder boy of course, who's brought us this lovely recession, abysmal oil prices, massive debt to china, and a totally wrecked military which will need to be rebuilt.
I always thought that "WE THE PEOPLE" deserved better, not worse. What can the Boner be thinking.
Ron @ 65:
Thinking with his little head (again)?
"The ones who helped you get used to disappointment... Vote Republican"
Ryan @ 62:
Yes, of course, it's their mess.
But the reason these people have screwed up everything they've touched is because these people are, to the very core of their being, liars.
Anything that is built on the foundation of dishonesty, will sooner or later collapse, and damage those who are close by -- particularly the innocent, and apathetic.
What do liars do when they get caught?
They lie to get out of being held accountable.
What lie to they tell to get out of being accountable?
They blame the mess on someone else.
It's a game most of us figured out in the first couple of weeks of first grade.
With all of the damage the Republicans have done there may be only one solution left to salvage the GOP and that may be to dump the entire lot of those in the GOP and start a fresh.
more here
Rebranding won't work.
pissed off patricia @ 4:
And of course "reasons to BELIEVE" is dog-whistle to the christofascists reminding them to vote their "beliefs" (no gays no broads) at the voting booth.
The NERVE of those Democrat Party people being unable to fix the mess left by the Republican Revolution that has ruled Washington since 1980. How dare Congress not have it fixed in a year and a half and with obstuctionist GOP Congressmen and an intransigent Whitehouse.
-GSD
Side effects may include: Nausea, apathy, constipation, fatigue, vertigo, sexual dysfunction, sweating, memory loss and brain zaps.
Wait a second... that really does sum up the Republicans.
Re-brand all they like; it won't do them any good. The tree is known by its fruit. They (along with numerous "Democrats" of similar predilictions), will be known by what they do, what they support, what they fail to do and what they fail to support. You can't hide what you are from anybody who willing to look at you and see. All they will be doing is proving their own depravity and inner bankruptcy.
GSD @ 72:
It's one thing to fail, but it's another not to even make an honest effort.
We have are all living through the "direction" Repugnants want to move this country. What wonderful choices they have given us. Should I pay for gas or food? Should I go to the doctor with my shrinking paycheck or use it to stop the foreclosure for 1 more month? Thanks Repugnant, I already got the change I deserve for not rising up and removing your party by force years ago.
What do you mean, "IF"?
conservatoire @ 56:
thanks for those lyrics--perfect!
Why don't they go with a short and simple slogan? "Bill Clinton did it."
The change you deserve: Health care for the rich, a dictator in the WH, a war in every pot, and down with Mother's Day. Yep, that's what you deserve if you vote GOP.
Davis is right. I wouldn't let my dog go near what the Repugs are selling.
So they are catapulting the propaganda again, eh?
Think that it will get past the gas tank prices at the pump every day? Or into the paychecks of people that have had their jobs outsourced to foreign countries? Or others affected by so-called free trade when we should be searching for fair trade?
Heck even airlines are slowing down their flights to save on fuel.
Just keep watching Nascar folks.
Weaseldog @ 79:
heh
Republican ‘re-branding’ poised to launch
Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj8Ci9yfFb8&feature=related
Tim Hardin wrote the song. I like his version more than Stewart's. The next verse fits also:
If I gave you time to change my mind
I'd find a way to leave the past behind
Knowing, that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe.
These people have proven quite capable of marketing complete shit. Don't cut them any slack.
A lemon is a lemon.
GOP tries to repaint the old car and tell you it runs like new. What a sales pitch.
Repugs keep thinking that corporate America has all the answers to all the problems and the rest of us schmuks should just get out of their way.
They seem to think that their party is just a 'product' that can be remarketed with a 'New and Improved !" sticker on it when we all know that when you read the ingredients, you see you're getting the same ol' shit, only costlier.
Too little too late, the damage has been done and the American people know claerly who was at fault.
It's just a downhill jog for Democrats now and for the forseeable future, but the gravey-train will not last forever.
With control of both houses of Congress and the WH, Democrats will undoubtedly begin to fall into the same trap that the Repugs fell into. Corruption, lying and waste will eventually settle in and the citizens will revolt and re-elect Repugs and the cycle will start anew.
Democrats need to take this opportunity to end this insane cycle. Sadly, I dont think they will.
Remember the Ford Pinto, the car that exploded in a rear end collision greater than 10mph. If Ford had been run by idiots like Boehner ( well it probably was, but that's a whole 'nother story), I guess they would have rebranded the Pinto as "Buy a Pinto, it's,"da Bomb!!" or "Never worry about whiplash in a Pinto.." or "If you can't stand the heat, get outta the Pinto.."
Weaseldog @ 79:
They tried that one and it definitely worked great for years.
But like the GOP, theat excuse has passed it's 'sell by' date and now it's starting to taste sour.
Wait, let me get this straight ...
The new GOP pitch is that "Washington is broken and the Dems have been unable to fix it?!?"
They are really going with "the Democrats have been unable to fix what we so badly broke over the past 8 years?!?"
Man ... no wonder so many Republicans pretend to be cowboys ... it provides an excuse so they can walk bowlegged. I can't begin to imagine the size of the cojones it takes to make a statement like that.
Cathexis @ 90:
I think they walk bowlegged not because of their cojones, but because they make too frequent visits to public men's rooms at airports throughout the country.
emphasa @ 24:
Very good!
Is there any word on the reaction of Wyeth (makers of Effexor XR) on the co-opting of their registered slogan? I can't believe they are just going to let this pass.
'Outrage! The Democrats have proven unwilling to throw us into prison for corruption. Give us back the power and we'll take care of it!'
Hmm.
"The Change you deserve." - Provided you deserve incarceration in a Christian-themed work-camp.
Rebranding huh!!?? You can paint a pig, put lipstick on it and a prom dress too... But it is still, just a pig... Repubs have had better then 30 years to show America what it thinks the nation 'deserves'.... Poor image and marketing and slick advertising isn't going to fix the repub problem... Why? Because its not an image problem these fucks really have... It's the substance of their policies and what it leads to as consequence to regular people.. In short, it SUCKS!!!! Their policies suck, their brand of politics suck... The republican party just plain old SUCKS!!! Purge this whole generation of assholes who have led that party to this place.. Just purge the whole sordid crew and start over.. THEN you might have something to 'market' to Americans...... in a generation or so................JD
‘the change you deserve.’
Like.... Outsourcing your job. Eliminating your pension. Stripping you of your health insurance. Making food too expensive to eat. Helping Exxon ram it up your ass to the tune of 5, 6, 7, 8, a gallon for gas. Making the value of your house fall by half.
Yup, you deserve this and much, much, much more if you vote repuke...
First they rip off a drug ad, now Rod Stewart. Idiots.
I thought the second half of the Effexor ad was more accurate:
'Reality. You have options."
If Republicans were dog food, I still wouldn't feed them to my dogs.
Powkat @ 98:
Rod Stewart? C'mon--here's the best version, by Tim Harden, the fella who wrote it (and who also wrote, for the record, "If I Were a Carpenter"). What a voice!
http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Tim%20Hard...
Sorry, Phil. I had a roommate who played Every Picture Tells A Story non-stop for months. Remarkably, I still like the music.
Powkat @ 101:
That's good stuff too--I loved that album. But Tim Harden's voice . . . . The album Tim Harden 3, Live in Concert, is one of the greatest of records, finally on remastered CD. And now, he rises from the dead to put the Repugnantkins' hypocrisy on call . . . nice work, Tim!
MargeAggedon @ 6:
why dissparage dogs and equate them to repigs ? dogs are human too!
you fool yourselves over and over again ! the american people are dim whitted and easily decieved ,even if they the repigs are sent packing in november it wont be long before they yearn for the sweet smell of pigshit under thier noses , then the repigs will be back in power again to relieve you of your bank account and the job you finally had to take to make a liveing with, that being haueling trash to the city dump in your pickup truck !enjoy the illusion!
"The Party Of Responsibility: We Fucked It Up, We'll Fix It. Vote Republican".
Sounds very "Mad Men" to me.
I personally cannot wait for video
Boehner crying on the steps of the capitol building after he and his minions walked out on a vote and a big fat number on his head of how many times Rs have filibustered
plus
a rolling script of Hugh's list of the infinite number of scandals and FUs thanks to the repukes...heckuvajob!
And people say I'm crazy for believing this, but I believe that robots are stealing my luggage.
If you vote Republican, then you deserve jack shit, and that is exactly what you will get.
we could be missing something really important here folks
maybe the repuglitards changed the flavor of their koolaide or something
if they started using Fruit Punch instead of the Grape, we could be in some deep shit here ...
Republicans, the other white meat!
So we'll get brand new "whiter and brighter" Republicans, in the same box?
How about fixing the product, not the marketing.
Eric Hussein Elite Almighty @ 19:
Yeah, you pretty much said exactly what I wanted to say. So because the Republicans screwed things up so badly and kept getting in the way on those occasions where the Democrats actually showed enough spine and initiative to try to fix things, we should elect more Republicans to fix the problems. That's a pretty terrible sales pitch the GOP's got there. Also, if it hasn't started already, can we start a list of new slogans for the Republican party?
So...when you say branding then, you aren't being literal?
Oh damn. I was thinking I might get to poke a republican in the ass with a red hot poker.
There goes my day.
The change you deserve.
They must be talking about the pennies that are trickling down to hard working Americans thanks to their voodoo economics. Keep the change, America, and here's a pair of bootstraps to pull your ass up with too.
Here are some ideas of what the new GOP brand should be:
"We broke it, YOU fix it!"
"See ya suckers!"
"Again with the economy?"
"War isn't just for sore losers"
"Got oil?"
The nation that you deserve if you are a rich white republican?
The only thing effective about the "new rebranding" was how the "marketing gurus" out Neo-conned the Neo-cons. This just shows you, the Neo-cons are not smart just psycho-pathic, a-social outcasts with severe narcissic tendencies.
No one with 1/2 a brain will buy the theme that the people who broke the government are the very one you should "trust" to fix it. Hey, what they should have as a new slogan is:
"We destroyed America! Who else better knows what is left! Vote for more of our expertise!"
Let's pause and reflect on the hope and optimism this country felt in 2000 (when the budget actually was balanced), an optimism so great that Americans didn't think it mattered who became president. Compare that optimism to today.
That gap is entirely the fault of the republicans.
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