Letters to the Editor
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Considering what might actually work and make people think:
wilner's "Remember America"
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I didn't read the War Room submissions
But did submit to the DSCC, "We Promise to Grow a Spine"
Think They'll take it?
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Too late....
Hillary '08
Hillary '12
Chelsea '16
Chelsea '20
Bite me Rush!
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Call me Ishmael
Bush's Brain is Moby's Dick
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What's in that shot glass on your desk?
There were better ones than those. But you're the decider.
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I'll drink beer with my friends?
Huh? Guess I'm too thick to figure that one out, and it's the winner?
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I don't get 'em.
What does it say about me that I don't understand your winners? "Guantánamore" (or "Guantán-amore") might make sense, but does "GuantánamoRE" mean one of these? And the Democratic one - I dimly remember seeing something about Bush (as opposed to Kerry, or maybe Gore) being the guy someone might like to have a beer with; but isn't Bush (1) a recovering alcoholic who (2) used to be a seriously mean drunk?
Maybe it's that I'm reading these at eleven at night, maybe it's that I'm sufficiently disillusioned so as to actually see only two of the possibilities as actual bumper stickers. Neither from the top five lists.
(2) Democrats '08: We Promise to Grow A Spine
(1) Republicans '08 [actually either, really]: Look! A shiny object!
Okay, okay, I too love "Remember America?" Somehow, though, I can't really see it on a political party bumper sticker. But that one's good enough I might actually stick it on my car.
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One more thing
You know, I'd like to see the other 240 entries.
Not that I don't trust The Decider or nuthin'.
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Inside Edition
O'Reilly For Kids is Loofahlicious! A lollipop curve for Bush Leaguers.
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Dem Bumper Sticker
Bummer! You already picked a winner! Oh, well,here's mine:
The only thing necessary for the triumph of the GOP is for Democrats to do nothing. VOTE 08!
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Rebuild America
I know it's too late, but how about Rebuild America. We use the theme for our exhausted army, for the hole at ground zero, for the Minneapolis I-35W bridge, and of course for New Orleans. I better go to bed before I come up with a whole ad. OK, I have a tag line, We can do it! Vote Democratic!
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A waste
Utterly, utterly lame choices -- pointless, negative, and unproductive.
Take a vacation, Tim. You're wasting our time here.
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Although I have a conflict of interest...
... since I submitted, these don't seem like winners. I get the one about drinking beer with one's friends, but that presumes that the Democratic nominee will be unlikeable.
They should get a panel to vote.
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Tim....put away your Republican suppositions....
Some of those who took the time to respond to your contest weren't just driving down August productivity...
Some of them are UNEMPLOYED...
Too old to have a 20-something HR person pass their resume along.
Too experienced to rate a job at the pitiful salary employers want to pay in companies where experience loses out to cheap "junior level" hiring.
Too "outsourced".
Too "off-shored".
I know you were just being flip...and if I weren't trying to figure out how I am going to pay my electric bill, I, too, probably would have been looking through your "everyone is employed like me" glasses. However, to some without the intellectual stimulation of work...without the social interaction of the workplace...in between resume blitz's, a few minutes of "Saloning" IS the day's productivity.
And that's your sensitivity training for the day. Say you're sorry.
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You're kidding right?
I can come up with better ones in ten minutes on the top of my head.
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Sad state of affairs
It is much easier to snipe at the Reps than find something positive and at the same time true about the Dems.
We get the leaders we deserve. We as a country are so screwed.
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Just like the movies: the outtakes are better than the final cut
Though my favorite of the five is "Osama still has a job."
My two cents:
Say It Loud. I’m Liberal and Proud. Democrats in ‘08
Democrats in ‘08: Nancy Boys No Longer
(yes, yes, I know women are in Congress, but you get the idea)
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Duane
Then why don't you?
I couldn't, and so didn't submit. I agree with you that what we got was pretty lame. You have to give those professional bumper-sticker writers some credit. It ain't an easy job.
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Would Like This Bumper Sticker
How about "My Border Collie Is Smarter Than Our President"
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Winners? Are you kidding?
I'm sorry, but I also do not understand what the heck your 'winners' meanings are. I would think that the most important part of a slogan would be that it's easily understood, as well as being clever.
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anonymouse
what's with all the whining? don't like Salon's way of having fun? then by all means, go start your own online magazine (sandbox) to play with...then see how much you like it when someone kicks sand in your face because they think your sand castles are a stoopid waste of time. I mean geez, go kick yer dog or something.
:~)
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The Winners
...are inside jokes aimed directly at:
A. Partisans
B. Those who follow politics closely
Which equals.. what? about 10% for the American populace? The LAST people you want to target with a bumper sticker, IMO.
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but I wanted my entry to win!
Salon has really gone down hill. Until they recognize my creative/snotty humor and get rid of Paglia I will never renew my subscription.
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huh?
I'm sure they are all good, but I don't get any of them
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GOP: Still Bush League!
Nu?
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Funny
but too complex. Stick with HAD ENOUGH? VOTE DEMOCRAT!
over and over and over and over and over and over ad infinitum
In fact that would make a great 15 second cable ad... just the chyron and an upbeat voiceover
Have we learned nothing in the last 3 elections?
When Harry Reid had his all night thing with a big sign that said "LET US VOTE" I wanted to puke. The sign should have read HAD ENOUGH? and nothing else.
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Huh?
Would someone please explain "GuantánamoRE!".
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When the moon hits your eye
Would someone please explain "GuantánamoRE!".
It's a way of saying, "Want more torture, want more denial of human rights, more denial of habeas corpus? Vote Republican."
Unfortunately, "GuantánamoRE!" brings to mind images of Dean Martin singing "That's Amore." And the detainees definitely didn't feel the love at Guantanamo.
As someone upthread said, bumper stickers need to be instantaneous. The more you try to figure out the meaning of an ambiguous bumper sticker, the better your chances of plowing into said bumper.
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The Dangers of Understatement / At the risk of explaining a joke...
I think people are missing the point of the winning entry and taking offense at it. I sure did, and somebody had to explain it to me.
"I'll drink beer with my friends, thanks" doesn't mean "I'll go hide in a bar until the election is over." It means "Stop trying to get me to vote for somebody on the basis of whether s/he seems like someone I'd like to hang out with."
As such, it addresses one of the most important problems about the "cult of personality" marketing of candidates that got us our Current Occupant. It's just awfully subtle and probably about as effective as the proverbial "angry letter to The Times."