Themes are important to the continuity and the success of any campaign--regardless the product that is being advertised. I believe that one of the primary reasons why Hillary's campaign failed was because its theme of "experience" and inevitability.
"Experience" was not a theme that resonated well with the American people this year. Experience translated to many Americans as meaning "more of the same old Washington politics." Another thing about theme that any copywriter will tell you is that it must be consistent or the consumer will become muddled in regard to your brand. Obama began with the theme of Change and he continues with that theme. His theme is very very strong and very much associated with the Obama brand.
McCain? Anyone know what his theme is? I think it is security, but I'm not certain. Securitiy is another theme that is not too popular this year as it is very much tied to Iraq and the awful failure that represents for the American people.
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Wind energy producer Gamesa Technology Corp. is leading the way in creating “green collar” jobs of the future, protecting the environment, and helping to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. Gamesa is setting the example on how private industry can partner with government to harness the vast potential of renewable energy.
Most ordinary Americans are now wise to privatization = corporate welfare and the real definition of "privatization": A financial arrangement whereby a private corporation holds all the assets and profits while the taxpayers underwrite and pay for the risk, operations expenses, and losses of that corporation.
What's more, the fact of their awareness of our awareness has moved them to action. I see evidences all over mainstream media to indicate that corporate America is moving into battle mode with the American citizen. Here is but one example:
ANTI UNION NEWS:
"Corporate America prepares for Battle Against Worker Campaign to Roll back Assault on the Middle Class. Big Business has prepared a war chest of at least $150 million to stop progressive economic legislation that would seriously tax the rich.
There is nothing more terrifying to corporate America than the prospect of dealing with its workforce on an even playing field . . ."
Watching these two videos might help win you over. In the final analysis, it does not matter what anyone says on this blog or any blog. It does not matter if the candidate you wanted to win the nomination lost. What matters to you and your family is whether McCain or Obama will be our next president.
The first one is a video that was recently posted by Lincoln Park. In it a woman who is testy and angry challenges Obama by asking him how she can trust him because he has changed his position in Iraq and because of his FISA vote. (I didn't like Obama's vote on FISA either so his answer was of particular interest to me.)
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/politics/2008/08/18/sot.obama.left.critiques.cnn
The second video is one about McCain and the jokes he tells that degrade women.
I really don't see how any woman could vote for McCain after watching this video.
McCain, the Joker”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPnfnB7fRek
More red herrings tossed out by the conservatives from both sides.
THE ISSUE WITH MCCAIN NOT BEING IN THE 'CONE OF SILENCE' AS WE WERE LIED TO ABOUT IS NOT EXCUSED BY ALL THE RED HERRINGS BEING THROWN OUT BY CONSERVATIVES, AND SOME OF THEM ON THIS SITE SUCH AS: "Both candidates got the questions before hand."
The real issue is that McCain had the advantage of listening to his opponents responses BEFORE he gave his responses.
THAT IS A HUGE ADVANTAGE and it skewed McCain's responses. END OF STORY. Anyone who offers up excuses for McCain is a conservative and obviously prefers a Republican over a Democrat. Fine. But what are you doing blowing your hot air for the Republicans on this site?
The following post discusses what I think is the REAL elephant in our living room that no one is discussing:
In my opinion, and I'm sure others may disagree as well as agree since this is after all a democracy, I think that the bottom line for this election is really about wrestling our government out of the hands of conservatives and into the hands of progressives--and that includes conservative Democrats as well as conservative Republicans.
Our Democratic Party has its own unofficial conservative wing--the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) of which both Clintons have been very active over the years. By my standards, based on much of the legislation that they have supported, neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton are "progressive democrats". I would categorize both of them as conservative Democrats.
I have a lifetime of experience in the financial industry and I can tell you for certain that bankers have no greater friend than Bill Clinton.
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When I was thinking about the fate of Pakistan last night, an old adage “. . .the more things change the more they remain the same . . . ” drifts across my mind like a hauntingly familiar ghost. Amost 10 years ago an article titled Oh Pakistan appeared in the 1999 October issue of The Economist. The article was written a few days after General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s new military leader, had taken charge:
“Pakistan has been in such a mess for so long that it is tempting to conclude that the country is doomed. It was created in the chaos of partition, and torn since birth between conflicting cultures. It has a tribal social structure, an Islamic ideology and a legal and political system that is British in origin. Islamic and secular law battle each other. Tribal loyalties distort the democratic process. Shia and Sunni Muslims shoot each other on the streets. From the west, Afghanistan’s Taliban spill into Pakistan and bolster the growing ranks of its fundamentalists. On the other side of the country, the perpetual conflict with India over Kashmir helps destabilise domestic politics. In response to one mess or another, the generals have ousted politicians before, in 1958, in 1971 and in 1977.”
The same words could be used to describe Pakistan today, ten years later.
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LOL I found this earlier today. If you select the link you will be taken to a table arranged by state. By selecting the state you will then get a display of information regarding what your local Republicans have been doing. All free.
You Don't Know Me details over 100 cases of sexual misconduct by Republican officials, office holders, and ideological supporters. In addition to augmenting the public's knowledge of infamous scandals of recent times, the book unearths a multitude of other instances of Republican sexual waywardness, most criminal in nature.
Includes an introduction by author and political commentator Win McCormack and a foreword by Arianna Huffington.
See what your local Republicans have been doing >>
"In graphic, devastating, and sometimes hilarious detail, Win McCormack reveals the true hypocrisy and depravity of those who love to quote the Bible but act like Caligula. When you finish You Don’t Know Me, you will know for sure that the “Family Values” phonies who have infected the GOP should never again be entrusted with the well-being of America."
—Arianna Huffington, author of Right Is Wrong
I 've noticed lately from watching McCain on TV that his left eye appears much smaller/squinted than his right eye. Also the left side of his face (where the cancer was removed0 appears larger to me.
And that is another thing that I don't understand. He had a melanoma that was on his temple. Why does it look like he had jaw surgery and why is that gland or whatever it is swollen? It doesn't make sense to me. Does anyone know and/or is familiar with this sort of surgery?
Reading over that medical report that was released in May (not all 1,173 page lol just an excerpt) I found this:
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More on the topic of Reaching out to Low Information Voters
The Republicans have perfected the art of reaching out to the low information voters with their smear campaigns and swift boat attacks. These messages have worked in the past because of three primary reasons:
1) These messages are short
2) These messages concern issues about which the voter is likely to have an emotion such as fear or anger. And these short messages are designed specifically with words that will trigger these emotions in the listener.
3) These messages are broadcast widely and repeated often. In the last election, emails were the most frequently used format for these messages. However the Republicans still, even today, send a lot of direct mail with these messages. Then, of course, we hear them repeated on Fox News, and increasingly on other mainstream media as well.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS?
Read More »Ok it looks like that Senator Obama and the Democrats will carry the day in November. By all realistic predictions it will be by a landslide. The next question is: SO WHAT?
George Bush and the Republicans with their deficit spending (purposefully carried out like all previous Republican administrations from Reagan through Bush and the current administration to assist in busting our government and establishing privatization as the new government). They have effectively wrecked our government. Washington DC has been turned into a farce where we have 70 corporate lobbyists for every elected official.
What can the Democrats possibly do to save democracy?
Well, as my grandfather used to say: "It won't be easy Magee, but we can do it. And hang onto your St. Christopher medal because we are in for a rough ride and you'll need all the help you can get."
