Change You Deserve?
Posted by Moonage on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Conspiracy Theories, Humor, Idiot of the day, National Politics
Republican leadership decided that since so many people are making fun of the over-abuse of the word “change” in this year’s elections, they’d go with a new slogan themselves. So, not to be outdone by the Dems, they rolled out “Change You Deserve!” The Dems were quick to point out that the makers of Effexor couldn’t be happier. Michelle Malkin immediately lamented how stupid the party is. Now, I gotta wonder how stupid this truly is. First of all, like it or not:
This symbolism carries a punch that the imagery of rebuilding American families just doesn’t quite pull off. Quick survey here, what age group does NOT take some kind of pill to make them feel better? The economy soured on Jimmy Carter, he whined that the country was in a general malaise. But, he didn’t do anything about it. So, that just left everyone feeling even worse about themselves than they did before. They voted Jimmy out as soon as they could. What the symbolism of “Change you Deserve” carries is two-fold. First of all, if you elect Obama, who’s run on the vaguest “change” ticket of all-time, and he wrecks the country, then, that was what you deserved for voting for “change”. I gotta agree with that one 100%. I hate “change” as a theme. Might as well vote for a turd in a toilet, it’s gonna change soon enough. Secondly, it implies that since politics has never, ever, once, made anyone feel good about themselves, the Republicans are going to change all that by giving all Americans over the age of eighteen and who did vote correctly in 2008 a prescription for anti-depressants.
That’ll work.
Now, since this whole issue is being seen as fubar by noted people such as Michelle, I think we need to update the platform image as well. Another quick survey here, who gets excited and motivated by elephants? ( If you do, that’s more than I need to know. ) They’re huge clumsy animals that don’t fit in the family bed at all. I suggest an image change to go along with the platform change:
OR,
AIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING!
All kidding aside, I do think this was a well thought out choice. One of the perceived side-effects of Effexor is the sudden urge to commit Rambo on unsuspecting peeps. I’ve been down that road before on that topic. Perfect imagery combatting the imagery Obama’s projecting of wimpy whiny folks who cling to guns and religion out of resentment. I know a few of those that combat that resentment with anti-depressants.
So, it all DOES make sense now don’t it?
( This is why I usually prefer to sit back and think about things real hard before posting a knee-jerk reaction. )
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