The new Democrat slogan is only three words long, but you'll be forgiven if you fall asleep before you manage to read the whole thing. That's because it's one of the most insipid, uninspired, political catchphrases you've ever heard. Brace yourself for...
"A Better Deal."
ZZZzzzzzzzz...huh? Wha? Oh, sorry. dozed off there for a second.
Apparently, I'm not alone in thinking that's just about the worst bumper sticker since "no fat chicks" because even the not-Republicans over at MSNBC's Morning Joe are trashing it.
"It's so bland, it's so vanilla, it's so terrible. Democrats lost the unlosable race in 2016. The question now is, are they going to lose the unlosable midterm in 2018?"
A: 2016 was not unlosable, as Hillary proved. Ordinary Americans are abandoning the Dems in droves, leaving them at their lowest level of power since before the great depression. Their continued inability to raise money indicates that's an ongoing problem, so we're not sure 2018 is particularly "unwinnable” either.
B: Morning Joe is right about the rest. It's an awful, meaningless, banal slogan that was tailor-made for an awful, meaningless, banal party.
Joe continued....
"...They're scared of their own shadow. They have to get in Trump's face, and you do that by taking a slogan like ‘Take America Back Again,' or ‘Americans First,' playing off Trump's ‘America First.'"
OK, I don't think that's any better and, if you're a party that doesn't think America or Americans should be first, it's a tough sell. After all, Dems don't really want American success as much as they want its constraint. We've had too much success, and now it's time to balance the scales.
With that in mind, allow us to make a few suggestions of slogans that actually fit what the Democrat base believes:
"Scale America Back."
"America Had its Turn."
"God's a Great Big Headache."
"How Much Money Should You Be Allowed to Have?"
"America is Totes Racist, and You've Benefitted from It."
"Capitalism: Get Over It."
"The Constitution Is Overrated."
"It's Still Hillary's Turn."
"Mo Freedom, Mo Problems."
...And of course, there's the ever-present "You're Probably Too Stupid to Vote for Us."
You can check out Morning Joe below...
