A New Slogan For The Democrats
Well they’ve finally done it. It took several years to come up with. And they undoubtably had the best minds in the Democratic Party working on it, although, admittedly, that’s not saying very much. None the less, after years of concerted effort, the Democratic Party has finally come up with a slogan to battle the masterful one (Make America Great Again) used by candidate Trump to great advantage during the last election cycle. I have done some groundbreaking investigating on how the new slogan came to be….
The following conversation took place recently behind closed doors: Chuck Schumer to Nancy Pelosi: “DAMN it, Nancy! That “Make America Great Again” thing they keep putting on baseball caps and coffee mugs…it’s got a certain RING to it! You know, it’s SO much better than “I’m with her” or, even, “Feel the Bern”! We’ve GOT to get something with some pizazz!”
Pelosi back to Schumer: “True, Chucky! How about: ‘Let’s Spread The Wealth Around’!” Schumer: “No, no! The 49% of Americans that AREN’T on government assistance might get NERVOUS with that one”!
Pelosi: “Then, how about something with an immigration theme? Something like: ‘Give us your tired masses!’” Schumer: “No, Nancy! Americans know that what the masses are really tired of is WORKING! They’ll never go for it”.
Pelosi: “Okay, how about a bold show of strength? How about: ‘Don’t Tread On Us PLEASE!’” Schumer: “….hmm…”
Pelosi, “Then how about this: ‘Diversity: Like It Or Not!’ Schumer: “…hmm…”
Then, a smile comes over Schumer’s face: “Wait a minute!…Nancy…I’ve GOT it!… I KNOW what to do!…Everyone likes THAT song…what WAS it?…Beautiful America?… America is so beautiful?… Beautiful is American…something like that!…Anyway, EVERYONE likes the word ‘BEAUTIFUL’! We’ll use that”! Pelosi: “but Chuckster, that’s only ONE word!”. Schumer: “Listen, Barack got himself elected on three words: ‘Hope And Change’, didn’t he? We can do it again!…How about this? We can turn their slogan into ours! Instead of ‘Make America Great Again’ we’ll say: ‘Make America Beautiful Again’! Pelosi: “That’s pretty good, Chuckmeister! No WONDER you’re minority leader! It’s GOT a nice “ring” to it. Let’s go with that!”
And so, dear readers, this is how the DNC’s new slogan came to be. In my next essay, I’ll take a look at the reality hiding BENEATH the slogan’s uplifting words.