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Could We Please Get a do-over on "Yes We Can"?

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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:42 AM
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Could We Please Get a do-over on "Yes We Can"?
For anyone with kids of a certain age,"Yes We Can" can only mean one thing: The Bob the Builder Show. Which, as good as it may be doesn't deserve to be elevated to a campaign theme.

For me, it's like nails on a chalkboard. Just imagine if Hillary had chosen part of the Barney theme as a campaign slogan instead and you would get the idea.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=3IWKhYQarJU



I beg, plead, whatever I need to do but please get the Obama creative people onto something new. I also think, because of the reference, it takes away important parts of Obama's message.


Please, I don't want to hit the mute button. I want to hear what Obama has to say. But I swear, I'll do it! I will!
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   Fuggedaboutit....I think of the old song from eons ago. Pointer Sisters?  MADem   Feb-12-08 02:45 AM   #1 
   Let's throw away the slogan that is gas on the fire  sandnsea   Feb-12-08 02:48 AM   #2 
   It's about media perceptions at this point  JCMach1   Feb-12-08 02:51 AM   #3 
      It's fairly well innoculated  sandnsea   Feb-12-08 03:09 AM   #12 
         From the brilliant lyricist who brought us "My Humps"  JCMach1   Feb-12-08 03:19 AM   #13 
            It's just you n/t  sandnsea   Feb-12-08 03:30 AM   #14 
               I don't think so...  JCMach1   Feb-12-08 03:33 AM   #15 
                  Heaven forbid someone get excited  sandnsea   Feb-12-08 03:43 AM   #17 
   !Si, se puede!  XemaSab   Feb-12-08 02:54 AM   #4 
   It is very clever, a take off on a latino/chicano rallying cry.  puerco-bellies   Feb-12-08 02:55 AM   #5 
   But the Bob the Builder audience IS Obama's key demographic!  smalll   Feb-12-08 02:58 AM   #6 
   Thankyou for the laugh  Dagaz   Feb-12-08 02:58 AM   #7 
   Mark Penn,  MJJLWolf2   Feb-12-08 03:00 AM   #8 
   Plus Bob is a scab worker. See the evidence here.  MrSlayer   Feb-12-08 03:01 AM   #9 
   YES he is apparently  JCMach1   Feb-12-08 03:09 AM   #11 
   Dupe. Self delete.  MrSlayer   Feb-12-08 03:02 AM   #10 
   Thank god my son is 17...he was a "Barney" kid...not "Bob the Builder"  MercutioATC   Feb-12-08 03:38 AM   #16 
   I don't know, I think it'd be funny to see Hillary singing  BerryBush   Feb-12-08 07:00 AM   #18 
      OMG... too funny  JCMach1   Feb-12-08 07:14 AM   #19 
 
MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:45 AM
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1. Fuggedaboutit....I think of the old song from eons ago. Pointer Sisters?
Screw the slogans, I'd like to hear some SUBSTANCE.

Hope doesn't heat the house. CHANGE doesn't pay the grocery bills...
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:48 AM
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2. Let's throw away the slogan that is gas on the fire
Right. Brilliant. Don't ever advise a campaign, political or otherwise. :)

It's the UFW slogan.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:51 AM
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3. It's about media perceptions at this point
Edited on Tue Feb-12-08 03:12 AM by JCMach1
and trust me the Saturday Night Live skits will be coming and they will latch onto this like chickens on a june bug.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:09 AM
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12. It's fairly well innoculated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:19 AM
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13. From the brilliant lyricist who brought us "My Humps"
Edited on Tue Feb-12-08 03:24 AM by JCMach1
and "I Got it from my Momma"

As much as I like infectious pop music (and yes even Black Eyed Peas) I can't roll with the sentiment as what comes to mind is Prozac-swilling, glassy-eyed, animated construction equipment.

Please understand :sarcasm: is intended here...

Maybe it is just me, but I run screaming from the room when I hear it!

It seriously should come with a warning like the one they use on the cable news channels for flash photography:

'story contains repetitive rhetorical elements that may bring to mind irritating, simplistic cartoon characters.'
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:30 AM
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14. It's just you n/t
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:33 AM
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15. I don't think so...
I have talked to other people who were annoyed by the repetition if not the cartoon aspect.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:43 AM
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17. Heaven forbid someone get excited
show some pride, belief in their ability to affect the course of our country. Yeah that's such a terrible thing.

The people I talk to are annoyed by the constant doom and glooming and cynicism any time anybody gets the slightest inclincation to feel good about themselves or their country.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:54 AM
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4. !Si, se puede!
:P
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puerco-bellies (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:55 AM
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5. It is very clever, a take off on a latino/chicano rallying cry.
Yes we can in spanish. This is an attempt to draw latino voters to his camp.
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smalll (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:58 AM
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6. But the Bob the Builder audience IS Obama's key demographic!
That's why that slogan works so well!
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Dagaz (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 02:58 AM
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7. Thankyou for the laugh
THIS explains a lot
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MJJLWolf2 (29 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:00 AM
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8. Mark Penn,
is that you?
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Feb-12-08 03:01 AM
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9. Plus Bob is a scab worker. See the evidence here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPnQ-c9Zv8
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:09 AM
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11. YES he is apparently


:rofl:
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Feb-12-08 03:02 AM
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10. Dupe. Self delete.
Edited on Tue Feb-12-08 03:03 AM by MrSlayer
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 03:38 AM
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16. Thank god my son is 17...he was a "Barney" kid...not "Bob the Builder"
Barney was annoying as all hell, but at least I get to enjoy the Obama thing...


For the OP, I can empathize...
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18. I don't know, I think it'd be funny to see Hillary singing
"I love you, you love me, we're a happy family..."
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Feb-12-08 07:14 AM
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19. OMG... too funny
:rofl:
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