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Conventions!: Serving One Nation by Securing a Prosperous Future You Can Believe In
The Politico fills us in on daily themes
for both parties' conventions. Enjoy the exercise in
compare-and-contrast below:
MONDAY
Democrats: One Nation
Republicans: Service
TUESDAY
Democrats: Renewing America’s Promise
Republicans: Reform
WEDNESDAY
Democrats: Securing America’s Future
Republicans: Prosperity
THURSDAY
Democrats: Change You Can Believe In
Republicans: Peace
***
UPDATE: In the the spirit of the poly- versus monosyllabic showdown above, I offer you Matt Welch's in-depth analysis of the candidates in the 2000 election by way of their answers to questions about baseball. Sample exchange:
"What do you think of domed stadiums?"
"Gore: 'The design and construction of domed stadiums - in Seattle (the Kingdome was the first free-standing current dome ever built), Houston (the Astrodome was the first stadium to use astroturf) and Minnesota (the Metrodome is the only stadium in the USA whose roof is suspended without beams or rods - it's supported by air pressure), for example - have been feats of architectural and engineering excellence. But the real measure of any stadium, domed or otherwise, is how much fun you have inside.'
"Bush: 'I like to go to baseball games outside.'"
|8.11.08 @ 4:47PM|#
"Peace"? Really.
Aside from that though, it is amusing how closely the agendas
correlate.
|8.11.08 @ 4:50PM|#
Andy,
I don't know. Even before I asphyxiated on Peace, I started
chocking on Reform. Reform what exactly? And why start now?
The Extispicator|8.11.08 @ 4:51PM|#
I give this one to the Republicans. One word themes are better
than phrases.
My four-day themes (if I could have a convention):
Minimalism
Reduction
MYOB
Cancelled ... 'nuff said in days 1-3
|8.11.08 @ 4:52PM|#
Warren-
My bet is that's the day McCain tries to salvage his former
(totally BS) reputation as a reforming outsider.
|8.11.08 @ 4:54PM|#
MONDAY
Democrats: One Nation
I guess John Edwards had nothing to do with the daily themes.
|8.11.08 @ 4:55PM|#
As an aside, any one think "change we can believe in" is going
to bite Obama in the ass once he's actually President? He's setting
a higher standard for himself, and by association his party, and I
don't think either are going to be able to come any where close to
meeting it. Or will he be another Teflon President, a la Reagan and
Clinton?
/Vote Libertarian!
Episiarch|8.11.08 @ 4:57PM|#
"balloons you can believe in"
If that were the convention theme, and it included the kind of
"balloons" that it should, the conventions would be a lot more
interesting and popular.
|8.11.08 @ 4:59PM|#
I'm assuming that a printing error caused the "War Is..." prefix to the Day 4 RNC Convention theme to be omitted.
|8.11.08 @ 5:02PM|#
Wait. What?
You guys are gonna have another election? And what is this I hear
about two parties?
I thought Barack Obama just won the Republocratic nomination for
president, but Hillary McCain would not give up yet (though the
media really don't want to cover this case, all power to The
Party)?
|8.11.08 @ 5:11PM|#
FRIDAY
Democrats: Performing Lobotomies With a Spoon
Republicans: Preparing for the Apocalypse
anarch|8.11.08 @ 5:12PM|#
Andy Craig (or anyone) - What victorious candidates do we know who were damaged by failing to fulfill a campaign promise? (Sincere question.)
|8.11.08 @ 5:12PM|#
I give this one to the Republicans. One word themes are
better than phrases.
...especially if your base has difficulties reading to begin
with.
**Former Republican
|8.11.08 @ 5:16PM|#
FRIDAY
Democrats: Dream of America
Republicans: The Power of the American Spirt
Libertarians: How to borrow your mom's van so you can go to the
Pokémon tourney
Nigel Watt|8.11.08 @ 5:23PM|#
FRIDAY
Democrats: Maintaining a Veneer of Non-Corruption
Republicans: Corruption is Patriotic!
undecided voter|8.11.08 @ 5:25PM|#
Where is RainbowPuppyIsland . . How do I vote if I can't find RainbowPuppyIsland?
SIV|8.11.08 @ 5:28PM|#
Andy Craig,
The election isn't until November. there is a %50 chance the only
thing biting Obama in the ass is going to be the Clinton Machine
screaming "We told you so!".
One word themes win hands down. I'm suprised the Dems didn't fit
"America's Working Families" in there somewhere.
If anyone ever has a legit transcript of Bob Barr saying "working
families" before November please let me know so I can not vote.
svf|8.11.08 @ 5:39PM|#
MONDAY
Democrats: One National
Socialism
Republicans: Selective Service
TUESDAY
Democrats: Renewing Breaking
America's Promise
Republicans: Reformwriting the
Constitution
WEDNESDAY
Democrats: SecurMortgaging America's
Future
Republicans:
ProspeShitty
THURSDAY
Democrats: ChangeIdentity Politics
You Can Believe In
Republicans: PeaceBomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb
Iran
* fixed *
|8.11.08 @ 5:40PM|#
Oh boy, a chance to use my word of the day.
The Democrats are obviously more loquacious* than the
Republicans.
*Loquacious
PRONUNCIATION:
(lo-KWAY-shuhs)
MEANING:
adjective: Talkative; wordy.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin loqui (to speak). The word loquacious has a negative
sense, but a positive word to come out of the same Latin root is
eloquent.
BDB|8.11.08 @ 5:43PM|#
BTW, if the balloons fail to drop properly and on time after
McCain's speech, he loses the election badly.
Happened to McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis, and Dole at their
conventions. Some kind of curse, I guess.
Democratic Themes|8.11.08 @ 5:49PM|#
Monday: Class Warfare
Tuesday: Tax Hikes
Wednesday: Identity Politics
Thursday: HOPE!
MattXIV|8.11.08 @ 5:53PM|#
Between service and peace the Republicans did manage to come up with the only themes specific enough to be worthy of fear (I don't trust anybody taking about serving unless they've got a drink menu with them.) or confusion (is the subtitle "And how to avoid it"?). I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing.
|8.11.08 @ 5:55PM|#
Democrats: Wordy euphemisms for social engineering
Republicans: One word ironies
Invisible Finger|8.11.08 @ 5:56PM|#
They could just put down "groupthink" for each session and be done with it.
Ska|8.11.08 @ 6:05PM|#
In keeping with the Republican idea of Peace, did anyone else
laugh at GWB's response to Costa's question about the
Russia/Georgia conflict?
It was just interesting to me that here we are, you know trying
to promote peace and harmony, and we're witnessing a conflict take
place.
It's not like the US is involved in any ourselves, the great,
peaceful nation we are.
Bingo|8.11.08 @ 6:16PM|#
Monday:
How to balance a checkbook
Tuesday:
Stop whining
Wednesday:
Taking responsibility for your actions
Thursday:
Mind your own fucking business
Friday:
Tequila shots and wet tshirt contest
Politicians and voters are equally welcome.
First Little Pig|8.11.08 @ 6:20PM|#
At least the Dems agenda can be easily converted into a single
slogan (or perhaps a subliminal message):
"One nation, renewing America's promise, securing America's future
(with) change you can believe in."
|8.11.08 @ 7:20PM|#
Monday: Grunt
Tuesday: Fear
Wednesday: Bomb
Thursday: 9/11
Monday: War
Tuesday: Famine
Wednesday: Pestilence
Thursday: Death
The question of which party I leave to the reader...
Lillian Hellman\'s Revenge|8.11.08 @ 7:33PM|#
I would love this :
The Violent Femmes "Dance Motherfucker, Dance!" is used as the
theme song at the Dems convention - after the final words of his
accceptance speech, the song is struck and Obama starts to jig
wildly on stage and the 50,000 plus starry-eyed onlookers follow
suit.
Meanwhile, Wolf Blitzer looks on and can only muster this response
- "Amazing. Amazing."
|8.11.08 @ 8:41PM|#
The Republicans once again demonstrate why they are the party of ownage with pithy one word themes vs clunky phraseologies obviously made in commitee.
|8.11.08 @ 9:18PM|#
Monday: Jealousy
Tuesday: Envy
Wednesday: Greed
Thursday: Pride
Friday: Sloth
-jcr
sebs|8.11.08 @ 10:13PM|#
america elected the gritty one liner dude instead of the
too-nerdy, over eager intellectual. how did that work out?
morans get the government they deserve.
lower case j|8.12.08 @ 1:48AM|#
Saturday evening:
The Reverend Mike Huckabee will heal the sinful John Edwards by
making him bob for apples at the bottom on an inflatable swimming
pool furnish by the Karbunckle brothers of Peoria Illinois.
George HW Bush|8.12.08 @ 9:17AM|#
anarch,
What victorious candidates do we know who were damaged by
failing to fulfill a campaign promise?
Read my lips....
|8.12.08 @ 9:20AM|#
Interesting how the republicans have adopted Paul's rhetoric of Peace and Prosperity...and interesting how parties have ignored any topic connected to "Freedom."
Elemenope|8.12.08 @ 9:48AM|#
Oh boy, a chance to use my word of the day.
The Democrats are obviously more loquacious* than the
Republicans.
"Yeah. Zoe's terse. I can be terse. Once, in flight school, I was
even laconic!"
|8.12.08 @ 10:10AM|#
Gore's making shit up again. The Astrodome was first by a decade.
Plus the Metrodome isn't the only domed stadium supported by air
pressure. The Carrier Dome in Syracuse is the same way.
ed|8.12.08 @ 10:55AM|#
Democrats: We will negate your liberties.
Republicans: Negate your liberties we will.
mr simple|8.12.08 @ 1:44PM|#
Way to prove your point by misspelling moron.
Remember: Al Gore didn't invent the internet, but he did make up
global warming.
|8.12.08 @ 10:31PM|#
Also: I bet that the highlight of GOP nomination night will be a
big SUV drop.
Hell, why not? There's plenty of unsold inventory to unload, and
the GOP are so stupid the massive head injuries won't be a
problem.
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