Mobile Media Project - Bumper Sticker Campaign Update

4-6-07 | Bob J

[Bob J]

Thank you to everyone who helped come up with the content ideas for the proposed nationwide outdoor media campaign. Hundreds of ideas were created which needed to be trimmed down to a dozen or so that captured the essence of the individual concepts.

The concepts were;

1. Rephrase the debate from "withdrawal" to "retreat and surrender".
2. Losing in Iraq will only bring more danger to our doorsteps.
3. Surrender is not an American virtue.
4. Let our soldiers finish their job.

Here is what we came up with.

Withdrawal is Retreat
Retreat is Surrender

NO SURRENDER
To Terrorism

A Retreat in Iraq is
A Victory for Terror

Retreating Abroad Won’t
Guarantee Peace at Home

Retreat and Surrender…
Not an American Tradition

[ ] Fight Terrorists Here
[X] Fight Terrorists There

No Victory in Iraq
No Peace in America

Iraq Retreat = 911 Repeat

Terrorists Want
Hippies Dead Too

We Won the War
Let’s Complete the Peace

Prevent Global Warming
Defeat Jihad Abroad

Jobs Not Finished
‘til Jihad is Well Done

[OCCASparky]

Republicans - ‘’Let’s Roll!’’ Democrats - ‘’Let’s Roll Over!’’

That one has my vote!

[SandRat]

My fault the posting should have read

Terrorists Ask; Will You, America Withdraw from IRAQ?
Our REPLY: NUTS!

[SandRat]

My fault the posting should have read

Terrorists Ask; Will You, America Withdraw from IRAQ?
Our REPLY: NUTS!

[concretebob]

Ah Hah....Now it makes sense.

[Bob J]

Well, hippies is funny and it’s supposed to be a funny BS. It is not directed at them.

2. Hmmm.

3. I struggled over that as well. At first I had “finish”. The point being stressed is that the job isn’t finished until we have peace in Iraq. Maybe..

Winning the War = 1/2
Winning the Peace = 1/2

[CutePuppy]

It is not directed at them.

I thought it was meant to be funny as well as thought-provokimg and hitting response to their BSs, at least to reach those "in the middle" who are capable of thinking. Nobody cares about hippies anymore, so the reference maybe "lost in translation" and message wasted...

Let me clarify (2). The "progressives", if anything, are anti-"tradition"... "Tradition" to them is not something to be valued, more to the point - it is to be discarded and/or impugned. To those "in the middle" who will see the sticker, it's not inspiring or consequential or even important. "Never brought peace" or something similar to that shows the result or consequences of "Retreat and Surrender…

Re (3), I think your original phrase, stating that "We Won the war", is much better in that it does show a "completion" of the "war" phase (we already won), because "Winning the War = 1/2" may imply that we haven't yet, or at least doesn't state that this part of the job is finished. And, of course, "winning the peace" takes a lot longer than 1/2 of the time of the whole operation, as is usually with the maintenance of the project after finishing the project itself. So you'd want to put emphasis on the second part of the job ("winning the peace") not being finished, while leaving no uncertainty about the first one ("winning the war") Also, one reason I deliberately put in "help" was to show that we are not alone and not even primary force in "winning the peace"... but still making sure that it requires military presence and/or action, hence "win" seems better suited for the second part (the peace) than original "complete" or "finish".

Hopefully, this helped clarify my thought process on these instead of making it more obscure. Or, maybe, I am too darn nitpicking today. :~)

[do the dhue]

STOP

Post Traumatic Liberal Stress Disorder
(PTLSD)

[notaliberal]

My Friend Mark came up with this one: US Marines: Travel agents to Allah /a

[Bob J]

When I said directed at them, I meant liberals. I think I like “We Won the War, Now Let’s Win the Peace” some. But I wanted to make the point that ousting Saddam was only half the job. Pulling out now leaves the job unfinished.

[Bob J]

Which one of those signs do you think would do the best job of convinvcing someone who was previously a WOT supporter?

[notaliberal]

Which one of those signs do you think would do the best job of convinvcing someone who was previously a WOT supporter

Republican girls are hotter?

[CutePuppy]

“When I said directed at them, I meant liberals.”

I understood, so did I.

“But I wanted to make the point that ousting Saddam was only half the job. Pulling out now leaves the job unfinished.”

True, and I agree. But the nature of the “job” changed. “Hearts and minds” part is different from “Kill your enemy and destroy things” (Rushism) part, “winning peace” is different from “winning war” even though both require military presence/action.

Anyway, you have a lot of good material here. It’s a good project, thanks for doing it.

[Joan Kerrey]

saw this recently but can’t find one anywhere.

Withdraw now
Grandkids can solve it.

[Joan Kerrey]

The Left Bank’s motto
Withdraw now
pay later

[Joan Kerrey]

WITHDRAW NOW
GRANDKIDS CAN PAY LATER

[mtntop3]

You’ve got to make them snappy so they can be quickly read on the bumper:

FIGHT TERRORISTS HERE [ ] or THERE [X]

NO VICTORY IN IRAQ = NO SECURITY IN AMERICA

[Bob J]

This effort is not directed at ridiculing the left (although they deserve it), it’s goal is to influence the thinking of swing voters.

[Bob J]

I like the idea of if we leave now the kids will be paying for it...like what the BB’s did with Soc Sec. Wonder how we can make it a little more direct?

Withdraw from Terror Now
Our Kids will Pay Later

[Bob J]

Or simpler;

Retreat Now-Pay Later