The stupid party strikes again: “The Change You Deserve”

Michelle malkin.com ^ | 5/13/08 | Michelle Malkin

[pissant]

Oh, dear Lord. The hapless Republican establishment has gone and made a public embarrassment of itself again. Can your hearts take much more of this?

Mine can’t:

Hoping to get things moving in a positive direction, House Republicans will on Wednesday begin rolling out their own policy agenda, trying to showcase their differences with Democrats on issues such as health care, the economy, energy and national security.

In a memo to be sent to Republican members today, the leadership hints at a new slogan building on the change message that has already been shown to have political resonance with a public unhappy with the nation’s direction.

It looks like Republicans will counter the Democratic push for change from the years of the Bush administration with their own pledge to deliver, drum roll please, “the change you deserve.” The first element of the party agenda developed over the past few months by the leadership and select party members will focus on family issues.

“Through our “Change You Deserve” message and through our “American Families Agenda,” House Republicans will continue our efforts to speak directly to an American public looking for leaders who will offer real solutions for the challenges they confront every day,” said the memo prepared for lawmakers.e of this?

Conservatives have spent the entire campaign season eviscerating Democrat candidates who’ve tattooed themselves with the empty “change” slogan. So what do the brain-dead strategists and p.r. market wizards of the GOP go and do?

Wrap themselves in “change.”

What about self-preservation? What about sovereignty? What about consistent adherence to constitutional principles?

Nope. We get more insipid “change.”

The crack research staff at GOP HQ somehow missed that “Change You Deserve” is the marketing slogan for Effexor, an anti-depressant.

Brilliant.

The GOP lemmings deserve everything they’re going to get in November.

[pissant]

Lordy.

[Vision]

We are really in trouble.

[pissant]

It’s the change they deserve. LOL

[The_Republican]

Yeah it is DUMB. Focus is still on “Change”. Its the same stupid thing that Hillary’s Indiana supporters were yelling.....”Yes we will”. They fail to understand that by doint that they are still highlighting Obama’s slogans.

[Interesting Times]

This is what you get when your policies derive from focus groups rather than principles.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Change!

Change!

Change!

All that you’ll have left in your pockets after washington gets through with you is...

Loose CHANGE!!!

[Travis McGee]

MM nails it again. The Stupid Party is surrendering the “meme” battle to Obama. Every RNC-paid “change” ad, will be subliminally taken as a plug for Mr. Change, Barack Obama.

[Mr. Mojo]

What about consistent adherence to constitutional principles? Nope. We get more insipid “change.”

Actually, adherence to constitutional/conservative principles would be a HUGE change for the GOP. Alas, that's not the sort of change they're referring to.

[DManA]

There's the proof. The Republican party HATES us.

Change You Deserve

[Travis McGee]

GMTA.

[1rudeboy]

Most importantly, and according to Ms. Malkin, it's important that we not wait for the news (unless she knows something we don't), and simply react.

[DesScorp]

I see the GOP is listening to Newt Gingrich again...

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The GOP lemmings deserve everything they’re going to get in November.

"Surrender your principles; surrender your power." True, true.

[Fox_Mulder77]

Good. This is what you get when RINO’s are in charge.

[Once-Ler]

An anti-GOP rant from Malkin. what a suprise. Has she endorsed Barr yet?

[BloodOrFreedom]

"House Republicans will on Wednesday begin rolling out their own policy agenda, trying to showcase their differences with Democrats"

Differences! There are Differences! Pinch me! Am I dreaming? Somebody alert the media!

[Luke21]

Believe it or not, “change” was a major theme during the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign. People forget that. Libs pull it out again every few years. It’s empty, meaningless, and vapid, just like most liberalism. Mondale was even using it back in 1984. Reagan countered with, “We are the change.”

Nobody remembers anything anymore, and our press works overtime to keep it that way.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Newt lost me when he jumped on the “global warming” bandwagon.

[goldstategop]

I hope we clean house in November. When the GOP is interested in getting conservatives to vote, they can let us know. The party's contemptuous attitude has a lot of us reaching for the snooze button.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ronnie raygun]

They have been dumbed down, clones of the Democratic party. Change to me is now a nauseating word that means zero, squat, nada! Here we are voting for a President, one just as bad as the other. hopeless, simply hopeless!

[Gritty]

The crack research staff on crack at GOP HQ somehow missed that “Change You Deserve” is the marketing slogan for Effexor, an anti-depressant.

There. I fixed it.

[posterchild]

If I were new to the country and language I’d probably be pretty convinced by all this talk that ‘change’ was a commodity that could be purchased by the dozen, pound, or cubic foot.

[1rudeboy]

Don’t compliment this by calling it a rant. It’s a knee-jerk reaction (again, unless she knows something that we don’t and is unwilling to share).

[pissant]

She ain't gonna be endorsing Barr any time soon: The Bob Barr candidacy

By Michelle Malkin • May 12, 2008 09:34 AM

Many readers have e-mailed asking what I think of former Ga. Rep. Bob Barr’s presidential candidacy (he’s making an official announcement for the Libertarian Party nomination at 11am this morning).

Two words: Not much.

On immigration, he’s virtually indistinguishable from all the other remaining presidential candidates.

On homeland security, he’s joined with what Heather Mac Donald calls the “privocrats” in whipping up unfounded hysteria about intelligence-gathering efforts in a post-9/11 world.

On Iraq, he’s what Allahpundit calls the “poor man’s Ron Paul.”

And doesn’t the ACLU, for which Barr consults, already have enough candidates in the race?

[NoLibZone]

“Islam Sucks”

“There are 57 Muslim Nations Obama could win in”

“No to OIC candidate Obama”

“3,000 Dead in NYC”

[FrdmLvr]

How come we have such good analysists and such crappy leadership?

[Eye On The Left]

Monty Python Election Night Special: "Silly Party"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FFTx6AKmU

[NoLibZone]

“There are already have 57 Obamanations”

[x]

It wouldn't be a great slogan in any year, but it's awful this year.

Back to the drawing board.

[NoLibZone]

“GOP- Because jumping should never be an option”

[hinckley buzzard]

Through our “Change You Deserve” message and through our “American Families Agenda,” House Republicans will continue our efforts to speak directly to an American public

All right, gentlemen. I'm the Public--"speak directly" to me--What are you going to do about the border, about drilling for domestic oil and gas, about taxes, about the corn/ethanol fiasco, about the North Koreans, and the Iranians, and the Syrians, and the Saudis. I'm listening, schmucks. Speak to me.

[goldstategop]

I don't know. I have a feeling I won't be voting in November since no one much cares what I think. None of the candidates reflect my values.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

unless she knows something we don't

Michelle Malkin knows a great deal the typical Team Juan shills (and/or their willing online apologists) do not.

That's the problem right there, actually.

[darkangel82]

And we’re the ones who gave them the majority. Ungrateful bunch of (censored).

[Fast Moving Angel]

The word ‘’change’’ needs to go in the toilet alongside the words ‘’tolerance’’ and ‘’diversity’’.

[alicewonders]

The “change we deserve” is to take a big old vacuum cleaner & suck every single politician out of Washington DC! Put all new people in there - people that have been living in the REAL world - FOR A CHANGE.

[1rudeboy]

Nonsense. And you’re falling for it.

[pallis]

The GOP is certainly changing.

[Man50D]

I respectfully disagree with Michelle Malkin. The GOP is the party of change. They have gradually changed over to socialism.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

you’re falling for it.

"Falling" for what, pray tell? Be specific.

[1rudeboy]

Malkin’s BS here . . . that could’ve been written by a highschooler (who hasn’t taken a journalism class).

[cookcounty]

Gosh, the RNC hires stupid people. 50 years of me-tooism from the Republican establishment. Is Soros paying them under the table?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Malkin’s BS

I asked for specifics; evidently, you haven't any. Explain how what Ms. Malkin wrote is in any demonstrable way "BS," if you can.

[kennyboy509]

Hows that?

[Jim Noble]

Ronald Reagan did not have contempt for the People, and he did not act as if he thought the People were stupid.

The next party to come to power in this country won't exhibit contempt for the People, either.

Unfortunately, the GOP leadership now drips with contempt for the People, and, as many have pointed out, they are headed for disaster - which they richly deserve.

[gitmo]

Does this mean Change is the opiate of the people?

[1rudeboy]

You're asking me for specifics? ROTFLMAO
Maybe your attention should be directed to Ms. Malkin, specifically, what was in this vaunted memo?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

You're asking me for specifics?

You made the assertion -- still unsupported, numerous requests for citation later -- that Ms. Malkin's column was "BS." Evidently, you have nothing whatsoever with which to back that up.

Quelle surprise.

[Jagermonster]

I don't know. I have a feeling I won't be voting in November since no one much cares what I think. None of the candidates reflect my values.

Oh, but you can't do that! Then the wrong lizard candidate might get in!



[A spaceship carrying a 100 foot tall silver robot had just landed in, or more accurately, on, a rather expensive chunk of London real estate, specifically Knightsbridge and more particularly, Harrod’s:...]

"I come in peace," it said, adding after a long moment of further grinding, "take me to your Lizard."

Ford Prefect, of course, had an explanation for this, as he sat with Arthur and watched the nonstop frenetic news reports on television, none of which had anything to say other than to record that the thing had done this amount of damage which was valued at that amount of billions of pounds and had killed this totally other number of people, and then say it again, because the robot was doing nothing more than standing there, swaying very slightly, and emitting short incomprehensible error messages.

"It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."

"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"

"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."

"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."

"I did," said Ford. "It is."

"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"

"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."

"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"

"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."

"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"

"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"

- Douglas Adams, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Chapter 36

[Enchante]

I think all this tedious, vapid “change” talk should be parodied in a series of commercials for laxatives...... “loosen up, relax, EX-LAX will give you THE CHANGE YOU DESERVE!”

Maybe ads for anti-hemmorhoid products too! “Are you experiencing pain and itching in all the wrong places? Let me help you with THE CHANGE YOU DESERVE!”

I AM BARACK OBAMA AND I APPROVED THESE MESSAGES

p.s. Why are RINOs buying into all the wrong kinds of “change” and none of the change we actually NEED?