• Menu
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

  • About Us
  • Lexicon
  • Contact Us
  • Our Store
  • ↑
  • ↓
  • ←
  • →

Balloon Juice

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Democracy cannot function without a free press.

We need to vote them all out and restore sane Democratic government.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

They think we are photo bombing their nice little lives.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

T R E 4 5 O N

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

People are weird.

The Giant Orange Man Baby is having a bad day.

We can show the world that autocracy can be defeated.

Do we throw up our hands or do we roll up our sleeves? (hint, door #2)

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Giving in to doom is how authoritarians win.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

Mobile Menu

  • 4 Directions VA 2025 Raffle
  • 2025 Activism
  • Donate with Venmo, Zelle & PayPal
  • Site Feedback
  • War in Ukraine
  • Submit Photos to On the Road
  • Politics
  • On The Road
  • Open Threads
  • Topics
  • Authors
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Lexicon
  • Our Store
  • Politics
  • Open Threads
  • 2025 Activism
  • Garden Chats
  • On The Road
  • Targeted Fundraising!
You are here: Home / Elections / Election 2008 / Bad Campaign Slogans

Bad Campaign Slogans

by John Cole|  February 13, 20089:26 am| 19 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008

FacebookTweetEmail

Note to Obama supporters- you don’t want the Bradrocket writing your slogans. So far, all he seems to have come up with is:

“Obama. Less crappy than the alternatives.”

FacebookTweetEmail
Previous Post: « A Juxtaposition
Next Post: Running the Numbers »

Reader Interactions

19Comments

  1. 1.

    TheFountainHead

    February 13, 2008 at 9:40 am

    Asking the obvious: Why would Bradrocket even be in consideration for writing said slogans? Seems to me he has trouble writing a paragraph coherently, let alone a one-liner!

  2. 2.

    Zifnab

    February 13, 2008 at 9:41 am

    “Obama. Less crappy than the alternatives.”

    After the last 7 years, that’s the very definition of “Hope”.

  3. 3.

    cleek

    February 13, 2008 at 9:44 am

    Once you’ve had Barack, you’ll never go…

  4. 4.

    taodon

    February 13, 2008 at 9:46 am

    Obama: Unlike Clinton and McCain, he can still get his up.

  5. 5.

    demimondian

    February 13, 2008 at 9:47 am

    Top 10 rejected Obama slogans:

    10. They think we can. They think we can. They think we can.
    9. Two words: Mark Penn.
    8. Well, we can hope.
    7. Because we need a President who is clean and articulate.
    6. Not your father’s pet goat.
    5. Barack: a great First Lady’s husband.
    4. Taller than Hillary, younger than John, and healthier than Dick.
    3. Imagine the Obama girls saluting their father’s coffin!
    2. Our time is now — while the Governor of Illinois is a Democrat.

    and the number 1 rejected Obama slogan:

    1. Sweet home All Obama!

  6. 6.

    calling all toasters

    February 13, 2008 at 9:49 am

    Seems to me he has trouble writing a paragraph coherently, let alone a one-liner!

    …says the Ayn Rand fan.

  7. 7.

    4tehlulz

    February 13, 2008 at 9:51 am

    Vote Obama — Because McCain likes Dick

  8. 8.

    TheFountainHead

    February 13, 2008 at 10:08 am

    …says the Ayn Rand fan.

    Nothing wrong with her prose. She wrote a good deal better than the vast majority of people who get published these days. That being said, I’m more a fan of her characters than her philosophy/writing. For writing, I’m a die hard E.B. White fan.

  9. 9.

    chopper

    February 13, 2008 at 10:11 am

    She wrote a good deal better than the vast majority of people who get published these days.

    in other words, “less crappy than the alternatives”.

    god, i hate rand’s writing. drives me up the wall.

    anyway, back to barack.

  10. 10.

    Decided FenceSitter

    February 13, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Demi,

    Marry me?

  11. 11.

    myiq2xu

    February 13, 2008 at 10:31 am

    How about:

    “Vote for Duke Cunningham – He’s a Man with Convictions”

  12. 12.

    Jon H

    February 13, 2008 at 10:44 am

    I still think Obama should use the Theme from Shaft as his campaign song.

    Maybe it’s too early. ”Who’s the Senator with all the chicks? Shaft!“

  13. 13.

    Jon H

    February 13, 2008 at 10:48 am

    “Tired of baby boomer Woodstock/Vietnam angst bullshit? Vote Obama and kiss it all goodbye.”

  14. 14.

    myiq2xu

    February 13, 2008 at 10:48 am

    From Sadly No:

    “If you believe democracy works, raise your hand. Now, get in the line for the exit visas to Canada. The rest of you, vote Democratic!”

    There’s more.

  15. 15.

    David

    February 13, 2008 at 11:04 am

    “Democrats – for when your biggest hope for government is that they won’t use your tax dollars to violate the Nuremberg laws, the Geneva Conventions, and your own damn Constitution.”

    There’s my mantra for the year in a nutshell. It’s pessimistic and an incredibly compelling reason to vote Democratic. Score.

  16. 16.

    Gay Veteran

    February 13, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    the DNC should be printing bumperstickers by the millions saying “Like Bush? Vote McCain!”

  17. 17.

    YellowJournalism

    February 13, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    If you’re happy and you know it, vote Barack!

  18. 18.

    Jake

    February 13, 2008 at 2:36 pm

    the DNC should be printing bumperstickers by the millions saying “Like Bush? Vote McCain!”

    Actually, if you turn those “W” stickers upside down…

  19. 19.

    Ivan Ivanovich Renko

    February 13, 2008 at 2:39 pm

    I wish i’d originated this one:

    Vote Republican.

    Because you can wreck a country in 8 years, but it takes 12 to destroy it.

Comments are closed.

Primary Sidebar

On The Road - ema - Midtown Manhattan Fall Foliage 1
Image by ema (1/18/26)

Mary Peltola Alaska Senate

Donate

Order Your Pet Calendars!

Order Calendar A

Order Calendar B

 

Recent Comments

  • sab on Sunday Morning Open Thread (Jan 18, 2026 @ 3:04pm)
  • Jackie on Football Playoffs, Again! (Jan 18, 2026 @ 3:04pm)
  • 2liberal on Football Playoffs, Again! (Jan 18, 2026 @ 3:01pm)
  • Gloria DryGarden on Sunday Morning Open Thread (Jan 18, 2026 @ 3:00pm)
  • rikyrah on Sunday Morning Open Thread (Jan 18, 2026 @ 2:59pm)

Balloon Juice Posts

View by Topic
View by Author
View by Month & Year
View by Past Author

Featuring

Medium Cool
Artists in Our Midst
Authors in Our Midst
On Artificial Intelligence (7-part series)

🎈Keep Balloon Juice Ad Free

Become a Balloon Juice Patreon
Donate with Venmo, Zelle or PayPal

Calling All Jackals

Site Feedback
Nominate a Rotating Tag
Submit Photos to On the Road
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Links)
Balloon Juice Anniversary (All Posts)
Fix Nyms with Apostrophes

Balloon Juice Mailing List Signup

Social Media

Balloon Juice
WaterGirl
TaMara
John Cole
DougJ (aka NYT Pitchbot)
Betty Cracker
Tom Levenson
David Anderson
Major Major Major Major
DougJ NYT Pitchbot
mistermix
Rose Judson (podcast)

Mary Peltola Alaska Senate

Donate

Site Footer

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Comment Policy
  • Our Authors
  • Blogroll
  • Our Artists
  • Privacy Policy

Privacy Manager

Copyright © 2026 Dev Balloon Juice · All Rights Reserved · Powered by BizBudding Inc

Share this ArticleLike this article? Email it to a friend!

Email sent!