Republicans have unveiled their awesome new slogan: Change You Deserve. This is the sort of slogan that will make “Together, We Can Do Better” appear to be utter genius.
For one thing, I am really excited to see Republicans re-enforcing the Democratic call for change. They agree that America deserves change, just as we have been saying for years now. Welcome aboard!
Second, it is particularly brilliant that they chose to reify Barack Obama’s campaign message in particular. I mean, he will only be at the top of the Democratic ticket, and has been running on a change message for over a year now. I guess that Republicans figured that instead of challenging Barack Obama’s campaign message, they would just agree with it whole-heartedly.
Third, it was particularly brilliant to unveil a campaign slogan that is already copyrighted as an advertisement for an anti-depressant:
What the GOP doesn’t seem to realize, because they are idiots, is that “the change you deserve” is the registered advertising slogan of Effexor XR, a drug that many of you might have started taking as a result of all the…you know — terrorism. (Hat tip to Bluestem for catching this gem.)
Effexor, also known as Venlafaxine, is approved for the treatment “of depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in adults.” Its common side effects are very much in keeping with the world the House Republicans have striven to build: nausea, apathy, constipation, fatigue, vertigo, sexual dysfunction, sweating, memory loss, and – and I swear I am not making this up – “electric shock-like sensations also called ‘brain zaps.'”
So, really, awesome 2008 election slogan, Republicans. Somehow, you made “Together, We Can Do Better,” read as though it was written by Walt Whitman. |
