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PBrunsel
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« on: May 13, 2004, 03:01:14 PM »
« edited: May 22, 2004, 09:12:27 AM by PBrunsel »
There are many good ones to chose from.

I think the best campaign slogan in history was Grover Cleveland's in 1884, "James, James, James G. Blaine, the Continental Liar from the State of Maine.
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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2004, 03:09:07 PM »
Tippie canoe and Tyler Too
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2004, 03:22:10 PM »
"Keep Cool With Coolidge"
-Calvin Coolidge, 1924
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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2004, 03:22:49 PM »
"In Your Heart You Know He's Right."
-Barry Goldwater, 1964
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« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2004, 05:35:50 PM »
Quote from: PBrunsel on May 13, 2004, 03:22:10 PM
"Keep Cool With Coolidge"
-Calvin Coolidge, 1924

I thought Coolidge was cool Cool
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2004, 06:22:32 PM »
Quote from: NewFederalist on May 13, 2004, 03:26:14 PM
Democratic counter slogan 1964: "In Your Guts You Know He's Nuts!"


That's one of the best.

Code:
1840   William Henry Harrison    Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
1844   James K. Polk   54-40 or fight
1844   James K. Polk   Reannexation of Texas and reoccupation of Oregon
1844   Henry Clay   Who is James K. Polk?
1848   Zachary Taylor   For President of the People
1856   John C. Fremont   Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, and Fremont
1860   Abraham Lincoln   Vote Yourself a Farm
1864   Abraham Lincoln   Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream
1884   Grover Cleveland   Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, The Continental Liar from the State of Maine
1884   James Blaine   Ma, Ma, Where’s my Pa, Gone to the White House, Ha, Ha, Ha
1888   Benjamin Harrison   Rejuvenated Republicanism
1896   William McKinley   Patriotism, Protection, and Prosperity
1900   William McKinley   A Full Dinner Pail
1916   Woodrow Wilson   He kept us out of war
1920   Warren G. Harding   Return to normalcy
1920   Warren G. Harding   Cox and Cocktails
1924   Calvin Coolidge   Keep cool with Coolidge
1928   Herbert Hoover   A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage
1952   Dwight Eisenhower   I Like Ike
1956   Dwight Eisenhower   Peace and Prosperity
1960   Richard Nixon   For the future
1964   Lyndon B. Johnson    The stakes are too high for you to stay at home
1964   Barry Goldwater   In your heart you know he’s right
1968   Richard Nixon   Nixon's the One
1976   Gerald Ford   He’s making us proud again
1976   Jimmy Carter   Not Just Peanuts
1976   Jimmy Carter   A Leader, For a Change
1980   Ronald Reagan    Are you better off than you were four years ago?
1984   Ronald Reagan    It’s morning again in America
1984   Walter Mondale   America Needs a Change
1988   George Bush   Kinder, Gentler Nation
1992   Bill Clinton   Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow
1992   Bill Clinton   Putting People First
1992   Ross Perot   Ross for Boss
1996   Bill Clinton   Building a bridge to the 21st century
1996   Bob Dole   The Better Man for a Better America
2000   Al Gore   Prosperity and progress
2000   Al Gore   Prosperity for America's families
2000   George W. Bush   Compassionate conservatism
2000   George W. Bush   Leave no child behind
2000   George W. Bush   Real plans for real people
2000   George W. Bush   Reformer with results
2000   Ralph Nader   Government of, by, and for the people...not the monied interests
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2004, 06:26:26 PM »
I liked Nixon's 1968 slogan "Vote as if your whole life depends on it."
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2004, 06:28:24 PM »
Howard Dean 2004: TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2004, 06:36:55 PM »
Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.


Cheesy my favorite.
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2004, 07:30:51 PM »
"Are you better off than you were four years ago" is always a good one.
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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2004, 07:48:34 PM »
Dukakis 1988 "The Best America is Yet to Come."
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« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2004, 07:48:53 PM »
"I Like Ike" one of the best slogans in history.
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« Reply #12 on: May 13, 2004, 08:42:32 PM »
Quote from: NewFederalist on May 13, 2004, 08:35:30 PM
"Stand Up For America" Anybody remember that one?

Yes, Geogre Wallace 1968
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« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2004, 08:43:08 PM »
"Mac's the Man" George McClellan, 1864
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« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2004, 08:43:36 PM »
"Let us Have Peace."
-Ulysses S. Grant, 1868
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« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2004, 08:44:39 PM »
"Van is a Used Up Man."
-William Henry Harrison, 1840
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« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2004, 09:32:19 PM »
Franklin Peirce for the democrats.
"We Polked you in 1845, we shall Pierce you in 1853"
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« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2004, 02:58:44 AM »
In France, the best slogan was: "la force tranquille" ("the quiet force") of Mitterand in 1981.
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« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2004, 07:52:00 AM »
« Edited: May 14, 2004, 07:54:12 AM by lidaker »
Quote from: NewFederalist on May 13, 2004, 03:26:14 PM
Quote from: PBrunsel on May 13, 2004, 03:22:49 PM
"In Your Heart You Know He's Right."
-Barry Goldwater, 1964


Democratic counter slogan 1964: "In Your Guts You Know He's Nuts!"

Or "In Your Head You Know He's Wrong" or "In Your Heart You Know He Might" Smiley
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« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2004, 03:36:57 PM »
"They Understand What Peace Demands."
-Nixon-Lodge, 1960
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« Reply #20 on: May 15, 2004, 03:42:09 PM »
"Return to Normalcy."
-Warren harding, 1920
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« Reply #21 on: May 15, 2004, 04:01:11 PM »
Carter/Mondale: "Grits and Fritz!"  Cheesy
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« Reply #22 on: May 15, 2004, 04:12:17 PM »
"It's Morning Again in America."
-Ronald Reagan, 1984
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« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2004, 05:10:51 PM »
"Ike and Dick, sure to Click."
-Eisenhower, 1952
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« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2004, 05:25:52 PM »
"President Nixon: Now More Than Ever."
-Nixon, 1972
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