Word: sloganeer
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...dull, and as one big-state G.O.P. chairman says, "We saw with Bush that you need as much spark as heft if you hope to win." Cheney makes Baker look charismatic, and this ex-everything is a world-class fund raiser. Both Cheney and Baker will share a slogan -- "Bring Back the Grownups" -- but since their best credentials are outside the realm of domestic politics, they might not triumph unless a diplomatic or military crisis causes the party to value their foreign policy experience more highly. "Maybe the Islamic fundamentalists could take over the Middle East oil fields," jokes...
...political climate where "change" is the slogan, it's not surprising that Harvard is considering some administrative changes as well. But as the American electorate may soon learn, sometimes change can do more harm than good...
Still, Democratic leaders should not try to romance them back to the party. Partisan pride shouldn't become the main engine for legislative progress. Instead, a renewed sense of duty should be instilled in our representatives. Why should a campaign slogan read, "We kept their hands tied"? That candidate didn't do anything either...
...taking the high road may be, however candidates would do well to watch what they say today, because tomorrow their words could come back to haunt them. For example, Bill Frist, a physician who is seeking to displace Sen. Jim Sasser (D-Tenn.), may not be using this slogan in a few years, if he wins his seat: "Bill Frist supports term limits to stop career politicians, and the death penalty to stop career criminals...
Joel L. Derfner '95, who came up with the new slogan, would only describe the t-shirt as "not offending people," but "pretentious enough to make people...