Word: sloganeer
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...shirts bearing the slogan “I Decide” and “November 2” on the front and back, respectively, will be dispensed to Winthropians this afternoon in hopes that they will wear them on campus, reminding students of their individual importance in the political process. The project is meant to motivate swing state students to assert their voice in an election where their votes have the potential to profoundly affect the outcome. And, as Harvard students indeed hail from all over the country, including some of the most influential states in the Electoral College...
...spatial grounding. In trying to engage with the electorate, he's got intimate. It means he's comfortable talking about himself - and he's not shy about trying to appeal to voters on emotional grounds or on the basis of shared values. Latham says his "ladder of opportunity" slogan "comes from who I am and where I've been." At Labor's national conference in January, he sketched his climb out of Green Valley: "When I was young, my mum used to tell me there were two types of people in our street - the slackers and the hard workers...
...state parliament. But he's not your typical candidate. He's a leader of the National Democratic Party (NPD), an extreme-right-wing movement that the German government has tried unsuccessfully to ban because of its neo-Nazi leanings. Leichsenring acknowledges that his campaign was partly based on the slogan grenzen dicht! ("Close the borders!"), but maintains that the NPD is not xenophobic; it merely wants to turn away immigrants, who, says Leichsenring, bring down wages. "We have nothing against foreign tourists," he argues, "but we have problems when workers come from the east and take German jobs." Those concerns...
...replaced five months ago. Aznar brought Spain into the U.S.-led Iraq coalition against the will of his people, and voters ousted his Popular Party (PP) three days after the March 11 Madrid terrorist attacks that killed 191. Zapatero's brand of "citizen's socialism" may be just a slogan - the Tao of political expedience - or it may be a way to impart a democratic glow to a foreign and domestic policy agenda that's long been dear to his Socialist Party (PSOE). But whether it's shtick or statesmanship, it has worked surprisingly well in the early days...
...Bush supporter wore a t-shirt declaring “Islam supports Kerry.” Underneath was the slogan, “Intolerance is a beautiful thing.” Another carried a sign scrawled with the words, “Terrorists for Kerry...