'New Direction' is new theme for Democratic plan

[sabra]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-06-13-dems-agenda_x.htm

'New Direction' is new theme for Democratic plan

WASHINGTON — Democratic House and Senate leaders are planning to reduce the cost of student loans and prescription drugs, raise the minimum wage and launch an effort to develop alternative fuels if they win back control of Congress.

In an interview Tuesday with USA TODAY, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi previewed the "New Direction for America" platform hammered out by Democratic members of Congress, mayors and governors. She and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid plan to formally unveil the plan today.

"The American people need to know, if you win, what are your priorities," she said. Reid said the party is standing "with the people we have always stood with: seniors, students and the hardworking families of America. We intend to tackle the issues that matter most."

Democrats need to pick up 15 seats in November to regain control of the House of Representatives. In the Senate, six additional seats would give Democrats control.

[Erika]

1. The Gop are stuck on/with corporate welfare, tax cuts to the wealthy

And as the article said, gay marriage and burning the flag.

The New Direction sounds excellent. Yes!

[msongs]

2. "new direction"? hope that is not the slogan, kinda lame. how about

something that is visual and immediately identifiable. throw the fasicsts out? purge the nation of the toxic leadership? restore america's place in the world? impeach and convict war criminals?

edit for a few more: we're gonna put a stop to republicans fraud and stealing elections. We will stop the republicans from spying on you illegally (oops, some democrats think that is ok).

well, I guess 'new direction' is ok. if anybody can truly explain what it means in a sound bite.

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[Gloria]

4. How about "Fixing the Damage?" I hate these lame slogans

the Democratic pooh bahs turn out all the time...

[merwin]

8. Reminds me of "contract with america"...

which did work for them (even though they lied through their teeth"

[AuntiBush]

3. This is a Great Start

:thumbsup: Will pass the word. Thanks, sabra.

[Selatius]

5. I have a better one: "War on Poverty, Fear, and Ignorance"

Was it not FDR who said we had nothing to fear but fear itself?

[quiet.american]

6. I like it. I like it a lot. And glad they're including student loans!

"New Direction" says it all very succinctly. Excellent.

[99Pancakes]

40. I agree

Dems need to put out a positive message first, so this is good. THEN they can bush-bash and ride the negative wave of low-poll fortune into America's House.

[wisteria]

7. All good causes, but what about Iraq? That issue is not going away. n/t

[Voltaire99]

13. Iraq? "Iraq"? Er, um, uh...well...

You know: we need to, um, see...about...er, that...

Meanwhile, get on the New Direction bandwagon! Hoo-ray!

[Amonester]

9. http://www.dnc.org/agenda.html

http://www.dnc.org/agenda.html
Democrats Offer a Bold New Direction

Honest Leadership & Open Government
Real Security
Energy Independence
Economic Prosperity & Educational Excellence
A Health Care System that Works for Everyone
(Hidden Agenda? If it ain't: Remind Them.)
Retirement Security

http://www.dnc.org/agenda.html

Also, 'Push' for:
Fight Global Warming
Bring The Boys 'n Girls Back Home & Check ALL Entry Points

On Edit: (Plus: ) Find Bin Forgotten (by BU$H, RUM$FAILED TO FIND it, GoCheneyour$elf, and their whole MOB...)
+ I.M.P.E.A.CHIMP.E.A.CHIMP.E.A.CHIMP.E.A.CHIMP.E.A.CHIMP.E.A.CHIMP.E.A.. :bounce:

[Murky Waters]

10. It works on paper

It works fine on paper, but when spoke it sounds exactly like "nude erection". Hey, maybe that is a subliminal plus!

[Amonester]

12. LOL

We want joy back in the house! :rofl:

Enough with the criminal sociopath$' war$ for greed and blood for oil! They're all too depressing with their castrating hate and fear. :hangover:

[Quantess]

17. ROTFL!

Oh my you are right! It might be a subliminal that gently reminds people that we were better off with Clinton in office.

[Robbien]

11. That's fine for the first week, but what about the rest of the term?

Nothing about the huge deficit, about national healthcare, about the loss of jobs, about our negative foreign policy and image. Nothing about stopping the corporate take-over of America and the corporate take-over of the media.

To me it sounds like a wimpy campaign.

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[Zhade]

15. More like "Warmed-over Pablum That Didn't Work The Last Six Times"

Granted, those things are important, but, um, little thing about AN ILLEGAL FUCKING WAR FILLED WITH LIES, TORTURE, AND MURDER, guys!

Iraq? Hello? HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL-ooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Remember that clusterfuck?

Oh, and NSA spying. Illegally.

Then there's the destruction of our civil liberties.

ANY OF THIS RINGING A MUTHUFUCKIN' BELL, GANG?

Useless. Utterly. Fucking. USELESS.

[Kber]

16. On a hope and a prayer.

[SlipperySlope]

18. "Nothing can be worse than this"

N/T

[EVDebs]

19. Reformation seems appropriate to me

Almost a Lutheran-like retaking of America's values. Too much corruption selling indulgences, haughty 'holier-than-thou-ism', arrogance and greed, for the average man to bear.

A humble Democratic party that openly swears fealty to the Constitution and fiscal common sense (remember Thomas Paine ?) will win the day.

[iconoclastNYC]

20. A horrible dissapointment!

Our plan needs to have about 10 major themes and a 100 policy proposals.

This plan is a joke. We must demand more!

[Nickster]

24. Right, in this 30 second society....you want to overload voters with

10 major themes and 100 policy proposals? Keep it simple....Keep it direct....When we get elected, THEN we can roll out the entire package.

[iconoclastNYC]

25. Nice way to downgrade the USA

I reject your notion of a 30 second society. The American people are aching for politicians to treat them like adults again.

We need to lay out an ambitious agenda and follow it thru.

We need something on the order of the New Deal.

[Nickster]

33. It is what it is. People work hard and they don't have time to get into

details about every subject. I'm not downgrading anything, I'm being realistic. They (voters) depend on their representatives to do the right thing. Overloading potential voters with a 30 volume strategy and expecting them to understand or see how it relates to them is asking WAY to much of them. You and I would like to see it because we are policy wonks, we get it, but most people don't.

If it wasn't a thirty second society, we wouldn't have people like Dubya in office. The way he was going to run the country was right there for everyone to see based on how he ran his Governorship in Texas, but people believed the soundbites instead of doing the research.

I agree with an ambitious agenda, but we can't throw everything at them all at once either. It has to be clear, concise, and every stinking body needs to be on the same page and preaching from the same hymnal. How many Democratic Reps and Senators do you think will get together and be on the same page over all 100 policy items? Not to mention, it looks pretty bad when you throw out a ton of policy promises and you can only follow through on a handful of items. We have to be realistic, the country is in serious trouble and most of our work is going to be on repairing damage and reversing bad policy from the last 6-7 years.

[Olney Blue]

36. New Deal, The Sequel?

[OnionPatch]

21. I still like

"Back to the Future"

The future that should have been, instead of going back in time and regressing like we have been these last five or six years. Wouldn't it be grand to start the 21st century all over again!

[IndyOp]

22. Kerry's speech yesterday was "Agenda for the Common Good" - which

I like a HELL of a lot better than "New Direction".

Entrenched Dem idiots.

At least they have the Six Point Plan for 2006 to back up the idiot slogan:

http://www.democrats.org/agenda.html

[Kolesar]

23. or "Nude Erection"

[chill_wind]

26. Hear hear!

I like that one a hell of a lot better as well.

Of course anything bearing the root word "Common" in it would probably send the Rad Right into apoplectic shrieks about an imminent Stalinest takeover, but that would be nothing particularly new. They'll hate, mischaracterize or satirize whatever we call it.

I supposed it's at least as hard to satirize brand X tepid tea as it is to sell it.

Whatever, we're calling it, they'll be needing to address Iraq.

[BlueIris]

29. Thanks.

:-)

[brentspeak]

31. It is a lot better

"A New Direction" sounds like the subtitle for a Star Trek, Deep Space 9 motion picture.

[paulk]

27. with polls showing that up to 70% of Americans feel the country

is heading in the "wrong" direction....

http://www.pollingreport.com/right.htm


this seems like a good slogan, imo.

[Thickasabrick]

35. I like "new direction"....the problem is that our democratic

representatives go in "different directions". I wish they was some way to unify them all as I think that's the key to winning this thing.

[paulk]

39. I don't think the Democratic Party will ever be unified

at least the way the Republicans are. Democrats are issue oriented - and the issues that win in California, for instance, lose in Nebraska.

Republicans are united by one thing - hatred of liberals. The issues are secondary to that. How else can one explain support for BushCo's economic policy by middle class Republicans? Bush's lousy economy is Clinton's fault dontcha know.... (overheard at a birthday party two nights ago)

[chill_wind]

41. Great points.

[BlueIris]

28. That's actually...not totally horrible.

:-)

[brentspeak]

30. I'd prefer something with a little more urgency

How about: "Put America Back On Course" ?

[godhatesrepublicans]

32. "How about "Please vote for us, we'll even bomb some little brown people!"

Why can't these people get their acts together? I saw 3 better slogans in this thread already. "Repair the Damage" is the best though.

[Rainscents]

34. I like that one too.

Leave it up to Nancy and Harry, they are soooooooooooooooo boring and they would come up with dull them.

[noshenanigans]

37. Here's the thing...

My father has been a Republican since he was born. I come from poor folk, raised at the top of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina. I'm the black sheep "librul". Tonight, my father and I agreed on both illegal immigration and on religious fundamentalists. It scared us both. Then I said "You know, I really don't disagree too much with Republican ideology- I can work with it- but the people in office are nowhere resembling real Republicans." You know what? He said "You're right. I know."

This from a Southern Baptist. I hate to get overconfident, but it made me hopeful.

[alfredo]

38. I like it.

[MadJohnShaft]

42. Boring! Those issues are turds with voters. War, Terra, Strength