Why is Hillary stealing Obama's "Yes we can" mantra??? Desperate?

[Avalux]

I mean come on - her campaign staff should be creative enough to come up with something original (if she wants to sell the same message) without outright copying Obama. He's been using "yes we can" from Day 1. Say what you will, his message hasn't changed, Hillary's has.

I would think this tactic would put off more people than it would bring in. How can she be critical of her opponent and co-op his message?

[fenriswolf]

1. why are her supporters also stealing

gomama? yes she can? c'mon people you can be a little more creative then that right?

[rodeodance]

17. Since when are Clinton folks stealing GOMAMA from Obamababies?

why are her supporters also stealing

gomama? yes she can? c'mon people you can be a little more creative then that right?

[fenriswolf]

24. as much as i've seen you sniping im suprised you havnt

seen it for yourself.

[mutant80]

50. Wow! This is so .... it's well worth 15 threads!

[fenriswolf]

55. well i havnt started any so whatever.

[Kittycat]

54. Meme of the day, "Yes We Can Copycat"

[Danger Mouse]

57. it's meant to be an insult to us obama supporters.

they enjoy insulting us. it strokes their little kid egos.

[LittleBlue]

2. I saw that, which made me cringe. She looks pathetic. nt

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

33. Her "experience" theme is eerily similar to this advertisement

"Innovation Begins with Experience"
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/

[mutant80]

51. Will Obamites Ever Stop Whining?

Your candidate is a nothing so this is all you can come up witih?

[rodeodance]

3. obamababies stole it from United Farm Workers--know your history before you spout off.

[izzybeans]

Are the thousands of other union workers who use this slogan babies too?

It's an expression of solidarity.

[rodeodance]

10. that was not my point but you knew that didn't you.

[Avalux]

7. You get the prize for most irrelevant comments. n/t

[rodeodance]

29. since when is TRUTH irrelavant?---let me guess--for some Obamababie who like to whin.

[Guava Jelly]

8. "obambabies" What are you? 12

..

[mutant80]

52. They're mad as hell and they're not takin' it anymore :-)

[SKKY]

Probably for the same reason she wants 50 freakin' debates between now and the convention...

...she's reaching. "Big Mo" is slipping away and she knows it.

[suston96]

4. Why did Obama steal it from the United Farm Workers - Hillary's supporters? nt

[Kittycat]

19. I didn't realize the UFW were running for POTUS.

We're talking about campaign slogans, and HRCs inability to come up with her own as it pertains to her POTUS campaign, or stick to her own message. It's one thing to adopt some principles, but it's another to morph into your competitors. She's done it with Obama, time and time again, and she's also doing it with Edwards message. Not adopting it, but trying to own it.

Goes back to the realization that she tried to run on her name alone, and not motivate or energize the base. That can be seen by the observations of her primary demographics. Female (a given - despite every woman I know is voting/has voted for Obama, including myself), and that she draws older voters who are less likely to want change, and like the status quo.

[suston96]

31. The United Farm Workers ARE running for President - supporting Hillary.....nt

[Kittycat]

47. Wow, how are they going to fit them all in the white house?

:eyes:

[goldcanyonaz]

5. Obama stole it from Bob the Builder.

[rodeodance]

15. sorry, I forgot that one.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

45. LOL

:rofl:

[rodeodance]

6. HOW MANY TIMES are the Obamababies going to cry about this!! you do not own it -so many

threads about this already--!!

[Avalux]

14. No, Obama doesn't own it. But when Hillary starts parroting him, she looks silly. n/t

[rodeodance]

21. and the latest Obama "parrot" from Obama: He followed Hillary --he has recently

learned it is good strategy to talk issues.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

36. what about her "borrowing" a southern accent that time

that was hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaDQ1vIuvZI&feature=related

[Avalux]

39. OMG! I had never seen that before! She's just like Bush!

:rofl:

[QC]

9. Mantra??? Sounds a bit cultish to me! n/t

[Avalux]

16. Yeah, us Obama supporters, millions of us, are a cult and will take over the world.

Our mission is to make things better. :scared:

[rodeodance]

23. Then Hillary is your gal "Our mission is to make things better."

[Avalux]

26. No, Hillary's mission is to maintain the status quo and not piss off the corporations. n/t

[rodeodance]

32. blind faith rears again.

[TexasObserver]

11. YES, SHE IS!!

Hillary has never had an original thought or written an original line in her life.

[rodeodance]

25. and ~YES SHE CAN, YES WE CAN~~

[Avalux]

27. You must really want to be in our cult. n/t

[rodeodance]

30. nah--you keep it--I am not into that kinda stuff--its all for the Obamababies.

[TexasObserver]

42. YES, SHE DOES!!

[sniffa]

12. Because she's a known thief

See?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OFOy29nNIo

[emilyg]

13. You must have nothing to do today.

[Hutzpa]

18. LOL ! ! you guys are funny, oh so funny

we now have a creative fight in our hands...whooopeeee!!

[Debi]

20. Mark Penn won't give her any new 'creative' slogans until

she pays up the remainng $1.5 million she owes his company. (Oh, Hillary, just write another check.)

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

37. Maybe Penn can borrow from this slogan

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4521458&mesg_id=4521854

[Debi]

56. Ahhhhh

:wow:

[IndieLeft]

22. Hilllary has taken everything from Obama & Edwards that has worked.

Her staff has been unable to come up with anything original that resonates with the voters.

[rodeodance]

28. "resonates"---well, seems to me the press has picked up the oddness of

the obama campaign.

[cottonseed]

34. Next thing you know she'll be stealing his Delegates.

Oh, wait.

[okasha]

35. You do know it isn't original to Obama, right?

It was and is the United Farm Workers' slogan. Obama stole it from them. They're supporting Hillary, by the way.

[Avalux]

38. I know that. You're not seeing my point.

Obama has been using "yes we can" as a slogan for his presidential campaign since it began; he has not changed his message. Hillary has changed her message many times (to whatever seems to be working for someone else) and has now decided to outright copy her opponent's slogan.

[okasha]

40. You're right. Your point is too small to be seen

by an electron microscope.

Obama may have been using the slogan since he bagan, but he still stole it. He didn't originate it any more than Clinton did. If anything, she has more right to it because its authors have endorsed her.

Your double standard, now, that's large enough to see a hundred miles away.

[Avalux]

43. Um....the UFWs are not running for nominee of the Democratic Party.

:eyes:

[QC]

49. No, the farm workers stole it from him.

Before there was anything else, there was Obama! All that is was and is and ever shall be Obama! Blessed be the name of Obama!

[cd3dem]

41. the "change" theme has been around a long time... Bill Clinton had Change on his bus years before

[Arugula Latte]

44. Desperada ... Why don't you come to your senses?

[housewolf]

46. Just maybe it's a calculated move towards unity with Obama

I know this might be a radical idea, but just maybe it's a calculated way of moving towards Obama, a joining of messages designed to bring the party to unity through use of a common language that works.

Maybe????

:shrug:

[rug]

48. Oh brother, "You stole my slogan!"

Maybe the problem is that's all he's got.

[Tarc]

53. Perhaps because she actually has a plan, rather than "hoping" ?

:shrug:

Obama's views on universal heath are fairy tales come to life.

[Kahuna]

58. Hope is baaad..

:scared: