Why doesn't the stimulus bill have a patriotic marketing name?

[phantom power]

When BushCo was in charge, every bill was named something like "The Patriotic Eagle Bill For Mom and Apple Pie And Kittens And Terry Schiavo!"

I mean, why didn't we name this bill something like "The Jobs For Americans" bill, or the "Putting Americans Back To Work" bill? You see, then we could get on TV and ask the GOP why they would vote against the Jobs For Americans bill? Why do they hate Americans?

Seriously.

[stray cat]

1. Freedom Fries! Oh wait that one didn't work out so well....

[onenote]

2. it does: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

[phantom power]

3. The phantom says: "meh." As a marketing name, that's pretty weak.

[onenote]

6. apart from the Patriot Act and maybe No Child Left Behind, name a bush era

bill with a snappy marketing name. (And even No Child Left Behind wasn't a "patriotic" name).

No googling allowed.

[phantom power]

7. Clear Skies

[onenote]

12. wow, what a terrible example

First, its hardly a "patriotic" name.
Second, I doubt that more than a handful of people remember it
Third, between 2003 and 2005 four bills with that name were introduced and not one of them got out of committee. Not exactly a marketing tour de force.

[JFN1]

4. Because Obama is honest

and will be straight with the People. He doesn't need to hind behind Orwellian marketing scams like the Republic Party does...

[david13]

5. Or better yet, just initials, like ...

wmd, so that all the total idiots could get behind it, but not know why.
dc

[spanone]

8. because President Obama doesn't believe in jingoistic bullshit?

[phantom power]

9. See, this is why we lose.

This is why the GOP has more influence in the minority than we do in the majority.

It's not jingoistic bullshit if it's also true. When it's true, it's using rhetorical tactics to get things done. The thing that made it bullshit in the hands of BushCo is that they lied.

[spanone]

13. naw, you don't need that bullshit if truth is on your side. imho

[phantom power]

15. If that were true, Gore would have been president.

[ContinentalOp]

14. You mean "jingoistic bullshit" like, oh I dunno...

"The New Deal"?
"The Great Society"?
:eyes:

[Ioo]

10. Future Underwriting Cash Killing Extra Depression (FUCKED)

Just be funny to say

[blondeatlast]

11. Because Obama knows his demographic is smart enough to figure it out for themselves.

They picked the right guy in the first place, you know.