!!! political slogans !!!

     Sen. Obama won the Presidency in 2008, not because of his slogan "Hope and Change," but because many Americans were disgusted with the policies of the Administration of Republican George Bush.  The Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, seemed more liberal, more determined to bail out big business, than even Bush.  McCain deserved to lose.  Obama, with an enthusiasm for the first Black candidate of a major party, avoided major mistakes, and won.  Far more surprisingly, Obama won a 2nd term.  Slogans were far less important in 2012 because most Americans had lived under Obama for four years.  People felt they knew him.  A majority decided they liked him, and he defeated the wealthy liberal Republican, Mitt Romney.
     But sometimes, slogans are important.  "Peace, Bread, Land," the Soviet slogan in the early years of the Russian Revolution.  So what if the "peace" with the Kaiser's Germany was followed by years of civil war between the Reds and the Whites.  So what if the promised land, was to be collectivized, and in reality a part of the state.  So what if the promised bread would be denied to many in Russia's old breadbasket, and millions in the Ukraine would starve because of Soviet policies.  The slogan had helped Lenin and Stalin gain power.  So what if it was a lie.
     I think conservatives could win elections in the US if they based their campaigns around simpler slogans.  I would suggest: 1) Repeal Obamacare; 2) Reinstitute the death penalty; and 3) Deport the Invaders.
     Number 2, Reinstitute the Death Penalty.  This means the candidate wants to reverse the decades of being soft on the criminal policies.  We have thousands of murderers in this country, and if convicted, many get out to kill again.  Other crimes are not taken seriously by our courts.  In Milwaukee recently a Stradivarius violin worth about $5 million was stolen.  There were many TV announcements when the thieves were apprehended.  The local police and FBI and other agencies had done a marvelous job in catching the thieves.  Yet, within a few days, a judge let both out on bail, one out on $500 bail!  Such liberal judges and liberal policies only encourage further crime.  For every person murdered, the apprehended and convicted should automatically receive the death penalty, unless there is very good reason not to do so.
     Restoring the death penalty would indicate a view that no longer will crime be tolerated without full punishment.
     Number 3, Deport the Invaders.  Romney and many Republicans speak of jobs.  But how is that to be accomplished.  If you deport the millions of illegal aliens, you deport those with jobs and without.  Those who had jobs, will now leave an opening for American citizens to acquire those jobs.  If the invaders had no jobs, they were living on welfare, or on crime, or using public schools, etc.  Their departure would mean more money for American citizens.  This slogan would be an assertion of independence from the wealthy elite Republicans who favor amnesty so they can more readily hire cheap foreign labor.  The elite Democrats are just as guilty of this.  They favor outsourcing of American jobs by insourcing them to illegal aliens, who in time become Democratic voters.  Deport the Invaders, means that candidate is independent of the elites of both parties.  And he is less likely to accept the cult of multi, the requirements of foreign languages above our own, etc.  Deport the Invaders, and raise our culture above the multicultural mess.
     Number 1, Repeal Obamacare.  Even if one has signed up, are you certain?  What happens when you go to the hospital?  Will they know you have signed?  Has your identity been stolen?  Incompetence, lies, and general horror stories.
     With these 3 slogans, conservatives can clearly state their views, and contrast their own to liberal Republicans and socialist Democrats.  With these 3 slogans, conservatives can win.---Hugh Murray