Whatever the POLLS SAY, thats What Mitt will tell you..

Mitt Romney is a cross between John Kerry and Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Calculated Flip-flops!

From last night’s Late Night with David Letterman: (Via Hot Air.)……

Well, Hot Air certainly should know something about cliches. Every article is followed by one.

Nuance.
Red Meat.
Uh Oh.
Better than you.

BigD on January 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM

You forgot Heart-ache. :P

Fact of the matter is, those cliches are what stick in people’s minds. There’s a very good reason why advertising executives get paid a lot of money. Their catchy little phrases work.

natesnake on January 10, 2008 at 9:25 AM

/agreed. Reading Frank Luntz’s book has me realizing just how meme-a-rific people’s minds can be with public speeches. Because of that though, its a balancing act, ’cause you want people to remember your major points/ideas/slogan/whatever but if folks perceive you as only a slogan machine, you loose credibility, and the substance of your message gets lost.

He should have stayed on strike …

Nuance.
Red Meat.
Uh Oh.
Better than you.

Speaking of cliche’s, has anyone heard Obama’s rousing but empty “Yes we can!” sermon? Here’s a one word response: HOW?

Buy Danish on January 10, 2008 at 10:33 AM

Deval Patrick still hasn’t answered that question, but he’s still our Governor and he’s still driving a Cadillac.

Coincidence?

You could fill an episode of “Late Show” with this gag if you applied it to the Democrats’ hope/change road show

Yeah, but then that wouldn’t be the Dave who sandbags conservative guests like Bill O’Reilly and demeans all things Republican, now, wouldn’t it.

Which, among other reasons, explains why I watch “TLS” about 1/100th as much as I used to. (I like Ferguson much of the time, though, when I can stay up that late.)

stenwin77 on January 10, 2008 at 9:33 AM

Not true…

Top Michigan Democrats made another plea Wednesday to coax supporters of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards to vote “uncommitted” in Tuesday’s Michigan primary, rather than staying home or crossing over to vote in the Republican contest.

Obama, Edwards, and Bill Richardson yanked their names off the ballot here, leaving New York Sen. Hillary Clinton as the only leading contender for Democratic voters.

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin and state Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer said Michigan Dems can still have an indirect say in the nominating process if they check the “uncommitted” box on the ballot. State law prohibits write-ins for candidates who have not authorized write-in campaigns; Obama, Edwards and Richardson have not.

If “uncommitted” draws at least 15 percent of the vote in a congressional district, delegates not bound to any candidate could be sent to the national convention, possibly enabling Obama and Edwards supporters to play a role in the nomination.

“You can’t afford not to vote in Michigan,” Levin said. “It’s critically important to vote to have impact on the delegates going to (the national party convention).”

Michigan campaign teams for Obama and Edwards are actively urging their supporters to vote “uncommitted,” Brewer said.

If anything costs Mitt my future support, it WILL BE that issue.

Speaking of cliche’s, has anyone heard Obama’s rousing but empty “Yes we can!” sermon? Here’s a one word response: HOW?

From what I have seen the only candidate that brings up anything other than cliches is Fred, but it also seems people don’t want to pull their heads out of the sand or a certain orifice long enough to listen.

bbz123 on January 10, 2008 at 9:33 AM

“Clear conservative choice.”

“Prosperity.” “Security.” “*Fred’s third platitude*”

My favorite cliche of all time came from Clinton’s 1996 campaign stump speech where he implored us to elect him to be the “bridge to the 21st century.” Not one reporter dared point out the 21st century was coming no matter who was in the White House. ;-0