Bumper Sticker Politics Confirmed

Posted on November 1, 2011 at 9:22 am by Bob Cesca

I’ve been saying for years now that the Republicans are all about short-attention-span marketing. Simply put: bumper sticker sloganeering. And now, Republican pollster Ed Rodgers confirmed my theory:

Our team wants someone authentic, creative, fresh, bold and likeable. And we don’t have much tolerance for too many facts or too much information. In politics, a bumper sticker always beats an essay. Cain’s 9-9-9 is a bumper sticker; Romney’s economic plan is an essay. Perry’s rationale for giving the children of undocumented workers in-state college tuition rates is an essay. No hand-outs for illegal aliens is an effective bumper sticker.

Rodgers here verifies here that the Republicans don’t care about the policy details of governing and, instead, rely upon whatever can be sold to simpletons who are prone to taking everything at face value. Wrestling is real. Reality shows reflect reality. A McRib sandwich is real pork. Just come up with the briefest slogan and you can sell anything to the rubes.

I appreciate any Republican who’s honest about his party and ideology.

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  • Obama_FTW

    “Welfare Queen” “Trickle Down” “Let Freedom Ring” “Flip-Flop!” “Mission Accomplished!”

    • Draxiar

      Let me add to the list…”Some are more equal than others”, “Strength through Unity, Unity through Faith”, “Four legs good, two legs better”

      • D_C_Wilson

        “Freedom is slavery”.

        • Obama_FTW

          WAR IS PEACE

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-Janes/607039439 Rick Janes

            Ignorance is Knowledge — the GOP haven’t quite gotten to that one yet, directly, at least.

  • holyreality

    http://foodfacts.info/mcrib/

    Now if there was an unintended GOP 2012 summary, that McRib page is a contender for the most ironic.

    GOP 2012, free McRib at the polls.

  • Draxiar

    “But the clearest expression of Gingrich’s philosophy of media came in a GOPAC memo entitled “Language: A Key Mechanism of Control.” Distributed to GOP candidates across the country, the memo’s list of words for Democrats and words for Republicans was endorsed by Gingrich in a cover letter: “The words in that paper are tested language from a recent series of focus groups where we actually tested ideas and language.” Next time you hear Gingrich complain about media focusing on the negative, refer back to these lists.”

    http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1276

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-Janes/607039439 Rick Janes

      Yeah,. thank you Frank Luntz fro screwing up pur political lexicon.

  • http://phydeauxpseaks.blogspot.com Bob Rutledge

    And we don’t have much tolerance for too many facts or too much information.

    The new GOP motto.

    • http://phydeauxpseaks.blogspot.com Bob Rutledge

      Except it’s too long to fit on a bumper sticker.

      • Draxiar

        We can shorten it to: “We don’t have facts”

        • Chachizel

          Actually, for the rubes, it’s more like “We ain’t got no da’ gum facts”

      • Dave Krebs

        haha and it’s a fact, so that disqualifies it as well.

        • http://phydeauxpseaks.blogspot.com Bob Rutledge

          Which leaves, as the New and Improved GOP slogan…

          “We Don’t Have”

          Perfect.

      • Obama_FTW

        TOO. MUCH. INFO.

  • http://twitter.com/SugaRazor Razor

    Wrestling’s not real?
    :-(

  • D_C_Wilson

    I would amend the GOP’s statement in one respect: It’s not that they don’t have tolerance for too many facts, it’s that they consider facts to be irrelevant. All that matters is what sells. Bob is right in that the GOP really doesn’t care about policy details because they aren’t interested in governing. For them, it’s all about wielding power and handing out favors. Elections and holding office are just a means to that end.