Based on the overwhelming success of the "Deserve Victory!" campaign of last year, the Fraters Libertas executive staff has been generating some new ideas for a bumper sticker suitable slogan. Ideally it will be something which references the upcoming election season. Our standards require that it brilliantly capture the gestalt of the times, all in seven words or less. Something pithy, insightful, and poignant. It has to make you laugh, make you cry, and most of all make you think. So far the leading candidate is:
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I'm holding out the possibility that just maybe there's a better slogan out there, so we will delay any official announcement for now. In the meantime, we are soliciting other ideas and Man From Silver Mountain writes in with this suggestion:
Given the new religion of Wellstone, maybe you could make some money on your next bumper sticker campaign. In the vein of the "What Would Wellstone Do?" bumper stickers, I'd suggest ripping off another Christian bumper sticker. Change "My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter" to "My Boss is a Jewish Senator" and you've got gold.
Not bad, but maybe a little too esoteric. Although in Minnesota, this could attract Paul Wellstone cultists as well as Norm Coleman and Rudy Boschwitz cultists. Even so, we'd like to target a market slightly larger than that. Besides, our natural customer base consists of Rod Grams cultists, and if they're not buying, we've got trouble. (Our 2000 election season bumper sticker "Rod Is God" remains among our all time best sellers).
We'll keep working on it, and if anyone out there thinks of something good, send it on in. We just love to profit form other people's ideas. If you don't send anything in, that's fine too. Just clear some space on your rear bumper and prepare your responses for what will no doubt be a long summer full of interesting questions.
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Remember, you asked for it.
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