No, not what they want you to think...planes fly into buildings, death and destruction, fear, paranoia, rising threat levels.. "It can happen again...any time, any place...be afraid, be very afraid". We need to take this phrase back from them.
I heard Tavis Smiley on the radio today talking about progress made by the Covenant for Black America. As he told of the support it was receiving, he said something to the effect of America having the chance to make positive changes...in essence, moving forward to go back to how it was just a decade ago. He said "It can happen again"
It hit me, that's what we need to use as a tagline. Not "We can do better"...that almost implies we haven't yet been 'better'...We were. We had a budget surplus. We had a growing economy. We had jobs. We had hope. You all remember. Weren't you better off back then? Remember Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Assemble. Women's Rights. Civil Rights? What we need to make the message is- "It can happen again".
Let's take this phrase back from the Republicans...instead of making us recoil from fear of the possibility of attack, this should make us remember that we have done better...lots better. And we can again, even though there's so much more to fix this time. We have the brains, we have the heart, even more, we have the numbers!
I for one am sick and tired of the fear! Afraid of poverty, afraid of un-insured illness, afraid of exchanging ideas in public..
The Democrats have no plan? No message? No clue? We know we can do better, we have and "It can happen again!"