Edit, since folks don’t seem to get the joke: Obama’s campaign slogan was “Hope”

  • volvoxvsmarla
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    47 months ago

    Genuine question (not from the USA), why was “hope” the campaign slogan?

    • @suction
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      217 months ago

      Because 8 years of Dubya / Rumsfeld / Cheney

        • @mkwt
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          46 months ago

          “Dubya” is a nickname for George W. Bush that was coined by newspaper columnist Molly Ivins. The name is a Texafied pronunciation of the letter W.

          Dubya was the President from 2001 to 2009, in the two terms preceding Obama. Rumsfeld was Dubya’s defense secretary, and Cheney was the vice president.

    • @TrickDacy
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      87 months ago

      Has there been a time or place where more hope was not a good thing?

    • @I_Has_A_Hat
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      27 months ago

      Well it was “hope and change”, but then he went a little light on the change part.