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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:26 PM
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Is the word "change" passe now?
I think that itch has been scratched. I noticed Hillary wasn't using it, but used "transform." I liked her word after she "teared up" and that is "reversed" as in the damage has to be reversed. Obama used "change" in his speech, but it did not (to my ears) seem to have the spark it had only a few days ago. the idea may still resonate, but the word may already be overexposed.

Or not.
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geek tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:27 PM
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1. Change is inoperative now that we're taking a step back to the
1990's instead of moving forward.
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K Gardner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:37 PM
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6. Exactly. The operative word now is "Retro".
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Muttocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 01:03 AM
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15. that bridge to the 21st century also lead back to the 20th
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:27 PM
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2. Pleasegodyes
I'm so fucking sick of that word I could :puke:
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:32 PM
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3. Yep...also "hope"...
Now it's "shut up and do what the grown-ups tell you to, children."

:puke:
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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:36 PM
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4. I'm saying the word, not the meaning.
Change is wanted and needed. But the word "change" might start to sound like you're trying to push people's buttons if you use it too much. I'm just saying that the meaning of change should not be obscured by trying to wear the word "change" on one's lapel. It's time for more words to describe the change. Revive, restore, reverse the damage, replenish...
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:36 PM
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5. No, change polled over 70%, so no.
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geek tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:38 PM
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8. And then they voted against it by voting for Clinton. n/t
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:40 PM
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11. The opinion is that this has nothing to do with Obama.
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gulliver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:38 PM
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10. As a category, not as a word.
I'm specifically asking if the word "change" has become passe. I fully agree the wish for change itself is as great I as I have ever seen it. It is the way I feel myself.
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:37 PM
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7. Even Romney is using it now.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:38 PM
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9. It's been beaten to death
Thanks to everyone, republicans and democrats alike, adopting it as their slogan.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:43 PM
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12. "Change" is so pre-1/08.
Everyone is into changiness now.
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:45 PM
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13. Well, after 8 years of Chimp stench, change is not just an empty slogan
Change has always been a political slogan of virtually every candidate in the history of American politics. But this year, the desire for change is so desperately needed, as if our very lives depended on it, that to me it never wears thin. I look forward to change in the White House with giddy anticipation.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-08-08 11:52 PM
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14. they had all better start talking about how to get us out of the coming recession
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