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

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I did it!!!

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You did that?

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You’re welcome.

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Thanks.

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thanks dude

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Wait, wasn’t Obama’s campaign slogan “Yes we can!”

Bill Clinton’s was Hope, because his hometown was Hope, Arkansas.

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Yes, but the Obama “Hope” poster is probably the most famous piece of campaign graphic design in at least 50 years.

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Yes, I sprawl corrected.

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Thank you Obamna! UwU

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Obiden Bama

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Joebama

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SODA

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To be honest I think Pelosi had the biggest influence. She related to Biden on a personal level, knew him the longest, always treated him with respect, and voluntarily stepped down from her role as speaker, herself. Being older carries some clout, too.

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

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Because 8 years of Dubya / Rumsfeld / Cheney

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Damn I’ll need to google all these terms

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“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.

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

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They hoped for more drone strikes.

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

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