“Iran, Fascism, Corruption, Stupidity, and Affordability,” and “Lift People Up and Expand the Middle Class”: Two Winning Slogans the Democrats Should Run On
In 1952, with Dwight Eisenhower at the head of the ticket and McCarthyism in its popular phase, Republicans ran on a simple slogan attacking the Truman Administration on three words: Korea (while the war was going on and Truman had fired conservative darling Douglas MacArthur), Communism, and Corruption. While most historians concede that the popular … Read more