Really stupid stuff like "no new taxes!"
Or one of my favorites; "jobs, jobs, jobs!"
It's only after the election that it becomes clear that they were talking about jobs for Mexicans.
And this is by no means an American phenomenon. Seems to be pretty much endemic in the so-called democratic world.
Take President Sarkozy of France, the land where 95 year olds ride around on bicycles with a baguette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other while smoking a cigarette.
Sarkozy is up for re-election. He is deeply unpopular, so re-election is going to be an uphill slog.
He dropped the gloves and come out swinging. Wants the public to know that he and he alone saved France from certain catastrophe once already, and that only he can save it again.
Of course, he's also saved Libya in the interim, but at least for now he's being quite humble about that success.
Sarkozy is also attempting something of an image makeover on the fly. Long regarded as a toady of the rich, out of touch with the record numbers of French unemployed, he is now recasting himself and his super-model wife as "regular folks".
So far the magic isn't working. His Socialist Party opponent has a good twenty points on him in the polls.
Seems the French would rather be saved from him than by him.
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