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Democrats use new tactic to highlight Trump’s gutting of Medicaid: billboards in the rural US
(www.theguardian.com)
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Verbose and indirect sounding, and long enough that it needs a comma in the middle. Could they not have made that a little more punchy?
Democrats have never seen an effective slogan they couldn’t workshop and focus group test to death.
"Yes, we can" was pretty good.
Length doesn't create commas. That's an adverbial phrase. There are plenty of single word adverbial phrases. I could come up with three word sentences with commas.
Yeah, but if you're composing a slogan for a billboard people might glimpse for a few moments, you want it short and direct. "Trump is cutting your medical services" or something. The adverbial phrase is itself unnecessary verbosity.
Me, myself, and.
Softly, she cried.
Tragically, he died.
Characteristically, Trump lied.
What's up, doc?
Always soo close.
I think that's fairly to the point. If you get too punchy with it, you give the GOP a reason to distract/make an accusation of "politicizing" a very serious issue for your own gain.
The yellow billboard makes a point to grab attention to warn people. Especially people who may be driving and on their way to a local hospital that will be empty on their arrival. It looks like the warnings on most shit that's harmful for your health.