Revisiting “Change You Can Believe In”

FAMOUS ORIGINAL SLOGAN: “Change we can believe in.”        Presidential candidate Barack Obama         His famed campaign slogan during the 2008 presidential campaign

UPDATED OBSERVATION: “The ‘change you can believe in’ people have woken up and seen that as kind of a talking point, and I think there’s some disappointment.”        Professor Lawrence Jacobs        Center for the Study of Politics, Univ. of Minnesota        Commenting on voter favorability toward President Obama        USA Today, October 27, 2009

RUSH LIMBAUGH VARIATION: “Rush Limbaugh announced that he was going to be a [Miss America Pageant] judge in 2010...With Limbaugh as a judge, the winner can only be a conservative or a fibber. Of course, the pageant needs to change to keep up with times. But picking Limbaugh is not change you can believe in. And it wouldn’t be smart for a contestant to use that line.”        Newspaper columnist Ken Hoffman        Houston Chronicle, October 13, 2009

SUPERNATURAL VERSION: CORONER: “You expect me to believe you’re CDC?...It’s just that you’re a day early. First time in history I haven’t sat on my ass waiting for you people.” DEAN (impersonating a CDC official): “New administration. Change you can believe in.”        In a Season 5 episode of the TV series, Supernatural, October 2009

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