Also don't like it. "build homes" okay I like homes, I can get on board, "Build something" what's something? I have questions. bsky.app/profile/prin... - ThreadSky

mtsw.bsky.social • 39 days ago

Also don't like it. "build homes" okay I like homes, I can get on board, "Build something" what's something? I have questions. https://bsky.app/profile/princetonyimby.bsky.social/post/3lktjgvvcmk2g

Reposted from Central NJ Yimby 🏗️🚲🚇🇺🇸

Mikie Sherrill's slogan for her NJ gubnernatorial campaign, which she is favorite to win is just "Let's Build Something".

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bettypf.bsky.social•39 days ago

I kept asking them to use Investing in America ( or Americans). That is what Biden was doing. I guess consultants had a better idea.

kylerich035.bsky.social•39 days ago

Feels similar to Governor Whitmer’s “Fix the damn roads” slogan.

highlandsurfer.bsky.social•39 days ago

Gonna try my "Costco party" pitch again... https://bsky.app/profile/highlandsurfer.bsky.social/post/3lkc252o65s2i

themlg.bsky.social•39 days ago

“Fix the damn roads” from Big Gretch’s first campaign for governor comes to mind.

gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social•39 days ago

a dark tower
cellars
pyramids
crypts
the wicker man

bruzzone.bsky.social•39 days ago

I am personally partial to “Make Sh*t Nice”

mtsw.bsky.social•39 days ago

I don't think this is it exactly but it's worth looking at Costco as a brand that Americans love and why that's the case https://bsky.app/profile/highlandsurfer.bsky.social/post/3lktnqdfemc2i

brandj.bsky.social•39 days ago

$1.50 hot dog 🌭

robpollard45.bsky.social•39 days ago

No joke, that's part of it. They identified one thing, easily identifiable, that they promise to deliver, good & cheap.

Dems would be in better shape to find something similar (e.g., $0 insulin was a pretty good one, but need to find something popular yet Republicans won't copy it)

brandj.bsky.social•39 days ago

Problem is (and I guess this the one neat trick that the abundance agenda means to solve) is actually delivering it! Seems like that’s where Dems have gotten stymied time and time again.

robpollard45.bsky.social•39 days ago

It's definitely hard.

That's why insulin was so good. But Republicans easily said, "Yeah, sure, we're for that as well."

So not sure what can be the "hot dog"

jasonjdelaney.bsky.social•39 days ago

Seems like maybe this shouldn't be the 2028 agenda but a core party value. Prove it over time, as long as it takes. Too much focus on poll tested messaging imo

highlandsurfer.bsky.social•39 days ago

This was the inspiration for this idea came from this Sarah Taber thread, which policy wise set the table nicely for a conversation that could work.
https://bsky.app/profile/sarahtaber.bsky.social/post/3lkbkuum3222m

syx98.bsky.social•38 days ago

I actually was trying to create a contemporary working theory for a better USA Government and "Do what Costco does" is all I could come up with. Even in just a spiritual sense.

nkeyser.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’ve been trying to organize some principles into a cohesive message myself.

💡

nkeyser.bsky.social•38 days ago

@mtsw.bsky.social

sgtwaddles42.bsky.social•39 days ago

Construction! (I'm not serious, but I kinda am?)

michaelbend.ing•39 days ago

I have a yimby tshirt that says "legalize housing"

I think that framing is OK sometimes

thekacer.bsky.social•39 days ago

I can imagine it working as a blanket. Like depending on the ad it turns into Let's Build Homes, Let's Build Roads

The hurtle is saying "Let's Build Schools" or "Let's Build Hospitals" doesn't have the same ring to it

sighclone.bsky.social•39 days ago

If we're talking the whole party, I like an umbrella you can fit things into - different candidates speak better to different issues and allows you more flexibility in the face of emergent issues on the trail.

So just: MORE. MORE HOUSES. MORE JOBS. MORE HEALTHY FAMILIES. MORE $$ IN YOUR WALLET.

sneakynics.bsky.social•39 days ago

“Better Housing Faster”
“Simplified Building”
“Housing without Hassle”

kingoficme.bsky.social•39 days ago

What’s your opinion on NIMBY as a derogatory term? Akin to “weird” in a way

sweatpants.bsky.social•39 days ago

exactly.

princetonyimby.bsky.social•39 days ago

constructive vagueness.

princetonyimby.bsky.social•39 days ago

"Let's Build Something? You mean, like, a new apartment building in my neighborhood? I don't like that."
"Well, possibly, but we could also build a movement, a movement to inspire the youth, and take back American values"
"Ah, OK. The 2nd thing I like. Not apartments though."

metafizikal.bsky.social•39 days ago

Let's Build The Torment Nexus

esouthard.bsky.social•39 days ago

Build the Torment Nexus Back Better

rev-avocado.bsky.social•39 days ago

Also Sherrill's campaign is going horribly, the main thing in her corner is that the whole machine is pretty much behind her

samd.bsky.social•39 days ago

it’s funny because Fulop is absolutely the abundance (and anti-machine) candidate

rev-avocado.bsky.social•39 days ago

"Let's Build Something (and by that I mean let's shovel public money to my donors for road repairs that never happen)"

ericsipple.com•39 days ago

At least go with “We used to build shit in the country, make shit”, steal if this is the best you can do.

ryanwithcupcake.bsky.social•39 days ago

"Build something" sounds like a jobs program for the building trades, which is always a worrisome sign for public housing and public transit. Endusers need to be the primary audience, not the builders.

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