We vigorously "entertained" this matter via the "Kerry's New Slogan SUCKS!"Diary
Today's NYT brings us this headline: In 5 Words by Langston Hughes, Kerry Aides Hear a Likely Campaign Slogan
In the past two weeks, however, Mr. Kerry has begun consistently wrapping up his speeches with yet another pithy phrase that, while not original, has his advisers sounding confident that it will stick: "Let America be America again."
It is the title of a 1938 poem by Langston Hughes, and Mr. Kerry has mainly been invoking its first lines: "Let America be America again./ Let it be the dream it used to be."
I think Senator Kerry and his speechwriters have done themselves proud with how he has "glossed" this theme in his recent speeches - some examples: