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New Jersey Needs Some Full-Time Fact Checkers
A while back New Jersey hired a consultant to draft a motto for the state. The consultant came up with: “We’ll Win You Over.” Nah, said then-Gov. Richard Codey. Let’s do something a little better. So Codey asked for suggestions and held a poll to see what was the best slogan: “Come See For Yourself” was the winner, and the state got ready to put that in their ad campaigns. Except, ehhh… they didn’t. Why? Well, the slogan had already been used by West Virginia. And, so, the motto that had been unveiled with lots of fanfare in January is scrapped. New Jersey has to start all over again. The best suggestion I actually heard for the state’s motto — and I can’t remember where, I think a Monica Yant Kinney column in the Inquirer — was “Everything You Heard Is True.” But since the powers that be will probably never use something as fun as that, let me suggest this new motto: The Show-Me State. It’s short, it’s hip, it’s funny! What could go wrong with that one? New Jersey: ‘We don’t check things out so good’ [AP/MSNBC.com] |
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What was wrong with the slogan of the past “New Jersey and You!” They had this goofy mascot that was part of the promo..Hey speaking of mascots it’s Monday! I see Dan you post some hot chick cartoon to have us forget about it being Mascot Monday.
It is. But my cable box started making whining noises and I think it was going to explode, then it randomly turned off, then it was out for a few minutes and I couldn’t capture it. Alas.
They’ll pry re-run some of it on Friday. I’ll try to catch and post it then.
I always liked:
“New Jersey: Neither New, nor a Jersey”
Here are some more suggestions:
http://3oclockam.blogspot.com/2006/05/slogan-who-needs-it.html
Hi. I am actually the one who won Monica Yant Kinney’s slogan contest. At the request of my friends and family, I have started a blog about my experiences here in NJ. Here is the link. The blog appears in reverse chronological order, so if you want to read it, start at the bottom. I have some other slogan suggestions.
http://www.mygardenstatement.blogspot.com
Katie Yeager