Obama's signature campaign slogan, Yes We Can, has been replicated by the Iranian president in a promotional video

April 28, 2009
Categories: Barack Obama

'Yes We Can,' Farsi edition

From the Guardian:

Obama's signature campaign slogan, Yes We Can, has been replicated by the Iranian president in a promotional video issued for Iran's presidential poll on 12 June, when Ahmadinejad is seeking reelection.

The video features a cover picture of Ahmadinejad wearing his trademark white jacket and pointing to the Farsi phrase Ma Mitavanim (We Can) on a blackboard. The film is aimed at students and capitalises on his former status as a university lecturer.

If anybody knows where the video is, send it my way.

UPDATE: The Guardian's Robert Tait points me to stills from the film.

UPDATE: Or was it the other way around? Christian Rocca reminds me that Ahmadinejad's slogan on his 2005 campaign was, "It's doable -- and we can do it!"

UPDATE: No, wait, Obama had it in 2004.

Which is to say that some cliches are universal.