Second thoughts about tourism slogans

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By now you’ve probably read about the ad blogger who’s being sued by a New York agency for criticizing that agency’s Maine tourism advertising. (That link goes to Advertising Ourselves to Death, which has an excellent recap of the situation, along with a great blog name in general.) In light of that dire situation, we’d like to clear a few things up. Did we call Washington’s “SayWA” campaign stupid? Obviously we meant brilliant. New Jersey’s “Come

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