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Colin McEnroe from the Hartford Courant posted the new logo for the 2008 Republican National Convention hosted in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The Half Hour News Hour train wreck showed us that Republicans just aren’t funny. Are they terrible at Photoshop, too?
This may sound trivial but it just seems like something they recycled out of the Wendell Wilkie campaign.
Not to mention that it looks like the old Philadelphia Athletics elephant is trippin’ out on ecstasy and, literally, screwing the 2008 election.
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you’d actually use illustrator to design the logo. maybe they used mspaint.
What’s with the three stripes on the elephant’s back?
Prison stripes?
Is the convention being sponsored by Adidas?
Why does it look more like the Israeli flag than ours? They’re the one’s with blue stripes.
strange resemblances to the israeli flag
Ugly.
**I think it’s supposed to represent a wooly mammoth fighting extinction.
He is the new GOP mascot. Names Larry. You should see him tap dance in his stall–the tp shuffle. Ha!
How many delegates will use the men’s room at the Minneapolis Airport?
I’d say that it’s trying to walk upright, but Republicans don’t believe in evolution.
It looks like he is mounting 2008.
They want to f**k us in 08 just like they did in 2000 and 2004.
The republiCONs, the party of morons.
Remember:
In the immortal words of their leader, “childrens do learn”.
Can you say “road kill”.
They suck at Photoshop AND they don’t do it on Macs.
Take it from an graphic artist specializing in logo design and typography:
THIS LOGO SUCKS!
Wait a sec–isn’t blue the Democrats’ brand color? This is poorly designed because when I look at it and see the blue I think “Democrat”. It is as confusing as a red donkey would be on a DNC poster. And the stripes do look like prison stripes. Why would the RNC want to remind people of that? If this logo is not redesigned before the convention, it will be a sign of deep desperation–Rs thinking the only way they can win in 2008 is to subliminally equate themselves with the Blue Team.
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Definitely got the colors wrong, should be a white elephant!
i think the blue is intentional. not a mistake
most people forget which animal represents which party anyhow but color is a much stronger association. their goal is to confuse some people into thinking they’re not the republican party.
this is the same trick that fox does with lower third titles - when they show disgraced senator Mark Foley and display his title with a D (dem) instead of an R (repub) and claim it as a simple mistake. theyre intentionally blurring the brands of the republican party and the democratic party.
it’s calculated mis-information.
I am just so pleased that there is a even a SINGLE W on the entire logo!
Maybe, just maybe, there can be salvation for America!
Are they trying to say they’ve gone Blue? Does anyone recognize the pattern starting to play out with all the Republican retirements? Yes, some folks are actually retiring, but others see the handwriting on the wall and are quitting. Although I didn’t see it at the time, this is what happened in 1993-1994 when the Dems lost all those seats.
It sorta seems as though the blue elephant means, “I will hold my breath until you vote for us!”
Looks like a fabulously gay elephant with a wide stance to me.
Larry Craig, what have you started? Have the Republicans gone from red to “blew”???
Funny how those stripes on the elephant closely resemble the “striped” outfits that Abramoff, Duke Cunningham, et al will be sporting when they go up the river…
minor quip: it would be “trippin’ out on” acid, not ecstasy.
oh, and damn all filthy rotten republicans to hell where they belong. carry on!
I’m hoping that someone will take the opportunity to put some of these in appropriate places in the MN airport.
I would suggest that the middle stalls be reserved for Repukeliscum, and the ones on the end for Democrats. That way, the Repukeliscum looking for action can have more options.
Not only is it blue, it has a leaner appearance and a nimbler, livelier posture. More equine than elephantine… hmm…
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The elephant is the wrong color, but the right color is *yellow* http://operationyellowelephant.....rview.html
The color scheme is definitely an attempt to blur the party brands. And the elephant’s tail looks the handle on some kind of weird, unsavory coffee mug. These people are either desperate or just throwing in the towel.
As a graphic designer, I too can say that this logo is just plain bad. If I were a Republican, I’d be embarrassed. As a Democrat, I’m kinda thrilled. Frickin idiots.
Is it me or does it look like the tail is coming out of the side?
Shouldn’t the star be on the left, if it’s supposed to be some type of American flag?
Does the star mean that he’s winking at me?
This thing has gay written all over it. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But for the homophobic party to be intimating such a thing is surely another sign of their incompetence at yet another skill set.
On its side, the 3 stripes make a “W.” Are they trying to remind us that the Republicans should be associated with George W. Bush???? I also agree with a previous comment that the elephant has a wide stance. Has Adidas decided to sue yet?
Note subliminal reverse image (vase/face) possibilities:
on the right side, the white background offers a weird amalgam of the Grinch and the Gipper—perhaps hinting at their essential unity?
Haven’t worked out what might be lurking on the sinister left side of the image yet… but I trust someone smarter or more clear-eyed will see and point it out.
That elephant is rampaging…and dangerous! Not exactly the image I would think they’d want to present.
If you turn it sideways and hold your finger over the body portion you can see Satan, with the eye as an inverted pentagram. Don’t tell me it’s not on purpose!
The white stripes are actually just the scars from having his spine removed. And the “star” eye is just the entry wound from Cheney shooting him in the face.
Also, he appears to be overcompensating for his too small trunk by screwing the future… (His tail, which appears to come out of his left hip, is bigger than his trunk.)
I know this wasn’t deliberate, but at first I read St. PAul as Ron Paul! GOP attempt at design “hipness”, that’s always a mistake. They’re much better off when using stars, stripes, and 9/11. Very funny post and comment thread. Thanks, made my morning.
Could be Larry Craig with tire marks on his back as his fellow GOPers speed away from him. Is the star a black eye? Then again, prison stripes works too.
You know the blue elephant makes sense because the liberal republicans that aren’t very conservative at all have taken over our party.
If you notice the Elephant is also on the charge, ready to stomp the 2008 elections, in fact kill it violently. This is the Neo-Con stance on issues, kill crush and destroy.
Democrats are no better, maybe worse, but if we’re going to keep America alive we need Ron Paul for President. He is the Barry Goldwater and Thomas Jefferson of today, and he’s not getting the press he deserves.
It’s so….Gay!
Sure it wasn’t designed for the Log Cabin boys
Looks surprisingly like a union logo. The “star” eye is the most disturbing element. I get that they’re trying to portray the party as alive and kickin’, but the elephant’s pose is ludicrous. I’d bet they’re saving their money to buy off the Supreme Court again.
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I’ve just heard that someone heard about all the laughter here, saw it Leno, and then The Decision Maker or his delegated minion put the kibosh on this logo. There were already rumors flying around the Wiccan and LaRoushian nets and the MSM about the appearance of The Devil as noted above. A new cult was forming which had already printed t-shirts with the Convention logo sidewards and a human, yes, human finger stenciled to bring out The Devil. Personally I believe that The Devil is living among us and masquerading as a rabid Christian Male (Yah, you got that right) Republican whose secret sins are legion. And I like the idea of posters near bathroom entrances, where people are looking for something, like tp on the floor. Sorry, I couldn’t control myself. Great blog!
I love it! The little “star eye” is like in the cartoons when the critter is dead! This looks like old dead road kill! It’s not standing up, it’s laid out, and blue from laying out in the road for too long. It’s cute little tail is tucked in to protect it’s ass, (after all, Larry is stayin’ in the Senate), and the stripes on the back remind us of how many Repugs are headed to prison. It just got squashed flat, like it was under an unfortunate bridge, funds for the reinforcing and maintenance of which were vetoed repeatedly by a Repug Governor. It’s perfect!!
It looks like frozen road-kill complete with tire tracks.
I’m sure the toilet duty Vice Squad will be very very very busy during their so called convention.
Why a blue elephant?–probably trying to trick dems into voting for them–they must really miss rove.
What’d you expect, a pink elephant? It would probably be more appropriate, I admit.
The logo is actually a screen capture of one of the “war elephants” in that little homo-erotic movie “300″. It’s been posterized hence the strange perspective and the recoloration gives it the flatness which makes it look all the more comic. Figures they Repubs would use something like that as their logo. I mean… all those hot sweaty men in loin cloths….Oooo the thought of it. What they didn’t seem to take into account is, in the movie, all those elephants went over the cliff….
This MUST have been designed by a closeted gay Republican artist who felt like getting even with his party….bless him! I hope the GOP keeps this logo. It’s a great gift. Great comments too, I’m still smiling.
I love that its pointing right at the CON in convention kind of sums up the whole GOP.
I can’t help it, but this logo immediately brought to mind that picture of when they hanged Mary the Elephant for the trampling death of her keeper in Erwin, Tennessee, back in 1916. You can see the picture here:
Note the elephant is walking on 2 legs. Reminiscent of the pigs in ANIMAL FARM
Don’t let them screw us in ‘08!
It looks to me like the elephant is scared of the ‘08 elections. =)
If the logo is actually a screen capture of one of the “war elephants” of 300, weren’t they fighting Persians (Iran looks increasingly to them as a formula for victory in ‘08 along w/ rigged elections, homophobia & misogyny). Now if they can just have a convention on Failed Infrastructure Blvd. I’m surprised they didn’t choose New Orleans.
Should have it in all white to distance from the color voters. And, go…oddd l….u…ck.
hmmm the left is certainly showing its penchant for soft bigotry and hatred here. so much for them being the sponsors of diversity of thought and ideas….
oh and the logo is ugly
Front leg looks broken. The star-shaped hole in his head is from the bullet the electorate will deliver to the GOP in 2008.
Republicans will lose people just because of this new logo
Three stripes - you’re out!
As ‘Ohio’ remarked, the three stripes could be a W laid on its side. Maybe this is an admission that Dubya has seriously wounded the Republican party?
The star for an eye makes it look drunk, or concussed.
It’s frightening.
It’s WAY better than the current elephant with three stars pointing DOWN, like we’re a bunch of satanists.
Something to say?
Looks like Rush Limbaugh taking a wide stance.
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October 3, 2007 at 3:47pm