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GOP Logo Looks Like Shit

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The Republicans recently unveiled their new national convention logo.

As you can see, the grand old party decided to take their iconic elephant in a new, decidedly shitty direction.

We’re not sure what they’re going for, but it’s awful. Let’s ignore the childish graphics and threatening tusks and focus on those star eyes. Is the elephant on drugs? Did it just get punched? Can it shoot laser beams?

If it can shoot laser beams, are they red?

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By:           Andrew Belonksy
On:           Oct 4, 2007
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No. 1 · Matt · Member · 198 comments

I think what’s weird here is that they try to do the “modern” stripes and star-eye on a realistic elephant silhouette, and the result — all those organic curves clashing with geometric overlays — is, like the repubs themselves, a nasty old unbalanced traditional thing trying to fool everyone into thinking it’s hip and modern. Fuck them and fuck their stoopid logo.

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 10:32 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 2 · Heather_L_James · Member · 114 comments

And why is it blue? Are they trying to usurp the blue from dems? Is this the new trick to steal another presidential election? When CBS lights up all the blue states as going to the dem candidate are the republicans going to say, “oh no, we swtiched to blue, didn’t you get the memo?”

Is most of America dumb enough to fall for this?

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 10:55 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 3 · Tim in SF

What a train wreck.
1. Too many colors for a logo like that.
2. stripes on elephant look like tire treads (did the elephant get run over and now it’s standing tall and proud? Huh?)
3. star-eye is too close to the X-symbol eye symbolizing death.

I hope they adopt this logo for the national party.

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 11:14 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 4 · Matt · Member · 198 comments

Heather — I think you may be on to something: this is another Wicked Republican Plot to steal the ’08 election!! Yikes!

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 11:26 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 5 · Allen · Member · 89 comments

Hopefully I am completely gone from the Twin Cities when this mess takes place.

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 11:28 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 6 · Heather_L_James · Member · 114 comments

Allen, Cleveland pushed hard for this about eighteen months ago. I can’t tell you how happy I am we aren’t hosting. It just shows you how afraid the republicans really are; Minnesota was the first state to pass non-discrimination legislation for transsexuals and was on the forefront of gay and lesbian equality. Cleveland is also a traditionally liberal city, claiming Carl Stokes as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Reps. are clearly worried they are losing their base and think that they can expand their sphere of influence by inserting themselves in traditionally democratic areas. I think you should stay and poop on the Giuliani/Romney parade.

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No. 7 · Mr Blifil

This is what comes of having an don’t ask don’t tell policy applied to your advertising budget.

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 11:57 am · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 8 · Breck

Does the phallic-shaped trunk represent the white GOP male’s desire for other elephants and their trunks?

Is this beast storming off to the restrooms at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport?

Maybe it’s rearing back on its hind legs to get more leverage as he prepares to squeeze under a stall there.

Notice how its tail sweeps back into its own back end.

I think they knew exactly what message they were trying to communicate with their masses.

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 12:10 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 9 · Matt · Member · 198 comments

Yeah, it’s got kinda a wide stance….

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 1:47 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 10 · Becca · Member · 58 comments

I LOVE IT!

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 3:26 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 11 · Michelle

Wait, Minneapolis? You’re kidding, right?! ahahahahahahahh

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 3:31 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 12 · Becca · Member · 58 comments

I LOVE IT! It stands (literally) for everything the insane Republicans hate.

It’s Blue. The color of the Dems. It’s walking upright. Are we witnessing Evolution? Drugs are clearly legalized. Just look at its eyes.

One thing does confuse me. What’s with the tread marks across its back????

Republicant’s are Accountants and Lawyers and have as much creativity as a Saltine, no offense to Saltines. So what do you expect

Posted: Oct 4, 2007 at 3:33 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment · [Flag?]
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No. 13 · Stenar

Are they going to hold their convention in the bathroom stalls at the Minneapolis airport?

http://www.BitchRepublic.net/

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No. 14 · parisinla · Member · 177 comments

nevermind the falicly suggestive placement of the 2008

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