Posted by Pam Spaulding October 5, 2007 in Uncategorized, Republicans, Conservatives Sure Are Funny, Boggles the Mind, Bad Ideas
order=”0″ hspace=”5″ vspace=”2″>In honor of toe-tapping Larry, the GOP will not only hold its convention where everyone can fly in and see the Craig Memorial Cruising Stall, it has designed a wide-stance logo in solidarity with the Idaho senator.
“Choosing our logo is another important milestone in planning the 2008 Republican National Convention,” said convention President and Chief Executive Officer Maria Cino. “This design highlights the spirit of the Republican Party and it will adorn everything from the Xcel Energy Center to t-shirts and other souvenirs.”But of course you know this would lead to ace parodies. BearNakedJoe has an alternate take — a stall peeping elephant — after the jump.“By the time our convention is complete, this emblem - much like our Republican nominee and future President of the United States - will have been seen by millions around the world,” RNC Co-Chairman and Convention Chairman Jo Ann Davidson said.
And how about these, via All Spin Zone:
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I gather the stupider Republicans are still getting cheesed over Larry Craig’s decision to put his career before his party after his party treated him like shit.
I bet those Republicans love this logo. It’s got an elephant with a big, shiny, red dick…
OK, Jumbo, assume the position! And don’t make any sudden moves or I’ll taze ya!
Come to think of it, by the look in its eye it’s already been tazed. And run over. There are skid marks all over its back.
It looks like a rat with the head of a crawdad, blitzed out of its gourd and inexplicably holding a bullhorn while letting rip a fart. The symbolism is just too dense for me to digest right now. Mommy, I’m scairt!
I like how the elephant gives the impression of being on the verge of trampling 2008 to death.
Actually, I saw that as rearing back in fear of 2008.
As well it should be.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that a depiction of a male elephant’s mating position?
Just who is the GOP planning to fuck over this time?
“Oh, fer Pete’s sake, I just have a wide stance when letting rip a fart!”
Seriously, I would love to see an animated version of this elephant in a toilet stall — tapping its toe, swiping its blunt paw under the stall divider, etc. Until, him shenanigans bedeviled, him jig a-surely up, he compresses a life’s worth of pathos into one piteous ejaculation: “No!”
What do you think of that?
“I like how the elephant gives the impression of being on the verge of trampling 2008 to death.”
Actually, I saw that as rearing back in fear of 2008.
Remember - Pandagon is a both/and blog.
Rear back in fear and then try to trample. Elephant equivalent of tossing the chess board to the floor…
Rear back in fear and then try to trample.
Destroy the future, before the future destroys you? Pre-emptive self-defense, if you will.
Why does the elephant’s tail come out of the small of its back? And why does it look stoned?
It almost looks like an “=” on the back. And you know they don’t mean THAT.
And where is that tail going?
Yeah, that’s totally not a closeted hypocrite logo. No siree. That is a macho manly elephant.
Isn’t it also the inverse of the typical Democratic donkey? You know, the donkey has its head down and is kicking up. Is the elephant catching? “69″?
Conservatives sure are funny. None of this even remotely occurred to them, did it? They just knew they liked it.
I love that it has to be a male elephant. I think that only matters if you want to have sex with the party mascot, which, uh, should go before the legislature at least.
“Small tent - Wide stance”
I can’t stop giggling at that. I might not stop giggling for days.
Thank you RNC for giving us a gift that will just keep on giving.
That star in the elephant’s eye makes it look dead or something - maybe it is a zombie?
Not healthy either way.
I’m with the Devil’s Advocate -my first thought was that was a mating stance. I’ve seen a few elephant mating videos in my time (I’m a biology teacher! Stop thinking like that!) and that’s exactly the mounting position.
Hmmm, maybe it’s a NiceGuy elephant and it wouldn’t be alone if all those cows would just hand it over!
How could the designer of this not realize that stars as eyes = dead/stoned?? It’s likely the most idiotic graphic design i’ve seen made public to so many people.
At first, I was going with “drunken elephant trying to rape or trample the future”, but I like Blue Jean’s idea: “tire-marked roadkill elephant”, representing the Party’s chances in 2008.
Th other day, I saw the first “Democratic donkey” editorial cartoon, btw. It serves as a reminder of how the parties have traded places in modern times, since it shows jackass Andrew Jackson trampling the interests of common citizens in the form of chickens, accompanied by what seems to have been a then-common adage, “Everyone look out for himself, as the donkey said while he danced among the chickens.”
The first thing I thought of was that the stripes looked like an old-time prison uniform, not potty sex. I guess that just means your alls’ minds are dirtier than mine. Ha ha.
I’m w/David B.: I thought of prison stripes, too, which reminded me of a priceless Molly Ivins line about the Texas lege: “Half are under indictment, the rest are under-average.”
that’s… startlingly ugly. like, 1973-type-ugly.
Here’s my version of the logo.
Oh my gods, they’re coming HERE?!
*runs and hides*