October 03, 2007
RNC '08: Stompin' Out The Competition
The paradigm of the Republican Party heading into the 2008 presidential election is as follows:
The American way of life faces its greatest threat ever in the form of a hateful, violent ideology known as Islamofascism. The only way to stop this menace is through swift, aggressive, forceful action...
...by a giant, crazy-eyed, stomping-mad elephant.
Behold, the 2008 Republican National Convention logo, which appears to combine the feral, hulking strength of an elephant on stampede with the red-white-and-blue patriotism of the Stars and Stripes. We're not sure why the highly vexed elephant is so mad at the year 2008, but we wouldn't want to mess with something bearing such pointy tusks, either.
We pick on the GOP logo only because it was released today. The Gate missed the DNCC's logo unveiling, which merited an entire photo album on the convention Web site.
The Democrats went with a strange interpretation of the flag that makes it seem like parts of the logo got caught in the party's document shredder. There's no angry donkey to see here, though. Just a benign night sky over the Colorado Rockies (the convention will be held in Denver next year) and a sleek, sans-serif font stating simply: 08 DNCC.
We're not necessarily design experts here. Have a different take on the two logos? Let us know.
Posted at 4:05 PM
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