Thursday, September 16, 2010

srsly?

The day before yesterday, the DNC let slip the news that they would be making a major announcement...something that would excite Democrats across the country, fire up the base, and help them hold on to their majority come election time in November. Theories were tossed around - was it going to be amnesty?The always popular cash bribes tax rebate checks? Something as suicidal and ridiculous as mortgage forgiveness? I mean, it could be anything, right? I was on tenterhooks, waiting for the news.

I shouldn't have worried. The super duper exciting game changing announcement that would shake everyone up and make them proud to be Democrats and want to support the President is...

...a new logo.

A blue circle. With a differently-colored blue "D" in it. That's some transcendent, inspirational artwork you've got there, Dems. I'm sure it's a highly nuanced design, far beyond what we bitter clingers could ever hope to understand. You're sure to win the election now, you betcha.

(& no, it's not a joke or news from The Onion)

(Also? I should never try to be funny when Jim Treacher does it so much better.)

25 comments:

Mike W. said...

This is a joke right?

Please tell me it's a joke...

Alan said...

How nice of them to provide a target to aim at.

OrangeNeck said...

That's really thinking outside the (round) box.

Zendo Deb said...

You might not have noticed, but the Dems had appropriated the Obama flag O as a default replacement for the ass, er donkey, they had before.

Of course now that Mr. Popular is Mr. Falling-in-the-Polls, the Dems running for office are not happy to be associated with Barry for any reason.

Clever? More like desperate.

Jypsea Rose said...

Well, that is exciting! And that's it...they've done it...those magnificent b*st*rds! I'm switching over coz I just have to be a part of all that!

Hope you were able to pick up on my enthusiasm what with all the exclamation points. I'm that excited.

Bubblehead Les. said...

Wonder how much of our taxes were funneled to the DNC for that new logo?

Bubblehead Les. said...

And where's the Hammer and Sickle? "Axelrod, they forgot the Hammer and Sickle, get it fixed! Yes Comrade Obama, on the Blackberry right now, sir".

Anonymous said...

They themselves must realize that the Obamassiah's ONLY positive attribute was a cool logo.

Jay G said...

I dunno.

I find it positively creepy that they've incorporated the Ø's, well, "O" into the Democrat logo. Like Øbama is surrounding the Democratic party.

Too much "l'etat, c'est moi" vibe I guess...

Lissa said...

Robb already fixed it for target practice:

http://blog.robballen.com/2010/09/16/p4296-nice-logo.post

Weer'd Beard said...

I wonder if we can get any official printing of that. I mean when else can you get something that will have all the collectability of Confederate money once the whole thing burns to the waterline?

Anonymous said...

"Robb already fixed it for target practice:"

I was just thinking of making a target page / bullseye (donkeyeye?), but then I'd probably be dragged away and locked up.

Crowndot said...

Fail! Roll it to the right and add eyes!
http://bit.ly/diSaQN
Thanks, Breda!

ZerCool said...

I'm seeing two things here:

OD, as in Over Dose, but perhaps more direct: The D Train.

D-erailed.

D-efunct.

D-eficit.

D-ebt.

D-isconnected.

Oh, man, I could go on like this forever.

(Hush, it makes sense to me somehow.)

On a Wing and a Whim said...

You know, I look at it and the first thing I see is the Bell System logo keeled over on its side. Seriously - go look up the logo Bell before they got broken up into the baby bells, and still use spottily today - they just mutated the Bell into a D.

So, uh, it's a logo of dying monopolies?

Anonymous said...

All that comes to mind is a phrase commonly uttered by a Mr. Homer Simpson:

"D'oh!"

I'd sooner vote for Homer than anything the Democratic party coughts up...come to think of it, he might be smarter than most of them...

Anonymous said...

Desperation, indeed.

Jim

lee n. field said...

Dearest Wifey looked at it and said "a D in a hole".

Bubblehead Les. said...

Another thought: Wonder if on Election Day 2012, we'll stroll into the voting booth and they'll just be a little box with that Logo on it? And if you fail to push it....

phlegmfatale said...

From Gang of Four:

Open the till
Refund the change you said would do me good
Refund the cost
You said you're cheap but you're too much

Old NFO said...

Oh... wow???

Anonymous said...

Am I the only one who thinks "Laughing Man"?

Probably.

Geodkyt said...

Weer'd,

I signed up for Demo email alerts a while ago as a way of keeping tabs. They want to send me a bumper sticker of that logo now.

Anonymous said...

The Hillboyz have not only put this down, they've blown the brains out of it:
http://hillbuzz.org/2010/09/17/how-you-can-help-make-the-democrats-new-toilet-logo-into-as-big-of-a-disaster-for-them-as-possible/

and earlier

Cargosquid said...

All it needs is some blue water.