Hey look, everybody, Barackalacka-Ding-Dong Obama-mama has another logo!     This one’s purpose is ostensibly to cultivate the allegiance of Pennsylvania rednecks whom he accused of “bitterly clinging to their religion and their guns” back…

Obama Campaign to release new logo in time for the Olympics closing ceremony.

Logo

Appropriates universal symbol as his own — check
Cult of personality — check
Going to speak in large venue to adoring fans — check
Running against respected old guy — check
Makes big promises — check
Can’t reveal true agenda as it’s too extreme — check
Country’s position is diminishing on world stage — check
Father born outside the country — check
He’s got a funny name — check

Don’t want to be an alarmist, but can you say, Heil Obama?

Thanks for remembering him, and God Bless all Veterans.

Anybody with a shred of knowledge of graphic design would laugh at this ridiculous claim.

Next.

Every time I see that “O” thing with the red-stripey swash through the foreground of it, I think of keratinitis: an eye infection. Then I think of the flu, as in, having a sore throat and feeling really feverish and full of phlegm.

Oh, yeah, like this really induces me to feeling good about a candidate.

S on August 17, 2008 at 1:50 AM

Or a Visine comercial. Ben Stein should do a Youtube “commercial”:

“McCain. Gets the RED out of politics.”

What a great band. Yeah I said it and I mean it. Unparalleled songwriting, heartfelt singing, bigass guitars. REO Speedwagon = ROCKS. These guys, they understood what “hook” meant. Check out Roll With the Changes if you dare to doubt me. The 70’s finest!

It’s total nostalgia, a pander to the old bitter clingers. Route 66 kind of stuff

I agree, that’s the attempt. And on that retro fling, flop. Too much clutter, ESPECIALLY the ugly belly button and damned fine print at the bottom. Geez, of all things to put off people who actually read, literally using fine print at the bottom of the page is the worst turn off when asking support.

Obama would mail these as stickers so that when Mommy or Daddy open the mail, they have something for the kiddies if not for their car’s bumper or window. Ticky tacky.

Man, it so pisses me off that Obama has managed to totally screw up the initial of my last name. The O will never be the same, alas!

Bob’s Kid on August 16, 2008 at 3:27 PM

I know how you feel. There’s that “Susan Rice” thing that I have to contend with as do others in my family and circle of friends.

Oh, yeah, like this really induces me to feeling good about a candidate.

Not nice to call Obama a “flying A.”

Haha, and appropriate!

Throw in the flying “0″ and the statement is complete!

i work for a web/graphic design company. my designers could come up with something better and more original than this in about 30 minutes. that goes for the lame presidential seal, too.

homesickamerican on August 17, 2008 at 12:35 AM

Ditto, in general (I don’t work for a design company but have in my earlier days).

The design coming from the Obama campaign is…well, it’s repulsive, visually and emotionally. Dark, theatrical, moody, fake. The essence is not producing a good emotional response in viewers but a poor one — people either get upset or are annoyed (or both).

This latest one particularly annoys me because it waters down “America” and American goods to a point of insincerity and therefore, it’s insulting, like, “buy a chicken in Hong Kong”: who would! The EFFECT is “counter,” the visual effect is saying, “don’t buy American,” or, “we don’t really support buying American and are insincere political operatives.”

But the obvious “zero”-ing of the graphics is repulsive and whether admitted or not, I do believe reflects a decided subtext of the campaign, as also whoever is designing these creepy images.

Most of us LIKE the Harley logo (very much) — mostly because it’s authentic. A viewer responds with authentic emotion to the authenticity of the logo (and therefore also to the product represented). But imitating ANY popular, well-admired logo is a bad mark against any designer because people notice. They notice, they perceive a fake, they reject the product as fake and in the case of Obama, well they should.

This latest Obama campaign logo is just downright ugly design.