Can we get rid of the ridiculous "circle D" and go back to the proud donkey?

[Barack_America]

If this nation is going to go down in flames, (and the possibility of wresting it away from corporate control looks bleaker by the day) I'd much rather be a member of a proud Democratic party fighting to save it until the end, rather than one that throws fuel onto the fire.

This:



Is a demure, focus group-tested corporate logo. It's bland and spiritless, much like what we've seen of the "New Democratic" party.


This:



Symbolizes a party with fight, a party with the stubbornness and strength to carry the weight of this country on its back.

[YOY]

1. and furthermore it doesn't embrace "Democrats" as opposed to the DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

n/t

[Barack_America]

9. Very true. "Circle D" is very happy to sit alone in the corner...

put in its place by the little corporate prison it has drawn around itself.

The donkey, on the other hand, is having none of that.

[kenfrequed]

76. There are three things I think of when I look at it

The first is that it is a meaningless bit of corporate pabluum that they must have paid a team of people to concoct it. I can imagine entire meetings trying to pick the color and attempting to make it as safe and inoffensive as possible. Safe. Like everything they do.

The second thing it reminds me of is a copywrite mark (you know, the little c in a circle). That sends exactly the message I would want for my Democratic party.

The third thing it makes me think of is a weird shaped target bullseye.


All in all this was a stupid and meaningless bit of rebranding that accomplished nothing.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Yep. That logo reminds me of this failure:

[Barack_America]

8. Ack! New Coke!

A very appropriate comparison.

[YOY]

11. That tasted very much like Pepsi...like a poor cousin of Pepsi that embraced the competition.

and forgot the notion that IF people were given the choice between a coke that tasted like a pepsi and a pepsi they would pick the pepsi every time.

Yes...a very good comparison.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

31. Kinda like the Bluedogs that lost...

[Mimosa]

3. Amen! n/t

[lpbk2713]

4. Agreed.

It looks unimaginative and generic.

[mimitabby]

5. heehaw!! I agree

[rubberducky]

6. Oh, how I agree!!

[quinnox]

7. Please do so , that blue logo is an EPIC FAIL

the color, the look, everything about it, it should be retired permanently.

[AmandaMae]

10. Agree completely. n/t

[NBachers]

12. Democrats Change That Matters doesn't even make sense

It's like Democrats Change That Mattress

The logo looks like a target a man would piss toward in a urinal

[grahamhgreen]

17. +1

[marmar]

13. Agree. I need my ass.....

:)

[jillan]

14. It kinda reminds me of a bullseye. I want my donkey back!

[Barack_America]

29. Kinda worked that way last night, too. nt

[theHandpuppet]

15. Couldn't agree more!

Whenever I see that circle D it makes me think of some corporate symbol for "Disposable", some little tag you'd look for on a package of sanitary wipes.

K&R!

[grahamhgreen]

16. "Democrats" plays into the repub tactic of calling us the "Democrat" party instead of the

"Democratic" Party.

Besides it looks like a bullseye, with pro-war undertones.


"Change that matters" is meaningless.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

18. Dump the logo. And the idiots who came up with it.

Purge the DLC'ers from the DNC and never let them in the door again.

[End Of The Road]

19. The new logo is a concession that we're no longer the party

of "fight, stubbornness and strength" perhaps?

Yeah, gimme my donkey back.

[Barack_America]

26. Sadly true. In that respect Kaine did us a favor by dissociating "New Democrats"...

...and the Democratic Party.

Rather than tarnish the donkey, he simply got rid of it.

[global1]

20. Because Kaine Made An Ass Of Himself And The Dems.....nt

[Ganja Ninja]

21. And while we're at it fire the guy that came up with it and presided over this debacle

Tim Kaine

[Barack_America]

23. Second. nt

[Catherina]

22. DLC BS that isn't fooling many people. Rec'd, n/t

[Hawkowl]

24. D-

Might as well as have a big ole F in a circle. Stupid corporate logo for the stupid corporate greedy DLC wing of the party.

[TexasObserver]

25. Recommend. That circled D is the worst logo EVER.

It is, however, emblematic of the complete lack of originality and imagination by the president's administration, from top to bottom.

Dump the circle D, and return to being a Democratic Ass, Mr. President. You're not poet laureate. You're the president. Loosen your collar, take off your tie, and learn what it is like to work as an ass kicking Democrat.

[Barack_America]

28. Hear hear!

:applause:

[RainDog]

41. hells yeah

and the nasty republican heathers aren't going to like you no matter what you do, so fuck them.

[Kablooie]

27. The circle D is just the brand on the donkey's butt. Very undistinguished.

[Blue_In_AK]

30. That circle D is the most insipid logo I've ever seen.

I'm not buying it.

[JoePhilly]

32. Yea, that will fix the problem we have. nt

[ibegurpard]

43. Of course it won't

but it was a stupid and pointless change that is a symptom of what ails the party: abandonment of passion for the issues of the common American and a focus on pleasing corporate money backers and trying to market instead of lead.

[JoePhilly]

69. Marketing works if you do it well ... which is the point of Citizen's United ...

The "D" is a non-issue.

[gkhouston]

33. It always makes me think of elevator buttons: "Press 'D' for 'down'". n/t

[RamboLiberal]

34. +1000 - get rid of that washed out whimpy logo & Tim Kaine

Both disasters!

[Greyhound]

35. K&R. Too indicative od what they want us to be. n/t

[felix_numinous]

36. It is just another decision made by someone

without our vote or consent, and to me it symbolizes a loss of identity. I like the donkey, at least he is alive and kicking.

:kick:

[madinmaryland]

37. Kicked and recommended!

:kick:

[Celtic Raven]

38. K&R

:kick:

Kaine emailed me weeks ago offering to send me a sticker with that circle D logo. I gave him a piece of my mind about where he could stick it.
If the Corporate Dems want to plaster it on everything they own - have at it. That image is not worth the plastic it's printed on & won't cross my threshold.

[Barack_America]

39. Well done on that.

I like to think Kaine read that e-mail personally. :D

[Celtic Raven]

42. Me too

Especially this part:

Get Dr. Dean back to do rollouts that actually fire up the base and win elections!


:argh:


Doubt he read it though.

I had even less favorable things to say about Rahm than about him & his logo.

[RainDog]

40. I think the new brand is fugly

it looks like the democrats hired Target to design a logo for losers which they did after raiding my iphoto standard images. there are so many ways to work against that logo, it's just stunning to me that someone actually thought it was a good image.

I will not be using it.

[jgraz]

44. Hey, that's Tim Kaine's biggest accomplishment to date!

Of course, his best contribution to the party will come the day he resigns as DNC chair.

[Gold Metal Flake]

45. How Dare You!

Don't you know that his key fobs can be flung like Chinese stars to blind and main political oponents? They can be used as coasters for really small rum & Cokes! They have supernonconducting properties! They are light for people who are on the go! They got wurds! How dare you not fall to your knees and worship at all things establishment!

[leveymg]

46. I sorta like this guy, head high and has an attitute:

[Barack_America]

52. "Don't Fuck With Me"

Much more imposing than their little coiled up snake.

[leveymg]

57. Now, we're talkin'!

That's gotta be the new Democratic attitude. No more Bullshit, waffling, triangulating, or long soapy showers with the opposition.

[Marr]

47. Let's keep the circle D as the symbol of the Blue Dogs.

It's blue, it's a D, and they seem to like it.

[PBass]

48. The new logo mixes fonts - Serif and San Serif...

that wouldn't fly in a first-year graphic design course. Pick a font style and stay with it.

I posted in an earlier thread.

[leveymg]

49. Looks like it was drawn by Kaine himself on a cocktail napkin. Amateurish is too kind.

[Leopolds Ghost]

53. The D doesn't even line up with the circle. You can tell it was plugged into a computer

With word processing tools. And it mixes colors in a terrible way.

This is the future of America, like the revised Gap logo -- a nation no longer capable of fixing things or doing things properly to the benefit of all and not a few.

[leveymg]

59. Either the "artist" was a machine, or it was outsourced.

Either way, you get what you pay for.

[Safetykitten]

50. Please, yes we need to get rid of that thing. Donkey time!

[lonestarnot]

51. I never changed!

:kick:

[blondeatlast]

54. What new logo?

:evilgrin: I did it a couple of months ago, frankly!

[glinda]

55. That logo stinks and looks like a smiley face on it's side. Ugly.

[TriMera]

56. Rec &

kick :kick:

[somone]

58. Dullest, wussiest logo ever

Worse than corporate logos. Corporate logos are bold and loud.

[paulflorez]

60. This really is the last thing we should be complaining about

I don't care what the stupid logo is.

[ohheckyeah]

61. I certainly hope they didn't pay somebody to come up

with that stupid logo. How creative.....NOT!

[Lugnut]

62. I want my donkey back.

Whose stupid idea was that circle D logo?


:kick:

[Liquorice]

63. The circle sucks. nt

[Art_from_Ark]

64. The new symbol is reminiscent of the logo of the "loveable losers"

The Chicago Cubs

[cherokeeprogressive]

65. Every time I see it, I'm strangely reminded of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...

and I don't know why.

[OnionPatch]

66. I absolutely refuse to use that logo.

I'm keeping my donkeys. Will not use that hideous thing. No way. What where they thinking?

[we can do it]

67. Sleepimg Smiley or Kick Ass- What Do You Want To Be?

[randr]

68. What do the dems do when the repugs take aim?

Paint a target on their logo!

[The Uncola]

70. I don't much care about logos...

.. I care about policies and who will actually go to the wall for the People. But it is well worth noting the virtually every poster I have on ignore, has that gawddamn symbol for an avatar. Not sayin', I'm just sayin'.


***Makes me wonder if it isn't a medical label for those with an acute lack of spine.***

[Barack_America]

75. Noted.

Isn't that curious.

[The Uncola]

77. Huh?

What is that supposed to mean?

[Barack_America]

78. I noted what you found "well worth noting"...

...and found it interesting.

ETA: not interesting that you noted it, but interesting that it is so. I've noticed the same thing with posters I've had run-ins with.

[The Uncola]

79. Thanks...

.. was hoping that's what you meant. It's also good o note that it isn't just me.

:pals:

[Peacetrain]

71. I happen to like the Donkey better too.. But I did get a charge out of how worked up

some people got over that D. Lord.. of all the things to get mad about and waste precious time and emotion over.. that had to be one of the funniest.

[Autumn]

72. I already did. Fuck that circle D

:dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :dem: :kick:

[GeorgeGist]

73. The Donkey is a domesticated Ass

I want a party that represents progress.

[Moondog]

74. The Circle D looks like an asshole with a hemorrhoid.

It was probably designed by a closet Pube. Why in the hell did anyone think this was a positive change?