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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf we could change the Repukes' mascot from elephant to something else, what should it be?
Last edited Mon Oct 24, 2022, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)
Hey fellow DUers, I happen to think elephants are really cool animals, but the Repukes have ruined it for me. If it were up to me, I'd like to see the elephants' image restored, and let the Repukes be represented by a more appropriate mascot.
UPDATE: Here are the voting results after 1 day:
1) Rat - 36 votes
2) Poop/shit/crap(various forms) - 15 votes
3) Three-way Tie: Snake, Weasel, and Skunk - 5 votes each
6) Pig - 4 votes
7) Tapeworm - 3 votes
8) Three-way Tie: Vampire Bat, Maggot, and Cockroach - 2 votes each
11) One vote each for Botfly, Trichinella Roundworm, Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Horsefly, Drooping Penis, Trump(Face), X-files Monster, Noose, KKKlansman, Gollum, Monster Spider, Hagfish, Orc/Troll, A Smell, Anus, Jackass, A Horse's Ass, Slug, Trump(Puckered Lips), Giant Asshole on Legs, Dung Beetle, Dinosaur/HoneyBadger/Snake/Rat combination.
Help me decide which one:
| 22 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Time expired | |
| Snake | |
2 (9%) |
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| Weasel | |
3 (14%) |
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| Pig | |
0 (0%) |
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| Shark | |
0 (0%) |
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| Wasp or hornet | |
0 (0%) |
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| Rat | |
7 (32%) |
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| Armadillo | |
0 (0%) |
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| Skunk | |
1 (5%) |
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| Vampire Bat | |
1 (5%) |
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| Something else described below | |
8 (36%) |
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| 1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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FalloutShelter
(14,617 posts)💩
Docreed2003
(18,714 posts)NotASurfer
(2,371 posts)Immediately, first thing that came to mind
SheltieLover
(81,684 posts)catrose
(5,377 posts)we can do it
(13,036 posts)FSogol
(47,665 posts)milestogo
(23,199 posts)Model35mech
(2,047 posts)elephant poo
Demanchor
(138 posts)meadowlander
(5,154 posts)The most common parasite on Russian bears and feral hogs.
Tree-Hugger
(3,379 posts)I nominate a dingleberry that occasionally gets stuck to my cat's butt.
CTyankee
(68,470 posts)FakeNoose
(42,391 posts)... to represent the political parties. I've come to resent the depiction of elephants as Repukes, because elephants don't deserve such a nasty epithet. Obviously no cartoonists are going to change just because we pick something different to represent the Repukes.
CTyankee
(68,470 posts)Trump is like a cancerous growth. Hideous.
LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)Donkees
(33,745 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(11,499 posts)shanti
(21,806 posts)White worm, that's a no brainer.
hlthe2b
(114,671 posts)in segments to infect many many more.

BTW, I think all the animals mentioned above are redeemable,or at least interesting and actually often quite friendly, pet rats included. So, tapeworm it is.
roamer65
(37,974 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,997 posts)Response to FakeNoose (Original post)
Baked Potato This message was self-deleted by its author.
Niagara
(12,117 posts)magicarpet
(19,408 posts)gopiscrap
(24,778 posts)budkin
(6,849 posts)That's what they are
LuvLoogie
(8,907 posts)
?w=640Ferrets are Cool
(23,047 posts)A noose works for me.
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LakeArenal
(29,949 posts)
VGNonly
(8,549 posts)onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)FrankTC
(265 posts)watched years ago.
Runner-up could be the giant blood-sucking spiders in the classic Eight Legged Freaks, now like Idiocracy revealed to be a documentary.
RainCaster
(13,888 posts)💩💩💩
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Glorfindel
(10,175 posts)MuseRider
(35,176 posts)a smell. NO animal, no matter how we think of them, deserves to be the name for those creeps. Surely we could create something we would all know what it was.
FakeNoose
(42,391 posts)You still have time to change your answer, if you'd like.
2naSalit
(103,806 posts)Maeve
(43,489 posts)So they're too positive.
I'd go with the poop emoji
FelineOverlord
(3,851 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(14,624 posts)Can't think of a single redeeming feature those things have.
Demsrule86
(71,555 posts)Talitha
(8,150 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)
Mossfern
(4,772 posts)Perfect
Scottie Mom
(5,838 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(13,385 posts)Hit them with a purifier like salt and they die
Or roaches
Arazi
(8,887 posts)Just a closeup shot of that
FakeNoose
(42,391 posts)yellowdogintexas
(23,757 posts)definitely
EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)CTyankee
(68,470 posts)area51
(12,753 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,373 posts)DemocraticPatriot
(5,410 posts)near the end of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" film... (one of the animated sequences)
(beginning 3:37)
My second choice is the maggot, which ought to have been included in the poll...
Buns_of_Fire
(19,221 posts)Ilsa
(64,565 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,796 posts)Honey Badger as evidenced by aggressive, selfish, self-centered, take-no-prisoners behavior.
Snake due to deceptive, hide in a hole tactics but with deadly bite.
Rat represents amoral, sneaky and filthy natures.
Throw in a dose of Steve Bannon's DNA and you've got a perfect critter for a new GOP mascot.
Typical Republican news conference......

Apologies to our wonderful animal kingdom.
KY.......
FakeNoose
(42,391 posts)FakeNoose
(42,391 posts)Celerity
(54,855 posts)
FakeNoose
(42,391 posts)This is an awesome gif too.
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