Here's the thing - don't expect me to be enthused about someone who cozys up to a mass murderer.

[MADem]

461. "HOPE" was not commissioned by the O campaign. That was a private artist who was SUED by AP for

stealing the picture and modifying it.

And I seem to recall the right wing b-wording that the Obama colors were too muted, too "pink," too girly-man, etc. They certainly had a field day mocking the thing--I won't reproduce those here but Google will show you plenty.

I love the way narratives are re-invented through the mists of time!


I like HRC's logo just fine--it's SIMPLE. Doesn't look like someone either overthought it or spent a fortune on it. And people who are so stupid that they are swayed by a logo probably can't find their way to the polling booths, anyway...I've never heard anyone say "I like the candidate, but oh, that LOGO!!! I just can't cast my vote because of THAT thing...."




Here--some history.

Shephard Fairy and the HOPE poster--not his finest hour: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster

The design was created in one day and printed first as a poster. Fairey sold 350 of the posters on the street immediately after printing them. It was then more widely distributed—both as a digital image and other paraphernalia—during the 2008 election season, initially independently but with the approval of the official Obama campaign. The image became one of the most widely recognized symbols of Obama's campaign message, spawning many variations and imitations, including some commissioned by the Obama campaign. This led The Guardian's Laura Barton to proclaim that the image "acquired the kind of instant recognition of Jim Fitzpatrick's Che Guevara poster, and is surely set to grace T-shirts, coffee mugs and the walls of student bedrooms in the years to come."[3]
In January 2009, after Obama had won the election, Fairey's mixed-media stenciled portrait version of the image was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for its National Portrait Gallery. Later in January 2009, the photograph on which Fairey based the poster was revealed: an April 2006 shot by former Associated Press freelance photographer Mannie Garcia. In response to claims by the Associated Press for compensation, Fairey sued for a declaratory judgment that his poster was a fair use of the original photograph. The parties settled out of court in January 2011, with details of the settlement remaining confidential.
On February 24, 2012, Fairey pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to destroying and fabricating documents during his legal battle with the Associated Press. Fairey had sued the news service in 2009 after it claimed that the famous poster was based on one of its photos. Fairey claimed that he used a different photograph for the poster. But he admitted that, in fact, he was wrong and tried to hide the error by destroying documents and manufacturing others, which is the source of the one count of criminal contempt to which he pleaded guilty.[4] In September, Fairey was sentenced to two years of probation, 300 hours of community service, and a fine of $25,000.[5]

The OBAMA campaign logo--bottom line, if you like the guy, you love the logo. Don't like the guy...well, read on...~! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_logo

Reception[edit]

The logo in use during the 2008 presidential campaign
The reception of Obama's logo was generally positive, and in some circles, highly praised. The Boston Globe beamed that "the ever-present rising sun logo has the feeling of a hot new Internet company."[7] "It begins to break with tradition while also rooting itself in tradition," said Peter Krivkovich, CEO of Cramer-Krasselt advertising agency in Chicago.[2] "Patriotism is the foundation, but above that is hope, opportunity, newness." David Morrison, president of Philadelphia-based market research firm Twentysomething Inc., said the logo has "a nice, contemporary, dynamic, youthful vibe about it."[2] Designer Michael Bierut called Obama's branding "just as good or better" as the best commercial brand designs. "Every time you look, all those signs are perfect," Beirut said. "Graphic designers like me don't understand how it's happening. It's unprecedented and inconceivable to us. The people in the know are flabbergasted."[8]

On the other hand, cartoonist Ward Sutton asked, "is it a zero and a sunset over a deserted highway?" "Too many type styles and colors. The look is left undefined. The designer may have been too inexperienced," he added.[9]
Some[who?] have noted the similarity of Obama's campaign logo to others, namely those of Vietin Bank, The Sidney Hillman Foundation, City of Chandler, Arizona, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.[10] There is also some similarity to the European Union's Protected Designation of Origin and Protected Geographical Indication logos and the logo of Germany's Agenda-Glas AG. The official logo of the Democratic Alliance party of South Africa bears a striking resemblance to Obama's campaign logo.

Obama's campaign was test driven in MA by gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick. Many of the ideas and themes that went national with POTUS's first campaign had been well received in MA and gave DP the corner office on Beacon Hill.


Together We Can/Yes We Can...it's all good:

The "Big O" didn't persuade me to vote for Obama--I voted for him because I liked his views on the issues. I'll vote for HRC for the same reason.