PIC: An edit to the new Democratic logo adds missing letters

[yurbud]

They left a couple of the letters out of their logo (and recent track record):

[hlthe2b]

1. I LIKE IT!!!!

Now that's a logo I can get behind!

[Occulus]

59. 3D version, made in Blender:

[SoapBox]

85. Wow...COOL!

...thumbs up!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. LOVE IT!

:applause: I can get behind that!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Fucking perfect!

Recommended.

[ProSense]

4. It works great with the

DNC's video: Change That Matters

[MannyGoldstein]

30. Very symmetrical: FDR fought to establish Social Security

While today's Democrats are fighting to...

[Swamp Rat]

70. We're about to find out.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Awesome! K&R

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Now THAT is a good logo!

[obxhead]

7. K&R

[stlsaxman]

34. i like yours, too

[leeroysphitz]

78. +1 EXCELLENT

[hfojvt]

8. Isn't that a typo?

I thought it was FDL that was the excrement, not FDR.

[yurbud]

15. how long until the DLC starts parroting right wing talking points about FDR?

[Capitalocracy]

18. When enough of us are talking about him nt

[scentopine]

22. Recall that Obama spoke lovingly of Reagan, not FDR. This is the new democratic party. -nt

[yurbud]

26. Republicans at least have the brains to only trash the icons of the other party

[ZombieHorde]

51. All icons should be trashed, except of course for Gary Gygax, the greatest organism who ever lived.

Sigh, truly one of the greats.

[derby378]

91. God bless him and Dave Arneson for introducing us to 20-sided dice

Even if they never catch on in Vegas, they're freakin' awesome.

[scentopine]

94. LOL! You made me google Gygax ! -nt

[Hannah Bell]

39. it's like everyone in politics these days has to make some requisite obsience to the mafia-funded,

brain-addled reagan, like he's some kind of touchstone.

it's very weird.

[Chan790]

24. Already have.

Doesn't get a lot of traction because it's not in the interest of the Democratic powers-that-be to draw attention to it, nor is it in the interest of Republicans to remind people what real Democrats look like.

But yeah, the blue-dogs/DLC/New Democrats have been shitting on FDR since day 1...they like to claim he achieved nothing, that the war saved us and his liberal economic policies and aggression towards market capitalism lengthened the Depression.

Seriously, can we throw them out yet? When? Please?

[Ken Burch]

42. Since 1988. Everything the DLC has EVER stood for

was a right-wing talking point against FDR.

Those guys won't stop until this is once again the party of Grover Cleveland. OR maybe the party of Andrew Jackson.

[yurbud]

55. Jackson opposed the then equivalent of the Federal Reserve--they mock him by putting his face on the

$20 bill.

[Ken Burch]

56. He also owned slaves and loved him some injun-killin'

n/t.

[yurbud]

57. yep, but that doesn't mean he was wrong about banks. You can fault Hitler for the Holocaust

but the guy knew how to wear khaki. Does one excuse the other? Of course not.

[Ken Burch]

62. You do realize that you've just suggested the WORST "GAP" ad in history.don't you?

:eyes:

[yurbud]

63. too late:

[Art_from_Ark]

65. Jackson's economic policies were reckless

He deposited Treasury funds in so-called "pet banks", which were run by his corrupt buddies, and most of them failed. His policies led to widespread issuance of unbacked paper money by these "pet" banks and so-called "wildcat banks", which had a tendency to skip town as soon as they had cheated enough depositors of their gold and silver. Jackson issued the Specie Circular, which required government loans to be repaid in gold and silver. A large number of these loans were held by land speculators and ordinary citizens who had been cheated out of their gold and silver and thus could not pay back their loans. These reckless economic policies led to the Panic of 1837, which should rightly be called America's First Great Depression.

When it comes to banking, Jackson is one of the worst role models imaginable.

[yurbud]

81. that sounds credible for any politician--got sources though?

[Art_from_Ark]

88. Here's something to get you started

http://www.thehistorybox.com/ny_city/panics/panics_article5a.htm

[Art_from_Ark]

93. The Bank of the US episode was in part a personal feud

Nicolas Biddle, the President of the Bank when Jackson was president, was a man of letters-- child prodigy, accomplished writer, journal publisher, interested in the Greek revival movement and in learning about American Indian cultures. Somewhat Hamiltonian in economic outlook.

Andrew Jackson was essentially Biddle's exact opposite. He had been a "rough around the edges" colonel who had gained fame by winning the meaningless Battle of New Orleans (the War of 1812 had ended a month before the battle was fought) in which his opponents set themselves up as sitting ducks in bright red coats, and Jackson and his men were only too happy to pick them off. Jackson was also happy to kill as many Indians as he could, and when he couldn't kill the Georgia Cherokees outright, he sent them on a forced march to Oklahoma, and many of them died along the way.

As president, Jackson instituted the spoils system, in which top government jobs were awarded to his cronies, regardless of their actual qualifications. Jackson also had pals in the banking industry, who were more than delighted when Jackson withdrew Treasury money from Biddle's Bank of the US and deposited it into their "pet" banks, many of which failed. The Silverados of their day, as it were.

I don't think you could say that this was "credible for any politician".

[dflprincess]

48. Given some of the posts I've read in various threads about FDR

I thought they already had started.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

58. They started doing that in January 1995

Al From, Bruce Reed, and Will Marshall claimed in the first issue of the DLC's Blueprint magazine, that the 1994 Republican congressional takeover was a "win" for THEM, because it "liberated the Democratic party from the legacy of FDR"

[Overseas]

9. After the Bush Gang crashed our economy and national security, millions crossed party lines

to vote for the Party of FDR.

And we gave them weird bipartisan compromising with the party that had crashed our economy, instead of Medicare for All, millions of green and necessary infrastructure repair jobs nationwide, and the strictest re-regulation of big finance and big energy.

I'm hoping that two years of the cognitive dissonance of trying bipartisanship with the most partisan GOP in history are finally over and we'll return to good government and a 21st Century New Deal.

[TheBigotBasher]

10. "most partisan GOP in history"

Replace that with the most partisan GOP yet. Imagine what they will be like with the tea baggers elected.

[yurbud]

14. we will fight to stop that, then even if the Democrats win, they will turn around and accomodate the

baggers.

[yurbud]

11. Yeah, it was like a cop catching a drunk driver & asking him how to drive the squad car

[Enthusiast]

72. Plus One for an intelligent post!

"weird bipartisan compromising"

Yes sir! Weird and unexplained like some UFO people from a bad 1950s science fiction movie.

"The most partisan GOP in history" They haven't moderated their position one iota since all the weird bipartisan compromising.

Maybe once the President admits his love of terrorism, accept Jesus, rejects Islam and asks their forgiveness, they will then treat him like a human being.

[Bozita]

12. K&R

[Rex]

13. Much better and actually means something.

Make it so!

[LWolf]

16. Much better. I still don't like the target/circle. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

29. Yup. Looks like a target

[derby378]

92. For you!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110344342359072&ref=ts

:hi:

[Yuugal]

17. self delete

[rove karl rove]

19. It'd work better for a triangle N/T

[Mimosa]

20. NOW it works!

Good work, Yurbud! :D

Have to add that the RED letters made the dead looking icy blue come ALIVE!!!

[scentopine]

21. Nice job! I got a letter asking me to put the sticker on

my car. It looks like a blue target logo designed by some corporate knuckle heads. Its the new corporate party all right.

Needless to say, it takes more than a marketing campaign of new logo and windy rhetoric to separate me from my money these days. I told them no. Why should I campaign for a group that actively works against my best interests (*)?

However, I see this logo as safe for the republican voters that the right wing members of the democratic party are courting. It is very plain and non-offensive at any level. It would test well among conservatives who didn't know it belonged to democrats.

Change that matters. What the fuck? The change that the left wants doesn't matter? I guess DLC is feeling cocky because they think the tea party is going to mean more democratic wins. The joke is on us because the tea party is pushing democrats and republicans to the far right (in case you haven't noticed). The democratic party is now safe haven for republicans.

The left(*) remains unrepresented.


(*)
Those who oppose these changes that do indeed matter
increased war spending
off shore oil drilling
wall street bailouts and trickledown
tax credits pretending to be "stimulus"
lobbyists writing legislation in secret meetings (health care, net neutrality, oil policy)
warrantless wiretapping
torture without prosecution
outsourcing and trade deals for more outsourcing
etc

[OnyxCollie]

36. +1. nt

[NBachers]

53. "It looks like a blue target logo designed by some corporate knuckle heads"

You mean like this?



I got two email solicitations from [e-mail]. They wanted to send me a Circle D bumper sticker. I replied with this message:

Change your sticker to look like this and I'll proudly display it. Pay attention to what it says:

[KoKo]

77. Well Said!

:kick:

[bertman]

23. Nice way to jazz up that lame-ass circle D logo, yurbud. Rec. nt

[Brickbat]

25. K and FUCKING R. And yes, I knew he wasn't FDR when I voted for him. I knew he was Dem Lite and

not what I wanted. But this is what I want the Democrats to be -- unashamed of what they believe in and willing to fight for it.

[Historic NY]

27. Send it to the WH & gibbs.

[jwirr]

28. Love it.

[Hawkowl]

31. Awesome!

I would love to have that as a bumper sticker!

[AlecBGreen]

32. K&R

speaking of the banks & the moneyed interests: "I WELCOME THEIR HATRED"

Whatever happened to that FDR character? Oh yeah, he was elected FOUR TIMES

*hint hint* *nudge nudge* you listening Obama?

[COLGATE4]

33. K&R! X 1000

[Omaha Steve]

35. He was wrong on the SCOTUS

That was about his only bad step. I wish we had got the second bill of rights before he died. Truman dropped it.

K&R!

[Hannah Bell]

37. now that one's kind of pretty.

[Ramulux]

38. Classic

We need to send this to the jokers at the DNC.

[BrklynLiberal]

40. That is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

:fistbump: :yourock: :applause: :bounce: :toast:

[Panaconda]

41. K&R

Even though this promotes the overall myth of FDR, he was actually quite favorable for big business salvaging capital and co-opting a vibrant populist movement at every turn, have to give a K&R for the sentiment.

[WillyT]

43. Absolutely Perfect !!! - K & R !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:yourock:

:hi:

:kick:

[AsahinaKimi]

44. :3

[MrMickeysMom]

45. Either start acting like HIM...

... or get a BAR CODE across your forehead.

[hulka38]

46. Well played. n/t

[Lost4words]

47. K & R!

stop acting like a jive talking honkey!

[uberblonde]

49. Finally!

Something that makes me feel good about being a Democrat!

[larwdem]

50. We need that logo

[jannyk]

52. I Want one - I'll pay - it is a thing of beauty. Send one to Kaine! nt

[Demeter]

54. I Thought DORK Would Be More Appropriate

Truth in advertising, doncha know.

[Dr.Phool]

67. Or DUD.

[me b zola]

60. K&R

[myrna minx]

61. K&R n/t

[TalkingDog]

64. My edit:

[truedelphi]

66. N-I-C-E!! Thanks, yurbud. n/t

[Norrin Radd]

68. kr

[Swamp Rat]

69. Love it!!

:applause:

[Enthusiast]

71. Thanks, yurbud! Now that's

change (to the logo) that I can believe in.

[H2O Man]

73. Beauty!

Recommended.

[dotymed]

74. The only leader in history

that actually helped the masses.......

[JohnCabot]

76. Absolutely.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

82. Yeah, Lincoln and Johnson didn't do shit!

:eyes:

Good lord.

[suzie]

86. That whole Great Society stuff was directed at the wealthy, doncha know.

As was Medicare.

And anything LBJ did for Civil Rights, the people affected by that somehow didn't count.

[Arkana]

87. Really? So Kennedy and Johnson never happened?

Or Lincoln? Or Teddy Roosevelt?

[disillusioned73]

75. K&R

:dem:

[Rambis]

79. FDR change you can believe in (nm)

:patriot:

[Fiendish Thingy]

80. Damn Skippy! today's Dems are more like DDE than FDR! nt

[Name removed]

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[Individualist]

83. K&R

[laughingliberal]

84. Rec. Much better! nt

[derby378]

90. If you don't like the new logo, show some support here...

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110344342359072&ref=ts

[DemocraticPilgrim]

95. BUT you know how FDR did it the people gave him VAST majorities, so let's do this.