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We were somewhere around St. Paul, on the edge of the GOP Convention, when the drugs began to take hold…




Posted at 17:10 by Brad

Oh dear:

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Gavin adds:

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Clif adds:

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75 Comments »

  1. JoshWatermanMN said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:11

    Drug use might actually make them more likable, if not merely more interesting.

  2. Cangrejero said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:14

    Drug use might actually make them more likable, if not merely more interesting.

    Actually, it just turns them into libertarians.

  3. Left_Wing_Fox said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:16

    So, the graphic for 2008 is a drugged out elephant with a “wide stance” and prison stripes.

    Yep, that’s The GOP of the 21st century.

  4. norbizness said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:27

    Somebody ran over a fucking elephant?

  5. Legalize said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:28

    Dear god, what the hell is that drugged-out elephant trying to do to that “2008″?!

  6. Sadly, Cambridgeport said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:28

    NO! hey hey hey…. No.
    BAD Elephant. Don’t hump the election year.

    You’ve already fucked the last eight years.

  7. Miguel said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:29

    I remember thinking, what are these god damn elephants.

  8. owlbear1 said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:33

    Shouldn’t that elephant be pink? Or at least little less blue?

  9. owlbear1 said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:34

    Actually, nevermind! That would be just too graphic.

  10. mikey said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:36

    These Republicans picked me up on the highway.

    One of ‘em said “We’re your friends. We’re not like the others”.

    When the other one stopped raving about the leeches, he told me they were on their way to Minneapolis to wreck the American Dream.

    mikey

  11. Righteous Bubba said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:37

    Somebody rejigger that 2008 into a big boner please.

  12. J— said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:38

    Rampant bull. I think it’s quite fitting.

  13. MzNicky said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:41

    And what’s up with those tusks? Not enough phallic symbols already with the tail and the trunk and the 2008 thing?

  14. MzNicky said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:43

    And did somebody smash the elephant in its face? That star eye looks like what cartoon characters have when someone’s smashed them in the face.

    Okay, that’s all I got.

  15. joannegm said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:55

    Dont tell me—-it’s gonna be held in front of that men’s room at the Minna/St Paul airport?

  16. owlbear1 said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:55

    Ya know, I’ve seen signs that cause me to think the fine citizen’s of St.Paul-Wellstone /Minneapolis ought to be on guard for a few Goppers on the rampage.

  17. Rufus said,

    October 4, 2007 at 17:55

    Anyone wanna play “LOLelephantz?”

  18. tb said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:06

    Looks like they’re expanding wingnut welfare to cover the design field. I like how he puts the Bootsy Collins eye in the middle of the cheekbone and makes the rat-like tail come out of the small of the back. And the way he hastily slapped together the left rear leg and foot out of a couple of ellipses and a rectangle. And nobody in teh business does unadorned ovals-for-feet the way he does, because if they did they’d be repeatedly booted in the ass back to the copy room where they belong.

  19. Righteous Bubba said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:06

    It’s like it’s leaning on, oh I dunno, a bathroom stall or something.

  20. Bistroist said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:27

    This may be an opportune moment to bring up this image:

  21. digamma said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:28

    I said, “Kids, if you could go anywhere in this great big world, now
    Where’d you like to go ta”
    They said, “Dad, we wanna see the biggest chickenhawk in Minnesota”

  22. Bistroist said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:28

    Harrumpf, <img src= worked in preview

  23. Lame Man said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:38

    I can haf dance wif u, saylor?

  24. Righteous Bubba said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:42

    LHOOQ

  25. Andy said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:51

    Is your headline supposed to do that (extend all the way across the screen)? Maybe it’s supposed to, to illustrate the effects of drug use?

    (I honestly don’t know; sorry if I’m being dense.)

  26. Bistroist said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:56

    Heh, good one Gav.

    The headline looks completely normal from where I’m sitting (FF 2.0.0.6 on a kUbuntu thin client).

  27. MCH said,

    October 4, 2007 at 18:59

    There must be some mistake. That design is missing its swastika.

  28. Andy said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:04

    OK, maybe it (the headline) is just me. Everything else looks fine, so no big deal.

  29. objectivelypro said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:20

    The elephant had some time to kill at the airport…

    Did this in a hurry. What do you think?

    http://farrellfoto.zenfolio.com/p540891330/?photo=h27C5C7D4#667273172

    Had trouble last time with linking. Just copy and paste into your browser if the link doesn’t show up.

  30. Suburban Guerrilla » Blog Archive » 2008 GOP Convention Logo said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:29

    [...] Yup. That seems about right. Am I missing anything? (via S/N) [...]

  31. Legalize said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:30

    Oh dear, this should be entertaining for a few days: http://instaputz.blogspot.com/2007/10/will-right-condemn-american.html

  32. The Disgruntled Chemist said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:42

    Is that supposed to be an Israeli flag draped over the elephant’s shoulders?

  33. RubDMC said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:47

    Well, I’m glad to see they had the wisdom to TradeMark that image.

  34. Nuff Ced McGreavey said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:55

    Ann Coulter on women:

    “If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry about another Democrat president. It’s kind of a pipe dream, it’s a personal fantasy of mine, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women.”

    http://www.observer.com/2007/coulter-culture

    Ah, another Republican icon speaks out in favor of Democracy. No wonder they get along so well with the Taliban.

  35. t4toby said,

    October 4, 2007 at 19:57

    Awesome update, Gav. Makes the dirty hippie in me get all misty-eyed.

  36. Principal Blackman said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:02

    OK, the original logo was funny enough, but the bong version absolutely cracked me the hell up. Kudos!

  37. Jay B. said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:04

    Needs more stars.

  38. HumboldtBlue said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:13

    Wait, is the convention going to be in Minneapolis or Humboldt county? I mean, it is harvest season up here, I can prove it, because two deputies shot and killed a man at a marijuana grow yesterday. But don’t worry, the dead man was probably an illegal immigrant, because every press release we get lately describes many of the grow sites as under the control of Mexican drug cartels.

    It’s been a banner year for drug task force agents, they’ve destroyed more than 300-thousand plants in Humboldt alone this summer. *sniff*

  39. Fishbone McGonigle said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:16

    I think it should be a crack pipe. But that’s probably too small.

  40. t4toby said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:18

    That, my friend HB, is a tragedy.

    Good thing it grows like a weed.

  41. HumboldtBlue said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:20

    They forgot the hookers (both male and female), the bones from the dead in Iraq, the condemnation of those fascists at MoveOn, a reference to “socialized health care” and umm, one of those signs from the San Diego freeway that show the silhouette of a family running across the road.

  42. Clem said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:24

    The convention is being held in R’lyeh?

  43. NickM said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:29

    LOLelephant

    Com with to bathrom I gots surpriz.

  44. mikey said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:30

    That’s ok, you guys. Just head east on 299 outta Eureka and you cross into trinity county. Places like Salyer. And the feds won’t even GO there, that’s REALLY indian country, and it has a major cash crop.

    Yay for us, and the Native Americans who help sustain our culture!!

    mikey

  45. HumboldtBlue said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:41

    “and the Native Americans who help sustain our culture!!”

    Too bad we can’t help the tribes maintain their culture … give more water to Oregon farmers, fuck the fish!

  46. mikey said,

    October 4, 2007 at 20:51

    Um, in the previous thread they’re fucking goats.

    Here, it’s fish that arouse our passions.

    Look, I’m no prude, I’m not here to grammaw you guys, but you’re gonna be a helluva lot better off if you stick to your own species.

    Just sayin….

    mikey

  47. t4toby said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:03

    I’m with Uncle Mikey. Don’t Fuck Fish.

  48. Lame Man said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:06

    stick to your own species

    Prude.

    What kind of “if it feels good, do it” liberal are you, anyway?

  49. t4toby said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:08

    In fact, Humboldt, I believe it was the CAMP raids in the early 80’s that drove many growers to the Pacific NW and started the Indoor Revolution.

  50. Fishbone McGonigle said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:11

    I’m with Uncle Mikey. Don’t Fuck Fish.

    Hey now, let’s not be hasty.

  51. FS said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:16

    Can you give the elephant an even wider stance?
    Just make sure that you cover up the “delicates.”

  52. Hysterical Woman said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:24

    Fish is out, but dolphins are okay.

  53. HumboldtBlue said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:26

    “In fact, Humboldt, I believe it was the CAMP raids in the early 80’s that drove many growers to the Pacific NW and started the Indoor Revolution.”

    They’re still going strong t4. They have been focusing on grow sites located on federal lands, in fact the local DA won’t prosecute individual growers unless they cross a specific threshold of numbers of plants.

    Then again, there are the assholes who rent houses and then burn them down with indoor grows, such as happened here yet again, last week.

  54. Marked Hoosier said,

    October 4, 2007 at 21:28

    Oh if only someone skilled in Photoshop would put in the silhouette of a toilet and change it to say Minneapolis Airport Bathroom.

    That would be awesome… :)

  55. t4toby said,

    October 4, 2007 at 22:16

    objectivelypro- Nice work.

    I was just reading about that, Humboldt. One article said the number was 2.2 million, but I couldn’t verify that.

    Around these parts, it’s ’shroom season. And it looks like its going to be a bumper crop. Just stay away from the Galerinas.

    Fall has always been my favorite season.

  56. Duros62 said,

    October 4, 2007 at 23:26

    Needs more stars.

    And cowbell.

  57. stringonastick said,

    October 5, 2007 at 0:21

    I must truly be a perv; the first thing I thought when I saw that image was “why did they make the 2008 into a big red elephant boner? Oh yeah, this is the homoerotic GOP we’re looking at here”. Honestly, I thought the official image had already been Photoshopped into an angry elephant with a stiffy.

  58. HumboldtBlue said,

    October 5, 2007 at 0:25

    “One article said the number was 2.2 million,”

    I believe those numbers are statewide. They’ve been busy, busy beavers.

  59. Not that Louis said,

    October 5, 2007 at 0:36

    Unfortunately, I live here. The big doings will be downtown at the Xcel Energy Center but traffic is going to be pretty ugly, and that’s just the helicopters. Last time Emperor Fratboy the Mad spoke at the X (a Norm Coleman campaign event if I recall correctly), they posted cops at the top of the Smith Avenue High Bridge (my neighborhood), fully a mile and a half away and across the river. I guess they were expecting Al-Qaeda or other liberals to up on the bluffs with rocket launchers.

  60. Smiling Mortician said,

    October 5, 2007 at 0:38

    Did I miss a scandal recently? One involving having one’s own mid-spine tail loop around and slide subtly up one’s own arse while marching inexplicably under the Greek flag? I do so try to keep current.

  61. GotDaFeevah said,

    October 5, 2007 at 0:41

    I work at one of the hotels within walking distance of the convention center and with almost a year yet to go we are already preparing for that damn thing.

    I am not looking forward to it AT ALL. I mean, your average guest at a rather fancy hotel tends to be relatively rude to the help, but then take a group that is specially selected for their smug sense of entitlement (ehem, republicans) and pack in as many as can possibly fit and it makes for an unpleasant work day.

    I can only hope that they may all get high. Maybe it would help them chill out a bit… oh, nevermind, what am I thinking. These are republicans we are talking about!

  62. Michael said,

    October 5, 2007 at 0:46

    And now that Larry Craig’s decided to stick around, maybe he could be the official greeter…

    Link

  63. Righteous Bubba said,

    October 5, 2007 at 0:48

    maybe he could be the official greeter…

    There is money to be made off that. Print up T-shirts quick, sell ‘em on the street.

  64. Herr Doktor Bimler said,

    October 5, 2007 at 1:35

    One involving having one’s own mid-spine tail loop around and slide subtly up one’s own arse

    If you imagine the logo as a novelty tea-pot, then the tail makes perfect sense as the handle,

  65. HumboldtBlue said,

    October 5, 2007 at 2:28

    Someone over at KOS described the head as a monkey taking a crap. Now that I look again, I agree.

  66. stringonastick said,

    October 5, 2007 at 3:39

    Damn, you’re right; it IS a monkey taking a crap! With the tusks representing that flaming tailfeathers problem associated with a really spicy dinner.

  67. Doodle Bean said,

    October 5, 2007 at 3:56

    What fun! My version is here.

  68. HumboldtBlue said,

    October 5, 2007 at 3:56

    It could be one of the creepy nazi lady’s flying monkeys for all I know.

  69. The Local Crank said,

    October 5, 2007 at 4:52

    There’s something vaguely…Cthulhu-ish about the whole thing.

  70. tommy yum said,

    October 5, 2007 at 6:07

    Hokay, here’s my LOLcon:

    “doodz wir goin dwn”

  71. Peter Kemmer said,

    October 5, 2007 at 17:43

    My humble contributions:

    http://www.ratsnest.com/pictures/livejournal/20071004.GOPConventionLogo.Boner.01.png

    http://www.ratsnest.com/pictures/livejournal/20071004.GOPConventionLogo.I‘llCutYaBitch!.01.png

    Enjoy!

  72. Legalize said,

    October 5, 2007 at 18:09

    It would be a shame if some enterprising hippy, dressed as a College Republican took it upon himself to sell wacky, but subtle parody t-shirts and/or stickers to the conventioneers.

    Please, someone in Minnesota make this happen for all of us.

  73. tigrismus said,

    October 5, 2007 at 19:06

    I did one, too, after reading the idea suggested at Tbogg: linky

  74. Mo's Bike Shop said,

    October 6, 2007 at 1:20

    Will someone please put some pants on that elephant?

  75. craigie said,

    October 7, 2007 at 0:29

    It’s the perfect symbol for the Republican party - an elephant frightened by a mouse.

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