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Politics Wait, Is That "Don't Tread on Me" Yellow That Rossi's Wearing?
Posted by Eli Sanders on Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Slog commener wisepunk, seeing the color of Dino Rossi's online campaign logo, says:
Notice that the logo for his run isn't in Red White and Blue, but instead they are black (or real dark blue) and yellow. Seems like the same color scheme as the "don't tread on me" flags that are so popular with the teabagger crowd.
Maybe a tad conspiratorial, but we do know that politicians spend a lot of time figuring out color schemes and logo designs for their campaign materials. We also know that Rossi's first campaign hire, Pat Shortridge, is simultaneously serving as a senior strategist for Florida senate candidate (and Tea Party darling) Marco Rubio—so presumably Shortridge knows "Don't Tread on Me" yellow when he sees it.
I'll ask Rossi's campaign if there's any intentional hue whistling going on here. But, while we await the (unlikely) answer, it's worth considering that whatever the color of his campaign signs, Rossi already seems to have the Tea Party vote sewn up.
- E.S.
- Yakima Tea Party Rally, April 10, 2010.
UPDATE: Rossi spokesperson Mary Lane Strow e-mails:
Sorry to disappoint any conspiracists out there, but Dino's campaign colors have been blue and yellow since he ran for the state senate in the 1990s.
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Don't Tread On Me is also the slogan of the US men's World Cup squad. Their shirts have a snake-and-dtom logo on the back of the shield on the front (i.e., inside the shirt, next to the heart).
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blue and yellow is also the colors of the human rights campaign... but i'm sure that was an accident and they'll fix it when they realize the mistake they made
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More curiouser; why did archive.org stop collecting his site?
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.…
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.…
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when did the gadsden flag, whose snake represents the unification of the states against their royal oppressors, become co-opted by anti-gov't individualists?
makes as much sense as co-opting the boston tea party.
makes as much sense as co-opting the boston tea party.
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I deal with logos every day, so this stuff sticks out. I didn't think it would end up as a Slog post...
I really think this is an opprotunity to go after Rossi, and in general, his misguided supporters.
"What federal campaign can you think of in the last 30 years that used something besides a red/white/blue scheme? Why doesn't Dino love America?"
Yeah it is a little out there, but I lived in Eastern Washington for 15 years and I understand how they think out there.
I really think this is an opprotunity to go after Rossi, and in general, his misguided supporters.
"What federal campaign can you think of in the last 30 years that used something besides a red/white/blue scheme? Why doesn't Dino love America?"
Yeah it is a little out there, but I lived in Eastern Washington for 15 years and I understand how they think out there.
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i just like that the timber rattler the teabaggers embrace is also known as the pit viper, swamp rattler, bastard rattlesnake and Crotalus horridus...
'cause yeah, on those swampy pit horrid bastards it works.
'cause yeah, on those swampy pit horrid bastards it works.
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It's because Dino Three Strikes Rossi's colors just run - like the scared little rabbit he is.
He'd have put up a white flag background, but he's saving that for his rebel yell when he and Tim Eyman move to Idaho with our posse hard on their heels.
He'd have put up a white flag background, but he's saving that for his rebel yell when he and Tim Eyman move to Idaho with our posse hard on their heels.
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Sorry to disappoint any conspiracists out there, but Dino's campaign colors have been blue and yellow since he ran for the state senate in the 1990s.
This almost earns a "How's that yellowy-bluey stuff working out for ya?" moment. It's very Empire State.
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Too bad you guys are OLD and don't have Facebook accounts.
Otherwise you'd know that in Dino-land:
"In just the first week, we have signed up over 2,500 people online, attracted over 20,000 Facebook followers, third most of any US Senate candidate and nearly twice that of Senator Murray, and raised over $600,000, including nearly $200,000 online. "
Otherwise you'd know that in Dino-land:
"In just the first week, we have signed up over 2,500 people online, attracted over 20,000 Facebook followers, third most of any US Senate candidate and nearly twice that of Senator Murray, and raised over $600,000, including nearly $200,000 online. "
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He's had the same colors all along. I still drive past two of his signs, giant signs that his diehard acolytes never removed, every damn day.
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