Monday, April 13, 2015

Hillary's Logo --Typology in Campaign Symbols?



During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, candidate Barack Obama developed his own campaign symbol.  The stylized "O" containing an abstract sun rising over the red and white striped landscape could be seen emblazed on "O-Force One" (the campaign plane) and was reprised in Mr. Obama's appearances in "the Office of the President-Elect" .

Not to be outdone, candidate First Lady/Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-AR/NY) also proffered her own campaign logo.  But the stylized "H" has not been met with universal acclaim.





It has been noted that the "Hillary For America" logo has a striking resemblance to the Cuban flag or a Hospital ideogram, neither of which would broaden Hillary's base.

The H is formed with a crossbar arrow pointing to the right.  Is this forshadowing how Hillary must run to win the general election or just trying to graphically mime progress?

Hillary Clinton may well be positioning her campaign to put some distance between the Democrat candidate and the lame duck incumbent President.  But that will be hard to do, as Mrs. Clinton was at the foreign policy helm for the withdrawal in Iraq which fulmented ISIS, the pending withdrawal in Afghanistan which will effectively hand control to the Taliban, the war in Libya and the Benghazi bungle.

Nonetheless, Mrs. Clinton is mimicking some of  Mr. Obama's modus operandi with the campaign symbol.  By juxtaposing Hillary's logo next to President Obama's, one can discern an inconvenient truth.  




Maybe the Hillary for America campaign can offer more compelling reasons to vote for her other than after being married to the Philanderer -in-Chief, so it's now her turn for the Oval Office. 

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