http://www.rakemag.com/tags/barack-obama The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/-thousandth-word/2008/07/yes-we-can <!--paging_filter--><p>Bad design is all around us, but there's no bad design like bad election year design. Let's take a moment here to catalog some notable atrocities from recent election cycles, and then hang our heads in bipartisan shame. Offender number one is <a href="http://livingindryden.org/images/politicalSigns/bushCheney07132004B.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Bush/Cheney's militantly mindless logo from 2004</span></a>; you can almost hear the designer making phlegmatic war movie sound effects to himself as he drafted it.<p><a href="http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/-thousandth-word/2008/07/yes-we-can">read more</a></p> http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/-thousandth-word/2008/07/yes-we-can#comments barack obama Ben Shahn Brooklyn culture war design elite Farm Security Administration FDR Gotham Jesse Helms New Deal obama politics poster art Shepard Fairey street art typefaces typography Weisman Weisman Art Museum Williamsburg WPA Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:23:27 -0500 Andy Sturdevant 9654 at http://www.rakemag.com http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/just-passing-through/2008/05/obamania <!--paging_filter--><p><i>^{photo from <a href="http://panderwatch.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/barack-obama-man-who-fell-to-earth/" target="_blank">Pander Watch</a> <br /><br />}</i></p><p><i>(read aloud)</i></p><p> <br />Obama!</p><p>Obama, mama!</p><p>Obama mama, blackjack!</p><p>Obama mama blackjack, jackpot! Smoke a lot? </p><p>Brain rot?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Minnesota</p><p>pep rally, rock show! Let's go! Cash flow!</p><p>Are we here? Do we know? Where to go? Say so!</p><p>Minnesota slam dunk. In the trunk. No junk.</p><p>Put it in the mix, punk!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hoosier daddy</p><p><a href="http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/just-passing-through/2008/05/obamania">read more</a></p> http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/just-passing-through/2008/05/obamania#comments barack obama obamamania presidential campaign state of the union Sun, 11 May 2008 23:46:01 -0500 Glen Ross 9101 at http://www.rakemag.com