Latest wingnut delusion is for those who think dumb

If Pepsi's slogan is "For those who think young", the wingnutosphere's motto ought to be "For those who think dumb." Or better yet, "For those who don't think at all."

The Freepers' latest delusion is that Pepsi's new logo is based on that of the Obama campaign and that Pepsi is biased in favor of Obama. CNN actually ran an entire segment this morning to feed this fantasy.

Never mind that Pepsi's new logo doesn't look any more like Obama's than any other logo that Pepsi has used since World War II - when it introduced the red, white, and blue swirls inside a circle. In fact, it doesn't look much like it at all.

This is on par with conservatives' claim that the NBC peacock's left-facing profile was a tribute to liberal politics - a claim that resulted in NBC modifying the bird's beak to face right. (The same occurred with the stylized human profile that serves as PBS's logo.)

Do conservatives truly believe that corporations have favored more liberal politicians and causes? Any objective examination proves Corporate America in general to be on the political right - especially measured by which parties and candidates they gave campaign cash to.

I can think of one corporate logo right off the bat that was almost certainly designed to favor a right-wing candidate: Wal-Mart. From around 2000 at least through 2004, Wal-Mart usually employed a logo that bore a striking similarity to Bush's campaign signs.

I noticed the resemblance immediately. The retail giant had previously been using a similar logo that used the opposite color scheme, but when the colors were changed, there was little doubt that Bush's logo influenced this modification.

Also, Pepsi's new logo didn't appear until after the election. Wal-Mart's Bush-inspired logo was on display prominently during the 2000 and 2004 campaigns. (It still reminds me of the many frustrations of the era.)

It's also telling that Wal-Mart introduced a completely different logo when the wheels were falling off the once-unstoppable Bush wagon - not because they opposed Bush (which they don't), but because they knew how much their old logo was associated with Bush's failures.

It's a shame John McCain had to ruin a good font by using it for his logo.