Friday, October 20, 2006

Ever notice...?

In the stylized donkey image used by Democrats, the stars point upward. In the stylized elephant seen on all Republican web sites and campaign literature, the stars invariably point down.

The inversed pentacle is widely considered a symbol of black magic.

Who designed these symbols? I know that Thomas Nast came up with the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant, but who came up with the widely-seen modern versions?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Images of the Confederate Flag with the stars pointing down,

http://www.confederateflags.org/FAQ/FOTCfaq2.htm

Anonymous said...

The present state flag of Georgia appears to be the actual Stars and Bars with a little gold decoration that, at a glance, suggests many images of the Republican elephant.

It's derived directly from the Civil War flag shown here, at the very bottom of the page,

http://64.235.34.221/FOTCgeorgia.htm

Anonymous said...

You definitely have something here. The strange thing is, John Kerry's campaign posters also had the occultic upside-down stars. I wish I remembered a link, but i'm sure it can be found pretty easily.

Anonymous said...

Wow! Makes me think that maybe Chavez was on to something when he called Bush "Satan"

Anonymous said...

Well thats just plain CREEPY Laura

Anonymous said...

Lets not look for anything sinister. I have always held that the Repugs are so stupid they don’t even know which end is up.

Anonymous said...

That is incredibly interesting. And for number two comment.... why don't you think Kerry is capable of upside down stars? He was Skull and Bones.