-By Warner Todd Huston
The extremist, left-wing site Talking Points Memo (better known as TPM) thought it had a zinger of a story about the “RNC’s 2012 convention logo.” The logo, TPM crows, seems to have *GASP* a Muslim minaret in it. TPM even helpfully added a copy of the logo with a nice red arrow to the “minaret” image to help its readers determine which graphic element was the minaret (as seen to your right).
What is the subliminal message, TPM wonders? What nefarious motives could the GOP possibly have to include a Muslim icon in their logo? What is going on here TPM demands to know!
And don’t you know, this could be big news among the racists of the GOP who hate all Muslims and want them bombed out of existence, right? TPM dearly hopes that this minaret gaffe will blow up and cause a nuclear meltdown among the hatemongers of the GOP.
The apparent minaret in the logo was first pointed out by DemConWatch. And there may be those who wonder how some of the more anti-mosque elements of the GOP might react to such an architectural inclusion.
Yes, going to “DemConWatch” for serious news is always a fine idea, we all know. After all, in its story DemConWatch features distinctly news-like rhetoric such as: “Will Teabaggers be offended by the minaret in the 2012 RNC logo?” See how measured and serious they are?
So, why has the GOP stuck a mosque in it’s logo? Well, let’s lay out reality for the truth deprived folks of TPM, shall we?
Number one the minaret image is part of Tampa Bay’s skyline. The building that the logo invokes is that of the old Tampa Bay Hotel, now owned by the University of Tampa. The building has been part of the Tampa skyline since the 1920s and is a well-known visual aspect of the city.
And number two on top of that, this logo that TPM reported as the “RNC’s 2012 Convention logo” is not the RNC’s 2012 Convention logo at all. It is the logo designed by the non-profit agency created by the City of Tampa Bay to raise funds for the upcoming convention. The RNC had precisely zip to do with the logo.
Ah, but let’s not let truth get in the way of the left’s crap-stirring lies, shall we?
(H/T William Teach)
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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