Why are the stars on the Republican elephant upside-down?

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**naita

Why they did that, I can’t say, but I expect people just liked it better that way. **

I saw what you did there.

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Is anyone else having trouble with “quote”? It disappears when I start to type.

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Istanbul song, right?

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Yes

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Also an honest answer to the OP.

26

It looked like this.

I see they’ve updated the Wikipedia page to use a newer logo since I wrote that OP last year.

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Whatever the reason for the upside down stars, it definitely predates George Bush.

From here:

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I say some Democrat did it during the Nixon administration, and someone finally noticed.

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The stars in it still point down, though.

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Aye. That they do.

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They don’t point down. They are rotated 72 degrees counterclockwise.

32

The stars on the GOP Elephant are dancing around like politicians!

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Well, what’s in the down position of a clock face? The number 6.

So…6…6…and I dunno, if you flip the “p”, it looks a bit like a 6. Maybe the elephant sits on it to bend it to the right shape?

Is anyone surprised?

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I was going to quibble over the left/right nature of “counterclockwise,” but I think given how the word “conservative” now means “reactionary,” you’ve got it exactly right.

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I guess you could also say that they tilt 72 degrees to the right :slight_smile:

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Was the math error a deliberate joke?

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I took it as a joke, since rotating a 5-pointed star 72 degrees leaves it looking the same.

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Uh, no :smack:

36.5 degrees :o

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It’s just not my day. 36 degrees.