If this were a banana republic, the recent removal of GM’s CEO and board would open up all kinds of possibilities—like renaming the divisions for cabinet members! Here are some revised logos with actual (often humorous) taglines.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gets Chevrolet, the largest brand.

Vice President Joe Biden, the old guy, gets Buick—the maker of old-guy cars. Great tagline.

President Barack Obama gets Cadillac, of course. This is the accurate tagline, although the historical one (“The Standard Of The World”) is funny as well.

GMC goes to the DNC.

Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack gets Pontiac. Wait a minute—giving the Ag Secretary the keys to the sportiest brand?! That ain’t gonna work. This just in: Today it is announced that Pontiac is dead. RIP, Pontiac—joining the recent American orphan brands of Oldsmobile and Plymouth. *snif*

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gets Saturn. “Rethink” now applies to the existence of the brand itself—it may get killed off along with Pontiac.

Attorney General Eric Holder gets HUMMER. (And yes, you want him on your side… and definitely not driving against you…)

Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel gets Saab. Born from Jets, now in Air Force One.

Chrysler Bonus—Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner!

Here’s a sign I designed for the Kentucky Symphony’s annual Gala. (The ladies here—I think they were Ben-Gals—did not know this, and I didn’t mention it.) When they asked if I wanted to be in the picture with them, I replied “No thanks.” Thankfully, they did not cover up the sign–otherwise I would’ve had to ask them to step aside!

“WHAT?! The symbol of hope and change being used for old McCain? He’d be the oldest president ever at 72! 72 years, people! This design is a mockery! A travesty!”

“WHAT?! A military look for two guys with no military experience? The last time a major party nominated a ticket with no military experience was 68 years ago! 68 years, people! This design is a mockery! A travesty!”

Original sign as pulled from here. The serif font seems to be a stroked version of Requiem while the sans serif is Gotham. A designer ponders the Obama name font switch from Perpetua upper and lower case to Requiem small caps. More design observations here.

Original sign as pulled from here. The font is Optima Black, known for having “sorta” serifs. The star symbol appears to be from Wingdings 2. Placing the McCain lockup on packaging. More design observations here, including the observation that Optima is used on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.—furthering the connection to McCain.

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Speaking of Opening Ceremonies, it seems that the British Embassy still issues passports with the name “Peking”. So, here’s an alternate “Anglicized” Olympic logo. Gill Sans, of course.

The epic adventure is here.