Senate Candidate Should Focus More on Tax Reform, Less on Copyright Infringement

I am in no way anything close to a political pundit, so I feel absolutely no shame in asking…what the hell is a Libertarian anyway?  Scratch that, I don’t need to know that bad.  Really I don’t.  What I can infer though is that Libertarians from the great state of Oregon must really love Rick Nash.

How else to explain why U.S. Senate candidate Marc Delphine’s campaign logo is eerily similar to the one used by a middling NHL team from central Ohio.  And by similar I mean it’s a blatant rip-off stunning likeness of the logo employed by the Columbus Blue Jackets, only backwards and slightly modified.

You can see Delphine’s campaign logo (since removed) in the banner above–now compare that to the Blue Jackets logo…

I’m usually the kind of guy who gives someone the benefit of the doubt, but come on, put a little effort into it, will ya?  The only thing worse would’ve been to photoshop Delphine’s head onto the Penguins logo and call it an original.

Delphine, for his part, had the offending logo immediately removed when told of the similarities, and suggested a volunteer named “Aaron” designed and submitted the logo.  But not one to throw a campaign volunteer under the bus, Delphine took full responsibility for the look-alike logo, while at the same time reiterating that he was, in fact,  not the logo’s creator.

The NHL is unlikely to pursue any legal discourse, since the logo was removed from all aspects of the campaign almost immediately after the discovery was made.

When all is said and done, I’m willing to chalk it all up to an honest mistake.  Let bygones be bygones and all that crap.  I mean honestly, who expects anyone from Oregon to know who or what the Columbus Blue Jackets are, let alone what their emblem looks like.  And Delphine, being the political animal that he is, had one final spin to put on the whole thing…

“If anything, I hope this raises awareness for the Columbus Blue Jackets,” said Delphine.

Me too, so that we can eradicate crappy, uninspired hockey once and for all.

[Oregon Live]