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LRae Les Otten's website is an attempt to rip-off of President Obama's campaign
website. While it doesn't have the clean, beautiful simplicity of Obama’s logo
and site, it clearly uses the same color palette, layout and fonts. And, Le Otten's logo
is over-designed. So is his website. Was this a case of an amateur graphic designer
trying to copy an immensely effective and graphically perfect political campaign,
or a creative director listening to some desperate political communications director?
How unfortunate for Les Otten to hire a graphic designer not confident enough to
produce a logo and website that is new and bold; as his campaign promises.
I am an art director, not a writer but it is obvious that even the website
writer copied President Obama's website text.
Dems accuse GOP hopeful of stealing Obama's 'O'
The Political Carnival —
... —The executive director of the Maine Democratic Party is accusing Republican Les Otten of taking the "O" from President Barack Obama for his own campaign Web site. ...
Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
... option. Any such attempt should be DOA, as they are nothing short of industry giveaways. If the Senate balks, pass legislation under reconciliation. If the Senate still balks, House progressives should make sure to kill any such effort. It should be clear to Obama that unless he wants a failed health care reform initiative under his belt, a la Bill Clinton, he'll have to go to the mat for the public option. Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Les Otten proves how Republicans have no new ideas: rips off Obama logo: ...
A Maine Democrat attacks a Maine Republican over his "O"
Top of the Ticket —
... Manning's already called attention -- well, he objected would be more accurate -- to Otten's possible campaign logo on his possible campaign website.(See top image.) ...
Maine GOP gov candidate offers Obama homage with website
Ben Smith's Blog —
Les Otten, a 2010 GOP gubernatorial hopeful in Maine, has already gotten called out by the state Dems for his website.
It's not just the "O," but check out the "It's Time For A Strong Leader" part over the outline of Maine.
Responded Otten to the charge of borrowing from the Democratic president:
The Les Otten Exploratory Campaign did not copy from anyone’s website. We built the website up from the letter “O” ...
