Republican organizers are better known for order and industry than for loosey-goosey self-expression. At their convention in Tampa, however, they encouraged hand-painted signs that signal the emotional truth of their message. Blake Gopnik, art critic at Newsweek and the Daily Beast, points out that the Occupy movement had used a similar strategy, and that the idea that crudeness equals authenticity has deep roots in our culture.
This gallery presents some of the choicest scrawls at the RNC.