Obama Campaign Drops Faux Presidential Seal

Advertising Age ^ | 06.23.08 | Ken Wheaton

[kingattax]

Last week, Barack Obama unveiled a new campaign seal -- and not the kind that swims, barks and balances balls on the end of its nose. Rather, it was the kind that has a big old eagle on it and some Latin (Vero possumus, which translates very loosely to "Yes we can").

It's also a seal that combined elements of Richard Nixon's White House police uniforms and George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished." And it went over about as well. Andrew Malcolm at the L.A. Times had some fun with it. And Mickey Kaus predicted it would be disappeared over the weekend. His exact words were: "But unless David Axelrod is insane, the thing will never be seen again." Kaus was right.

While we don't have full details, someone at Obama's press center, when asked if the seal would be used going forward said simply, "No." There were still a number of vaguely presidential-seal screensavers available at the Obama website, though.

(I'll update this post if anyone from Team Obama calls me back with further details. ...Marc Ambinder's hearing the same thing, by the way.)

Will this hurt the campaign? I find that highly unlikely. The Obama camp responded quickly and it's 133 days away from the election.

Photo Credit: Alex Brandon

[kingattax]

faux, fake, phony, counterfeit, false, unreal, bogus, sham, fraudulent, hoax, pseudo ........

any and all apply to osama obama

[F15Eagle]

Too late — we already caught him — and his United Nations “blue”

[Aggie Mama]

I forwarded to my email contacts over the weekend after seeing it on Yahoo. I’m sure it’s making the rounds as I type this.

[Southerngl]

Now if he would just show a real birth certificate.

Considering how soon he ended up in Kenya, it is NOT an unreasonable response.

[river rat]

This Affirmative Action, racist, communist and closet Muslim stumbles and changes direction more than a drunken sailor on leave amongst the whore houses in the Philippines!

When will folks WAKE UP and believe their lying eyes?

[Southerngl]

Oops, “REQUEST”. Not an unreasonable request.

[F15Eagle]

Some good stuff here ...

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Obama Changes U.S. Presidential Seal

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034415/posts

[kingattax]

Now if he would just show a real birth certificate. Considering how soon he ended up in Kenya, it is NOT an unreasonable response.

dan rather swears that birth certificate is genuine

[Popman]

Politics has a lot to do with gambling and reading the signs.

This faux POTUS sign is a "tell" about what Obama really thinks about the American people, the power he wants to acquire and his regard for the American political tradition. That sign smacks of soviet style propaganda

The fact he even displayed this ONE time is very revealing about his campaign and the level of propaganda he is willing to throw out to see what sticks.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Headlines we'd like to see;

“Obama Blows Seal.”

[SERKIT]

I thought it was an anti-roadkill campaign: Zero Possums.

[Secret Agent Man]

I get where you’re going, but it isn’t UN blue. UN blue is lighter, a powder blue. If you’ve seen it before, you will ALWAYS recognized it again.

[WilliamReading]

Vero possumus, which translates very loosely to “Truly, I am a Possum”

[F15Eagle]

Oh I know -— it was just that they moved color closer, about 1/2 way I’d say.

I figured somebody would say something, LOL

But he does remind me of Kofi Annan with his politics

[bannie]

I love how email multiplies like rabbits!

[reagan_fanatic]

They did the seal wrong.

The Eagle should be clutching a bunch of straws, which is what an Obama Administration would be grasping at during its first foreign policy crisis.

[Joe Boucher]

Come on now.
They gots to do some thing to make the Obamma Lamma Ding Dong look presidential and not like a “Magic Negro”.

[lookout88]

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Secret Agent Man]

He reminds me of a ventriloquist dummy with a bunch of hands up its puppet chute.

[jonrick46]

Obama saw this one and decided to go with it:

[jonrick46]

Obama must be changing his seal to this one:

[Continental Soldier]

Obama should keep the seal — it’s the perfect symbol for the perfect phony!

[CPOSharky]

“Obama Blows Seal.”

NO, that's just some Heinz mayo.

[F15Eagle]

send these to your email contacts

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BARACK OBAMA - FREE INTERNET VIDEO

Obama’s Pastor Celebrates 9/11 (explicit)
Only 5 Days After 3,000 Americans Killed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhl-endvco

Jeremiah Wright Says America Deserved 9/11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HUdF9OZa8

Obama: Bitter Americans Cling to Guns and Religion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJAl8a3d9Q

Meet Barack Hussein Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onOYL2ZG7fk

Gaza Strip Palestinians Campaigning for Obama

http://youtube.com/watch?v=21YF7ggCG6g

Obama’s Racially-Divisive Pastor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbUBTlmAiA

Obama Disrespecting U.S. Flag and Anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8QCkgg5Kjo

Summing up Barack Obama

http://www.primetimepolitics.com/primetime/site/video/summing_up_obama/

The Audacity of Barack Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjnT4eJJvs

The Audacity of Barack Obama 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeC8BE-2T_k

Is Obama Wright? - Pastor Wright & Senator Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72B3tUAqpo4

Obama’s Pastor - 9/11 Fault of Israel Association

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnI431s1r6s

Obama - Cult of Personality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP7lUGn7HWk

Name Obama’s Accomplishments if you can #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeu_4Ekx-o

Name Obama’s Accomplishments if you can #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFOOcEQtP0

Barack Obama: There Will Be Bamboozling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU

The Two Things Senator Obama Accomplished

http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/27/obamas-empty-change-message/

The Jeremiah Wright Lifetime Achievement Award

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prhnc2fxAzg

Barack Obama Doesn’t Want His Daughters ‘Punished’ With a Baby

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eNzmly28Bmg

Obama’s Other Hateful Pastor

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LjJlsGrlbUs

Obama’s Other Hateful Pastor, Part 2 (shocking)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EfWnY5PC0CQ

Jeremiah Wright’s Greatest “Hits” Part 1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=617eK2XIaLk

[iopscusa]

RR...I know what you mean, I go from absolute horror that this poser, BHO could be elected to thank goodness that he knocked off the hildabeast...noone I know will even think of voting for this POS !

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

The arrogance of this twit is astounding.

[smedley64]

As always, Obama throws something out there, checks to see how it’s recieved, then backs down if it’s too controversial. Maybe this guy won’t be a bad prez after all! We can all be the puppetmaster as long as we scream loud enough! Oh wait, that probably only applies before he gets elected. Never mind.

[TigersEye]

Obama throws the Great Seal of Obama under the bus.

"That's not the Great Seal of Obama I knew."

[Amelia]

When even CNN is making fun of it in a “Moost Unusual” segment, you know it’s just not going to work well for you...

[barker]

These idiots still don’t realize that everything they say and do will be scrutinized and be all over the internet. John Kerry and the Swift Boat guys and Dan Rather didn’t teach them a thing.

Of course Obama is immune, he thinks, from all of this.

[kingattax]

[taraytarah]

faux, fake, phony, counterfeit, false, unreal, bogus, sham, fraudulent, hoax, pseudo ........ any and all apply to osama obama

You forgot hokey, honkey. :)

[taraytarah]

I get where you’re going, but it isn’t UN blue. UN blue is lighter, a powder blue. If you’ve seen it before, you will ALWAYS recognized it again.

I believe you.

Because of your name.

[taraytarah]

I forwarded to my email contacts over the weekend after seeing it on Yahoo.

Best way to reach those that are only tuned in to their tv's.

[taraytarah]

Statue of Liberals?

[Secret Agent Man]

I can tell you I don’t work for them.

[taraytarah]

"I understand you're refusal of employment. But from this day forth, you must refer to powder blue as UN blue."

[doberville]

Splendid translation job! Well done!