IN YOUR FACE! IN YOUR FACE! IN YOUR FACE!
Posted on 06/23/2008 3:56:20 PM PDT by DesScorp
After days of media mockery, Barack Obama has decided to stop using a presidential-looking seal that his campaign designed and affixed to his podium on Friday.
Journalists said the seal, which features an eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, smacks of arrogance. John McCain's camp had a field day, calling the seal “laughable, ridiculous, preposterous and revealing - all at the same time.”
The seal was conspicuously missing from Obama's lectern when he spoke to a group of women in Albuquerque on Monday. Not surprising, given how much grief Obama took from a normally laudatory press corps after unveiling the seal at an appearance in Chicago on Friday.
“What a bizarre and dumb idea,” railed NBC political director Chuck Todd. “It really feeds the arrogance narrative.”
The oversized blue seal was emblazoned with the Latin phrase “Vero Possumus,” which roughly translates into “yes, we can.” It also featured a plug for the candidate's website.
“The Audacity of Hype,” cracked ABC's Jake Tapper. “No word on whether they played a remix of 'Hail to the Chief' as Obama walked in.”
Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times observed that Obama “has decided not to wait for any of the formalities like a presidential election, an inauguration or even a nomination, which he still hasn't actually officially won yet.”
Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic magazine was the first to note that Obama would deep-six the seal.
“I'm told that Obama recognizes that it was a silly mistake,” Ambinder said. “Does the press think Obama is arrogant? Yes.”
Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, said the episode reinforces this media perception of Obama.
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Needs the seal of “Curious George” on his podium.
Way to go Brownie.
No matter whether they pull the thing off the podium or not, Obama will never live this incident down.
Needs the seal of “Curious George” on his podium.
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Needs the HAMMER AND SICKLE on his podium.
Now he’s even throwing seals under the bus.
There's a "change" from Obamessiah you can laugh at ...
It’s a lectern, not a podium. You stand on a podium as where a conductor of an orchestra would stand. You stand behind a lectern. Just being picky ..... product of home schooling, sorry.
/r/Jane
Modified Presidential Seal Called a “Transitional Form”
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Obama brushed aside criticism of his appropriation of a modified Presidential Seal in his campaign appearances, calling it “a transitional form of the seal. I’m not too happy with the eagle, it’s an aggressive bird. And the arrows are terrible symbolism. But I felt it would be too traumatic to try to change it all at once.”
Obama’s seal includes the same bald eagle clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons, but in place of the stars-and-stripes shield in the center of the eagle’s body, is the campaign’s trademark “O.” Instead of saying “ “Seal of the President of the United States” around the outer ring, the words “Obama for America” and www.barackobama.com appear.
“Ultimately,” Obama indicated, “completely new symbols will have to be found.” The senator is reputed to favor replacing the eagle with a turkey. “Ben Franklin suggested a turkey as the
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“This isn’t the seal I knew last Friday.” Barack Hussein “Iz I Pezident Yet?” Obama
Not ready for prime time the BHO is le poseur....too bad McCain is also a poseur, without the Frenchi connotation!
Ok....I'll laugh at that. lol
LOL!
Just another “Silly mistake”
Tell me again why we should trust you to run the country?
Comrade Obama’s arrogance is only exceeded by his stupidity. His word is no good, his signature is no good, and his character is no good. The arrogance streak portrays real problems ahead for America.
Seal of the President of the United States vs Barack Obama Seal.
06/12/2008 5:53:48 PM PDT
obama must read FR.
maybe he is “a little short on sleep”, live every other time he makes an error. I bet the current President was a little short on sleep on a few occasions that he mis-spoke...seeing that he was running to wars and all.
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