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August 08, 2008
One Nation, Under a New Obama Salute
One Nation, Under a New Obama Salute
George Bush had his three-fingered W salute that supporters flashed when greeting him at presidential campaign events in 2000.
And now, if a Los Angeles creative agency gets its way, Sen. Barack Obama will see fans meet him with his own salute like the one above.
"Our goal is to see a crowd of 75,000 people at Obama's nomination speech holding their hands above their heads, fingers laced together in support of a new direction for this country, a renewed hope, and acceptance of responsibility for our future," says Rick Husong, owner of The Loyalty Inc.
Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey.
"We wanted to get involved some way," he says. So, the agency came up with their own a symbol of hope and progress that also plays off Obama's name. "We thought, 'Let's try and start a movement where even while walking down the street, people would hold up the O and you would know that they were for Obama,' " says Husong.
Much thought went into the relatively simple idea.
"You interlace your hands in a circle, the interlacing being a symbol of different types of people coming together and the circle a symbol of unity," he says. Their design, unlike Fairey's, is free, and Husong is urging people to download it and print it on posters and T-shirts. "We want to see it everywhere, but more importantly we want this sign to take the world by storm."
Wild Thing's comment........
So the sign of progress is a big zero?
Notice how everything they do looks Marxist?
Those 75,000 are going to look like they want to wring Obamy’s neck. LMAO
First there was his tacky little “Presidential Seal”, the custom embroidered “Obama President” leather seats on his plane (how much campaign $$ did those cost?), and now this little gesture!! Good grief!
Posted by Wild Thing at August 8, 2008 03:50 AM
Comments
That's what I was going to say--a big old zero for a big dumb zero! I wonder if this means anything in sign language? Have they checked it out?
Or it could be a big old butthole for a big dumb flatulating butthead!
That's one of the dumbest signs I've seen in a long time!
Posted by: Lynn at August 8, 2008 04:26 AM
Oh, boy, a secret sign, is there a secret 'Handshake' too and when are they coming out with the special 'obama de-coder rings' so we can figure out what he's Really trying to say. They can come out with a new cereal, Chocolate Obama-flakes, or a brown colored obama-toastees with the free decoder ring inside.
Symbolism and hype, won't get it, it won't give us lower gas prices, or a leader for these times. But look at the fun everyone will have in the UN-employment line trying to figure out how much we won't get.
Whose running this campaign, Dr. Suesse '
Posted by: Mark at August 8, 2008 08:35 AM
Reminds me more of a dog chasing its tail.
Posted by: BobF at August 8, 2008 10:17 AM
This is dangerous and creepy stuff. Whoever does the political thinking in the Obama campaign knows a lot about political symbolism. Symbols simplify, focus and short-circuit thinking and reason. The swastika, for example.
The Obama camp doesn't want to use the traditional forms because, I think, they want to overturn everything. They want to "take the world by storm". We'll see. If storming is what they want, they'll get it.
Posted by: Rhod at August 8, 2008 01:19 PM
Childish cheerleading and symbolism. And this may be our future for the next 4 to 8 years.
Posted by: TomR at August 8, 2008 01:43 PM
Lynn, LOL good one!!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 8, 2008 06:09 PM
Mark, ..."is there a secret 'Handshake' too and when are they coming out with the special 'obama de-coder rings' ".......LOL hahahhaahha with the rest of what you said too....good one Mark.
Yes and they sure love all the Symbolism and hype like you said.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 8, 2008 06:14 PM
BobF, heh heh yes it does.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 8, 2008 06:15 PM
Rhod, that gave me goosebums what you wrote. First thank you so much, I was reading about what you just said this morning. How Symbols hAve been used exactly like you said. Brian numbing stuff to get deeper into the psyhic of a person and followers.
Thank you so much Rhod.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 8, 2008 06:20 PM
Tom, yes oh how awful it is to think it being 4 top 8 years waaaaaaa
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 8, 2008 06:22 PM
YEP IT IS A BIG ZERO-- OBAMA THE ZERO!!
OBAMA THE LIAR!
OBAMA THE MEGLOMANIAC THAT EVERYONE IS SICK OF!!
HI EVERYBODY!!! I KNOW - WT HAS POSTED JUST THINK THIS IS A GOOD ONE FOR OLD PUKE FACE OBAMA
HOW DUMB!!!!! HOPING OBAMA'S POLITICAL STOOGES COME UP WITH MORE OF THESE!!! THOSE "SMART IDEAS"- THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ONE!!
Posted by: Cheryl Zee at August 9, 2008 12:52 AM
