The new Obama-style "presidential seal"—the one the New York Daily News refers to as "personalized" (and CNN called "quasi-presidential")—has kicked many bloggers and commenters into high gear. For all those details see the numerous article links below.
The Los Angeles Times's Andrew Malcolm described The Great Seal of Obamaland thusly:
Just before the president of the United States makes an appearance at a speech, a usually tall, muscular person with a machine gun hanging under his suit coat quietly walks on stage and hangs the presidential seal on the podium front.
It's an impressive looking thing that conveys a sense of the power of the top elected office in the land and, indeed, the free world.
But Barack Obama's crowd 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. Wasn't it Hillary Clinton who was so sidely accused of thinking her nomination was inevitable?Obama now has his own Great Seal already. And it is really, really big. It's big like the tires on those elevated pickups in the parking lot at NASCAR races where you look out the car window and see nothing but fist-sized lug nuts.
Craig Crawford commented in his Trail Mix blog at CQPolitics.com:
And undaunted by any thoughts of sanctity for the original seal's familiar look, the Obama team slapped their "O" logo right on the eagle's belly where the shield used to be.
Now, that is change.
Ridicule rightfully awaits the Obama campaign for its choice of substituting Vero possumus (loosely translated "Yes, We Can") for E Pluribus Unum ("Out of man, One").
Do a Google search. What do you find? Free Obama-esque advertising hit after hit after hit.
And for those who have mistakenly seized upon possumus as the Latin name for the opposum, a common nocturnal marsupial of a similar name (whose Latin name is actually the very dissimilar Didelphimorphia), one commenter pointed out that "A possum is also a rodent, like a rat." Enough said.We Sincerely Apologize: An anonymous commenter writes: "Actually, an opossum is not a rodent, like a rat, but a marsupial who carries her young in her pouch. (The only marsupial native to North America, btw, the others being found in Australia.) This is definitely an insult to opossums to be compared to rats, rodents, or Barack Obama. On behalf of marsupials everywhere, please issue an immediate apology. Thank you."
RW is chagrined. We'll make sure that something like this never happens again. Never would we think to compare Sen. Obama to an opposum (whether it is a rat or not), although we did note some other similarities. Jake Tapper at ABC's Political Punch reported that there was "No word on whether they played a remix of 'Hail to the Chief' as Obama walked in."
Having given this suggestion some thought, RW thought he already had. Remember the January 2008 brouhaha when "Obama and his wife, Michelle, strolled triumphantly into his victory party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 3, Jay-Z's '99 Problems' was blaring. In it, Jay raps, 'I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one.'"
The Chicago Tribune's Frank James wrote:
Some people are poking fun at the Obama folks for this. But if you want voters to imagine your candidate as president, what better way to do that than to have him appear behind a faux presidential seal? It actually makes sense on a certain level.
And this is probably a good time to experiment with it. That way, if there's a voter backlash, the sense that Obama has gone too far, the campaign has plenty of time to throw the seal down the memory hole in the hope that it will have been forgotten by Election Day.
Gone too far? Would somebody really think that?
But what stood out to RW was a comment made on No Quarter by "Sick of the Obama Circus" (2008-06-20 21:30:29):
[Is] anyone else as completely offended by the desecration of a symbol of our country?
Forget the fact that the impudent little bastard co-opts symbols he has no right to even be in the same room with. This is desecration. His assanine little Orwellian circle over the heart of the American eagle? Damn it, Republicans this one should make your ears bleed with anger.
Anyone have a picture of the Obamabrat whipping his ass on the flag? Or would that be passably okay as well?
The "Obamabrat" is Obama campaign contributor and long-time Chicago associate Weather Underground leader and America's own home-grown domestic terrorist William Ayers. Yes, that William Ayers—William "No Regrets" Ayers.
<—And here's the picture to which the commenter refers. Nice, eh? Since the full-color version of this picture was discovered, which was taken in 2001 to promote Ayers' book, this black and white one has been more or less ignored. Althouth the former is a typical staged photographer's pose, this one shows the real Billy Ayers.
Note that Obama is seated in this "action shot" of the Obamaland Seal. (h/t NQ)
Updates:
Obama himself may not be a moron, but his supporters are defined by their naïve vision, their inability to grasp how the world really works, their devotion to theory over fact. Obama is the candidate of the Saturday morning cartoon, the children’s fairy tale, the Disney happy ending.
Related articles:
Obama’s New Michael Dukakis Moment: The Idiot Seal of Approval, The Obambi Blog, June 20, 2008. Lew Waters, Obama Unveils Presidential Seal, VictoriaTaft.com, June 20, 2008. Macranger, What’s Behind the Seal of Obama?, MacsMind, June 20, 2008. Rick Moran, The Great Seal of Obamaland, American Thinker, June 21, 2008. Mark Rhoads, The Great Seal of Barack Obama - Numbscull-Elect of the United States of America, Illinois Review, June 21, 2008. Obama Thinks He's Already President, Little Green Footballs, June 21, 2008. egalia, Beyond Narnia: Obama Gets His Own Great Seal of the High King, Tennessee Guerilla Women, June 21, 2008. Rubberbandman, Obi's Sister, June 21, 2008. Obama Channels McGovern in More Ways Than One, Uppity Woman, June 21, 2008. SusanUnPC, That Logo: “Too Cute By Half”, No Quarter, June 22, 2008.
6 comments:
Barack's Seal is pure cheeseball, pretentious, and juvenile. Will SNL jump all over this? I doubt it.
You know this idiotic seal reminds me of the Big Brown defeat. If you recall Big Brown's trainer was boasting for weeks that the triple crown was done deal. Well, Big Brown finished last.
Big BroBama strikes again... DoublePlusScary.
this story has been roundly debunked by full video of the campaign event in question on the date in question.
I agree it does look like SNL I was waiting for Michelle to come out with a crown and septor, and Daly to be dressed as a court jester.LOL
An apology to all for allowing obvious Obot "Luvina Barboza" to post a comment. It is here as a prime example of someone who has not even read RW's post, and who has not a clue as to what it says, but who wants everyone to know that it has been "roundly debunked".
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