Isaac Baker, who was Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s communications director in Ohio, has stashed away the Hillary T-shirts and the campaign’s taunting “Meet Me in Ohio” sign. Mr. Baker did end up meeting Senator Barack Obama in the Buckeye State as the sign urged, but not in quite the way he expected. This time it is as part of the Obama campaign.

“The mementos stay at home,” said Mr. Baker, now the Ohio communications director for Mr. Obama. “I am on board with Senator Obama’s campaign, and I am proud to be working here.”

Two months after Mrs. Clinton suspended her campaign, a small group of staff members have moved over to that of their one-time rival, Mr. Obama, the presumed Democratic nominee. In making the move, many have had to place both their physical (Hillary buttons) and emotional (more complicated) keepsakes in storage to pursue a larger goal of electing a Democratic president.

The shift from one campaign to another began almost as soon as Mrs. Clinton conceded the nomination on June 7 and freed her supporters and staff members not only to support Mr. Obama but to join the opposing team.

So far, about 20 people have made the transition, the best known of whom is Patti Solis Doyle, a former Clinton campaign manager, who has been given the task of leading and organizing the staff for the vice-presidential nominee, whoever that might be.

More are likely to make the shift, as the Obama campaign is still filling positions, though there are fewer than 90 days left in the campaign.

A Tale of Two Tees.

A funny little test on fairness.

We went to Cafe Press and did a search and noticed that there were nearly 300 tee shirt designs and thousands of products with President Bush pictured as a Monkey, Chimp, Ape, Curious George or worse. Some of the shirts simply said "Bush is a Monkey". So we decided to try a little experiment.

We submitted a design identical to a Bush design, and it was immediately banned. That's right. It was okay to make a shirt about President Bush that was calling him a monkey, but the same shirt with Obama's picture was clearly out of bounds.

The links to the shirts involved in this test:
The hilariously funny Evil BushMonkeyApeChimp tee:
www.cafepress.com/bushtest

The craven insulting racist vile image profaning the glorious likeness of Messiah Obama (May peace be upon Him.)
www.cafepress.com/obamawamma

You need not bother clicking on the one for Obama, as it has been removed. The Bush image reamains online and is not considered inappropriate at all.

If you go to any tee-shirt site, and search for shirts slamming President Bush, you will find hundreds. Try to find a shirt that slams Obama. Fair?

From Barack Obama's official website:

“I wanted to make an art piece of Barack Obama because I thought an iconic portrait of him could symbolize and amplify the importance of his mission. I believe Obama will guide this country to a future where everyone can thrive and I should support him vigorously for the sake of my two young daughters. I have made art opposing the Iraq war for several years, and making art of Obama, who opposed the war from the start, is like making art for peace. I know I have an audience of young art fans and I’m delighted if I can encourage them to see the merits of Barack Obama.”

-Shepard Fairey
http://store.barackobama.com/product_p/po26951.htm

See? It's all about "peace, love, togetherness" and "change".

Here are some of Fairey's other masterpieces. No joke. Most of his works are along these same lines (anti-American, pro-communist propaganda). Check the link.

Source: The Jonathan Levine Gallery:
http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Artist.ArtistDetail&ArtistID=F65EBB86-3048-28EB-92D55AA4FC996E31&GalleryID=82C33C59-3048-28EB-92DB386C8C733405

From a 'thank you' letter Barack Obama sent to Shepard Fairey:
"Dear Shepard, I would like to thank you for using your talent in support of my campaign. The political messages involved in your work have encouraged Americans to believe they can help change the status quo. Your images have a profound effect on people, whether seen in a gallery or on a stop sign.'"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601017.html

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