One Nation, Under a New Obama Salute

Washington Whispers ^ | 2008-08-07 | Paul Bedard

[cartan]

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.”

[cartan]

Please hail the Führer by showing him your hole.

[originalbuckeye]

Positively Hitleresque!

[mainepatsfan]

All right this is getting pretty freaking creepy.

[Pearls Before Swine]

It does look like an obscene gesture, doesn’t it?

[snowrip]

Heil Obama!

[gwilhelm56]

**It does look like an obscene gesture, doesn’t it?**

Obscene, yes ... because it looks a LOT LIKE the SALUTE used in the movie, 1984.

[SlowBoat407]

[ought-six]

“All right this is getting pretty freaking creepy.”

No kidding.

[1rudeboy]

[SouthDixie]

Sen. Barack Obama will see fans meet him with his own salute like the one above.

I believe a more apropos salute to Obama would be, 'flipping him the bird.' IMHO

[snowrip]

It’s interesting that the worshippers of the zero (liberals) unwittingly chose the zero as their symbol. Philosophically speaking, those who believe in nothing of substance have subconsciously chosen to show it.

I think this will die a quick death.

[mefistofelerevised]

Got that right. He’s a freak.

[screaminsunshine]

My answer to that is a middle finger pointed up from a clenched fist.

[raybbr]

Soldiers of Oceania salute Big Brother in the movie 1984.

[Wolverine]

[chickadee]

With any luck, come November, we will be able to flash this sign to Obama and his maniacs:

[Loyal Buckeye]

[TornadoAlley3]

O-bunghole

[ladtx]

[gwilhelm56]

**Soldiers of Oceania salute Big Brother in the movie 1984.**

Close enough to be FRIGHTENING ..

but that’s DOUBLEPLUSGOOD!!

[dayglored]

> O-bunghole

LOL! Best yet.

[library user]

If Obama is elected, this country will be a hellhole we won’t soon get out of.

[mefistofelerevised]

It’s too weird.

[dayglored]

Goatse

'Nuff said.

[struggle]

Someone actually posted the Obama/Goatse graphic.

TO EVERY FREEPER: DO NOT SEARCH FOR GOATSE.

[svcw]

I thought that was sign language for You are an a$$ hole.

[Piquaboy]

Screw him. I will give anyone the one finger salute if they salute me that way.

[Iron Munro]

His Personality Cult Is An Obamanation

[gridlock]

As somebody noted last Friday, to display this salute, you would have to have your back to the candidate. Which isn’t such a bad idea, of course.

[gridlock]

It does look like an obscene gesture, doesn’t it?

Next on Dirty Jobs, Mike works with a zookeeper to artificially inseminate an elephant! (Step 1 is the dirty part...)

[ought-six]

“If Obama is elected, this country will be a hellhole we won’t soon get out of.”

There will be civil war. The parallels between 2008 and 1860 are too striking to be mere coincidence.

[raybbr]

I thought that was sign language for You are an a$$ hole.

It may well be. Obama sure thinks everyone is an a-hole but himself.

[dayglored]

> Someone actually posted the Obama/Goatse graphic.

On this thread? I didn't see it, and don't see any comments removed... maybe on another thread.

> TO EVERY FREEPER: DO NOT SEARCH FOR GOATSE.

GOOD POINT. If they're curious about what it is, but want to stay on the safe side, the Wikipedia article is reasonable and the front page does not contain The Goatse Graphic.

[McBuff]

[flying_bullet]

How about “O-hole”?

[DarthFuzball]

New slogan to accompany the poster

Heil Hubris!

[Big Horn]

BO must not be elected, we have to much to lose and he is a disaster.

[wally-balls]

[syriacus]

Let’s try and start a movement where even while walking down the street, people would hold up the O

This is very impractical.

1. What about Obama supporters who are carrying things while they are walking down the street? Are they supposed to drop everything so they can have 2 free hands?

2. What about Obama supporters who are outnumbered by Hillary supporters? Is this a secret plot by Hillary to identify Obama-ites, so they can be pressured?

[JRios1968]

[McBuff]

Dedicated to Flying Bullet

[CDHart]

"The parallels between 2008 and 1860 are too striking to be mere coincidence."

I would be interested in learning what the parallels are.

Carolyn

[vietvet67]

What’s next?

Beanies with propellers?

[penelopesire]

“We want to see it everywhere, but more importantly we want this sign to take the world by storm.””

Good lord....(eye roll)

These people are going to need intensive therapy when the Big O loses in a landslide in November.

[YCTHouston]

I just read the wikipedia article.
Wish I hadn’t.

Thank God no images came up.

[flying_bullet]

Thank you.

I am sure that the messiah, lord Obama (Taxes Be Upon You) greatly appreciates this.

[supremedoctrine]

Just how stupid is this campaign to fail to recognize that most of the “trappings” and symbology of their CANDIDATE
and the effort to get him elected is BOUND to create the worst kind of cognitive dissonance with HUGE numbers of the American people , who don’t want ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING remotely suggestive of Cultish/SecretSociety/Nazi/Inner Circle specialness. NO NO NO!!!THis asshat might as well be a Scientologist!!
THAT might as well serve as his “Ideology”-—he’s just that obscure, and out of touch.....but ever so much worse, considering the numbers he’s managed to chalk up.

[Centurion2000]

I think Godwin’s law needs to be suspending regarding O-hole’s campaign. There are just way too many frightening paralells to it.

[weegee]

Do the hand jive.

[weegee]

Rockstar dictator...