Posted on 08/19/2008 6:29:51 AM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
Rightwing fodder-- Barack Obama Invesco Field convention tickets picture upside down US flags- an international symbol of distress.
The DNC tickets printed for Barack Obama's acceptance speech at Invesco Field show an upside down US flag on both sides. This is the international symbol of extreme distress. FOX 9 reported:
Some viewers contacted 9NEWS Saturday, questioning the design of the credentials to see Sen. Barack Obama accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination at INVESCO Field at Mile High.
The viewers say with the stars and blue field in the lower left corner, it looks like an upside down American flag. Published flag etiquette states the stars should always be displayed in the upper left corner. An upside down flag represents an international symbol of extreme distress.
Matt Chandler with the Obama campaign says the flag is not upside down. He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama's shirt with the flag blowing in the wind.
Natalie Wyeth with the Democratic National Convention Committee sent 9NEWS the following statement Saturday night: "The DNCC community credentials incorporate patriotic design elements. They do not depict an actual American flag. The DNCC has full and complete respect for the flag and all rules of display."
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Talk about NUANCE....the predominant word "CHANGE" at the top of the ticket,,,with the flag upside down--precisely where the country will be headed with the most inexperience, most unqualified and most extreme candidate ever nominated by a major party.
Now that is CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!
It's above his pay grade...
THAT IS PERFECT! THANKS for the morning chuckle. So sad but true. Brilliant response.
Finally! A concise description of Obama’s concept of change ... a distress signal from an upside down American flag.
And don’t tell me that’s not a flag.
This begs the question of why they came up with a design which any NORMAL American would INSTANTLY see as WRONG. Someone sat down and designed this and then you know a bunch of other people looked at it an approved the design. And NONE of them saw anything wrong with it. I’ve being doing graphic design for over 30 years and you have to have a special kind of blindness to do this.
Guy wears a shirt with STARS on it? Wants to be President?
A graphic designer cannot do that accidentally. I’m not buying anything that DNCC chick is sellin’.
No arrogance there at all. /s (But loads of nuance)
If this hits the public mind then Obama has more rapid respons crisis control.
First he will deny there is a flag
Then he will admit there is a flag properly display.
the he will say the image is not a flag just design
then he will declare his administration will display the flag MORE correct than any other administration
The DBM will rejoice and cry hozanah at the evolution of obama’s flag policy.
I don’t care what the Obama people claim now—what I see on the front of the ticket is Obama wrapped or draped with an upside down U.S. flag and on the back I see the rest of the upside down flag. The bit about Obama’s shirt- just pure B.S. The part about stylized yada yada- also B.S. It is a U.S. flag and no amount of B.S. can change that. I have eyes and I can see.
There’s probably no intentional hidden meaning in it — but it sure speaks of the amateurism that is prevalent in his campaign staff, and in Obama himself. One screw-up after another.
Because....he's the Wizard of Oz
I just called Harry Reid’s office and left a message that I am outraged at these tickets.
Told them that my husband fought in Vietnam for our flag and am totaly outraged that their party would have so much direspect for our flag.
I also said this is not the first issue on the flag with Obama and I have to believe he has no respect for it.
I also said, maybe I am wrong if this is the flag with the 57 states.
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OZ? Capitol of OBAMAZLAN ?
Wouldn’t the DNC have had some input into this since it is a ticket for their event?
You are such a good student of World Geography! ha ha ha
The Liberal Leader...B Hussein O
I doubt they teach American flag etiquette in Indonesian schools.
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