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Kerry Campaign Logo and Viet Cong Flag (Vanity?)

Posted on 09/08/2004 8:45:27 AM PDT by Ironclad

Driving into work this morning I was stuck for several minutes (a long stoplight) behind a brand new Jag with a Kerry bumper sticker on it. The longer I stared at the bumper sticker, the more I thought it resembled (or at least was suggestive of) the Viet Cong flag. I present the evidence to a candid audience for review and commentary.

Or maybe I'm just letting my imagination get the better of me out of spite and disgust for having had to stare at the bumper sticker for several minutes - and on a Jag, to boot.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; flag; freudian; kerry; logo; vietcong

1 posted on 09/08/2004 8:45:28 AM PDT by Ironclad
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To: Ironclad

A Jag? That must have been one of the little people that Kerry is so in touch with.


2 posted on 09/08/2004 8:48:38 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I'm Conspiracy Guy and I approve this message. "John Kerry is a liar!")
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To: Ironclad
I wouldn't stretch that far.. The only similarity is the star.. how many countries have the same star (besides the US.) Looks like a typical campaign logo format- a take-off of the US flag.
3 posted on 09/08/2004 8:49:01 AM PDT by mnehring (YP4W)
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To: Ironclad

"Once a commie, always a commie" subliminal placemarker.

;^)


4 posted on 09/08/2004 8:51:41 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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To: Ironclad
It's your imagination

These are the ones I wanna see:


5 posted on 09/08/2004 8:52:15 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.)
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To: Ironclad
I thought it resembled (or at least was suggestive of) the Viet Cong flag.

Can't imagine where you got the idea...


6 posted on 09/08/2004 8:54:05 AM PDT by Prime Choice (Democrats. They want to have their cake and eat yours too.)
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To: mnehrling
"I wouldn't stretch that far.. The only similarity is the star.. how many countries have the same star (besides the US.) Looks like a typical campaign logo format- a take-off of the US flag."

I agree. It was almost certainly designed by a consulting firm that was totally unaware of the old Kerry photo depicted here. It's just a standard stylization of an American flag motif.
7 posted on 09/08/2004 8:54:29 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Conspiracy Guy

It's remarkable nowdays in Southern California; the more expensive the car the more likely it is to sport a Kerry sticker. I, on the other hand, drive a 12-year old Civic.


8 posted on 09/08/2004 9:00:22 AM PDT by Ironclad (O Tempora! O Mores!)
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To: Ironclad

I don't know if it looks the same, but I'm doing a Viet Cong version for a freep tonight: Yellow Star, maybe a hammer and sickle, red stripes. Might be dripping blood...


9 posted on 09/08/2004 9:01:18 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (If the Cambodia "lie" 100% discredits John O'Neill, what do 50 Cambodia lies do for Kerry?)
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To: Ironclad
Stars are our friends. :-)


10 posted on 09/08/2004 9:13:07 AM PDT by Flashman_at_the_charge (A proud member of the self-preservation society)
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To: Ironclad

Dude, respectfully suggest you consider switching to decaf..


11 posted on 09/08/2004 9:26:37 AM PDT by ken5050 (Bill Clinton has just signed to be the national spokesman for Hummer..)
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To: Ironclad

Might not be able to make an ironclad case on the VN flag but that image of Kerry is still a powerful picture of perfidy.


12 posted on 09/08/2004 9:34:13 AM PDT by 5by5
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To: Ironclad
North Vietnamese flag.

Looks better than my sold out Kerry-Fonda bumoer stickers.

In God We Trust…..Semper Fi!

13 posted on 09/08/2004 9:35:14 AM PDT by North Coast Conservative (Never Take a Gun to a Gunfight That Is Less Than .40 Cal)
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To: Ironclad
I wouldn't go that far - But, the star is "upside down" which closely resembles an inverted pentagram!

The pentagram may be inverted with one point down. The implication is of spirit subservient to matter, of man subservient to his carnal desires. The inverted pentagram has come to be seen by many pagans as representing the dark side and it is abhored as an evil symbol. Fundamental christians, indeed, see any form of pentagram as such. However, these are recent developments and the inverted pentagram is the symbol of Gardnerian second degree initiation, representing the need of the witch to learn to face the darkness within so that it may not later rise up to take control. The centre of a pentagram implies a sixth formative element - love/will which controls from within, ruling matter and spirit by Will and the controlled magickal direction of sexual energies. This is another lesson of initiation.

Rather fitting, isn't it?

14 posted on 09/08/2004 9:36:47 AM PDT by x-navy seal (Freedom isn't free!. neither is divorce!)
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To: conspiratoristo

The In God We Trust should be changed to In Allah We Trust.


15 posted on 09/08/2004 9:47:10 AM PDT by mass55th ( “Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”)
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To: conspiratoristo

Ooops, sorry. I thought that was a part of the actual sticker. My bad.


16 posted on 09/08/2004 9:47:46 AM PDT by mass55th ( “Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”)
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To: Ironclad

When ever I encounter a Kerry sticker on a car, which is rare in Alabama. There is usually on of those blue squares with the yellow "=" (gay rights) stickers next to it. I try to get the driver's attention and make the loser sign on my forehead with my right hand then point at them.


17 posted on 09/08/2004 9:52:57 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I'm Conspiracy Guy and I approve this message. "John Kerry is a liar!")
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