One Nation, Under a New Obama Salute - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

US News - Washington Whispers ^ | 08/07/08 | Paul Bedard

[vrwc54]

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.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Another symbol comes to mind...

[SAJ]

I assume you meant 'minions' (well, unless of course your acquaintance was a Mexi politico).

;^)

[mnehring]

I did, good catch.. Chalk it up to typing too fast and not proofing..

[SAJ]

Hey, that's right. It was the Japs who dropped that bomb on Pearl Harbor, right? And, of course, the LBM (that's Lame-Brain Media, for those in Rio Linda) wouldn't even mention this.

WTG, well done!

[hsalaw]

Looks like a big zero to me.

[John123]

I have a question to ask you... recently, I have been reading up on the Spanish Civil War. I’m just curious what Spain is like after the death of Franco?

[SAJ]

Well, have to have a bit of fun sometime. What does 'menino' mean in Mexican? NOT Spanish. I assume something to do with a male child or children, but I only speak a little Spanish, no Mexican at all ...barring a few obscenities.

;^)

[OKSooner]

Nothing vague about it.

[vrwc54]

Hmm...interesting...members of the world’s fastest growing religion?

[capt. norm]

It's a wonder he didn't go full circle like his mentors did:

[HokieMom]

Spain is a beautiful country that had been held back by Franco and is now rapidly moving into the 21st Century. Too fast, probably. I think the current leadership is ultra-leftists after the Madrid bombing a few years ago and the mosques I visited as museums have now been reopened by the muslims and are active. I recommend visiting there, especially from Madrid south to the sea.

[mojo114]

I bet you will check them out, let us know what you find.

[Maceman]

So the sign of progress is a big zero?

We need to start calling it the "Obama Goose Egg." If that can catch on through the blogosphere, it will stick.

[HokieMom]

"Our goal is to see a crowd of 75,000 people at Obama's nomination speech"

That's going to be fascinating to watch. I read here on FR that people are praying for hail, which is entirely possible in Denver at that time.

[oblomov]

>>NLP filled rhetoric

I’m glad that someone else noticed that his curious deletions and sentence constructions appear to be deliberate...

[mnehring]

He has NLP triggers in most of his pre-prepared speeches. It could almost be a textbook case of taking it to political marketing.

[Antoninus]

They should use this as their logo:

[visualops]

That just looks vulgar to me.

[okie01]

We need to start calling it the "Obama Goose Egg." If that can catch on through the blogosphere, it will stick.

May I suggest the "Obama Horsecollar"?