Posted on 08/09/2008 9:03:41 PM PDT by bethtopaz
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."
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ROFLMAO!!
It looks like a diaphragm...( days before the pill)
I thought it was a spoof when I first saw it, but apparently not !
This discriminates against one-armed people.
Y..M..C..A..it’s fun to go to the Y..M..C..A!
I'm a zero! You're the One! I'm a zero! You're the One!
Please tell me they won’t try to copyright lacing your fingers together.
Obama....The BIG ZERO!.......
It discriminates against anyone with impaired mobility of the upper extremities! Sue! Sue! Sue! Down with Obama!;)
I like my idea better - hold up one hand, the left, of course, with your fingers and thumb in an “O”, and stick your hand in the pocket or purse of the person next to you and grab their wallet. Works for me.
Fantastic!
Excellent!
I believe that is a rude gesture in some South American countries.....
“Remarkable similarity to a particular occult gesture” *ping*.
has to b a joke
Maybe it’s a zero reflecting his experience and his accomplishments as a Senator, or lack thereof.
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