Obama Salute Creator Hits Back at Critics

US News and AWorld Report ^ | 8/12/08 | staff

[pissant]

At first, Rick Husong was stunned by the overwhelming wave of negative and sometimes crude reactions to his bid revealed in Whispers last week to build a pro-Sen. Barack Obama movement around a hand salute dubbed the Big-O. Among the hundreds of comments posted on the Whispers site were those comparing it to a gang gesture, a Nazi salute, or worse. "This is how Sieg Heil got started. And, no I'm not saying Obama is Hitler. I just think people should be careful about slipping into a personality cult for a charismatic leader," wrote Jake of Tennessee. Husong tells me that he was pretty depressed by the reaction to his idea and free design offered on the website of Loyalty Inc., his California creative company. That is until he heard of a fan walking on Venice Beach wearing a T-shirt displaying the artwork. In fact, despite the tsunami of criticism, the artwork has been downloaded 7,700 times and his site has been hit 214,000 times since the first Whisper went live. "I would call that a raving success," he says, adding that he plans to make his Big-O the "peace sign of our generation."

[pissant]

"peace sign of our generation."

ROFL

[Unlikely Hero]

does he mean he intends to steal another sign, and give it a wussier purpose (V-for-Victory morphing into the peace sign?)

[driftless2]

Are the creators of this new sign really saying that Obama is a big zero?

[ladtx]

"I would call that a raving success,"

It's raving alright.

[Schnucki]

They should stick with the “L”.

[JZelle]

Nothing more dangerous than a liberal with good intentions.

[tx_eggman]

Question: What is the last thing the camera sees before a Michael Moore colonoscopy begins:

Survey says ..

[reagan_fanatic]

[inkling]

[musicman]

[gathersnomoss]

come on....cut that out.

[Artemis Webb]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Dukakisization of the Obamaniacs has begun.

[The Toll]

On the plus side, the article did have Venice Beach and the word Tsunami in the same sentence.

That’s REALLY close to a happy headline!

[y6162]

“I would call that a raving success,”

Yes. Making this sign would be a gay thing to do.

I can’t wait until I see someone doing it so I can point abd laugh my ass off.

[Doohickey]

...the Big-O...

Oh boy. You can't make up stuff funnier than the actual Obama campaign.

[KarlInOhio]

This nice thing about the O-salute is that it keeps both of the Obot's hands out of the way when you take his wallet.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Is that the mythic Magical Negro?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[kenth]

LOL. This and the other "red" Obama posters all have that clumsy and heavy-handed quality that embodied the worst of Soviet propaganda.