“If it was planned that way, was it planned as a simple act of solidarity with the WU, or was it planned to divide and marginalize the opposition?”
More to the point — do they or do they not look oddly similar? Why jump to ‘why’ so quickly?
I think the logo was a friendly suggestion of Ayers. I mean, it appears that Obama even has Ayers ghost write for him. [Even congressman Cannon is asking that question now.] I think Ayers made the logo for him, and Obama went along and might not even have known or cared.
“Will the average Joe be able to see the resemblance for themselves or will they just read about stories in the MSM about the whacky right wing?”
A variety of reactions. Look at Kentucky: over half of republicans and one fourth of democrats are unsure if Obama is Christian. That might sound ‘kooky’, but a heck of a lot of people are curious. I don’t think that most republicans of an entire state are kooks, do you?
Yellow dogs will always try to think of us as kooky, and so will RINOs. If we sneeze, they call it ‘kooky’. If you want kooky: “9-11 was an inside job.”
Good point, we are damned if we do, damned if we don't (according to the media). The best thing is to keep putting out facts but prioritize and contextualize them. Although in that case the media will just rip the juicy stuff out of context...