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Title: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: roo_ster on August 08, 2008, 07:18:02 AM
Will all respect to Dave Barry, "I am not making this up."





http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/08/07/one-nation-under-a-new-obama-salute.html



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."



Kind of an eerie resemblance to the salute show in 1984:


I am sure it is coincidental.  Toss it on top of all the other cult of personality / messianic / marxist overtones already displayed in the BHO campaign, and it BHO's new salute is creepifying.

At least they have gotten beyond earth tones:

Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: Manedwolf on August 08, 2008, 07:20:18 AM
 undecided

I just hope this sort of bulls__ turns off enough people before November...

Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: wmenorr67 on August 08, 2008, 07:23:20 AM
I have a salute I will give him.  And it only requires one finger. angel
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2008, 07:29:56 AM
The first think I thought of when I saw that is that they're telling him he's a big ahole...
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: charby on August 08, 2008, 07:37:41 AM
The first think I thought of when I saw that is that they're telling him he's a big ahole...

I concur or a bigger "insert slang for female anatomy" Smiley



Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: xavier fremboe on August 08, 2008, 07:38:34 AM
What about: 
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The well-known OK gesture, when held with the thumb on top at the level of the chest means "ahole", as seen in the film Mr. Holland's Opus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity_in_ASL
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: Umber on August 08, 2008, 08:04:36 AM
That salute seems to fit perfectly for Obama as the "Big Zero".

Umber
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: Sindawe on August 08, 2008, 08:09:31 AM
Hmmmm...Maybe I'm just weird, but the first thing that comes to mind when I see that is the old Goatse.cx (Wiki article, NOT the actual image) site.
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: xavier fremboe on August 08, 2008, 09:56:05 AM
^
Icewater through the nose sure stings! grin
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2008, 10:06:00 AM
This really isn't politics...
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on August 08, 2008, 10:22:28 AM
The first think I thought of when I saw that is that they're telling him he's a big ahole...
That's exactly what I thought, too.
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: lupinus on August 08, 2008, 10:22:54 AM
Anyone else think it code for "your ass will be this big when we're done bending you over"?  shocked
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: agricola on August 08, 2008, 11:13:02 AM
The Original, and still the best...



 grin
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: MechAg94 on August 08, 2008, 11:26:00 AM
So is that some sort of new Rock, Paper, Scissors move?     


I don't remember seeing it on www.worldrps.com, but it has been a while.  smiley
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: MechAg94 on August 08, 2008, 11:27:46 AM
The Original, and still the best...



 grin
Hitler picked "Paper".  He chose poorly. 
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: charby on August 08, 2008, 11:30:56 AM
Bush says, "I got something for that circle thingy Obama!"


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keep scrolling



































Almost there....
















Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on August 08, 2008, 11:52:56 AM
John Kerry, human condom, has something for it too
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: xavier fremboe on August 08, 2008, 12:04:52 PM
Hmmmm...Maybe I'm just weird, but the first thing that comes to mind when I see that is the old Goatse.cx (Wiki article, NOT the actual image) site.
Avatar update!
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 08, 2008, 12:57:54 PM
What is your avatar supposed to be?  Huh?
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: Regolith on August 08, 2008, 12:59:41 PM
What is your avatar supposed to be?  Huh?

You really, really don't want to know.
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: lee n. field on August 08, 2008, 01:20:44 PM
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The first think I thought of when I saw that is that they're telling him he's a big ahole...

<snort!>

Closely similar to my first thought on seeing that.

<snicker>
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: MechAg94 on August 08, 2008, 02:08:34 PM
Of course it could be some weird sexual innuendo, but surely not.   smiley
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: Ben on August 08, 2008, 02:14:53 PM
I think this is where he stole it from:

Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: xavier fremboe on August 08, 2008, 02:56:01 PM
What is your avatar supposed to be?  Huh?

You really, really don't want to know.
Hmmm.  I wonder if I could get away with a bumper sticker or a t-shirt.  Kind of like the guy with the London olympics.  angel
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: Scout26 on August 08, 2008, 03:22:17 PM
We will all learn to love big brother....... police
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: RoadKingLarry on August 08, 2008, 06:50:50 PM
Hmmmm...Maybe I'm just weird, but the first thing that comes to mind when I see that is the old Goatse.cx (Wiki article, NOT the actual image) site.
Avatar update!

Bwaahaha!...Please Bwahaahaabwahaabwaahaahaa help...bwaahaaabwahaaa get me some oxygen bwahaahaa...
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: The Annoyed Man on August 08, 2008, 07:08:10 PM
Hmmmm...Maybe I'm just weird, but the first thing that comes to mind when I see that is the old Goatse.cx (Wiki article, NOT the actual image) site.
Avatar update!
grin
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: gunsmith on August 08, 2008, 09:49:28 PM
Hmmmm...Maybe I'm just weird, but the first thing that comes to mind when I see that is the old Goatse.cx (Wiki article, NOT the actual image) site.
Avatar update!

Bwaahaha!...Please Bwahaahaabwahaabwaahaahaa help...bwaahaaabwahaaa get me some oxygen bwahaahaa...

I love learning new things, thanks.very funny!
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: mtnbkr on August 09, 2008, 05:55:16 AM
He's doing the Obama Salute (either that or it's yet another "Open wide, here comes Obama!"):



Chris
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: K Frame on August 09, 2008, 05:56:13 AM
Chris, that's very rude to the screaming beards.

I'm very disappointed in you.
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: mtnbkr on August 09, 2008, 05:58:29 AM
I'm very disappointed in you.

So is everyone else in my life...

Chris
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: K Frame on August 10, 2008, 07:34:00 PM
Well, at least you have a baseline you can meet...   laugh
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: FiveBillionAcres on August 11, 2008, 01:21:57 AM
xavier fremboe you're a genius!
Title: Re: Obama Gets Personalized Salute
Post by: xavier fremboe on August 11, 2008, 04:59:32 AM
xavier fremboe you're a genius!
Many thanks, but I really have to give Sindawe the hat tip for the inspiration.   smiley

*Edited to add.  Just googled "obama goatse", it and someone else actually did an almost identical one during the primary.  They also added:
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FEB 12, 2008. The Obama campaign will debut an updated logo tomorrow, to reflect the gapingly wide margin of his latest victories.

The updated logo is intended symbolize Obama "spreading open the political process so the light of hope can shine into the darkest recesses of Washington."