That version doesn't seem to have been entirely satisfactory. Here's the latest:
In case you can't make out the Latin inscription above the ruptured duck there, it's "VERO POSSUMUS", which is a reasonably good translation of "Yes we can."
Amazing, really, how Obama's formerly almost perfect-pitch campaign has taken this sudden plunge into laughable bathetic grandiosity. The New-Dealish blocky sans-serif type -- the constipated, chalky colors -- the frathouse Latin -- and above all, the splayed, two-dimensional eagle, a bird of very ill omen indeed.
All in all, it reminds me irresistibly of the new uniforms Nixon once designed for his palace guard:
Comments (10)
The eagle sure looks a lot WHITER...
Posted by Nicholas Hart | June 23, 2008 1:38 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 13:38
Aren't those arrows in the claws of the eagle, symbolizing martial readiness? Or are they fasces?
Posted by plato's cave | June 23, 2008 1:58 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 13:58
You're putting us on. Are you sure this isn't from the Onion?
Posted by Michael Hureaux | June 23, 2008 2:23 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 14:23
It works:
"Playing possum with the truth"
Posted by Michael Dawson | June 23, 2008 5:36 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 17:36
Sadly -- or perhaps not so sadly -- no, it's for real, as I also spotted it on the Drudge Report this morning:
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080620/capt.003d2c72499f41c39003beeac3b60770.obama_2008_political_play_of_the_day_ilab102.jpg?x=221&y=345&sig=LniSlpT8_ta81yX28Ci8ZQ--
...and found myself in ultra-rare agreement with Drudge when he responded, basically, "WTF?"
Non Illegitimati Carborundum!
Posted by Mike Flugennock | June 23, 2008 7:43 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 19:43
Those eagle claws look fierce I guess. It's not a sissy eagle is the point? The other one is more curvy, this guy is all sharp angles. And those splayed legs cover the country from coast to coast... oh yeck!
Posted by hysperia | June 23, 2008 11:09 PM
Posted on June 23, 2008 23:09
The arrows are to reach out to bow hunters and bitter gun nuts. That's hemp in the other claw, signifying that he still wants the progressive vote, too. The thing that creeps me out is that he's subverting the seal of the US, like his presidency is going to supplant the past and usher in a new era. Either that or the cocky bastard thinks he's president already.
So do you think he actually gives the nod to all this imagery, or is there a committee that just springs these things on him during their morning meetings?
Posted by ktm | June 24, 2008 9:26 AM
Posted on June 24, 2008 09:26
Obama has thrown the eagle under the bus. I wonder if some graphic designer is going to incriminate himself and leave the Obama campaign in shame, Samantha Powers style.
Posted by ktm | June 24, 2008 10:42 AM
Posted on June 24, 2008 10:42
On second view it sort of looks like a casino chip claiming no denomination. A gamble?
The kings of these gimmicks live right here in the bay state and sleep w/ the 62 billion item potato Buffet, one of these marketeers has been MIA on a mission to reach the stars on broadway. Or perhaps an intricate cover... Barry are you campaigning w. Bo'Ba?
On the downpours of image imagination I think the best quote might be Billy Murray's from Caddyshack,"I don't think the heavy stuff's gonna come down for a while."
Posted by Son of Uncle Sam | June 24, 2008 6:38 PM
Posted on June 24, 2008 18:38
Two Quiz Questions
1. Who is “the most respected political figure in America”?
2. What does the asker's idea of the correct answer suggest about a) the asker, b) her "party," and c) the walking disease/purported correct answer?
Posted by Michael Dawson | June 25, 2008 6:44 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 18:44