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Obama Pulls New Presidential Seal , after criticism

Larrry

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Obama Pulls New Presidential Seal

Monday, June 23, 2008 8:09 PM




Succumbing to an avalanche of criticism, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has apparently decided to back away from its trial balloon of a new presidential seal.
Newsmax's lead story Monday morning reported on Obama's new version of the presidential seal, but a campaign spokesman now says it won't be used again.
"That was a one-time thing for a one-time event," Robert Gibbs asserted to CNN about the rather intricately designed seal that made its debut last Friday.
The new seal was unveiled on Obama's podium when he spoke to a group of Democratic governors.
The Obama seal did include the American bald eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch, but the resemblance ended there.
The Latin phrase "E Pluribus Unum," which translates to "Out of many, one," was replaced with "Vero Possumus," which translates to "Truly, we are able" - a rough translation of the Obama campaign slogan "Yes we can."
As Newsmax reported, the deletion of "E Pluribus Unum," long considered the de-facto motto of the United States, is not accidental for multiculturalists, who have long denigrated the concept that immigrants must strip away their old culture in favor of the "oneness" of American civilization.
In the 1990s, such activists promoted the alternative concept of the nation's ethnic "mosaic," rather than a single, overarching metaphor to describe American society. For example, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has pointedly criticized the "E Pluribus Unum" motto as not reflecting the nation's diversity.
And CNN reported that Obama was not simply facing critics from the right, but also from some left-wing supporters who did not like his new and improved seal.
"Many wondered whether a seal - with Latin phrasing no less - was the best idea for a candidate fighting for the working-class vote and trying to fend off allegations of elitism," CNN reported.
© 2008 Newsmax.







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Doesn't McSame or the Repubs have something more important to do than run around making themselves out to be HYPOCRITES... :???: If thats all McSame can attack-- well folks the Repubs are in for the biggest Arse Whuppin you ever saw :roll: ....
Larrrrrry- I guess this means your a cheap arse- and ain't donated $5,000 to help the Repub Senators - EH
:???: :wink: :lol: :p

Great Seal of Hypocrisy
Monday, June 23, 2008

The McCain campaign is attacking Obama because he gave a speech standing behind a seal that looks something like the presidential seal, implying that Obama committed a crime — even quoting 18 USC Sec. 713: “Whoever, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.” (emphasis from the McCain campaign). This attack is being picked up by the right-wing blogosphere.

Now, I personally think Obama’s seal is pretty ugly and silly, although I did get a chuckle out of the new latin logo “vero possumus”, which means “yes we can”, but illegal? Well, it took Mark Nickolas at Political Base about 15 minutes on Google Images to find that the National Republican Senatorial Committee uses three different likenesses of the official seal in fundraising. The one I show (at left) is used for people who contribute at least $5,000 annually.

As the Jed Report notes, you don’t have to look very hard to find other people using the presidential seal. For example, the popular TV show “West Wing” sells a boxed set of DVDs of the show with the official seal, embossed in metal, on the cover. The seal has also been used by the satirical newspaper “The Onion” to make fun of Bush’s weekly radio address. Not to mention The Ramones.
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Mike

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Larrry said:
I figured, you couldn't defend B Hussein Obama so you attack someone else. Surely you can do better.

I wouldn't call his post an "ATTACK". His posts are so UN-original and lame, they don't even deserve the merit of recognition. :roll:
 

hopalong

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Mike said:
Larrry said:
I figured, you couldn't defend B Hussein Obama so you attack someone else. Surely you can do better.

I wouldn't call his post an "ATTACK". His posts are so UN-original and lame, they don't even deserve the merit of recognition. :roll:
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Yea he can't even be original in his verbage.BASH BASH BASH neocon neocon McSame McSame!!!
 
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