Obama Has His Own Logo! Not Legal! Looks Too Much Like The Presidential Seal!

Lady Jane said:

This is interesting and should be brought up!  They aren't even waiting for the election to plant the idea in the heads of his followers!  June 20, 2008 When the Obama logo and presidential seal collide The Obama campaign debuted a new logo Friday that bears a striking resemblance to the presidential seal. Photo credit: AP, White House. CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) – Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama sat down in Chicago Friday morning to discuss the economy with visiting Democratic governors, but all eyes were on the Illinois senator's podium bearing, what might be described as, a quasi-presidential seal – a new Obama campaign logo. The seal includes the same bald eagle as the actual presidential seal clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons, but instead of a shield covering the center of the eagle's body, the Obama version displays the campaign's trademark "O." Unlike the Presidential seal, which includes the words "Seal of the President of the United States" around the circumference, "Obama for America" and "www.barackobama.com" grace the top and bottom of Obama's. Finally, just above the eagle, in Latin, are the words – "vero possumus" – which translates to "yes we can," the oft-heard chant at Obama rallies. Side- by-side pictures of the two seals can be seen here: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/20/when-the-obama-logo-and-presidential-seal-morph/ __________________________________________________ What say we throw this little law out there???? U.S. CODE, CHAPTER 33 - EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES 18 USC Sec. 713 ... (a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 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. (scroll down to look for for it.  May take a minute)

http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C33.txt   **

They already HAVE a presidential seal.  Why would they want to change it now?

My point is that Obama is an obnoxious jerk and McCain should be pointing things like that out, even if it's just a snippet or jab in one of his speeches.  The fake logo speaks volumes to Obama's audacity and immaturity in the midst of his lack of experience and knowledge of current events.  It's the smart Alec punk versus the seasoned politician angle.  Besides, name one presidental election where there wasn't some mud-slinging.  It's a fact of political life and it's how elections are made or broken.

McCain has toshow that he is the more mature of the two.

He is letting the surrogates go after Obama.

I am sure we will see something from a reporter on McCain's response to a question about the seal, soon.

And I'm sure McCain just brush it off and say we've got more important things to do than bitch about Obama's stage props. This will give a nice "High Ground" response to the Dems making fun of his baby poop green background two weeks ago, without making it an issue.

RoboTech said:

McCain has toshow that he is the more mature of the two.

He is letting the surrogates go after Obama.

I am sure we will see something from a reporter on McCain's response to a question about the seal, soon.

And I'm sure McCain just brush it off and say we've got more important things to do than bitch about Obama's stage props. This will give a nice "High Ground" response to the Dems making fun of his baby poop green background two weeks ago, without making it an issue.

I guess it is a moot point now, they have withdrawn the obama seal, I just saw a CNN report by Jeanie Moos, and at the end the obama people said it was just a "one event" seal---I think they got a lot of flack from it as most of the people in the report thot he was WAY too arrogant--which he is...duhhhh...just another political thing that has backfired.

BTW, it DID look like the presidential seal--here is a link to a photo:

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/obama_retiring_great_seal_of_o.html

"Finally, just above the eagle, in Latin, are the words – "vero possumus" – which translates to "yes we can," the oft-heard chant at Obama rallies."

If this is true, that the Latin words translate to "yes, we can"....then I think that needs to be exposed.  That really irritates me.   I am sick and tired of hearing, si se puede anyway. 

Here in this part of the country, anyone who was "Very Possum" would be considered a sneaky SOB.

MMM!!!! maybe they should leave it on his logo after all.

Patsy said: I think it looks like a combo of AT&T and Pepsi.  Didn't Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition has something similar too?  Ima....think our old pal WLN designed it??  LOL!!!!

I wouldn't be surprised.  Anyone who claims she did the nasty with a whole troop of Green Berets is capable of anything!

Politics is a war of ideas.

Bloody or get bloodied.

Patsy said: I think it looks like a combo of AT&T and Pepsi.  Didn't Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition has something similar too?  Ima....think our old pal WLN designed it??  LOL!!!!

By golly, you're right!  Forget WLN -- Obama's a lowdown plagiarist!

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