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No More Faux Presidential Seal For Obama

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Barack, Democrats

This adventure in photoshop was roundly criticized, so the decision to can it was a no-brainer…

Barack Obama’s communications director said Monday that the presidential seal the campaign unveiled last week at a meeting with Democratic governors won’t be seen again.

“That was a one time thing for a one time event,” Robert Gibbs told CNN. [...]

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.

And don’t ever do it again.


This entry was posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 and is filed under 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Barack, Democrats. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “No More Faux Presidential Seal For Obama”

  1. Joshua Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Wretchard, in one of his first posts at Belmont Club’s new location, has noted that Obama’s quasi-Presidential seal isn’t even an original idea - The Ramones beat him to it years ago.

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