Candidate Hussein campaign drops silly "presidential seal" after it becomes a laughing stock.

Obama campaign drops seal on podium
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Jun 23, 2008 5:11 PM (2 hrs 28 mins ago) by Bill Sammon, The Examiner

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(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks
during a meeting of Democratic governors, Friday, June 20, 2008, at the
Chicago History Museum in Chicago Friday

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - After days of media mockery, Barack Obama has
decided to stop using a presidential-looking seal that his campaign
designed and affixed to his podium on Friday.

Journalists said the seal, which features an eagle clutching arrows and
an olive branch, smacks of arrogance. John McCain's camp had a field
day, calling the seal ?laughable, ridiculous, preposterous and revealing
- all at the same time.?

The seal was conspicuously missing from Obama's lectern when he spoke to
a group of women in Albuquerque on Monday. Not surprising, given how
much grief Obama took from a normally laudatory press corps after
unveiling the seal at an appearance in Chicago on Friday.

?What a bizarre and dumb idea,? railed NBC political director Chuck
Todd. ?It really feeds the arrogance narrative.?

Obama criticizes McCain on offshore drilling The oversized blue seal was
emblazoned with the Latin phrase ?Vero Possumus,? which roughly
translates into ?yes, we can.? It also featured a plug for the
candidate's website.

?The Audacity of Hype,? cracked ABC's Jake Tapper. ?No word on whether
they played a remix of 'Hail to the Chief' as Obama walked in.?

Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times observed that Obama ?has decided
not to wait for any of the formalities like a presidential election, an
inauguration or even a nomination, which he still hasn't actually
officially won yet.?

Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic magazine was the first to note that Obama
would deep-six the seal.

?I'm told that Obama recognizes that it was a silly mistake,? Ambinder
said. ?Does the press think Obama is arrogant? Yes.?

Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for
Politics, said the episode reinforces this media perception of Obama.

?The press corps adopts a subtext for each candidate,? Sabato told The
Examiner. ?Daddy Bush was 'a nice guy but out of touch.' Bill Clinton
was 'smart but randy.' Bob Dole was 'heroic but too old.' Gore was
'brilliant but a fibber and a bore.' Dubya was 'pleasant but dumb.'?

He added: ?Obama's subtext is rapidly becoming 'charismatic but
arrogant.'?

The Obama campaign declined to comment.
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