I guess the Obamamessiah decided that Old Glory just wasn't good enough for his private campaign jet. He took that old and busted thing down and put up something really awesome: his own Obama symbol!
As part of a month-long aircraft makeover, a painted American flag was removed from the tail of Sen. Barack Obama's official campaign airplane and was replaced with the presidential candidate's trademark "O" symbol.The refurbished 757 was unveiled to members of the news media today, 41 of whom boarded the craft and took off to meet Obama in Amman, Jordan, where the presidential candidate will stop as part of a Middle Eastern and European tour.
Obama traveled to the Mideast earlier this week on board a separate airplane.
Fox News blogger Bonny Kapp, traveling on Obama's new airplane, reported:
"The North American jet that flew Obama and his traveling crew around for much of the primary season was refurbished with new seats and power for each passenger a must on the campaign trail. And the plane that once had an American flag on its tail now sports the Obama 'O.'"
Obama's 'O' symbol is red, white and blue.
Most official U.S. government aircraft, including Air Force One, have U.S. flags on their tails.
Both Fox News and the Chicago Sun-Times posted pictures of the Obama campaign's redressed airplane, which does not have an American flag or any other U.S. national symbols on the section that sports the airplane door from which Obama and his team will enter and exit.
The airplane boasts Obama's anthem, "Change We Can Believe In" and the candidate's website address.
Here are some pictures of the new wonder plane:
Most politicians are OK with flying around with an American flag on their private jets. But not the Obamamessiah, oh no. He's special. He deserves his own special symbol. The American flag just wasn't cutting it for him.
You know, this guy is so arrogant that I'm surprised he can fit his giant head onto that plane. It's not about whether or not he should be allowed to do this; of course he's allowed to. It just shows an amazing level of egotism and narcissism, which of course anyone with half a brain already knew that Obama possessed. What's amazing is how much Obama flaunts it. He doesn't even try to appear humble.
But, who cares about how egotistical and narcissistic he is? He stands for change, and that's all you need to know.
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!?!!?... (Below threshold)1. Posted by JLawson | July 22, 2008 9:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
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1. Posted by JLawson | July 22, 2008 9:17 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 21:17
2. Posted by HughS | July 22, 2008 9:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's the new and improved version of this:
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/obamas_great_seal.html
2. Posted by HughS | July 22, 2008 9:29 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 21:29
3. Posted by epador | July 22, 2008 9:35 PM | Score: 5 (7 votes cast)
If you squint just right, you can see its really the Mark of the Beast, 666.
Clever, huh?
3. Posted by epador | July 22, 2008 9:35 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 21:35
4. Posted by Scrapiron | July 22, 2008 9:50 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
"egotistical and narcissistic" In my lifetime several 'rulers' have developed their own logo. I think the skinheads use the most famous one that Hussein is imitating. This is the logo to be worn by his special security force to be armed, equipped and funded equal to the military. Wasn't that done previously and the unit called the SS? Why doesn't he simply adopt the Nazi emblem now and save trouble in the future. The idiots that follow him today will accept it without question. After all America is wrong to try and free 50+ million people today, so we must have been wrong to free the people of Europe. LIsten up people of the world, if you get in trouble don't call us or Obambi will show up with a lawnmower and your a** is grass. Just accept the slavery and don't whine, because the Obambi's have a patent on the whine.
4. Posted by Scrapiron | July 22, 2008 9:50 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 21:50
5. Posted by Rod S | July 22, 2008 10:08 PM | Score: 1 (7 votes cast)
This is such a non-story. The plane had american-like flags on it because that was the way the North American Airlines jet was painted, i.e. it's livery (see pic of the original livery here - http://tinyurl.com/5c3rxr) . Obama wants his livery to mimic his campaign logos....no surprise there.
This is like Obama using an American Airlines jet and having it painted as he has. But once word got out that he is using an American Airlines jet that used to have the word "American" on it, and now it doesn't, they think that makes him unamerican,...... er .....something.
The plane is required to have displayed a flag of the country of origin (United States), it does (barely visible hiding behind the wingtip, located in front of the registration, N755NA http://tinyurl.com/5bgpyg)
5. Posted by Rod S | July 22, 2008 10:08 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:08
6. Posted by dr lava | July 22, 2008 10:09 PM | Score: -12 (14 votes cast)
Whoa....Cassy be gettin da lynchin party together for dis uppity colored man.
I'm always amazed at the way some here at Wizbang can morph from "Idiocracy" right into "Mississippi Burning'.
6. Posted by dr lava | July 22, 2008 10:09 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:09
7. Posted by JLawson | July 22, 2008 10:38 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Doc - If Obama were white, and McCain black, I'd still be planning on voting for McCain because Obama simply doesn't have the qualifications for President. He might make an okay mayor, and maybe someday might be a state govenor - but President? I personally wouldn't vote for him for the local school board.
But you go ahead, believe it's some sort of racial thing. More and more it's becoming apparent that Obama's been pushed as being far more ready than he is - and something like this doesn't make him more so.
7. Posted by JLawson | July 22, 2008 10:38 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:38
8. Posted by Paul Hooson | July 22, 2008 10:39 PM | Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
That's only his official campaign emblem that's on a miilion items and letterheads related to his campaign. Where's the conflict? I sure don't see it myself. I've seen that emblem many times before when I contributed money to his campaign. It's on everything.
The colors are still red, white and blue, and it has an American theme as well.
8. Posted by Paul Hooson | July 22, 2008 10:39 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:39
9. Posted by Herman | July 22, 2008 10:39 PM | Score: -7 (7 votes cast)
Old Glory is too old, too dated. We greet with confidence a new symbol, a symbol of change, of the promise of our future.
9. Posted by Herman | July 22, 2008 10:39 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:39
10. Posted by jhow66 | July 22, 2008 10:40 PM | Score: -4 (4 votes cast)
I will cut the rope.
10. Posted by jhow66 | July 22, 2008 10:40 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:40
11. Posted by jhow66 | July 22, 2008 10:42 PM | Score: -2 (2 votes cast)
On Herman's also.
11. Posted by jhow66 | July 22, 2008 10:42 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:42
12. Posted by Tom Blogical | July 22, 2008 10:43 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Wow. I think I need to pinch myself. I'm going to agree with Hooson on this one. Sorry Cassy, but I don't see this as any big deal. I don't see "hope and change, change and hope--with a sprinkle of promise" in it, but harmless nonetheless.
12. Posted by Tom Blogical | July 22, 2008 10:43 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:43
13. Posted by Tabootnic | July 22, 2008 10:54 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Obama is all smoke and mirrors...the David Coperfield of politics.
13. Posted by Tabootnic | July 22, 2008 10:54 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 22:54
14. Posted by Tom Blogical | July 22, 2008 11:01 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Tabootnic:
Agreed. I'll add to my first comment and say that their campaign knows they're short on substance and long on style, and this is just another way of accentuating one of their strengths. Style over substance.
14. Posted by Tom Blogical | July 22, 2008 11:01 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 23:01
15. Posted by ijosha | July 22, 2008 11:08 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Gee... What about the fact that the plane is now almost entirely white? Surely, there must be a blatant message there somewhere!
15. Posted by ijosha | July 22, 2008 11:08 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 23:08
16. Posted by Tabootnic | July 22, 2008 11:09 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
How does the old saying go.........All show and no go.
16. Posted by Tabootnic | July 22, 2008 11:09 PM |
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Posted on July 22, 2008 23:09
17. Posted by hyperbolist | July 23, 2008 12:18 AM | Score: -6 (10 votes cast)
To steal from John Stewart, Cassy would only be happy if Obama wore a giant American flag cut into the shape of a suit, with a lapel pin that looks like an actual suit.
There's patriotism, and then there's idolatry. Get. A. Grip.
17. Posted by hyperbolist | July 23, 2008 12:18 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 00:18
18. Posted by James Cloninger | July 23, 2008 12:48 AM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Old Glory is too old, too dated.
Plus it was missing 7 of it's 57 stars.
18. Posted by James Cloninger | July 23, 2008 12:48 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 00:48
19. Posted by JLawson | July 23, 2008 1:22 AM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Hyperbolist -
He's travelling overseas. He's representing America. As far as the media's concerned, he IS the next President.
Travelling stateside? I've got no problems with it. Overseas?
I question his judgement.
19. Posted by JLawson | July 23, 2008 1:22 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 01:22
20. Posted by Peter F. | July 23, 2008 2:00 AM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Yeah, I'm not caring here either. It's his plane; his (constituents') money. If he wants a big old, uncreative logo that looks like a bullseye on the tail then, well, his ego should have it.
20. Posted by Peter F. | July 23, 2008 2:00 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 02:00
21. Posted by Brian | July 23, 2008 2:29 AM | Score: -2 (6 votes cast)
Most official U.S. government aircraft, including Air Force One, have U.S. flags on their tails.
True, except for Obama's plane. Oh, and McCain's. How dare he put his own special web address on the tail?!
Both Fox News and the Chicago Sun-Times posted pictures of the Obama campaign's redressed airplane, which does not have an American flag or any other U.S. national symbols...
As previously shown, false.
...on the section that sports the airplane door from which Obama and his team will enter and exit.
Oh, well now that's some contorted qualifier, eh? (Psst... the flag on Obama's plane is closer to the forward door than the one on McCain's!)
Wow, we got this story, the National Enquirer story... is Wizbang trying to lure Jayson Blair over as a writer?
21. Posted by Brian | July 23, 2008 2:29 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 02:29
22. Posted by OhioVoter | July 23, 2008 6:44 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
I actually am with Obama on this one.
He has been criticized endless for trying to give the appearance of behaving as if he is already the president on this trip and now is being criticized for doing something that doesn't make his trip look like an official presidential trip.
The criticism is unfair in my opinion
Now, having said that .... :-)
His symbol looks like a mushroom cloud over a field of red and white stripes.
Maybe not the best choice ...
22. Posted by OhioVoter | July 23, 2008 6:44 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 06:44
23. Posted by Denise | July 23, 2008 9:08 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
now sports the Obama 'O.'
Actually that is the Obama "ZERO' to signify there's nothing there for this vacuous candidate.
23. Posted by Denise | July 23, 2008 9:08 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 09:08
24. Posted by Falze | July 23, 2008 9:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
His symbol looks like a mushroom cloud over a field of red and white stripes.
Yeah, I was trying to figure out what that's supposed to be, but that's better than anything I could come up with.
24. Posted by Falze | July 23, 2008 9:41 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 09:41
25. Posted by MyPetGloat | July 23, 2008 10:20 AM | Score: -2 (4 votes cast)
Nothing expresses patriotism quite like a three dollar stars and stripes enamel flag pin, mass-produced ror Wal-Mart in a Beijing sweatshop
25. Posted by MyPetGloat | July 23, 2008 10:20 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 10:20
26. Posted by Matt | July 23, 2008 10:38 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I thought Oprah owned stylized "O". I think he is just putting the brand that owns him on his plane.
26. Posted by Matt | July 23, 2008 10:38 AM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 10:38
27. Posted by Matt Lutze | July 23, 2008 12:12 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Whoa whoa whoa. It doesn't matter if the MSM starts declaring him the victor, Obama is not the President of the United States and the international community knows that. It would have been poor judgment to use the American flag, lest he enforce the false notion he's already one.
And like many said above, it's the logo he branded his campaign with from the beginning, or at least almost the beginning. It's on everything he's associated with, and to make his plane look like Air Force One would be an insult to our entire process. We still have a president, though the MSM would choose to ignore that fact.
27. Posted by Matt Lutze | July 23, 2008 12:12 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 12:12
28. Posted by JLawson | July 23, 2008 3:55 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Matt -
Sigh. Okay - point taken. Dude's acting like a rock star, so he puts his logo on the plane. Gotcha.
I withdraw my objection.
28. Posted by JLawson | July 23, 2008 3:55 PM |
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Posted on July 23, 2008 15:55
29. Posted by drjohn | July 24, 2008 12:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I was wondering what the new US flag would look like under Obama.
The only thing is, I can't make out the 57 states.
29. Posted by drjohn | July 24, 2008 12:47 AM |
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Posted on July 24, 2008 00:47
30. Posted by Ella Gordon | July 31, 2008 9:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Get real, people. MOST presidential candidates, INCLUDING John McCain, customize their planes when they become candidates for president. Senator Obama had the NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES official logo (two American flags) replaced with his own logo. There is an American flag in front of the registration number. This is done so the plane will be recognized, not as a chartered plane but the personal plane of the nominee. Check this out with Snopes and let's not spread misleading information. Please check this out and look at Sen. McCain's plane. (I don't see an American flag anywhere on McCain's plane.)
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/airplane.asp
30. Posted by Ella Gordon | July 31, 2008 9:29 PM |
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Posted on July 31, 2008 21:29
31. Posted by heywwjd | August 14, 2008 2:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Its crazy how gullible people are about something they may read on the internet. Obama's plane does have an American flag, in about the same area that McCain has one on his plane. Just like the story about his not wearing a flag pin, his reason being he wants to tell people why he supports the US and not just wear something for show.
31. Posted by heywwjd | August 14, 2008 2:09 AM |
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Posted on August 14, 2008 02:09