Obama Campaign Redesigns American Flag

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**Jihadin**

T“Our Stripes: Flag Print” is being promoted on the Obama campaign website. The screen print is designed by Ross Bruggink and Dan Olson.

The limited-edition print costs $35.

President Obama’s version of the American flag.

Another painting resembled an outline of the continental US. The “Our Stripes: Country Print” was designed to look like an American flag, too. Like the other painting, the stars representing the 50 states were removed and replaced with Obama’s campaign logo.

Reaction on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook has been overwhelmingly negative.

“This is so offensive,” one reader wrote. “I don’t know why I’m shocked, but I am. This stoops to new lows.”

Another reader offered this assessment: “Once again, very shameful. This is a disgrace.

“And just what was wrong with the flag with the stars and stripes?” a Facebook reader wondered. “Why must Obama create his own flag?”

The United States of Obama?

“A good number of my family, including me and my twin sons, have served under the flag,” another wrote. “This is so far beyond insulting. I can’t imagine anyone who considers themself a patriot voting for Obama. Who does he think he is?”

Both prints are available online at www.barackobama.com. You can also purchase Obama yoga pants, Obama martini glasses, and coffee mugs emblazoned with President Obama’s birth certificate.
he Obama campaign is now selling copies of an American flag painting that replaces the 50 stars in a blue field with the president’s campaign logo.

**Kilkrazy**

I would suggest that anyone who is offended by this campaign logo should not vote for Obama, unless they are not a registered US voter, of course.

**Ouze**

Truly, Obama is history's greatest monster.

**reds8n**

" Obama yoga pants "

Totally read that as yoghurt at first.

... only in America !

**Frazzled**

Luckily I can't open any of these images.

**Jihadin**

Truly, Obama is history's greatest monster.

Obama not that scarey looking

What scary is if they blow this out of porpotions. I be playing MWO for a couple days till this pass.

35 dollars though...what brand Tshirt is the logo on?

**SagesStone**

Why didn't you link the pictures?

Now how am I meant to be morally outraged by this travesty?

**Jihadin**

I want it to be a pleasant suprise when people look at it. Not a bad rendition.

I'm on the limb though about the flag. Just curious if it was a spur of the moment or did some thoughts go into this.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Sadly more people will consider this an 'issue' than will consider things like using our legion of flying assassin robots to kill US citizens.

**Kilkrazy**

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=6661

**d-usa**

Considering that it's not a flag but a painting of a flag, and considering that most people that will be outraged by this violate the flag code without even thinking about it twice, I feel a certain lack of outrage.

Romney craps on 47% of the people, but Obama has a painting of a flag with his logo on it. Monsters...

**Kid_Kyoto**

d-usa wrote:
Considering that it's not a flag but a painting of a flag,

**d-usa**

Obama is as bad as the tea party...

**Ouze**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Sadly more people will consider this an 'issue' than will consider things like using our legion of flying assassin robots to kill US citizens.

I'll not have you impugn the good names of our flying assassin robots, sir. If SN11101110101110111 wasn't fighting them over there, then Johnny America would be fighting them over here.

**labmouse42**

It looks like that was taken down from their website. I don't see anything that looks like a flag, or tshirt flag for sale that matches this description.

https://store.barackobama.com/?limit=9999

**AustonT**

Somehow I can't see the offense in this one. It's just a good campaign device.

**MeanGreenStompa**

The Obama Campaign has not redesigned the American Flag, they have produced a logo based on the American Flag.

HOLY SHIZ!! LOOK WHAT THOSE BASTARDS AT TEAM UK DID TO THE UNION JACK!!! OFF WIV DERE EADZ!!!

... or, you know, recognise a logo when you see one and stop attempting to paint Obama as 'anti-America'...

**Medium of Death**

For future reference; When an article relies on an image, post the fething image in/with the OP! Don't assume/expect that people are going to go and look for it.

It's only going to get better in the next few weeks though, right?

**reds8n**

Medium of Death wrote:

It's only going to get better in the next few weeks though, right?

Is that the new Romney campaign slogan ?

**kronk**

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

Nice....

Uh, what were we talking about?

**CT GAMER**

If I had a true monster like Mitt in my corner making an utter ass of himself and mocking America/Americans day after day i would want to divert attention away with total non-story like this as well...

**Manchu**

These articles are worthless. They might as well just:

Herpty Derpty Obama Derp Derp
by Herp Derpson

Herp derp herpty derp Obama. Derp herpty derp herp herpty. Herpty derpty deprty herp.

"HURRR," Obama derpty.

Obama herp derpty derp, "HURRRR." Derp derp derp, herp, herpty, "DURRRR."

Derpty derp HURRRR herp DURRRR. Herpty, derp herpty herpty derp derp. Obama derpty? Derp. Romney.

Romney herpty HURRRR derp DURRRR.

Romney derpty "DURRR," herpty "HURRRR."

Romney, herpty. Herpty derp.

**daedalus**

Herp Derpson has totally gone downhill.

Seriously, what yellow journalism.

Wait, that wasn't the article?

**Manchu**

Herp Derpson is a goddamned patriot, you commie-nazi!

**dogma**

I wonder what's more offensive, creating a stylized version of the flag, or wearing a stylized version of the flag on your crotch?

What a horrible monster, she should take that off this instant!

**SagesStone**

I agree, I wish there were more journalists with Herp Derpson's talent. They really get the the truth of the matter and so elegantly deliver their findings. Not a lot of fact checking done these days, but Herp is out there with the best.

**Manchu**

Herp Derpson doesn't allow his journalism to be run by fact-checkers.

**daedalus**

dogma wrote:
I wonder what's more offensive, creating a stylized version of the flag, or wearing a stylized version of the flag on your crotch?

What a horrible monster, she should take that off this instant!

I could, uh, get behind her campaign.

**SagesStone**

Manchu wrote:
Herp Derpson doesn't allow his journalism to be run by fact-checkers.

Damn, my lack of fact checking revealed.

**Manchu**

Hey, don't worry. When no one fact-checks, we can all be right. Except Democrats.