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The Great Seal of ObamaLand goes down the memory hole

Much stink has been made about Obama's arrogant "seal" that presumes he's already president ... of something.

Well, the Great Seal of ObamaLand joins the seemingly endless list of embarrassments that Obama tosses aside (I have imposed an "under the bus" moratorium on myself. Enough!) Via my friend and former Washington Times colleague, Bill Sammon:

WASHINGTON — 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.”

Well, there's a reason why Obama has an arrogance narrative to feed. His campaign has been defined by an audacious arrogance from the beginning. It's good to see the MSM hip to it ... finally.

Posted by Dr. Zaius at June 23, 2008 09:20 PM | TrackBack