06.24.2008 5:42 pm
Seal of disapproval
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Barack Obama campaign Tuesday retired the Great Seal of Barack, saying it had been created for “one-time use” only at a Democratic governor’s meeting last Friday. Right, and the “Mission Accomplished” banner was the Navy’s idea.
The seal got bad reviews, as did the candidate’s judgment in letting his eager-beaver advisers create it in the first place. Worst feature: “Vero possumus,” roughly translated as,”Yes we can,” replacing “E pluribus unum.”
Somewhere, H.R. “Bob” Haldeman is wondering, “Why didn’t I think of that for the ‘68 campaign?”
Note to campaign staff: Calm down, guys. It’s a long way to November.
Kevin Horrigan is deputy editor of the editorial page. He writes editorials on local, state and national politics and public policy and also contributes a signed column to the Sunday Commentary Page. "The Old Sport" is a former sports columnist for the Post-Dispatch and for 10 years hosted radio talk shows on KMOX and KTRS in St. Louis. He lives in South St. Louis with his wife, Kate, and a dream of one day starting a professional catfish noodling tour. 
I found this to be extremely arrogant. However, this election really is a done deal and wish it wasn’t going to drag on for another four months. With all of Obama’s money and the Democrat 527’s up and running like MoveOn.org, what is the point of continuing this travesty? That ad with the mom and her baby runs at every ad break on MSNBC.