I don't get it...

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Yeah, an American flag would help, but the slogan is great.

Yeah, that logo, even with all the explanation, still confuses the hell out of me. I guess if PA voters get it, it doesn't matter if it makes sense to us.

Don't know why, but it kind of reminds me of the old Civil Defense logo.

I get it, but it's a little hokey! Reminds me of the Commander and Chief logo they came up with a while back. Although, I wouldn't mind having a sticker of both of them. Guess I'll make one!

The Obamas sure as hell better drive American-made vehicles.

Lunch bucket/Union towns will eat this up. It could make an effective bumper sticker in states like Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania etc.

Just like McCain's "Country First" it implies the negative, in this case McCain doesn't support buying American. Of course this campaign will be backed up with ads targeting McCain outsourcing American jobs.

I don't know how this all fits in with his "One World" European tour though.

Two quick responses:

1) I like it.

2) If BSLev is reading this thread, does this help to allay your concerns about Obama's commitment to Labor?

Good thing most of you naysayers aren't advising this campaign. This is an incredibly smart tactic to work on the white, lower-middle income moderate union vote. There is certainly a nationalistic undertone, which Dems have avoided like the plague, but the Obama campaign can hit McCain hard and fast with it, tying him to shipping jobs overseas and giving huge tax breaks to the wealthy corporations that do it.

It's certainly not considered the highroad, but they're playing on a sentiment that Republicans have won in every election. Dems finally needed to address it.

Very retro and all-American. He needs his name bigger. Buy American! Vote Obama! Yes We Can!

It's a plus for Obama if the political discourse turns to jobs because McCain really just offers the trickle down economics that put us in the mess.

Excuse me while I clean the coffee off my keyboard.

If you were to take a poll of names that sound American my guess is Obama or Soetoro comes out at or near the bottom. Probably wouldn't even be on the list.

Buy Irish, vote Goldstein
Buy French, vote Sakimoto
Buy Chinese, vote Gonzalez.
Buy American, vote Obama.

Bwahahaha. This is the most tone deaf slogan I could imagine.

I like it, they need to add some American flags though on either side, and better yet -- does this mean some NATIONAL "Buy American" ads are on the way?

Aww-man I hope so! As many American and Barack Obama ads as possible -- I'm thinking that must be the next series of Olympic ads.

Hit McSame where it hurts, and force him to explain free-trade to the low-information voter. That is a real hard sell.

Just to be sure, I'm taking Budweiser, which is now Belgian off my shopping list.

Obama has to keep this a localized campaign, as it will not play nearly as well outside of the rust belt.

I don't think Obama's name is printed large enough in the design to be seen. I can see "Buy American" but I can hardly see Barack Obama. I'd like to see "Obama" the same size font as Buy American.

It...looks like an old 45 rpm record label.

Obama's back from vacation. Here's to the end of the free ride McCain has been enjoying the last week.

I'd like to see Obama's campaign reacting within the hour to each new commercial or wacky statement; and I also want the Obama crew to originate some of the campaign dialog instead of waiting for McCain's crew to continue their inventions unabated.

Obviously this is just playing to low information voters, but still...

One of the things that always annoyed me while in the Coast Guard was that we could not buy the best equipment, instead we always had to buy from a US company.

Can someone please explain how Obama reconciles his rightful contempt for ignorant, English-only, xenophobic Americans with his own nationalist, protectionist, Buy American rhetoric, that is, admittedly, disingenuous, and equally loathsome.

This message that plays to the fears of those clinging to their guns and religion is reinforced by the use a Depression-era union logo like the one below:

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Historical%20Page/radio1.JPG

Trouble is
Buying American
Means NOT BUYING
Hussein...
On one hand we have a
CryptoIslamoTerrorist
Married to an America Hating Harpy
And on the other hand we have an honest to god
American Hero married to a beer heiress...
Only ObaBots think
Community Organizer equals
Hanoi Hilton survivor.

But hey, you suck ObaAss
and you're gonna choke on ObaShit.

Actually, the logo is a vague echo of the Harley Davidson logo.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/2009_Motorcycles/2009_Motorcycles.jsp?HDCWPSession=TTQCLmjDfdkH6ZM8n0xryGt0ngnC40PvL6L6bh5yMyhfwg1RdmJL!-639111312!1031689338&locale=en_US

Dave in DC

I'm sorry, but I think the logo is a dumb idea. I thought we were done with logos after the presidential seal flap.

Not only that, but this is all in answer to something McCain said. Obama needs to get ahead of the curve and command the news cycle again. I can see the headline: "Obama unveils new logo." And McCain's response: "Logos don't create jobs."

This guy claims to be black but is it not true that he is half white (mother)and the other half a black muslim (male) that left his white mother.

If he was brought up in a typical white background, when did he become black and was mentored by whom? The reverend and other radicals. Time to wake up before we give the country away. Just an opinion with many questions.

I could not be happier about this new direction in senator Obama's campaign. I was quite chagrined that neither candidate nor our "president" mentioned one word about buying American products as part of an American economic stimulus package. It is not protectionist or xenophobic to suggest that Americans buy their countrymen's wares in an effort to save an economy that appears to be fast approaching a tipping point from which there will be no return.

Sam Walton, originally made his money by offering mostly American products at a discount. That was a different era, when phrases like made in Japan generally meant poor quality. If there was a retail department store that sold nothing but American products I would gladly do most of my shopping there. I hardly think that I am alone in that respect. I make an effort to to buy American products whenever possible. Once upon a time we had a choice between buying a pack of American-made T-shirts for five dollars, or imported T-shirts of a similar quality for $3.50. This option is no longer available to us. I'm not sure of the reason, but I assume the retailer made more money on the lower-priced article than the more expensive, American-made product. Wal-Mart was instrumental in forcing Rubbermaid out of business in Ohio. Not because they couldn't make a profit but because they couldn't make a large enough profit for Sam Walton's greedy progeny.

I'm not saying that we should restrict foreign imports. But there is no reason not to use the bully pulpit of the presidency, or candidacy for that matter, to promote American products. How can we ever expect to export products to other countries when we won't even promote them in our own?

We have a national dairy month. We have a national Black history month. We probably have a national left-handed redhaired stepchild month. All designed to raise awareness of a product or a problem; why don't we now Institute a national buy American products month. Our trade deficit hurts our national economy. Shouldn't an economic stimulus package, stimulate our economy, not China's.

How many manufacturing jobs do you suppose, left the United States of America so that the Waltons could trade in Sam's old pickup truck (American-made) for their fleet of luxury vehicles.

A new definition of American-made is no doubt necessary. I naïvely purchased a lot of clothing from the Marianas thinking that I was putting Americans to work. If "Made in America" was not an important imprimatur, Jack Abramoff and company would not have spent so much money and political capital to hoodwink so many Americans.

Barack Obama should do everything possible to attach his name to an American campaign of putting Americans to work by Americans buying American. You can't say American enough times when fighting the party that has already usurped the word patriot (even though it is a complete misnomer when referring to the Republican Party).

don't understand what's up with the two camps - Republicans and Democrats?

get the feeling like you are completely lost?

McCain moving in on democratic turf...Obama moving in on Republican turf?

It's done on purpose. Where right and wrong use to be a clear choice for the people of America depending on whose side you're on. Today you just don't know.

It's called mind control.

In today's world 3 things make or break decisions and actions of a nation, indeed nations.

Those in power, money, and the mass.

Those in power decide to do something with all that money they've got...and the mass allows them or not allow them -- depending on the information they get from - the media (bought by those in power).

Think of it - 1% of the American population holds more than 30% of the nations wealth - today probably alot more with every single American pumped for all he's go via his gas tank.

Believe me, the chaos and misery is intentionally caused....they are preparing the grounds for something much bigger to come - and with a little button pushing from the media, the American people will do exactly as expected of them - just like what they did for the invasion of Iraq.

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