George Bush had his three-fingered W salute that supporters flashed when greeting him at presidential campaign events in 2000. And now, if a Los Angeles creative agency gets its way, Sen. Barack Obama will see fans meet him with his own salute like the one above. “Our goal is to see a crowd of 75,000 people at Obama’s nomination speech holding their hands above their heads, fingers laced together in support of a new direction for this country, a renewed hope, and acceptance of responsibility for our future,” says Rick Husong, owner of The Loyalty Inc. Husong tells me that he got the idea after seeing the famous Obama-Progress poster by artist Shepherd Fairey
And this is what they came up with:
This, of course, has hilarious implications. Not only does it seem eerily cultish, it was also used in Star Trek[Gateway Pundit] original episode The Way to Eden! Anyway, I have to tip my hat to the best modification submitted by a Michelle Malkin reader:
Still my favorite:
