Obama salute cultist strikes back

By Michelle Malkin  •  August 12, 2008 02:49 PM

We had a lot of fun last week with the Obama salute. But the guy who created the sign is not amused. Like his idol, he’s playing the martyr and vows to “persevere” over all us meanies who got a good snort when we laid eyes on his creation.

Washington Whispers, which first brought attention to the Big Zero gesture, has a follow-up.

Be sure to click and read the whole, hilarious lament:

At first, Rick Husong was stunned by the overwhelming wave of negative and sometimes crude reactions to his bid revealed in Whispers last week to build a pro-Sen. Barack Obama movement around a hand salute dubbed the Big-O.

…At first we were bothered by the negative and vulgar comments made. When someone attacks something you hold dear, it hurts…

…The hand sign for peace was first a British form of giving someone the bird, then it became a war cry for victory. Today it is a symbol of peace & love. Once again goodness persevered. We too will persevere. Bring your hands together over your head to make a large ‘O’ and join us in our fight to take America back. Vote for Barack Obama.”

Rick Husong, meet Ron Rockstar:

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Tee-hee: “Conservatives unite for Obama Hand Gesture Truth!”

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  1. #404209
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pm, max said:

    On August 12th, 2008 at 4:44 pm, walterc said:
    I want one of those bumper stickers Max. Actually 3 or 4.

    Better get them printed up before they copyright that symbol.

    Thanks Walterc… I’ll try and see if I can… !

  2. #404228
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:34 pm, Tantor said:

    Looks like a big O for Onanism.

  3. #404238
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:37 pm, Lawrence said:

    On August 12th, 2008 at 3:23 pm, chapoutier said:

    Just a stupid video some kid made pretending he was McCain and for some reason says “You can call me Walnuts”. I guess because of the cheek thing. Anyway, Wonkette now refers to McCain as WALNUTS!

    That makes a lot of sense since the majority of Obama supporters seem to get most of their news from You-Tube.

    I wonder if Wonkette understand how much this helps prove the point about how inane she are her like-minded friends really are?

  4. #404244
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:39 pm, zorro said:

    Hey Rick Husong, does a sig heil go with the “salute”?

  5. #404245
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:42 pm, Lawrence said:

    On August 12th, 2008 at 4:38 pm, SuzEQCitizen said:

    Unimaginative? How much more unimmaginative can one get when one creates something as stupid looking as a big ol’ O?

    I understand that M.Lewinsky has a hand sign quite similar to this one for B.Clinton.

  6. #404251
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pm, Sethery said:

    I think the founder of Wonkette, Ana Marie Cox, is no longer involved with that blog. IIRC correctly, Cox was an equal-opportunity offender, and both parties got their bruises. The chumps she turned it over to are just left-wingers with much more juvenile humor.

  7. #404255
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:48 pm, love2rumba said:

    AS for Husong…
    I have this to say…

    sniff, sniff, weep, weep, boo hooo and sob

  8. #404257
    On August 12th, 2008 at 5:49 pm, rightisright said:

    What an appropriate logo ‘0′ for a candidate with zero ability to govern.

  9. #404268
    On August 12th, 2008 at 6:03 pm, Helene said:

    “The hand sign for peace was first a British form of giving someone the bird, then it became a war cry for victory. Today it is a symbol of peace & love.”

    This statement is bogus. The “V” for victory does not go back to giving people the bird. It goes back to the Middle Ages and the English archers.

    When the French caught an English archer, the archer’s two middle fingers on the right hand were cut off to prevent them from shooting arrows. This was meant to be a message to English archers.

    Sooo before battle, the English archers would taunt the French by making a “V” with the two fingers needed to position and hold the arrow.

    For more information about this (and to learn to build your own English longbow) check out the Archer’s Tale by Bernard Cornwell. Better researched than the bogus history quoted by Rick Husong.

  10. #404274
    On August 12th, 2008 at 6:05 pm, Helene said:

    I don’t think Winston Churchill ever thought of the “V” as a peace symbol. It represented victory (as in we’re gonna beat the poop out of those stinky Nazis) and we’re gonna win.

  11. #404292
    On August 12th, 2008 at 6:15 pm, TiminPhx said:

    Never has a symbol indicated it’s worth as well as this one.

    It was a zero representing a zero(Obama) and shows the combined IQ of those who support him and the degree to which the symbol worked out.

  12. #404357
    On August 12th, 2008 at 6:57 pm, Rob said:

    Ms Malkin, I wish I could post that deaf sign language Obama sign…

  13. #404387
    On August 12th, 2008 at 7:37 pm, srhoades said:

    goodness persevered

    I’m dying! Can’t breath. Laughing too hard.

  14. #404396
    On August 12th, 2008 at 7:44 pm, Henry said:

    The hand sign for peace was first a British form of giving someone the bird, then it became a war cry for victory.

    The Swastika used to be a peace sign

    Look how that turned out.

  15. #404412
    On August 12th, 2008 at 8:01 pm, srhoades said:

    Wonkette now refers to McCain as WALNUTS!

    Willie Wonka needs to reign in his wife.

  16. #404505
    On August 12th, 2008 at 9:53 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Yeah–Oscar Robertson!

    Oh, and here I thought the Big O stood for Overstock.com!

    Silly me.

  17. #404523
    On August 12th, 2008 at 10:29 pm, Seabee40 said:

    O as in, his head is so far up Obama’s O, he can’t see day light.

  18. #404556
    On August 12th, 2008 at 11:03 pm, chapoutier said:

    I wonder if Wonkette understand how much this helps prove the point about how inane she are her like-minded friends really are?

    First off, its, no longer a “she”. Anne Marie Cox left a bit ago and now it is a couple of guys that run the Blog. Second, Wonkette doesn’t pretend to be anything other than political humor. May not be your brand of humor, but lets not make it to be something other than the blog equivalent of slapstick.

  19. #404557
    On August 12th, 2008 at 11:03 pm, hikrdi said:

    Erik W, post 22. Remarkable parallel to what we are experiencing with Obama.

  20. #404599
    On August 12th, 2008 at 11:38 pm, yduck12 said:

    Well since Obama wants Americans to speak Spanish he should change his name to La Obama. Then all his people could hold an L near their forehead.

  21. #404624
    On August 13th, 2008 at 12:09 am, macbigot said:

    How about, ‘Once you go Barack, you’ll never be satisfied with using just one hand again’?

  22. #404643
    On August 13th, 2008 at 12:30 am, macbigot said:

    OK, this was TOO easy: Sign-O-O-O.png

  23. #404919
    On August 13th, 2008 at 10:12 am, pueblo1032 said:

    Rick Husong,”live long and prosper”…

  24. #406606
    On August 14th, 2008 at 8:35 am, Hanover Fiste said:

    Maybe their slogan could be, “Give us your O-face!”

  25. #409571
    On August 16th, 2008 at 9:26 am, rplatt said:

    That logo is not simply stupid . . . it’s downright obscene.

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