What Is Up With Politics Today?

I saw a picture and explanation of the seal that has so many people flipping out.  You can check it out here.  I know several bloggers (mostly conservative) have an issue with it and the democratic fan club is back peddling and making excuses.  I guess I think that we, as a nation, have more important things to do than talk about a stupid media ploy…but here I am talking about it too :)  The difference is instead of saying how horrid I think it is or how great I think Obama is I just want to talk about the seal itself. 

• Shades of blue - I think the colors of the seal are very nice.  Understated and modern while at the same time classic.
• The Circle  - that is in place of the shield that is on the Presidential seal.  I think the new sun for new beginnings is optimistic and kind of cheerful but also for some reason a bit creepy.
• Vero possumus - Well at first I thought very possum (I’m from the south) and it made me giggle.  But then I found out it was Latin for his slogan ‘yes we can’.    Again all kinds of optimistic and yet vague…yes we can what?  anything we want to?  That I find to be a bit presumptuous for a seal….like it is giving supreme authority for the owner of the seal.
• Website - at the bottom of the seal ruins it for me.  Don’t get me wrong it’s a great publicity location and I’m sure it’s gotten his website out there even more than it already was BUT it’s a bit corny and ruins the look of the entire seal for me.

Keep in mind that I don’t really care if the new seal WAS a ploy to make people associate him with the presidential office.  All I’m looking at is the seal itself.  With that being said I think it came off as interesting but kind of creepy.  What did you think of the seal…and you can bash or love on Obama if you want :)