Obama Flip-Flops Again, Uses Presidential Seal at Official Campaign Event
- Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:23pm by
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(source: Washington Free Beacon)
Though he was previously against using the official presidential seal during campaign events, President Obama busted out the symbol for the second time during his reelection campaign on Wednesday. In 2010, former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told CBS “that at strictly political events we would not use” the seal.
Oh, how the times have changed.
The president spoke from behind a podium that displayed the presidential seal prominently during a campaign stop in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning. The White House’s official daily schedule for Obama classifies the event, held at Canyon Springs High School, as a “campaign event.”
The Washington Free Beacon also notices that a backdrop seen behind Obama declares the event was “paid for by Obama for America,” which is his reelection campaign.
Just as TheBlaze previously reported, it is not against the law to use the presidential seal to campaign. The real issue here is the hypocrisy of an administration that, until it was time to get reelected, considered its use at official campaign events to be inappropriate.
President Obama utilized the seal for the first time of his reelection bid on July 6 at a campaign event in Pittsburgh:
(L) President Obama in Poland, Ohio, Friday, July 6, 2012; (R) President Obama in Pittsburgh, Friday, July 6, 2012 (Credit: AP Photo)
“It’s common practice for sitting presidents to use the presidential seal at campaign events when they are running for re-election,” an Obama campaign official said back in July, referencing the re-election campaigns of Presidents Clinton, Bush and Reagan.
The Obama camp also announced in July that they would now use the presidential seal at future campaign stops, but they did declare a new ethical standard: They won’t display the seal at campaign related fundraisers… for now.
(H/T:: Twitchy)
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Comments (92)
Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:29pmI am SICK AND TIRED of this jackwad getting away with this Chicago bully stuff.
WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICAN WATCHDOGS?????????
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE??
WHO IS HOLDING THIS MAN ACCOUNTABLE???
We give him a virtual slap on the hand for one minute after midnight and call it good????
He blacklines the constitution whenever he feels like it –
Follows the rules whenever he feels like it –
Breaks laws whenever he feels like it —
I’M SICK OF IT!!!
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:57pmThe watchdogs are just around the corner….they’ll be here on uh….November 6th.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:03pmHe should be impeached – jailed – or at least called what he is.
A Chicago thug
Report Post »ALL4FREEDOM
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:30pmAnother point: if his father had wives back in Kenya at the time of his birth, is the marriage to his mother legal in the US, or is he really a b@stard in every sense of the word?
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:29pmI think Obama has a few questions to answer:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4RyZPLtNQ0
georgette
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:01pmclass—you can’t buy it…you can’t get it by being elected…..you can‘t get it by spending someone else’s money…………drat–what’s a guy to do?
Report Post »Imademybiz
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:26pmAnybody else notice his skin and hair changes color depending on where he is speaking?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:41pmHe found his superpower, he is Karma Chamileon, he blends into his surroundings and can become everything to everyone at will. Whatever you do, don’t put plaid in the background, he will lose his mind trying to blend in.
Report Post »pissantno.10
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:45pmthere ya go darkmok that was like totaly raceist to all the plaid folks
Report Post »Imademybiz
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:25pmNew title for him
EX-President obama
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:36pmNow that has a GREAT ring to it!
R & R 2012!
Report Post »desert buckeye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:21pmThe sign should read: “gambling with your money…losing badly…and doubling down!”
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pmTalk about a cooler .. I wouldn’t place a bet anywhere near this guy ..If he goes to Vegas .. people stay out of the casinos til he leaves.
Report Post »DarkJello
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:00pmWell played sir, well played!
Report Post »Imademybiz
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:20pmI could care less about the use of the seal. It’s the $500K of my taxpayer funded stimulus money that was spent on obama ads on msnbc that gets me mad as hell.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:13pmI misread the head line. I thought they were advertising special flip flops Obama wears that allow him to walk on top of all of the BS he spews. Just saying it’d be a good invention for Democrats…
Report Post »alamb
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:13pmHail our dear leader barack obama our dear messiah who gives us our daily manna, hosanna, hallelujah!
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:26pmWhat the hell is he betting with ….Guess no one gave him the message were broke …
Report Post »Kelly Henderson
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:41pmAll of us folks on the east coast arent worried about the coming hurricane. They are just going to have obama swing by and calm the seas. How can any person in their right mind vote for this PHONY?
Report Post »Edohiguma
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:05pmWell, he’s the guy who used “office of the president-elect”…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:28pmOldie but goodie … and ILLEGAL
http://obamashrugged.com/?p=225
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:37pm“for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”
Report Post »Larry E
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:59pmI hate to ask embarrassing questions of Glorious Leader, but shouldn’t sign on the podium in the photo read “Betting Against America” instead of Betting on America? Just wondering since I never went to an elite eastern university….
Report Post »ImMormon
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:03pmHe’s using US to bet on. Trying out all of his marxist communist crap on. That’s all we are is a big bet. A gamble. I wish I could bet the odds on how it will all end!
Report Post »Nevermind
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:52pmIs he not the President? LAst i checked he has the gig until at least 01/20/2012 so i dont see the issue.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:56pmHE IS CAMPAIGNING DUFFUS. But of course HE has no respect for any rules, why should you.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:57pmNOBRAIN, Of course you don’t see anything wrong. Lying is the Central Pillar of Liberalism.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:58pmThere are campaign laws about using the office of the presidency and the materials there in for cqampaign purposes.
Report Post »Dodecahedron
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:58pmHis parrot at the time (Gibbs) said they wouldn’t, and now they are using the seal at political events – how can anyone take these folks seriously?
Report Post »kywrite
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:16pmPerhaps that he sanctimoniously condemned its use at campaign events, but now has decided that perhaps he’ll use it without retracting his earlier condemnation?
It’s perfectly legal for him to use it, and perfectly ethical. However, it speaks to his character that first he says it’s bad, but now it’s okay.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pmhttp://theulstermanreport.com/2012/05/20/who-is-barack-obama-image/
This link shows you ALL the things that are sealed by obama, very interesting
Report Post »h20sue
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:49pmThe buzzard will do anything to help his campaign. We’ve been watching him since he was sworn in. People with IQ‘s over 70 can see what the heck he’s up to. Even some of the lefties who voted him in, have taken a change of heart and not going to benefit him with another vote this election. I personally know three couples who voted the monster in, and sorry they did so. They gave him the benefit of the doubt, and look where it got them and their grandchildren? Yes sir, we see what he’s up to. Sunday was the first time he’s been to a Christian church in who knows how long, only because he wants to look good as Romney is a devout church goer.He will never, and I say this with sincerity, never amount to a hill of beans. He‘s a socialist marxist and if liberals can’t see this, they need to move the heck out of “Our American” and go elsewhere. We have no place for ignorance and socialism.
Report Post »buttpatriot
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:25pmhe is going to win in november. he is the president of usa, which is more than a hill of beans for people that love this country.
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:46pm76 days until we vote a President in again.
Report Post »buttpatriot
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:27pm4 more years
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:32pmhey butt..whens he going to show up for the first 4…no show..no mo…fool…
Report Post »pissantno.10
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:53pmbush made him do
Report Post »america_rocks
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:52pmHey, Butt, which is it that makes you think he deserves another 4 years, is it the sputtering economy, the failed stimulus, or the foreign policy that has stood by and done nothing while the middle east implodes into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood?
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:45pmToo late.Just using the seal so people will not believe he is anti-american. Plus.. since he does not act presidential he needs something that reminds people of who is in the WH
AAMOF today I had a premonition that Obama already has the new flag ready. He will say we need a new symbol to go with the NEW America.. in the NWO…. he has made. Then he will say he wants to honor Muslims who have been terribly treated.. blah blah blah….. so it will be heavily, if not totally, Islamic symbolism
Report Post »Because he is a narcissist it may be his current symbol plus Islamic symbols.colors.
smallergovt
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:43pmis it me ~ or does the audience in that first picture look photoshopped?
Report Post »woodyee
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:47pmNo – they’re NATURALLY glum…
Report Post »blacktape242
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:48pmthe presidential seal was photoshopped in. he should have never been behind it…
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:00pmDon’t think so, but I find it interesting that out of 20 people, only 7 are male.
Report Post »woodyee
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:43pmYou neglected to place an arrow pointing to the teleprompter at 2oclock in the photo (dark grey area)…
Update?
Report Post »woodyee
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:46pmohhh – and at 10oclock…
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:41pmEnemyfreakturd strikes again!
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:39pmevery day is a new day…change the rules at mid-nite…and you wonder why businessmen , (although small) like me practice CIF=cash in fist..UOG= until ocommie GONE…he!! I get an update on the updates HOURLY…he’s convinced me…”dem-wits need not apply”…just keep on riding your tri-cycles right on thru the parking lot…
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:38pmHe is a Sociopath… he has no sense of Right & Wrong!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:43pmHis word .. is no good .. remember he was going to take public funding and not all those foreign contributors in ‘08 … how did that work out? Yes LUKERW … HE LIES … all the time.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:58pmHe is also a narcissist with a messianic compex, god-king complex, and I have to wonder if the check he sent to the IRS was signed “M.T. Promises…”
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:38pmHe better enjoy it while he can……………….
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:34pmBetting on America? He finally admits his economic plan for America is a crapshoot.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:58pmGOOD ONE GONZO!! oh, I can’t do this in all caps. okay. I didn’t.
Report Post »Imjetta
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:33pmThe narcissist-in-chief wants us to remember he’s still the president.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:39pmI can‘t wait until it’s a DISTANT memory.
Report Post »Wildblue3
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:44pmHe needs to remind himself cause he knows there is no way he can hang onto it.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:31pmI’ve had it with the term “Flip-Flop”. It sure must focus-group well, though, because both sides are wearing it out. I say we leave it as the exclusive domain of the Bumper-Sticker-Slogan Left. Obama is not a “Flip-Flopper”. He is a blatant, bold-faced LIAR.
Report Post »bobefann
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:30pmLook at all the sheep in the background. Obama should turn off those headlights, so people can see truth.
Report Post »101stIraqVet
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:46pmThose are the Obama Zombies. I’m sure if you rationed to a group of people how many brain cells they could use at one time, you could come up with a similar effect, and allegiance.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:49pmI have the same thought every time I see the lemmings lined up behind him. How many frontal lobotomies are performed each year?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:55pmIf you ever have the misfortune of actually having to speak to one, they come in Two Flavors 1) The Ignorant, Aggressive, Potentially Violent Drone and 2) The Ignorant, Slack-Jawed, Drooling Drone.
Report Post »Zipit
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:24pmSheep? After that magazine thing, I heard his wife was at home in the White House, “Doing the Presidential Seal”. Better than a walrus I guess!
Report Post »Arc
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:29pmHe needs all the help he can muster even if it reeks of hypocrisy
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:29pmAnything oblama wants you to believe in the morning, he will undo in the afternoon for a different audience. Gee, what a role model.
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