Remember Rick Husong, the creator of the Obama hand salute? Well, he was apparently "pretty depressed" by the initial reaction to his big, bright idea, which garnered a lot of criticism, including some along the lines of what I said in that post. Then, he heard a story about some dude strolling along Venice Beach wearing a shirt with the logo on it, and he got his second wind:

In fact, despite the tsunami of criticism, the artwork has been downloaded 7,700 times and his site has been hit 214,000 times since the first Whisper went live. "I would call that a raving success," he says, adding that he plans to make his Big-O the "peace sign of our generation."

He also E-mailed me last night to say that the hits on the artwork have inspired him to push even harder to build a movement around the hand signal. Here's what he wrote: "Our symbol 'O' is about much more than Barack Obama. It's a symbol of unity, hope, solidarity, and an end to the divisiveness that has plagued this country for too long. It is the peace sign of our generation; a sign for those who are tired of the fear, the hatred, the greed, and the ignorance. There will be resistance, democracy requires it, but we believe that the good in the American people will persevere."

Believe it or not, he blathers on like that about peace symbols and their "inherent goodness" for an entire paragraph more. God help us if people like this prevail and elect their new Secular Savior.

(Via heh, indeed.)

Update: I decided to have a little fun with Rick's baby, below the fold...

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