Render unto Obama
posted at 8:10 am on September 24, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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First we had the Vero Possumus seal, and then the Barackopolis. One might have thought that Team Obama would have learned their lesson on hubris and self-absorption, but a deal with a British firm goes even farther. Democrats have begun striking coins with Barack Obama’s profile — and already proclaiming him President:
The coins already sold to the Democrats will be presented to the senators, congressmen, governors and other politicians they are being given to within the next two weeks.
There will also be a television advertising campaign launched in the US.
The company directors got the idea of producing the coins after seeing actress Meryl Streep talking about Barack Obama on a television programme.
When they got in touch with the Democrats the party jumped at the chance. And the coins have proved such a hit that locally produced versions have already been launched to compete with the UK originals.
The coins show Senator Obama’s face, along with a picture of the White House and the legend “President of the United States of America”.
Apparently, the coin does not include the new motto of the United States: Vero Possumus. Instead, it declares Obama President, well ahead of when Americans get to make that choice. If that seems rather presumptuous, it only appears that way to those who have not watched the cult of personality grow over the last few months.
Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his image on coins, which started his downfall. Barack Obama may be the first person in history to start striking coins in his image before taking power. Maybe he just wants to look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills, but this is starting to get … creepy.
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it doesn’t even look like him. barry’s got a long skinny neck and not much by way of shoulders. the facial features are off too.
but yeah, creepy, hubristic, and who the hell is paying for these things?
funky chicken on September 24, 2008 at 9:35 AM
I want one, it will be a collectors item since BO isn’t going to be president.
Maxx on September 24, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Maxx on September 24, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Maybe it’s the entity to whom Alinsky dedicated his manual for radicals (a/k/a community organizers): Lucifer.
Do you think Michelle O has finished her fittings for her inaugural ball gown yet?
I wonder if they’ll use JJ from that old sitcom “Good Times” to paint their White House portraits?
AZCoyote on September 24, 2008 at 9:38 AM
They’ll retain a legacy of power through social programs legislation like FDR and the Soc Sec, LBJ and welfare. Except he’ll find a way to put his name on it. The Obama universal health care system. Maybe he can find a way to put his image on the universal health care cards we’ll all need to carry in our wallet. When someone sneezes it will become fashionable to say “Obama!” rather than “God Bless You!”.
Paul-Cincy on September 24, 2008 at 9:39 AM
another minor quibble: inauguration day isn’t until 2009.
oy, they got the idea from Meryl Streep LOL the one who plays all the “smart” and “serious” roles because she’s not hot enough to do anything else in hollywood
funky chicken on September 24, 2008 at 9:42 AM
How arrogant can he get?
mindhacker on September 24, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Do they say in Allah we trust or in Obama we trust?
SaintOlaf on September 24, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Shouldn’t he be wearing a turban?
It would certainly help rally his base.
SaintOlaf on September 24, 2008 at 9:53 AM
And the BEST part?
Its a British firm doing this?
So, he has been annointed by our past Rulers…. wonderful, did they miss a little thing called the Revolution? or is it time for another?
Romeo13 on September 24, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Gold bull-ion.
Shy Guy on September 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Cult.
Spirit of 1776 on September 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Who’s on the back of the coin?
Joe Biden? Saul Alinsky? Or Obama again?
John Doe on September 24, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Marines for Mccain on September 24, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Not who’s on the back. What’s on the back?
My nomination: BarryO’s greek temple.
EconomicNeocon on September 24, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Karl Marx
grapeknutz on September 24, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Just in form the OBama Campaign!
ronsfi on September 24, 2008 at 10:03 AM
The Trojan Horse…
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on September 24, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Hail Caesar! We who are about to die salute you!
CurtZHP on September 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Just don’t call him an “elitist”
vcferlita on September 24, 2008 at 10:09 AM
So far it seems to be like the age old questions of how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop… (3) With any luck, the world will never know.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on September 24, 2008 at 10:10 AM
*groans*
Yakko77 on September 24, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Rumor has it that he’s also drawing up plans for all the re-education camps. A Chinese firm got the order for the Brownshirts.
GarandFan on September 24, 2008 at 10:10 AM
I know that I’m going to buy one of these today!!!
This is our generations Dewey/Truman moment here folks, get em’ while you can.
HarryStar on September 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Well isn’t this just dandy. Funny that the democrats are always accusing republicans of….what’s that word? Oh yes, hubris. Uh…. yeah….
t.ferg on September 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM
So where are all the lefty trolls to defend this? Just imagine the fit they’d have if McCain tried this stunt.
rbj on September 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Gotta love the Chinese. Doing jobs Americans don’t want to do.
EconomicNeocon on September 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM
At the price of gold and platinum I would guess they are giving away the silver… NOT!
So I would guess that those who have contributed to the Obama campaign get to pay for these gifts.
Yoop on September 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM
We joke about this,,, but do you realize how really dangerous this guy could be once in power with this kind of an ego? I mean, you know,, he says he’s going to be President for the next “ten” years!
JellyToast on September 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM
…this sort of thing is what makes hanging out on this blog such a treat: the people have got ass in their britches. There’re folks over on KOS who prolly don’t even know who Caesar was, let alone this very key episode in his career…the Left is generally speaking about as deep as a birdbath….
…education…more than a ticket punch….
Obama on a coin…they’re gold-colored. If they sell any in silver, I wonder if you can order ‘em 30 pieces at a time?
Should Barry O fool the electorate sufficiently to get elected, his Secret service detail selection process will be simplified to only one criterion: the agents assigned must have no sense of smell.
Puritan1648 on September 24, 2008 at 10:17 AM
And it won’t be long before these stalinists try to get Obama’s mug on Mount Rushmore too.
John Doe on September 24, 2008 at 10:19 AM
The coins are struck in Great Britain. So much for buying American.
unclesmrgol on September 24, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Oh Boy,oh Boy what,me thinks,this is the
one step of many,on the way to worship the
‘One’!
And for Hopey/Changey, to self worship himself!
And again,with the troubles of Wall Sreet,the
Liberal Democrats want to print money,oops,
I mean coins!
And their printing the loot during a Presidential
election to top it off!
I got a brilliant idea for the DNC,how about getting
the company that makes the coins,and get them to bill
it,and then Pelosi and Reid can tack that on to the
750 billion dollar buyout!
I bet,the Libs would be foolish enough to do it!!
canopfor on September 24, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Creepy cult circle complete.
Next up: A zeppelin.
Cuffy Meigs on September 24, 2008 at 10:25 AM
“Instead, it declares Obama President, well ahead of when Americans get to make that choice.”
Didn’t check every comment here, but “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” comes to mind.
Rovin on September 24, 2008 at 10:27 AM
I can’t resist!!!!!!!!!!!!
I see an ad here!
Obama likes coins,so much so,that
he had them made in his likeness!
While Obama fancy’s himself on coins,
what else does Obama want to do with
your hard earned tax dollars!!
canopfor on September 24, 2008 at 10:30 AM
I’ll add on to BigD’s most excellent post:
Audacity of Change we can believe in.
kirkill on September 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Frightening. Very frightening. We’re in for trouble with this guy in the White House.
I’ve got an ancient Roman coin with Caligula on it in my office. Should it look like Obama?
Pope Linus on September 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM
I am completely offended by this mans abounding arrogance.
loudmouth883 on September 24, 2008 at 10:32 AM
It looks like the old Soviet coins with Lenin’s face on them.
Hmmmm.
madmonkphotog on September 24, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Snob-cash
Bicyea on September 24, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Barry-bucks
Bicyea on September 24, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Exclusive photo obtained.
Cuffy Meigs on September 24, 2008 at 10:47 AM
HUBRIS MAXIMUS ERRONEOUS!
CynicalOptimist on September 24, 2008 at 10:48 AM
No. Who’s on first.
No. What’s on second.
Third base!
Shy Guy on September 24, 2008 at 10:49 AM
I’m sure they’ve already made arrangements to rent the gold-plated, bulletproof litter in which His Holiness will be carried down Pennsylvania Avenue on January 20th. The Secret Service will swap their traditional dark suits for something resembling the uniforms of the Swiss Guard. The crowds lining the streets will be required to kneel as Himself passes, since no man’s head may be higher than Barack’s when in His presence. After taking the oath of office, which now ends with “so help me Me,” He will place the new gilded laurel wreath of office on His own head. Those who wish to make obeisance at the Inaugural Ball may leave their offerings on the sideboard in the hall.
doppelganglander on September 24, 2008 at 10:50 AM
It’s the new ‘Red Cent’.
BDavis on September 24, 2008 at 10:50 AM
It’s worse than that. It declares him President before the next President will even begin to serve his term. I can’t read what the coin says, but on the box it says In God We Trust/The President/2008.
Note to the turd sandwich:
Even if you win on election day (or at some point thereafter if any of the ten thousand lawyers you have on call challenge the election results) George Bush is the President in 2008, and will continue to be the President until the next President is sworn in in January 2009
Buy Danish on September 24, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Salve Caesare!
entagor on September 24, 2008 at 10:54 AM
How much will they be worth if he doesn’t win?
Perhaps even more!
Mr. Joe on September 24, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Hmmm, this reminds me of something.
Browncoatone on September 24, 2008 at 10:56 AM
But, but, but… A gold coin is color-blind! Obama really does look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills now!
Fishoutofwater on September 24, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Give onto Ceesar the things that are Ceasar’s. But give on to McCain-Palin your votes.
Mr. Joe on September 24, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Such hubris. Paging Charlie Gibson!
loppyd on September 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Check out the coin when you flip it over: Obama standing with fists on hips, Il Duce style, nose high in the air and a garland on his head, and the motto around the edge of the coin: “ALL KNEES – SHALL BOW”
Edouard on September 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM
I’m a RINO, clearly to the left of the average HotAir reader, but I’m getting worried about Obama. Between his arrogance and his preaching of the government as saving force in our society, Obama is the type of guy who would try to set up a dictatorship. I’m not being a a Naomi Wolf of the right here, because I’m only commenting on the dangerous aspects of Obama’s character and not warning of a future police state. Our institutions, thank the probably non-existent G-d, are too strong for Obama to corrupt in his four years as president, but it’s sad more voters aren’t alert to the problem here. We need more Western history taught in schools, because it is in Western history we find the most valuable lessons in recognizing dictatorial personality types in leaders and in stopping them.
thuja on September 24, 2008 at 11:02 AM
What’s on the back of the coin? Why the backside of Obama, of course. That way we can all get used to kissing his a… backside.
sugarandsass on September 24, 2008 at 11:03 AM
And to top it off, the Obama campaign outsourced the production of its pre-commemorative coins!!
So much for valuing the American worker!
PattyJ on September 24, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Except they aren’t calling RP the Messiah. Oh yeah…and he doesn’t have Marxist leanings and a deranged, America-hating wife.
Dark-Star on September 24, 2008 at 11:12 AM
It’s been creepy for a while now.
CliffHanger on September 24, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Time for another is what Im predicting, whoever doesnt think its looming on the horizon must be fooling themselves.
Viper1 on September 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM
You would have thought they would at least get a US company to make the coins instead of out sourcing it to a UK company.
JeffinSac on September 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM
While we’re at it, how about releasing a brand-spanking-new National Anthem to commemorate Barack Obama?
I have the perfect model for it: the “Napoleon Hymn” from George Orwell’s Animal Farm!
***
New Democrat electoral salute: “Ave Caesar, morituri te salutam.”
(Translation: “Caesar’s birds died of a rare illness.”) – Old joke from Spain.
newton on September 24, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Wow, I haven’t even had my morning coffee yet and I have to look at a gold coin with BHO’s face on it?
Ed you are trying to kill me!
Besides the fact, these coins will be oddities if BHO doesn’t win. He will go done as the first idiot in history that coined himself a moron for not winning.
upinak on September 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Yep, the same Western classics that too many students no longer study at our schools nowadays, because they were written by DWMs – Dead White Males.
Yet another reason to private or homeschool your child.
newton on September 24, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Stockpile them now. That coin is tomorrow’s “Dewey Defeats Truman” political artifact.
Cicero43 on September 24, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Obama is bad enough, but the nutty Obama true believers don’t seem to realize they are hurting B.O.
Many Democrats are already looking for a reason to drop Obama.
Note to “Marines for Mccain”: your posts stand out from the rest here, as we all use (or don’t need) spell-check. Also, watch your grammar.
Doug on September 24, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Wow,I haven’t even had my morning coffee yet….
upinak on Sept 24,2008 at 11:35AM.
upinak: Just sit back,enjoy your coffee,stare into
the gold coin,be mesmerized and let Hope and
Change happen for you!!!(kidding!)haha:)
canopfor on September 24, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Hopefully this is a “Dewey Defeats Truman” kind of moment. If McCain is smart, he won’t hold it up for everyone to see like Truman did.
unclesmrgol on September 24, 2008 at 11:56 AM
It think it is time to start refering to Obama in the third person…………………
Seven Percent Solution on September 24, 2008 at 11:59 AM
As a collector of ancient Roman coins myself, I can tell you that the first coins to bear the living portrait of Julius Caesar in 45 BC also bore the latin legend:
DICT PERP
which meant Dictator Perpetuo and were struck in honor of the Senate naming him perpetual dictator or dictator for life (previously the role of dictator was one of limited duration only, usually one year, in the face of a serious crisis).
Cult of personality indeed, and that DICT PERP was truly the beginning of the end for citizen Gaius.
Always Right on September 24, 2008 at 12:01 PM
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
andycanuck on September 24, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Apres moi, la deluge!
OldEnglish on September 24, 2008 at 12:25 PM
The back side should have a
jackassdonkey to represent the Party. Maybe a profile of the back side of a donkey with a legend like “Change”, so we can at least get a chuckle when we see our new “Chump Change”.NellE on September 24, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Less like Caesar,
More like Nero…
turfmann on September 24, 2008 at 12:37 PM
…”who the hell is paying for these things?” funky chicken
If I were to boil it down to one entity it would be Soros aka Sauron; the eye of Sauron always reminds me of CBS…
Christine on September 24, 2008 at 12:38 PM
I wonder just how long ago the order for the coins was made? Did Obama have to sit for the sculpture/mold?
AnotherOpinion on September 24, 2008 at 12:42 PM
They’ve played every card known to man and then some.
Now they’re plying the “change” card….literally.
.
Narcissism explosion, criminal “Family” enterprise hidden from public view and they’re making fake obama money.
At least now Zerobama has some type of ‘foreign relations experience’ , or foreign trade experience.
They spent all that money for the NEROBAMA coins overseas.
.
Nice job zero-nerobama and company, during an economic crisis you act like a modern day traitor…CHANGE like Benedict Arnold. Or Nero.
.
BUT, Who do they ask about HUBRIS?
Sarah.
shooter on September 24, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Cool! A railroad track!
Coronagold on September 24, 2008 at 12:51 PM
More like Nero… turfmann
I believe that Bill Clinton was Nero in one of his infamous lifetimes. However, Obama shares that depth of character with Bubba and i don’t mean it in a positive way. They are both narcissists of the highest order.
I received a snarky comparison of Sarah Palin versus the Presidential candidate, Barack Obama from my liberal step mother. It was all I could do to not send a more accurate comparison as well as my comments on the propaganda that she sent to me. She’s oblivious to the possibility that I could put her into a mental hospital just by telling the truth. I tangled with her during our visit last July and she will not tolerate hearing anything that doesn’t fit into her mail-slot mind. I dare not even speak to her or my brother, it’s THAT dangerous.
Santa PLEASE, give us an Obama-free Christmas.
Christine on September 24, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Give to Caeser what is his…
HotAirExpert on September 24, 2008 at 12:57 PM
True, but on the other hand, he’s a psycho with neo-Nazi followers who pals around with 9/11 Truthers.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on September 24, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Hey! All you Nicaraguan kids! You like those “19-0″ T-shirts we sent you last winter?
Well get ready for a shipment of neat coins. They’ll be arriving sometime late November to early December.
SteakRules on September 24, 2008 at 1:11 PM
OMG! Talk about hubris!!!
You know what would be a good debate tactic? John McCain holding up one of those barakadollars and saying “I’m out here campaigning for your vote, my opponent thinks he has already won.”
highhopes on September 24, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Great idea! But he won’t do it of course. We think this is hilarious but you can bet the libs are eating this up.
kongzilla on September 24, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Humble is not a descriptor I would use for this neo-emperor poseur.
Sergei on September 24, 2008 at 2:09 PM
“”Barack Obama may be the first person in history to start striking coins in his image before taking power. “”
Hey Ed, can you show me where Obama is striking coins, all I get is that some London money grubber is jumping at a marketing opportunity. Free Market at its best, right?!? If there was a market for McCain coins he would probably do the same thing, but you know, it is a supply and demand thing *grin*
Oh, and have you seen the GOP Congressman John Kline Coins he passes out. Who is on them?!? I just know he makes them and passes them out, but haven;t actually seen one.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00326629/356264/sb/ALL
Coins for Anything
Flash
Centrisity.com
anokaflash on September 24, 2008 at 2:22 PM
“Dewey defeats Truman” 2008!
sulla on September 24, 2008 at 2:23 PM
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