Obama = Hope

This is a well known propaganda poster from President Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. In short, the poster shows the president staring thoughtfully away from the audience. He is wrapped in shades of red, white, and blue, and finally, at the bottom of the poster, the word "hope" is shown in bold and capitalized lettering.      The president’s expression helps create a mood of thoughtfulness because of the fact that he is staring off into the distance instead of looking directly into the audience. This helps show helps show that he is wistful or perhaps yearning for something.      The colors used in the poster help portray the feeling of patriotism because they are are red, white, and blue. Americans keep these colors sacred because of their symbolism in things like the American flag.       The word ‘hope’ usually carries a positive connotation because it is commonly used to describe wishing and longing. However, just saying ‘hope’ at the bottom of the poster is incredibly vague, which means that the exact meaning of the word is a little unclear. The word is most likely being used to describe how Barack Obama could be a new hope to a devastated America.      In 2008, these feelings of thoughtfulness, and patriotism, and hope would have been strongly praised, for after the two terms that President George W. Bush served – and thank God they’re over – America was at an extremely low point. We needed someone to step up to the plate and clean up the mess that their predecessor had made; someone who was willing to be bold and enforce new policies to get America back on track. Back then, many people would have seen this poster, with its use of expression, color, and wording, and said, “Yes. That’s the man I’m going to vote for.”