Keep Calma and Vote Obama
I’m not planning on getting too political here on Latinaish.com despite it being an election year, but I couldn’t resist sharing this greeting card I discovered this evening at Target.
Wow – this simple card manages to hit 3 demographics at once!
1. Spanglish speakers
2. Democrats or others voting for Obama
3. People familiar with the “Keep Calm” meme
Congratulations to the artist at Recycled Paper Greetings for hitting it out of the park. And for Republicans out there, no worries, there was a much less catchy “Keep Calm, Vote for Rom” version as well.
Posted on September 7, 2012, in art, humor, Issues, politics, Spanglish. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Love it! I saw many version of the UK war slogan when when we were in London (my favourite was “Now freak out and run away”). Not that one, obviously!
Yay for Obama, I think he deserves to keep on doing his work for another four years.
What is the Keep Calm meme?
Well, first an internet meme is “a concept that spreads via the Internet” – (Wikipedia) – This often takes the form of an image or photo with funny text, and the text is changed so that there are many variations.
You can learn more here in case you aren’t sure what an internet meme is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/weirdwebculture/f/What-Is-an-Internet-Meme.htm
The “Keep Calm” meme specifically is based off the “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters that were put out by the UK government during WWII. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On
The original style of the poster is used but slightly changed for the meme. Here are some examples:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keep-calm-and-carry-on
Hope that answers your question! :)