Like Obama? Get your Probama WordPress Theme
This has got to take the cake: now all those die-hard Obama supporters can get their very own, free, beautiful Probama WordPress theme, thanks to Darren Hoyt and his pals at Category 4.
I have to admit that I find Americans’ devotion and passion for political candidates to be unusual. I mean, political candidates are just people, and even worse, they’re politicians. Being a politician means making sweeping, glorious promises to solve world hunger and give free health care to every person who sets foot on American soil, and then breaking all those promises once they get into office since a) They can’t possibly keep these promises which are unrealistic and not based on anything but their ability to say whatever they want and b) They may know this and actually have no intention of fulfilling these promises.
In any case, you’ve got to give it to Obama who really has managed to capture the hearts and dreams of so many Americans. From the outside, it almost seems like there are only two candidates: Clinton and Obama, and from the outside Obama really does seem more inspiring. I mean, the guy’s gotten people to write songs for him.
And now he’s got his very own WordPress Theme. While this theme is only really useful for the small percentage of world citizens who love Obama so much that they’d build a site for him, the theme is really beautiful. The header and background image are great, and the layout and structure are eye-catching and have a lot of potential.
Probama Theme for non-Obama sites
So for those of us who aren’t Obama devotees, this theme has a lot of potential for use as a general blog or news site. The YouTube, audio and flickr sections on the home page are great, as is the four column footer. I like the list of recent articles at the end of the home page too, and the drop-down menu is fabulous. The details like the flourishes in between posts, the date style, and even the button styles all add up to make this an eye-catching and useful theme.
On a side note, the markets are predicting that Obama’s going to win, and apparently the markets predict outcome better than polls. Take a look at how the Obama stock is doing vs. the Clinton stock on Intrade:
P.S. Did anyone notice that one of the singers in will.i.am’s “Yes We Can” video is speaking in Hebrew? Watch a bit, and then a woman with long hair says “Ken, anu yecholim,” which is Hebrew for “Yes, we can.” Anyone know who she is?
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Thanks for the feature, Miriam. No doubt it’s a niche theme, but like you said, I hope people also make use of the multimedia stuff (Flickr, YouTube) for their own purposes too.
Hey Darren – it’s really a beautiful theme, so although I haven’t been reviewing themes lately, I had to talk about this one since it is really noteworthy.
When personality cults reach these dimensions I get really scared.
It doesn’t bode good for American Democracy that the entire “political” debate has been sidetracked and transformed into a popularity contest.
On the other hand this is nothing new:
“Bread and Games…”
Mike
Mike – you’re right, it really has become a popularity contest. I think that Clinton is doomed, mainly because she’s a woman. I saw a really disturbing t-shirt on a blog that reffered to her as a “hoe.”
That’s just plain slander…
I wouldn’t use that word to describe a prostitute.
Seriously, it’s degrading to women, farming tools, and proper English…
: )
Mike
http://www.PoliticalPopArt.com
Obama is a joke.
I was at a part this weekend where over half the people were “die-hard” obama fans and so I asked them “why do you like Obama”
I got the same answer from all of the ones I asked…
“He wants to bring real change to America”
ok, but what about him do you like…
“He’s differnt…”
You know, this same feeling swept across Germany when this little known guy named Adolf gave powerful and inspiring speeches to te Germans…talk isn’t just cheap, it’s free.
Obama represent nothing as of yet, hes a 1st term senator who isnt even doing his job right now. If he gets infront of America again McCain, then get ready for 4 years of McCain.
You need experience (i mean come on, he’s the most powerful person in the world right?) you need a track record and you need to honestly stand for something.
Alas, great theam, niche, but functional.
Would have been nice to see others like Mitt, or Keys or Paul.
Miriam, apparently it’s some woman named Maya Rubin. I found her name in the comments here…
http://theviewfromhere.net/2008/02/04/the-yes-we-can-song/
Thanks Benji! I found that after I wrote the post. It’s interesting that she’s part of the song, don’t you think? As we say here in Israel – ma hakesher?
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