Posted on 08/11/2009 6:32:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the political paraphernalia department, "Yes, we can" is becoming "No, he can't."
Anti-Obama memorabilia - from T-shirts to bumper stickers to buttons - is increasingly emerging in the marketplace as the president's economic and health care policies polarize supporters and detractors.
While "Mama for Obama" was a popular slogan during the 2008 election cycle, that design has been retooled with angry and fickle disenchantment: "To the Mama for Obama - thanks for the tax hike." The "Audacity of Hope," the title of Mr. Obama's popular book, has been replaced by the "Audacity of Hype."
"It really started peaking about a month ago," said Amy Maniatis, vice president of marketing at the online seller Cafepress.com.
"You see it as a direct response to some of the promising messages that happened a year ago. Whereas we had the campaign of Obama centered around hope, and it was a very optimistic message, now they're asking: 'How's that hopey-changey thing going?' "
The Cafepress.com store, a cultural barometer of sorts for political and social expression, offers about 3 million Obama products, she said, but now is up to about 1 million that are "anti-Obama-oriented," reflecting a "significant shift in the last couple of months than what was the trend a year ago."
Pro-Obama gear is still selling well, she said, "but now we're seeing a much larger swing toward the critical designs. It will be lighthearted as commentary on his gaffes as in 'Acted Stupidly,' " a play on his remarks about the Cambridge, Mass., police officer who arrested Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., "or with folks reacting to headlines or what's going on with the economy."
The political change in memorabilia mirrors the public-opinion divide on Mr. Obama as he moves to reform health care and attempts to revive the economy.
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Okay, how does one say it in Spanish? “No ????”?
Okay, how does one say it in Spanish? “No ????”?
I was talking to a fellow who markets on http://www.zazzle.com today.
The hottest selling stuff on there right now is anti Øbama.
No se puede.(No you can’t!)
You say: “No pudo!”
Given the way the real town hall meetings are going, it's more accurate to say the phrase of the day is "He'd better not."
That’s a lot to put on a shirt.
How ‘bout the line in bold?
FUBO!
That’ll work.
Can I get a t-shirt with a hand pointing to the President as I stand next to him that says “I’m with stupidly” ??
Photoshop anyone?
I prefer “Oh no, you won’t.”
“That’s a lot to put on a shirt.”
You’re right... It would make a much better bumper sticker...
;-)
(And if you spell all the words with those funky peace, ohm, and religious sympols it will really sell!!!!)
That’s the best bumper sticker idea I’ve seen in a long time.
The “historical” Obama Lovefest DVDs are starting to hit the “historical” bargain bins.
npe
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