As Obama’s Numbers Fall, So Does Demand for His Merchandise
- Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:20pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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We all remember the Obama shirts, hats, and trinkets that saturated the market during the 2008 presidential campaign. Almost anywhere we looked, we saw that blue circle with the red lines or the Illinois Senator staring regally into space with words such as “hope” or “change” plastered underneath his bust.
But as the president’s popularity has plummeted, so has demand for Obama paraphernalia. According to a story in today’s Washington Post, Obama merchandise and merchandisers are feeling the effects of the president’s lowest approval ratings yet. And while it doesn’t provide any hard merchandise statistics, the story does offer some anecdotal evidence.
“In Union Station, the souvenir shop once dubbed the Obama Store because of its mostly Obama-related selection … has closed,” the story tells us. “A jewelry-repair shop stands in its place near the food court.”
Instead, anti-Obama merchandise is filling the hole left by “hope” and “change” kitsch.
For example, the story explains how Tini Cherkaoui, manager of Discount Souvenirs and Novelties in the District, has drastically changed her inventory.
“It used to be that anything Obama — it was just hot,” she said. “Now, they’re just against Obama.” Her store now contains a wall of more Conservative merchandise such as t-shirts that exclaim, “Don’t Tread on Me,“ ”We Need Jobs. Not This Hopey-Changey Thing,“ and ”Don’t Keep the Change.”
The merchandise reversal could be because the president has failed to deliver on his promises. Just this week, a new government report shows that Obamacare will not reduce health care costs, but will instead increase them. That has especially angered independent voters who many believe are responsible for getting Obama elected:
“Bottom line: Obama is not doing well,” Scott Keeter, director of survey research for the Pew Research Center, said of the president’s standing with independents. Forty-two percent of independents disapprove of his job performance, according to Pew’s most recent polling data.
And should Republicans do as well this November as some think, “hope” could plummet even more, along with sales.
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Comments (91)
tobywil2
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:59pmIf Obama’s teleprompter malfunctioned and flashed the TRUTH and Obama chocked on that truth, could the HEIMLICH MANEUVER be applied in time to avoid Biden becoming President? http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »quicker
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:51pmgrease rags anyone
Report Post »mary841
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:39pmWell, what is selling well is the ‘obama bumper sticker removal kit’. Check it out….It is THE funniest YouTube video being viewed right now. It is HILLARIOUS!!!!
Report Post »cynderella
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:32pmHa Ha….Too Funny….
Report Post »luvamerica
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:24pmThey should make a new shirt with the word “DOPE” or “‘NOPE” insead of his stupid bs slogan of HOPE. LOL. This is an awesome story. I love it!!!!
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:22pmReplace the H with D you have what Obama really is DOPE LOL
Report Post »RobR
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:19pmI hear one item, the Obama knee pads, are still flying off the shelves at the NBC employee store at 30 Rock.
Report Post »Hanny
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:15pmI saw an action figure once…..really? how much did that cost me? haha
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:22pmI know its childish but every time I see someone with a Obama bumper sticker ( they are becoming rare ….wonder why? )I make a point of pointing and laughing at them .Now I‘ve got a few middle fingers for this but it’s well worth it ,because they instinctively seem to know what the ridicule is for .Aaahhh it is the little things that make life worth living.
Report Post »Danglingbags Daddy
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:52pmI can relate. Everytime my kid walks in the house I do the same thing.
Report Post »Juniemoon
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:23pmlol DB Daddy,
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:33pmThat is so true! It’s like the joke going around about the company that needed to cut employees so the boss went out and found employees cars with Obama stickers on them and laid them off.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:00pmShame can be a powerful tool
Report Post »tranymike
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:20pmcan i buy Reads name plate or obama’s $400,000 dollar stapler i need a new sapler :)
god bless the 9/12ers and keep them safe today
Report Post »sweetbees
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:19pmI wonder if people who spent actual money on such ridiculous merchandise (Danglin) can get their money back. Oh wait, Danglin, did you use your welfare card? Sorry, no refund! :(
Report Post »texas_gal
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:17pmMakes the “hopey changey” types easier to identify…
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:53pmCool!
I need to stock up on some discounted Obama Toilet Paper!
Report Post »t00nces2
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:04pmI saw the toilet paper with Obamas picture on it and what came immediately to my mind was, “How would I know when to quit wiping?”
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:09pmlol
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:41pmtoonces.. your reply had 3 grown veterans laughing heartily!
Report Post »CaliforniaConservative
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:41pmI can see NOVEMBER from my house!
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:03pmLOL. November mus be really big. cause i can see it from the east coast too. America will accept no foreign rulers, help defeat the metric system today.
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:37pmActually California we’re trying to trade your state off to reduce the deficit. The Chinese have to take Pelosi too, it’s a package deal.
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 4:36amNovember is definitely in view in the Midwest too!
Report Post »freedom_gurl35
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:38pmThis is what happens when you anger the voters who put you in office to begin with….
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:36pmBook store owners that have little ‘alters’ to him are witnessing a decline in customers who would rather stay away from their book stores rather than to look at that two faced, better than thou Obama, staring back at them, every time they turn around inside the book store. It’s just disgusting how the bookstores aid in this his propaganda. Ask yourselves why is it that books by let‘s say Michelle Malkin’s ‘Culture of Corruption’ along with many others are hidden away and buried, yet Obama’s books are given priority of placement and space. Even the Bible get’s less recognition.
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:36pmDingledink, I’ll bring you some tissue in November to wipe away those tears…LOL
Report Post »Stupid Windmill
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 10:20pmIts spelled Keith Olbermann.
Report Post »Freelancer
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:34pmThe White House may be having a HUGE garage sale soon. Take all you an fit in this bag for $1.00….
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:30pmI‘m sure the first thing to go to the dump will be Obama’s yellow curtain. Anyone besides me think it makes him look jaundice?
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:14pmYou could sell everyone of these in a New York Minute, just hit all the shooting ranges, they’ll sell like hotcakes.
Report Post »V-Forge
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:33pmI made a bumper sticker that said Orwell with the obama o on it. It might be a good trend but i don’t put too much hope into it. But i like my john lennon shirt that says imagine no islam. it just leaves liberals speechless.
Report Post »patriotwoman
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:53pmI love the T-shirt idea!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 7:40pmwe LOVE the “imagine NO ISLAM” idea!! great bumper sticker!
Report Post »RodT82721
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:32pmThe curtain has been lifted. The man behind all the smoke and mirrors has appeared, with all his warts, faults and bad ideas. The seas have not lowered, the jobs have not been created and this mis-fit is spending us into debt, beyond our worst imagination.
So the people will do what needs to be done in November, to start the process to right the ship, not spend what little money they have left to honor the dishonorable. The true progressive office holder has been exposed for the mistake that he is.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:29pmWe have the misfortune of living through the worst presidential administration in American history. Lucky us.
Report Post »Obsidian
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:10pmHmmm, true, BUT it has solidified a conservative/libertarian section of the country that desperately needed a shot in the arm. Living through Obama has really woken me up again, for sure. I sort of went to sleep politically in the last years of Bush. What the heck are we doing still in Afghanistan? Bring all those troops home and put them on the souther border. Let the Afgans fight amongst themselves and figure out what they want to do with that region. Same with Iraq. It’s too late to make Iraq our 51st state, which is what I would have done, so bring ‘em all home and put them on the southern border as well. Did I start rambling? Sorry, but I don’t post often, so please forgive…
Report Post »danglingbags
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:29pmObama and dems are making a comeback just in time for november
obama cares about the middle class!!!
New republican tea party…Same old hate and division
V-Forge
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:35pmYou help remind us that some people do “choose” to live under bridges. See you in november troll.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:37pmDream on, BEINGTEABAGGEDANDLOVINGIT, because come November 3rd, you will wake up screaming. Lol!
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:41pmDangledink, I’ll bring you some tissue in November to wipe away those tears…LOL
Report Post »Oh Bumbles
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:47pmThese “Danglingbag” posts are just too stupid to be real. I think we’re all being toyed with. I can just picture Stu typing this tripe out as he reads it aloud to himself in his ‘stupid liberal blogger’ radio voice.
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:47pmlol
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:50pmWhat did you say? It’s tough to understand you with our ball in your mouth.
Report Post »vinny48
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:53pmComments like these only prove the point that the left has no thinkers only followers and the left is in a perpetual fog or self induced coma.
Report Post »veritas51322
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:54pmFrom what little I have observed representatives of the tea parties ARE mostly hard working middle class. The Democrats are the extremes on each end…the ultra poor and unemployed on one end and the uber rich Hollywood stars and laywers on the other end. Does being in the middle cause division? Danglin, where have you been attending Tea Party events? What are your personal observations?
Report Post »Timothy1922
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:54pmplease don’t feed or pet the troll.
Report Post »casey1
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:02pmDingle, What do the Tea Party people “hate”
Report Post »bbach57
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:07pmDanglingbags, You talk all that crap about Reps. and go on and on about them. And you have so much to say BUT THEN WHEN YOU TRY TO SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT YOUR OWN PARTY THIS IS ALL YOU GOT. this just shows how weak you are. See you in November
Report Post »jmb847
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 2:35pmGod Bless You – We Wish You The Best
Report Post »GeeWhiz
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:02pmThere are no American troops in Baghdad!
LMAO
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:25pmKeep Dreaming.. It’s good to support your choice but NOT to the point where your embarrassing your self in doing so.. I heard the REPUBLICANS slam Bush when he was messing up.. they didn’t just sit there and look like fools supporting someone who was screwing up.. See Obama doesn’t care about ANYONE but OBAMA.. and doing things that are hurting this country.. It’s a shame really cause there were MANY GOOD men out there the DNC could have backed..
Report Post »mary841
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:40pmCheck out the YouTube video ‘obama bumper sticker removal kit’. You will love it!
belleharbor
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 4:41pmdinglebags shut up for now
Report Post »2cool4mn
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 10:58pmCome on friends—dangling isnt worth even addressing. just let his bombs drop in to the silent ocean. with no response, maybe he’ll just fade away. even if he doesnt, dont feed the beast.
Report Post »voted against carter
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 1:15amAhAhahhahhhhhheee… AhahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAHa,…. ehehahahahahhhhhaahhahah,.. ahah,.. Stop. Please. TOO F FUNNY!!! Love the sarcasm. OH,..wait, tour NOT kidding? AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHA ehehehaaa. Please. Stop. My sides are sore from LAUGHING. Too funny. As Bugd Bunny would say,.. “WHAT A MAROON!!!”
Report Post »Eagle07
Posted on September 13, 2010 at 7:18amBarack Osama should use Danglingbags as a reason why there should be federally funded abortion.Would be the first and last thing he has done right.
Classicallib
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:27pmGood news for DANGLINBAGS!
Looks like there’s going to be a half off sale!
Report Post »PostProgressiveAmerican
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:25pmSir, may I have my change back, please.
Report Post »Debrabate
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 1:23pmone word reply:
GOOD!
Report Post »Skwerl
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 3:21pmThe Red Cube has got some great parody stuff.t leaves many a progressive scratiching their heads.
Report Post »Debrabate
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 5:35pmI am sure that when they start selling Hope and Change toilet paper… that is when Obama’s sales will increase again LMAO
Report Post »Stupid Windmill
Posted on September 12, 2010 at 10:35pmI can see why it would, it doesn’t even make sense.
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