Obama Store Stocked for Black Friday: Goods Entirely ‘Made in USA’
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CHICAGO – This Black Friday, count President Obama’s re-election campaign as one “retailer” fully stocked and hungry for a slice of the holiday shopping pie.
A glimpse inside the campaign store at headquarters found shelves loaded with the traditional array of screen print T-shirts, buttons, stickers and yard signs.
But there’s also plenty of non-traditional “swag” to accompany what aides bill as a non-traditional campaign.
New arrivals include Obama-Biden branded yoga pants, basketball jerseys, golf divot tools, martini glasses, cutting boards, grill spatulas and cufflinks.
Bo Obama, the first family’s pet Portuguese Water Dog, makes a cameo appearance on a button.
Vice President Joe Biden’s face is emblazoned on a coffee mug titled “Cup of Joe.”
And a facsimile of the president’s birth certificate appears both on “Made in the U.S.A.” T-shirts and coffee mugs, poking fun at the conspiracy theorists who insist Obama was born abroad.
Campaign officials won’t reveal which are the hottest selling items, or how much revenue the sales have raised.
One thing they will say for certain is that everything on the shelves was manufactured on U.S. soil.
“If a product isn’t made here, we won’t brand it and sell it,” a campaign official said, adding that staff members have actually vetted some factories to ensure materials are made or assembled in America.
Not all the 2012 presidential candidates can make the same claim. A number of the Republican contenders have hawked goods made overseas.
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$20 for a mug?
Posted by: 2hundredthousand | November 23, 2011, 7:03 am 7:03 am
That is the change I hoped for???
Posted by: angie | November 23, 2011, 7:09 am 7:09 am
Golf divot tools and martini glasses? How absolutely bourgeoisie! LOL!
Posted by: newcountryman | November 23, 2011, 7:14 am 7:14 am
I suppose you would all be complaining if the merchandise was made in China. Maybe you can wash down some of that bitterness with some egg nog. Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: mijoje1 | November 23, 2011, 8:24 am 8:24 am
“ staff members have actually vetted some factories” i guess that was the first time anything got vetted and what for, how much they contributed to Pres.Obamas re-election?
Posted by: Lizzie | November 23, 2011, 9:07 am 9:07 am
please step aside mr. president and let mrs.clinton run on the dem ticket she will find compromise
Posted by: natalie | November 23, 2011, 9:18 am 9:18 am
Do they stock the popular “OBAMA____VS_____AMERICA” T-Shirt?
Posted by: Yep I said that | November 23, 2011, 9:27 am 9:27 am
Made in China mugs would probably cost $3.
Posted by: newcountryman | November 23, 2011, 9:30 am 9:30 am
Anyone who really thinks Obama stuff is “Made in America” is a total fool.
Personally, I wouldn’t be caught dead, with that stuff.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | November 23, 2011, 9:37 am 9:37 am
Is this where they sell the Obamacare waivers?
Posted by: foggy | November 23, 2011, 9:55 am 9:55 am
At least its a start. Yes, the Made in the USA is more expensive, but it will meet all standards and be of better quality without lead in the paint or other hazards like the $3 mug from China.
Posted by: pksk531 | November 23, 2011, 10:17 am 10:17 am
American Made! (using machines that were comprised of parts made in China, Germany, India and Taiwan.)
That’s the truth no one talks about.
Posted by: TA | November 23, 2011, 10:24 am 10:24 am
So this is what his economic team came up with to put Americans back to work.
Posted by: deadwrestler | November 23, 2011, 10:39 am 10:39 am
So this is where we get the constant claim of jobs created or saved.
Way to go Obama.
Posted by: deadwrestler | November 23, 2011, 11:06 am 11:06 am
Can’t wait to see the Republican ‘Made in China with the Help of the Bush Administration’ swag.
Posted by: Dennis | November 23, 2011, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
Oh Dennis! That was a good one!
Posted by: newcountryman | November 23, 2011, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm
Ninety percent of Republicans and Conservatives call themselves Christians. Yet the level of hatred, disdain, mockery, vitriol, lies, and general nastiness aimed at the president is unprecedented and through the roof. Why is that? I learned as a child that Jesus is all about ‘love thy neighbor’ and ‘judge not lest ye be judged’ and ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’. So why don’t today’s Republicans practice their religion when it comes to Obama? I’m honestly stumped by the level of absolute hatred they have for the man. The personal attacks, the attacks on his family, the attacks when he does things (like pardoning a turkey) that his predecessors did – they never end! When did the Republicans become so damn nasty?
Posted by: Searambler | November 23, 2011, 4:24 pm 4:24 pm
Hey diann, wouldn’t it be great if every american was reminded to buy only made in america goods this christmas. Jake
Posted by: john jacobs | November 23, 2011, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm
What’s wrong with buying American? I think every state should have a store like this!
Posted by: Jan Bowen | November 30, 2011, 4:36 pm 4:36 pm