Along with Pottery Barn, LL Bean, Uncommon Goods and the other deluge of holiday catalog mail in my box yesterday, I found this:
It's the 2012 Obama catalog - where you can get everything from Obama wine glasses to necklaces to dog bowls to this weird t-shirt that makes it look like the president is coming out of your pants.
Hysterical. Not even Bono has this kind of brand.
The boom of candidate affinity - from something expressed through free yard signs and buttons to a virtual revenue-driving mall of political gear - is an interesting mashup of the consumer trend of wearing brands (Old Navy, AE, Coach) and the acrimonous political encampments being built between blue and red.
Mostly, though, it's just funny that you can buy an Obama cutting board in the year he's arguably on the chopping block :)
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