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Holiday Spirit? Official Obama Twitter Feed Plugs Black Friday Discount On Obama Gear

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Yes Barack Obama‘s Twitter feed is yet another channel of communications between the President and his constituents. So it’s not terribly surprising that this particular media outlet can and should be used for campaign messaging in the run up to the 2012 election. But one can reasonably ask, however, if the official presidential Twitter account is the proper forum for announcing a Black Friday 10% discount special on all Obama merchandise.

In some respects its a classic play from the capitalist playbook, but some may see such a promotional tweet as something perhaps a little less than presidential?

(H/T @Mike_FTW)

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  • Pablo

    Can I get that deal on some solar panels or assault rifles?

  • Anonymous

    Why doesn’t it surprise me that you provided the link here to the Obama 2012 web site.

    Honestly…..couldn’t you be just a little more subtle than this?

  • http://www.storminsmorningjava.blogspot.com/ stormin1961

    i’d rather have 10% off my taxes instead of your crappy re-election gear.

  • http://twitter.com/kabmn00 kevin

    Black Friday, really???

  • Pablo

    This is a whole new level of retail politics. But if it means getting Obama out of the red, I’m all for it. Even better if it gets the red out of Obama.

  • http://gawker.com/5482474/the-mysterious-case-of-toure-praising-raped-slaves-for-seducing-massa Touré’s insane mf cousin Phd

    Could it have anything to do with this:

    Anti-Obama Merchandise Outsells Pro-Obama Merchandise 4-1
    The Daily Caller:
    This past week, anti-Obama merchandise outpaced sales of pro-Obama merchandise 79 percent to 21 percent at the online clothing store CafePress, which has been tracking sales of election-relevant items.
    CafePress, an online custom merchandise shop, launched its 2012 “Election Meter” at the beginning of November but has been tracking the trends in candidate merchandise sales since April.
    According to the clothier, the “Meter” successfully predicted President Obama’s victory in 2008. This week’s data represents a stark contrast to Obama’s sales during the 2008 election cycle.
    “As CafePress saw four years ago (and four years before that), the T-shirt economy has a history of predicting presidential winners,” said CafePress Director of Marketing Marc Cowlin in April. “In 2008, Obama was a consistent fan favorite on CafePress, surpassing sales of McCain t-shirts and gifts by more than 30 percent in the weeks leading up to the election.”

    btw, here’s some really good Obama stuff:
    http://www.cafepress.com/obamania3

  • Anonymous

    Hold off buying Barry gear. It’s going to be marked waaaaaaay down.

  • Anonymous

    Romney should have a discount on his stuff and call it White Friday.That would be fun.

  • Anonymous
  • Obama2012

    It’s a down economy, bitches.  Obama’s a baller on a budget.

  • hatessnark

    Who is outselling him, Michele wack job, Rick crazy man, Mitt the Robot???

  • hatessnark

    dream on!!

  • Anonymous

    Keep drinking the Kool–aid. It is working so well for you.

  • Anonymous

    Gotta get one of thse cross promo ” You don’t have to be a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows” t-shirts.

  • Khalid Sheik Yerbouti

    Just the deals I’ve been waiting for, yahoo!

  • Fred

    Yep i am stocking up on my anti obama merchandise…… in 08 i had 5 stickers and 2 magnets taken off the wife and my car….. One time a group of young african americans in Georgia confronted me in a walmart on why i was not a obama supporter….  I stated he is too “blue”  of course they thought it was cause I was a white racist something sure to surface again this time around ….. god knows if you do not support the “chosen one”  and you are white you have to be a racist……..so now I will stock up so when the “obama zombies”  come trolling again I will just keep a larger stash this year in the trunk….  

  • Khalid Sheik Yerbouti

    You were in a Wal-Mart parking lot and you were confronted on why you weren’t “a” Obama supporter……I wonder why?

  • Anonymous

    You just can’t help demonstrating how liberals are so small and bitter — along with just irrelevant.  Keep it up.  Next week, we’ll discuss traffic lights, so try to keep up.

  • Anonymous

    Lol, the failed Pontus will have to give the crap away soon, no one wants to be seen with anything “Obambi” on it, not after he has been such a horrible excuse of a leader.  Can’t wait until 21 Jan 2013, when the new, Patriotic Real American takes over, instead of an AntiAmerican A§§wipe named Hussein. 

    At least you’ll be able to spot the mentally challenged and the welfare profi bums in 2012, they will be the only ones wearing Obama crap!

  • Johnny_Reb55

    For my money, ANYONE displaying pro Obama stickers or merchandise is nothing but a threat to the American gene pool. Actually, that describes most liberals and progressives ,too! Scratch that; go ahead and wear it! At least we’ll know where the smell is coming from…..

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