Mints sales boom after embargo

Knoxville News Sentinel ^ | August 6, 2011 | Megan Boehnke

[deoetdoctrinae]

In Knoxville, hundreds of calls and email have flooded into the University of Tennessee bookstore.

In Brooklyn, N.Y., the company behind the satirical mints has sold out until the end of the month.

And on eBay, the tiny tin cans of mints are going for $30 and higher.

[deoetdoctrinae]

A sure-fire way to get increased sales is for someone to try to ban the product.

[deoetdoctrinae]

On Tuesday, the UT bookstore pulled mints poking fun at President Barack Obama off shelves after state Rep. Joe Armstrong, D-Knoxville, told the director he was offended by the message on the candies.

Wonder if he is offended by the mint tin made in his honor?

[muawiyah]

Converting commies one new business at a time.

[ScreamingFist]

Unemployed Philosophers Guild is a typically left-leaning company, said Stern, but decided to manufacture the "Disappointmints" to cater to liberals who were frustrated with the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts. In the past, it has mostly made tins mocking former President George W. Bush, entitled "National Embarrassmints" and "Impeachmints."

[PieterCasparzen]

Finally Obama’s policies result in some increased revenue for a business.

Perhaps if such businesses were scaled up to include all sorts of branded anti-Obama products, ranging from clothing to cars, we might see a noticeable pickup in GDP, at least through the fall of 2012.

[sodpoodle]

That shows how namby-pamby the left truly is.

‘Disappointed’ is what you say to a 2 year-old who screws up.

The left will never reach for the ‘impeachmints’ with this toddler.

[sodpoodle]

That shows how namby-pamby the left truly is.

‘Disappointed’ is what you say to a 2 year-old who screws up.

The left will never reach for the ‘impeachmints’ with this toddler.

[Quiller]

On Tuesday, the UT bookstore pulled mints poking fun at President Barack Obama off shelves after state Rep. Joe Armstrong, D-Knoxville, told the director he was offended by the message on the candies.

Typical.

Mints mocking Bush -- okay.

Mints mocking 0 -- "offensive"

Lefties continue to be such hypocritical pantywaists.

Guess that explains their leader.

[deoetdoctrinae]

Finally Obama’s policies result in some increased revenue for a business.

Yep, and there are plenty more possibilities.

The "anti Jim DeMint mint".

The "Don't look at the bill we passed, look at what we meant mint".

They could be the Ben and Jerry's of the mint world!

[deoetdoctrinae]

The state rep has a lot of gall.

From an earlier article in the Knoxville News Sentinel... Armstrong insisted he would take the same stance if he had seen mints making fun of Bush or Gov. Bill Haslam, both Republicans.

[VaRepublican]

Search those names and DU is laughing about them back in “04. The MSM is lame and weak.

[deoetdoctrinae]

I guess this was just fine

But this was horribly offensive

[Venturer]

Who needs a gallup poll to find Obama’s ratings. The people are voting with mint purchases.

[Coldwater Creek]

This is the purist form of capitalism!