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On Martha’s Vineyard, 'Miss Me Yet?' Bush T-Shirts Outselling 'I Vacationed with Obama' Ones
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Posted on 08/22/2010 3:51:46 PM PDT by fabrizio

Picking up on a nugget (my tweet) surprisingly included in a Wednesday Boston Globe article, on Thursday night FNC’s Bret Baier reported in his “Grapevine” segment: “President Bush is apparently more popular than President Obama on Martha's Vineyard – at least when it comes to clothing.” Baier relayed the day the First Family arrived on the Massachusetts island:

When the First Family vacationed there last year, Obama-themed trinkets were flying off the shelves. Now, the owner of a store called the Locker Room says this summer's best-selling shirt features Mr. Bush. And even Democrats are buying it. It reads: “Miss Me Yet? How's that Hopey-Changey Thing Working Out for Ya?”

In an August 18 Globe story, “Vineyard buzzes less for Obamas’ second visit,” Milton J. Valencia reported on the Oak Bluffs store:

...One barometer of the plunge in excitement has been the sale of Obama-themed T-shirts, which designers had been banking on after the craze of last year. Clothing labeled with the president’s name sold by the thousands, helping to salvage a tough economic year for the island. But this year’s T-shirt sales are much less brisk, merchants say.

“Last year, Obama gave you goose bumps, but I don’t think you’re going to see that this year,’’ said Alex McCluskey, co-owner of the Locker Room, who sold more than 4,000 “I vacationed with Obama’’ T-shirts last year. But so far this year, he said, his hot item is T-shirts of former President Bush asking, “Miss me yet?’’...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; dubya; missmeyet; msm; obama
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1 posted on 08/22/2010 3:51:49 PM PDT by fabrizio
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To: fabrizio

Boy....it would be a good time for a “Miss Me Yet” parade.


2 posted on 08/22/2010 3:53:20 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: fabrizio

3 posted on 08/22/2010 3:53:38 PM PDT by nhwingut (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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To: fabrizio

“I vacationed with Obama, and all I got was this lousy burkha”


4 posted on 08/22/2010 3:54:07 PM PDT by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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5 posted on 08/22/2010 3:54:38 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Roscoe Karns
LOL! Love MO on the balcony!
6 posted on 08/22/2010 3:56:24 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: fabrizio

“President Bush is apparently more popular than President Obama on Martha’s Vineyard.”

While unlikely the trend is encouraging...........


7 posted on 08/22/2010 3:59:28 PM PDT by Dem Guard
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To: fabrizio

not many here may agree with me, but i miss Bill Clinton, man i wish those days were back. Obama makes Clinton misdeeds look like small potatoes.


8 posted on 08/22/2010 4:02:07 PM PDT by mel
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To: dynachrome

LOL


9 posted on 08/22/2010 4:04:24 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: Roscoe Karns

Is that Michelle up on the balcony practicing “ the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain?”


10 posted on 08/22/2010 4:05:20 PM PDT by A message
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To: mel

Heck, I even rather we have President Hilary!


11 posted on 08/22/2010 4:07:06 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Roscoe Karns

Why do all dem presidents vacation on Martha’s Vineyard?

I’d wager 0bama probably hadn’t set foot there before he was in office.


12 posted on 08/22/2010 4:08:38 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: ilovesarah2012

Yes I can see that, one thing Clinton’s are pragmatic versus dogmatic, they know how to play the game. Obama (et al the ones pulling his strings) on the other hand has made it his mission to destroy the country.


13 posted on 08/22/2010 4:12:13 PM PDT by mel
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To: ilovesarah2012

Hell I would have settled for a McCain presidency


14 posted on 08/22/2010 4:13:36 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom REMEMBER FREE REPUBLIC IN YOUR WILL. I DID)
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To: fabrizio
"Last year, Obama gave you goose bumps..."

Maybe he gave you goosebumps, masshole, but he gave me a headache

15 posted on 08/22/2010 4:15:18 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: mel
Yeah, a lot of people liked that holiday from history...until the music stopped and the bill came due.
16 posted on 08/22/2010 4:18:03 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: nhwingut

Yes I do!


17 posted on 08/22/2010 4:20:54 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: KoRn
That's the east coast elitist's Mecca. Kennedy's et al, "Skip Gates", and I bet obama did set foot there before, as he was being groomed for his figurehead missiion by the wretched scum who give the place its distinctive odor.
18 posted on 08/22/2010 4:21:21 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Roscoe Karns
What is with this geek? He holds an ice cream cone like it was a tampon. Geez.
19 posted on 08/22/2010 4:22:44 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Roscoe Karns

LOL!


20 posted on 08/22/2010 4:23:52 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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