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?’’...
AUGUST 11 - 14th 2010
MACY’S IS PROUD TO SPONSOR THE 8TH ANNUAL RUN & SHOOT FILMWORKS MARTHA’S VINEYARD AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL.
WE CELEBRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO SHOWCASING UP-AND-COMING FILMMAKERS IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
Gulp.
He’s a giggly little girl enjoying her ice cream cone!
That pic needs to go into the collection that includes him hanging pretty pretty curtains!
****I just hope she doesn’t go down to FLA to the Harry Potter theme park and ride the broom..... :-)...***
Someone might mistake him for a ...Oh man I just can’t say it!
No, No! The vision is in my brain!...
This post may not last!...
I CAN’T HELP MYSELF!
Someone might take him for a flying chocolate bar!
The jerk sure does like his ice cream!
I’d wager 0bama probably hadn’t set foot there before he was in office.”
You don’t suppose that would be because he would have had to pay for it himself do you?
Oh, no,...You didn’t...
LOL - Visual - Break out the Photoshop!
w/plenny o’butta’
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.