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How Dare They!

by Steven D
Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 06:33:38 PM EST

It seems some conservatives are a wee upset that Obama memorabilia is being sold to his supporters, like (oh MY Gawd!) a commemorative plate. It's even being advertised on Television! Here's a typical reaction from a conservative blogger who finds the whole thing profoundly upsetting:

This bears a disturbing resemblance to the sort of “dear leader” worship we see in totalitarian countries. It’s scary. It’s dangerous. It has no place in a free society.

Here's the ad, by the way that they find so disturbing:

Personally I think that ad is more than a little cheesy and reminds me of far too many late night commercials for this or that piece of [expletive deleted] memorializing this or that "important historical" event. I don't plan to buy the Obama plate, but I can't see that it is any more or less objectionable than all the George W. Bush memorabilia we've seen over the last eight years. Like the 24 Karat Bush Commemorative Coin. Or the just released 2008 Bush White House Christmas tree ornament. Or the Bush Presidential paperweight. Or cufflinks. Or the Bush sculpture bust. And as for tacky, well, has anything surpassed the Bush Commander-in-Codpiece action figure?

Why there's even an entire online store devoted to Bush memorabilia (I especially like the "W" golf balls). Still, I wouldn't suggest that people who bought such items were deifying George Bush or perpetrating a "dangerous cult of personality." I'd just say it's a free country and they can waste their money on tasteless, stupid junk if they want to.

No, what I truly found offensive was all the 9/11 tragedy memorabilia. Or the infamous "Ashley" Bush campaign ad, which exploited a young girl whose mother had died on 9/11 in order to help President Bush win re-election in 2004. Compared to those disgusting examples of crass commercialism and political opportunism, an Obama commemorative plate controversy seems just -- well -- moranic.

How Dare They! | 19 comments (19 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: How Dare They! (4.00 / 2)

I thought they loved free market capitalism.

by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 07:09:56 PM EST

We Always Knew It (none / 1)

Deep down for all their talk, Republicans hate entrepreneurs.

50 states, 210 media market, 435 Congressional Districts, 3080 counties, 192,480 precincts

by TarheelDem on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 06:40:32 PM EST

Re: We Always Knew It (none / 0)

Well, liberal entrepreneurs, lol.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 06:51:23 PM EST
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Re: We Always Knew It (none / 0)

Somehow, I doubt that the people who are selling junk like that are necessarily liberal. Just really good at finding rubes to fleece.

I'm surprised the complaining conservatives haven't figured out yet that the only folks who are going to be buying pieces of junk like that are liberals. And that every dollar spent on commemorative spoons or Obama bobble-head dolls is one less discretionary dollar that could have gone to the ACLU or MoveOn or the EFF or Planned Parenthood or whatever bogeyman of a liberal organization lives in the head of the particular conservative complaining about it. I'm generally happy when I see conservatives waste money on useless knick-knacks like W belt buckles or life-sized Sarah Palin carboard standups instead of using it for some more useful purpose.

Of course, the folks complaining about it probably have their own collections of Commander Codpiece action figures and signed commemorative Dick Cheney replica fangs, so it probably would never occur to them that the money spent on this junk is, in the grand scheme of things, wasted for the most part.

by nonynony on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 10:26:14 PM EST
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Wow, now that is some kind of funny that photo (The get a brain one).

"Some men see things as they are and say why - I dream things that never were and say why not." George Bernard Shaw.

by benjamink on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 07:06:46 PM EST

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It's been tough being a Cardinals fan ever since.

by RollaMO on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 08:30:22 PM EST
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Oh, they're just pissed because they're having so much trouble unloading all that Bush memorabilia.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 07:17:47 PM EST

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Steven, don't you realize that consistency in the mark of little minds? And, that inconsistency is the true sign of genius. And, that the world of the right wingers is Bizarro Plus.

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Kabir

by Dongi 2 on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 07:59:44 PM EST

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Since it's such a scary and dangerous plate, perhaps I'll buy a few as holiday gifts for the wingers that I know.

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 09:09:29 PM EST

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Those comments written into the St. Louis Conservative all have one thing in common, they are all expressing racist hate towards the Obama family. It was enlightening to see how many were confessing to becoming physically sick in the hours following Obama's election. If racist hatred boils so deep in the mental guts of an individual that just witnessing a significant achievement by a black person makes them physically sick; that person IMHO is in urgent critically need of psychiatric help. It is a huge mistake to call such a person a conservative. They are nothing but a sick racist.

by parvenu on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 09:55:02 PM EST

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Those comments written into the St. Louis Conservative all have one thing in common, they are all expressing racist hate towards the Obama family. It was enlightening to see how many were confessing to becoming physically sick in the hours following Obama's election. If racist hatred boils so deep in the mental guts of an individual that just witnessing a significant achievement by a black person makes them physically sick; that person IMHO is in urgent critical need of psychiatric help. It is a huge mistake to call such a person a conservative. They are nothing but sick racists.

by parvenu on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 09:58:39 PM EST

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Hey, that guy with the sign spelled three of four right..go easy on him. I love that photo, haven't gotten tired of it yet. Morans!

by wildrez on Mon Dec 1st, 2008 at 11:43:23 PM EST

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my favorite:

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Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:13:00 PM EST
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Don't pick on English language learners! Learning English is hard.

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by Teacher Toni (tacoralatyahoodotcom) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 01:37:47 PM EST
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agreed. if only minutemen politicans would fund ELL programs with the same level of fervor that they show when demanding that American™ be spoken.

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 02:18:11 PM EST
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Morans.

by BooMan on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 01:39:42 PM EST
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This-from the same group that worshipped George Bush as if he were God Almighty?

On political conservatives: "I was so shocked I nearly dropped the Bible I was using to help me masturbate into my gun." Bill Maher

by lyvwyr101 (greatbear215@aol.com) on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 09:29:11 AM EST

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Some of the local wingnuts here are also aghast, AGHAST I tell you, at the temerity of those worshipful and cultish Obamabots. I have received a couple of e-mails, too, from some righty friends about the Obama coin. These people act like never before in history has anyone offered a commemorative item related to a political figure. I think it is hilarious.

OMIGOD, IT'S OBAMA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME!!!

Thanks for the links to all the Bush stuff, Steven. Now I have something to throw back at them.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

by MikeInOhio on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 09:50:56 AM EST

I recorded this and the coin commercial (none / 1)

I tell ya, funny as hell. Cheese city. Hilarious.

by rikyrah on Tue Dec 2nd, 2008 at 01:18:05 PM EST

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