Crawford souvenir shops now ‘deeply’ discounting their Bush gear.
Crawford souvenir shops now ‘deeply’ discounting their Bush gear.
This week, George W. Bush spent what are expected to be his final days at his ranch in Crawford, Texas as president. Bush is on his 77th trip to the ranch, and according to one CBS reporter, he has spent nearly 500 days in Crawford during his presidency. Bush’s presence there over the last eight years had boosted the small Texas town’s tourism industry. But as one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history leaves office, the local souvenir shops “are starting to deeply discount” their Bush-related products:
Already a couple of souvenir shops in Crawford have closed as the Bush boom started to peter out over the past year and as the nation turned its attention on the new race for the White House. For the two remaining shops, things have slowed to a trickle.
There’s up to 30 per cent off prices at the Yellow Rose, a cavernous place on the corner of the main intersection in town. Mugs, T-shirts and beer coolers badged with a presidential seal and the words “western White House” are flanked by life-sized cardboard cutouts of the President.
Bush and his wife Laura will be moving to Dallas after he leaves office.
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Meanwhile, Obama merchandise is going through the roof. Remember the Obama issue of Rolling Stone that just came out a couple of months? It's already going for $25 on eBay and its value is sure to skyrocket after the inauguration.
Bush is headed for not only the ash heap of history but also the K Mart bargain bin. How apropo for a K Mart-class president.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 pmOnly a 30% discount? This Christmas the mall stores were offering 70% discounts on their worthless crap!
Therefore I think it is only fair to question these Crawford vendors' patriotism.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:20 pm"There is no water, no electricity, no medicine. It's hard to survive. Gaza is destroyed," Jawaher Haggi, a 14-year-old Palestinian American said after crossing into Israel. She said her uncle was killed in an airstrike when he tried to pick up some medicine for her cancer-stricken father, who died of his illness several days later.
If Jews are God's chosen people then who the hell is God?
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pmCan we get a fundraiser to buy it all up and have a big ass bonfire?
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pmjurassicpork Says: Meanwhile, Obama merchandise is going through the roof.
Sounds like it is the Democrats who are doing their bit to rescue the economy then. :D
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pmYour source for cheap plastic fake cowboy souvenier crap.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pmSome to think of it, all that Crawford crap is probably going to end up in the Presidential Liberry 'Gift' Shop.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pmI'll bet the mini-waterboarding tank n plank toys are still a real big hit!
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:24 pmHEY! WAIT just a goddone second there fella!
"and beer coolers" ????
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 pmHow much for these shoes mister?
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 pmThe After Bushmas Sale! Hilarious. I guess Crawford isn't expecting many pilgrimages to the hallowed site of the martyr to Republican values.
The Constant Weader at http://www.RealityChex.com
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 pmRUCerious Says:
Your source for cheap plastic fake cowboy souvenier crap.
Made in Connecticut
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:32 pmI wonder how much the kids' waterboarding kit goes for, now?
Somehow, it doesn't shock me that Bush is killing local businesses. It's a perfect synecdoche of Bush's Big Box economic policies.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 pmLet's see,
Copies of the Constitution - 90% off - back ordered
Integrity - deep discount
Ruptured economy - $700 Billion + expenses
Oil leases in pristine areas - 95% off, kickback required
Inhofe's list of climate deniers - free with lump of coal
Sacks full of shit - 75% off
My Pet Goat books - 80% off
Hurry, get screwed with it lasts.
Come on 20 January
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pmHad the souvenir shop only had the foresight to stock up on shoes they would have been recession proof.
¶ AIO
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pmmeanwhile in iraq.
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this is what they
fought for.
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January 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pmCousin George Herbert Walker and brother Jeb got 58% off Neuberger Investment Management. And the deal came with no money down!
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pmThat amounts to about 60 vacation days per year. Amazing.
You know, the fact that he's not going back to his "beloved" Crawford ranch pretty much demonstrates that the whole thing was a campaign prop all the while. He didn't have it before he got into politics, and he's ditching it as soon as he's getting out.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:44 pmIt seems as though the American/Israeli slaughter of civilians in Gaza will continue indefinately. So I will say a prayer for the Palestinian refugees who have died and for those who are about to be murdered...
Our Father, who art in heaven
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
January 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pmI don't think he should be allowed to leave that place until all that god damned brush has finally been cleared...
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 pmWell, look at some of these reminders of W's career lowlights and you'll wish he took a 365-day vacation.
I expect those discounts to get deeper still.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pmSo you're telling me that Bush is gonna give up his 8 year shrub-clearing career and giving up his life as a cowboy to live in a mansion in Dallas ?
I thought he was a cowboy.
I'm so shocked !!!!!
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pmThe problem with a bonfire is that the fumes would be so toxic!
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:08 pmHe will be very unwelcome in Dallas, which is a lefty town.
Bush: clueless to the end.
not north dallas, where the president will retire. north dallas is not south dallas, or east or west dallas, for that matter. ever hear erykah badu do a shout-out to north dallas? i doubt it.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 pmIn stark contrast, sales of anything which might help us forget the guy are booming.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:15 pmMeanwhile, items such as toilet paper with Dubya's picture on it are still selling very well! :-D
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pmI imagine a toilet with Bush's face painted at the bottom would be selling well.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:29 pmThere is a full-lengthy documentary on HULU about the businesses that opened when Bush moved to the ranch. It is a http://www.hulu.com/crawford and is worth watching.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 pmScaryBrownHusseinChick (ThinkOutsideTheBush) Says:
Meanwhile, items such as toilet paper with Dubya’s picture on it are still selling very well! :-D
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proud would be proud.
;)
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 pmBush's tenure, when it is finally, blessedly, thankfully concluded on Jan 20, will have comprised 2960 days.
He's spent 500 of those at the Pig Farm. That's more than one-sixth of his time on "vacation," and doesn't count any of the other vacation jaunts he's taken to Camp David, Kennebunkport, or other hide-aways...
I think the Nation should demand a one-sixth deduction in the protections he receives when he retires, and a one-sixth reduction in his pension, etc.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:32 pmAs much as people are angry at Bush for thoroughly messing up this once a great nation, the American people must direct their anger appropriately at those who put him in power. A good place to start would be those so-called "conservative" evangelical Christian hypocrites. They should be the target of the nation's anger. Also those should be targeted are racist idiots in backward lands such as the Southern states and Wyoming and Idaho and Utah and Texas. Speaking of Texas, Laura Bush's accent makes her sounds even more retarded.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:40 pmI still wanna know what that object underneath his shirt is.....(check the pic; between his shoulder blades)....you may remember the brouha (sp?) about the same object visible under his suit coat during the debates.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:44 pmFeatster,
I wonder if our bad-assed, "bring 'em on" Presidunce has been wearing a bullet proof vest all these years?
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 pmBTW, aren't souvenir shop owners supposed to have a knack for spotting trends and knowing which crap will sell? It's not like they couldn't have had some idea this was coming down the road.
Srsly...
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 pmZooey;
Maybe, but that would've been very visible under a T-shirt...or, even a suit. During the debates when it was spotted many suggested it was some kind of transmitter with a tiny earpiece from where he got information....Yeah, I know, sounds crazy, but remember who we're talking about here. There never has been a logical or cogent response about just what the hell that thing is.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:03 pmtokin librul is on to something here with the one-sixth reduction in protection. I think the Chimp should be fully protected 6 days of the week and forced to go without for the seventh. And have this calendar posted on line.
I have some old shoes that are just itching to fly.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:04 pmSillies (nanlichi and alphainfinityomega)! Honoring Bush with shoes is an excellent idea but who'd buy them from a souvenir shop? You're supposed to buy a new pair (for wearing) at your favorite shoe store, then write Bush's name on the soles of the old pair.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:11 pmDeep discount, my as*. They would have to pay ME to take this crap off their hands.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:28 pmThe whole Crawford ranch thing was nothing more than a PR stunt concocted by Bush's campaign staffers, namely that guy Rove.
Guess what, Bush... We see right through your soul-less chimpy a*s. Good riddance!
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:56 pm"Crawford souvenir shops now ‘deeply’ discounting their Bush gear."
lol And look for the clown President's souvenirs to head to the Goodwill. Interesting enough that there are current advertisements for Obama's souvenirs, coins, and so on and babies named after him, yet, Obama hasn't been sworned in as President. That should be a clue to Bush.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 pmThese bs trinkets are tainted.
Phew! This is what I call a "time horizon." It seems time can't surpass his bullshit.
Can he slip and fall and can't get up so he can go out on disability?
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:27 pmElBruce Says:
That amounts to about 60 vacation days per year. Amazing.
You know, the fact that he's not going back to his "beloved" Crawford ranch pretty much demonstrates that the whole thing was a campaign prop all the while. He didn't have it before he got into politics, and he's ditching it as soon as he's getting out.
chimpy: I don't take no f-n briefs on no god damn sunday.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 pmThe Crawford newspaper didn't endorse Bush in his last election campaign. There have certainly been enough indicators of a decline in his popularity. What amazes me is that people would go to Crawford, Texas to buy Bush memorabilia. Ewww.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:40 pmGot cardboard cutouts with bullseys's on em?
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:04 pmwiley Says
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
What amazes me is that people would go to Crawford, Texas to buy Bush memorabilia.
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Well, there's still that 18% of Americans who claim they will "miss Bush" when he's out of office. And maybe a few others who are just attracted by the bizarre nature of it all.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:29 pmMiss H. Molly, don't forget the 1.75% drooling sycophants like Daryll who need the authority figure to tell them what to do each morning.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:31 pmThe entire "ranch" meme was simply a photo op to dupe the ignorant masses.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:59 pmSadly, it worked.
People blame the evangelical Christians for Bush when they had little to do with it. Both elections were STOLEN. (The star witness, Michael Conell, in the ongoing Federal RICO trial in Ohio against Bush and Rove for stealing the 04 election, just died in a plane crash, days or so before testifying.)
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:04 pmBlame the Zionist controlled media for not reporting the truth about Bush all along, and not reporting the election thefts for what they were.
AIPAC was 100% behind Bush.
Caption Contest:
"No,really! I drive better when I'm drinkin"
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:21 pmWhy is the Criminal Bush not spending his final days at his ranch, before going to jail for treason and war crimes? America will not be restored until RepubliCons are behind bars, starting with the Criminals Bush and Cheney.
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:22 pmI'll bet the Secret Service is glad to blow that popsicle stand. "No more looking under every goddamned cow pattie!"
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:48 pmThe truly amazing thing is that 29% of Americans--nearly one third!--still think Bush is doing a fine job. The economy is collapsing, people are losing jobs and homes, we're bogged down in two expensive, losing wars, we've doubled the national debt and gone from a budget surplus to record deficits, global warming is accelerating, we're increasingly hated all over the world, our infrastructure is crumbling, our civil rights have been infringed upon and we're committing war crimes. Yet nearly a third of us, undoubtedly evangelical Republicans, think all of this is just marvelous.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 pmI told everyone that the Crawford ranch, cowboy hat, reporters positioned in front of hay stacks and barns, and the F150 Pickup Truck were all props. All to bring on the rural redneck hick support all over America.
The Bush/Cheney Junta and The Republican Crime Syndicate represent the phoniest crowd to ever enter the White House.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:35 amObama is so popular you could sell just about anything (I'm afraid) with his likeness on it:
"The Audacity of Soap"
http://www.myobamabar.com/
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 amI LOOOVEE Miami!!
So many shoes and NO ONE saw anything;D
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:37 amThe commercial of the commemorative Obama collector's plate and the white guy who is writing, looks over at it and smiles supposedly with newly found inspiration, is one of the worst commercials of all time.
Chocolate News has it right, it's Barack Xploitation.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 amWhy on earth would anyone buy a Bush souvenier? Your going to have a 5 trillion dollar souvenier to pay off for your lifetime, your children's lifetimes and your childrens' children's lifetimes.
January 3rd, 2009 at 7:58 amYou don't think that he ever really lived or intended to live in Crawford did you? The "ranch" was just a cardboard cutout of a facade -- much like the "life"-size cutouts of Bush that can't be sold.
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:21 pmSo where did the surplus stock go? A few modifications and I could see a market for "Tar and Feather Bush," the Bush Voodoo Doll, Bush Dog Chew Toy and the like.
And did they actually change the nameplate on that San Francisco sewage plant? They'll want something to sell visitors.
January 4th, 2009 at 12:38 pmWhy keep a cardboard cut out of the President? For eight years we have had the real thing. A paper human being.
January 4th, 2009 at 5:03 pmI know a way to sell this merchandise for double and triple the value.
If I buy something, can the merchant arrange for Bush to be there and let me throw it at him ?
January 4th, 2009 at 6:19 pmClose Guantanamo and put it in the soon to be available Crawford Ranch.
That would be fitting.
January 4th, 2009 at 9:39 pmi think this neocon deserves a souvenir dildo in his likeness
January 14th, 2009 at 2:50 amhttp://www.broowaha.com/article.php?id=4468