Oct 15th, 2009
Nobel Prez
Obama’s surprise Nobel Peace Prize win last week created an unprecedented uproar of conflicting popular opinion, and the designs keep coming in as the debate over the award continues.
As the Nobel committee staunchly stands behind their decision, public opinion flares wildly on both sides. To date the CafePress community has brought about 7,000 Obama Nobel Peace Prize products to life – 57% supporting and 43% opposing the prize.
Perhaps more significant, though, is the foresight of the CafePress community. The Obama/peace theme isn’t a new one ’round these parts; we saw this trend from the get-go when Obama merchandise started to hit the catalogue. Since early 2008, customers have flocked to merchandise featuring the iconic Obama “O” transformed into a peace sign, as well as with the similar messages of “hope” and “change.” With over 180,000 Obama/Peace products made before the award, the feeling that Obama would be the President to leave a legacy of peace speaks loud and clear on the T-shirts. This flavor of candidate messaging was a new one; a search for peace-related President George W. Bush merchandise turns up 375,000 products, mostly displaying ironic messages of war and impeachment.
As the battle of public opinion rages on, we’ll continue to see folks inserting themselves into the social consciousness of this historical moment (and others to come) by making bolder, louder statements via the almighty T-shirt.
The argument can be made that Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize precisely because he has accomplished absolutely nothing since elected. He talks (and talks) a good game but the only casualties he has inflicted are on the American people and their economy, not on their enemies. The liberal Europeans love the appearance of an impotent United States unwilling to defend its interests.
Not since biblical times has so much damage been done to a nation with the jawbone of an ass.
Hope and Change? More like Hype and Chains!
Where were you when the previous administration spent 8 years bringing the economy to its knees? They inherited a budget surplus and within 2 yeas turned it into the largest deficit in history, but you supported it.
But when a President comes in to to take action to fix the economy, you don’t like it. Even though the steps being taken were supported by economists across the world.
People like you spent the last 8 years screwing things up. Step aside and let the grownups take over.
You want to see the jawbone of an ass, look in the mirror.