SNOBwear makes headlines
Give a shout out to reader Tennyson Hayes, whose Snobama logo–which we had the honor of debuting here two weeks ago– made news in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today:
More than 1.2 million Obama products are sold through CafePress, with 91 percent of sales being pro-Obama items and 9 percent of sales being anti-Obama items, said Marc Cowlin, spokesman for CafePress, which is based in San Mateo, Calif.
On the other side of the “bitter” political fence, Tennyson Hayes, a reader of conservative syndicated columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin, came up with the design for a “SNOBama” T-shirt, which reads, “Snob: It’s an Elitist Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand,” with an image of Mr. Obama with an up-turned nose. It’s available at www.AuthenticGOP.com for $20.
Ms. Malkin posted the SNOBama design to her blog, www.michellemalkin.com, then suggested it be marketed as a T-shirt and helped connect Mr. Hayes with AuthenticGOP.com.
Mr. Hayes created the image because he believes Mr. Obama thinks the American people don’t know what’s best for them.
“I don’t want a president who regards American culture with elitist contempt,” said Mr. Hayes, a designer from New York City. “I don’t want a president who thinks ordinary Americans are too stupid to make their own decisions about their own lives. The cartoon is the short version of all that.”
The “SNOBama” shirt not only pays homage to Mr. Obama’s “bitter” remarks, but also his arugula gaffe in Iowa. While talking with farmers in Adel, Iowa, in July 2007, Mr. Obama said, “Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?” This comment fueled the idea of his elitism with some, especially because there aren’t any Whole Foods in Iowa, although some Iowa farmers do grow arugula.
“It just kind of made me laugh, and the thing I liked about it was it was humorous, but it wasn’t mean-spirited,” said Andrew Laidlaw of AuthenticGOP.com, which is based in Woodinville, Wash.
“With Obama, marketing T-shirts has been very tricky because people are apprehensive about wearing T-shirts that poke fun at Obama lest they be perceived as racist.”
Right.
Or lest they earn the wrath of John McCain–who would condemn it as “inappropriate and not helpful” without even looking at it.
Unless Barack Obama gave him permission.
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Can’t thank Mr. Hayes enough for providing this visual of the elitest Obamination. Being one of the knuckle draggers that in the eyes of the Obamamesiah does not know what’s good for him.
Congratulations, Mr Hayes. I will head over to the Authentic GOP website to pick up some of the SNOBwear for the whole family as soon as I leave work.
But if you get up on a pulpit and spew hate and racial divide it’s Okey Dokey.
Way to go, American entrepreneurship still alive and well.
EXACTLY. In Obama’s mind, the common folk are bitter, gun-loving, church-going peons and he will lead us down the path of enlightenment and happiness.
Please.
Big kudos to Tennyson Hayes for such success. Now if only the swooning crowds at Obama rallies could see the light…
Tennyson,
I’m still looking for you to come out with a bumper sticker or window decal of it. I don’t get very many opportunities to wear t-shirts to the office but my vehicle is with me every day.
Gee , all i want is a simple T-Shirt with “TWP” on it .
I notice the article mentions CafePress, but there’s absolutely no mention of why the SNOBama t-shirt is being sold at AuthenticGOP and not CafePress.
Lest we forget that babies are punishment… I can’t wait to be punished.
You know, 30, I think we need to create another t-shirt to market about that particular line of his too.
Ditto Henry…they didn’t bring up the fact that they at cafepress stopped sales of paraphrenalia critical of Obama
This whole t-shirt issue is not about race, its about class distinction. Typical Liberal crap! Obama thinks hes above all of us.
Did anyone notice that at his pick up basketball game/photo op over the weekend, Mr. Obama was wearing a crisp and fresh USMC gray Tshirt? It was obvious from the video and from the photos of the game that this was not a Tshirt that Obama has ever worn before. It was brand new. Obviously one of his handlers told him that to wear a USMC Tshirt would show Obama’s patriotism and deflect from his snooty “I don’t wear a flg pin” boast.
How phony is this guy? Rest assured that Obama did not wear that USMC Tshirt when he was in Marin County.
#13, that reminds me of the time that Algore’s handlers told him he should try dressing like a lumberjack one day. He even looked more like an oaf in flannel!
Larraby said:
Yes, I noticed the scrawny O’bama wearing it and thought it was a ruse.
Watch where you live. My brother put a “W” sticker on my car back in 2004; my boss came into the office and said to me, “W? Please tell me you’re not voting for that moron.”
Several cars boasting conservative bumper stickers in Milwaukee and Madison were vandalized back in 2004. No doubt a “SNOBama” sticker would get your car keyed (or worse) in certain areas.
Where I work, I’m very cautious about putting most of the bumper stickers I’d like on my car. Suffice to say the liberals who are around me aren’t very tolerant of dissenting points of view.
I live in rural East Tennessee, EQ. I’m not too worried about it here. We too are “bitter” and “cling to our faither and guns” in these parts of the South.
I sported one of the bumper stickers in ‘04 that said “Ten Out of Ten Terrorists Agree, Anybody But Bush.”
Granted, we have our fair share of liberals here, with the migration of folks continuing from North of us but the tide hasn’t turned to the point that I am worried about my truck getting keyed, yet.
Thank you Mr. Hayes!
Very nice, very clever design!!
Snobbishness and elitism has nothing to do with race or wealth. It’s all in the attitude. Obama’s modest early childhood circumstances won’t erase what he chose to become as an adult.
I truly envy you. I live in NYC and “watch where you live” goes quadruple here due to the overabundance of, uhh, liberal tolerance.
Thanks again to Michelle, authenticgop.com and all of you.
Yeah, something like “According to Barack Obama, these are my ‘punishments’”, with pictures of your kids…
The possibilities are endless.
It only takes one liberal to key a car. Anyone remember the story of the liberal lawyer v. the deploying Marine’s car in Chicago? Keying seems to be a solitary activity. I wonder what they do when they gather en masse… Harass recruiters?
I’d love a SNOBama tee but I’m not really into getting jumped by crafty soccer moms.
Maybe I’ll get a big one and use it as a nightie.
whn we tried to buy on line, the charge kept getting denied. we contacted the bank and they claimed that the web site had been flagged as being “suspect” or some such nonsense. it took us several days of calls to convince the bank that yes we wanted that transaction and no, they weren’t some sort of criminal activity or fraudsters.
the cynic in me suspects that an Obamatron w*rking at the bank used their access to flag the site.