We all know how the Vice President during a congratulatory moment after the President signed the health care reform bill, whispered in the President's ear for all the world to hear, "...this is a big 'effing' deal...", (effing = PG version of what he really said), and what a shameful moment it was, certainly not the first and not just because of the bill itself, offered by our nation's executive leaders.
Now you might think some entrepreneurial and enterprising T-shirt shop owner at a mall kiosk near you, picked up on the phrase and the moment, and capitalized on it for a nice profitable short-term gain, allowing him to follow the long-standing and traditional American practice of "trickle down economics" by using that profit to hire an additional FTE, or provide some health insurance, or a raise here or there. Ideally, that would be true, however the ever-bandied about, warrior cry of the socialist that "trickle up poverty" is the new American way might rob that man of his ingenuity and income...but I digress...sorry...
No, this T-shirt will not be found at your local T-shirt shop. I have not found it online even, except for one place. Yup, you got it, you know it, you're so smart and ya figured it out, President Obama's own website. Talk about your websites that should exhibit the highest degree of integrity and honor, you would think a President of the United States of America's website would exemplify these traits right? Wrong! Instead the website amounts to nothing but an inglorious display by taking advantage of a serious shortcoming on the part of Faux Pas Joe and capitalizing (interesting choice of word there) on it by selling the shirt to raise funds for Obama.
Absurd? Yes! Lacking presidential etiquette? Yes! Stupid? Yes!
Surprising? No!
In all its glory, I give you...
http://store.barackobama.com/featured-products/men-s-health-reform-is-a-bfd-t-shirt.html
P.S. If you pay a visit to that website, just make sure you clean out the stale cache that's left in your computer.
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