My first reaction to that headline was to picture a crackdown on the little-guy vendors I see around DC proudly selling their Obama t-shirts, pins, and other wares. (Who could be against that guy on the right?)
But then I read this, and I got a little more open minded to a crackdown:
Obama’s calls for change and his “Yes We Can” campaign mantra are being evoked to sell assembly-required furniture in Ikea’s “Embrace Change” marketing campaign, bargain airfares during Southwest Airlines Inc.’s “Yes You Can” sale...
I've noticed this sort of advertising all around DC. I'd have to see the legal rationale for limiting such speech before truly being open to any sort of legal crackdown, but from a moral/political/consumer perspective, it just rubs me the wrong way.
Corporate America wasn't exactly embracing the message of change before the election, so for them to spend mass amounts of money trying to tap into it now -- as if millions of silly people will go out and buy a mattress because Obama slogans are repurposed on a billboard -- is rather insulting. (Then again, I stopped and took pictures of a billboard and blogged about it, so who's the dummy here?)
You're not really my type [sorry, I forgot to ask if you were sitting down. You're married anyway, and she loves you enough to convert for you, so you'll get over it.] But when you rock your debonair, very non-nebbishy je ne sais quois (lo yodaya ma) thing, it really works. And when you are in a sea of moribund politicians, you really shine. Yesterday, though, you spent the Inauguration playing the cute card and making cute faces. And while you're certainly handsome, you're not really cute-- endearing bug eyes aside. And when you are trying to be cute while standing next to Sasha and Malia Obama, YOU WILL FAIL! See below.
