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Today has been so fun! In the last however many hours, Tim Kaine, Chet Edwards and Bill Nelson have all been named Barack Obama’s vice president! And now Evan Bayh will DEFINITELY UNDOUBTEDLY get his turn as vice president, because of a PRESCIENT BUMPER STICKER: “KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney reported that the company, which specializes in political literature, has been printing Obama-Bayh material. That’s Bayh as in U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana. Word leaked out about the material as it was being printed up by Gill Studios of Lenexa. The Obama campaign had said it would make the announcement by text message on Friday.” And Gill Studios wouldn’t deny it, so, well, you know! But this sticker doesn’t look very Barry-ish. For one, his name is in a RED background, and more importantly, stylish Barry would never stoop to the uncouth level of a serif font. Look at those ugly serifs! Evan Bayh is nothing. UPDATE: Oh no nevermind, he does use that serif font. Evan Bayh is the second black vice president of the United States. [KMBC]
Bayh sucks, but he’s kinda attractive, so that’s probably all that matters.
In fact, he’s the Mitt Romney of the left.
BOOOOO
cal: He’s nothing of the left.
It looks lame, but when you’ve got like 2 hours to design a bumper sticker that MUST be on-hand tomorrow when he does the appearance with the VP thing, you just slap some ugly shit together and then bust out the better stuff next week. This is “bumper sticker on a deadline” design.
I refuse to believe this is an authentic bumper sticker. It’s too ugly.
Kansas, motherfuckers. Kansas.
Thassright.
If it is Bayh, Obama has FAILED on his text message scheme and he is not ready to lead.
It sounds like the name of a new TV show like “The O.C.” or “Dawson’s Creek”… “Obama Bayh”on the CW
Look at this. The colors are all wrong and everything.
tunamelt: Facebook has better.
However, it would be a perfect metaphor if the very first thing the Obama campaign produced after choosing Bayh looked like shit and repulsed a huge number of supporters.
ES WONKETTE BROKED?
The formatting is all cRAZy!
NotUrEvryDayWEzl: You looked hotter online.
Obama/Bayh? So ghey.
I’m a skeptic. I think that it’s like the Super Bowl. They print championship t-shirts for each team before the game. Someone is trying to be the quickdraw.
I hope.
Actually that little star in the “08″ really bugs me.
Hopey wouldn’t do that to us.
Where is the little apostrophe before the “0?”
dear god of all things boring, don’t let it be evan bayh
…and does anyone think they couldn’t figure out a way to stick the website on there? Because they put the website on everything, goddammit.
I think it’s the printer getting his fifteen minutes.
Turns out that ‘bumper sticker’ is just a frozen rubber gorilla suit.
trophy(forparticipation)wife: Next year the only place you’ll be able to find Obama/Bayh stickers is on taxis in Nigeria or something, just like those “19-0″ Patriots shirts.
Bayh attends a Mosque in Indiannapolis.
Obama / Bayh stuff has been around for a while. Apparently some people like the idea.
http://buttons.cafepress.com/item/obama-bayh-president-vp-225quot-button/295859988
I can imagine the lame Bye-Bye Obama jokes now. (Wiki tells me Bayh’s name is pronounced like that).
Outstando: I’m starting to think that as well. Hopey’s stuff sells really well, my local paper had a huge story about how unauthorized Obama merchandise sells out of stores and whatnot, so I’m hoping this printer is just trying to jump the gun on this stuff.
Outstando: Yeah, the more I think about, the more idiotic it seems. Your campaign wants something so airtight that nobody knows, except for the workforce of an entire factory in Republican Kansas?
Boo frickin’ who if it’s Bayh….I’d almost rather see crazy lady Harriet Christian–at least she’s got passion. And maybe she’d find out that Barry is probably more than ‘adequate’.
More stickers. . .
http://www.cafepress.com/worldsfair.291903270
Very safe pick. It tells me that he thinks the election is his to lose, which it should be given Bush’s unpopularity.
cal: can’t be byah. only one attractive person per ticket otherwise it gets just too confusing.
and that bumper sticker is so insanely ugly there is no way.
There was reports of this company doing Obama/Sebalius stuff also. Ambinder made me chuckle about it with: “That Obama-Bayh bumper sticker is (a) too ugly and (b) doesn’t have a union label. It ain’t real guys”
I call total bullshit. They have great looking stickers at Cafe Press for Obama / everyone.
Ambinder’s other goofy notion is more persuasive. This executive NetJets charter currently on its way from Chicago to Delaware:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/EJA863
This is like the Dance of the Seven Veils, only there’s really only one veil and it takes FOREVER to get it off.
trophy(forparticipation)wife: Holy fuck, that is one star-happy sticker.
My Source, CafePress, confirms that every imaginable choice has been chosen. All with equally ugly bumper stickers.
The bumper sticker can be interperted as Bye-bye Obama, or bah! Obama
trophy(forparticipation)wife: Well in that case, the veep is…everybody. And check out the one in the veeery bottom right.
BayhSexual: Yeah, that’s what Ambinder at the Atlantic says, too. One thing BO has is discipline; no way he’d let that ugly font car wreck be his official bumper sticker.
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/fun_with_local_tv_news_station.php
Voyou Charmant: Yep. Check them all out.
http://www.cafepress.com/worldsfair/5537324
SayItWithWookies: Hahahaha. No.
Come on, Hopey! The Unisex Pinpoint Oxford Shirt Girl is waiting for your text…
Well, like I said before, we’re all going to be mighty shocked when we find out it’s Jesus.
tunamelt: I count seven whore-stars.
TGY: Does this mean Obama is demanding John McCain’s head on a silver platter? Because that is mildly sexy/badass.
Voyou Charmant: This one is my favourite: http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/obama-bayh-2008-bumper-sticker/296125399
SayItWithWookies: Nice bait and switch.
SayItWithWookies: That’s what I’m talking ’bout!
http://www.cafepress.com/worldsfair/4780376
Canmon (the Inadequate): The fist-bump sticker. Hells yes.
This is worse than a college boy’s tongue.
Smells like a red herring.
I hope he doesn’t pick another senator. A Gov would lend a little more oomph to the ticket. All senators all the time opens him up to ‘insider bizness as usual’ bullshit that he needs to spray towards the crotchety old man…
FunkyPalmettoBug: I have no idea if it’s real, but that’s a union bug in the lower right.
Canmon (the Inadequate): If I had a car, I’d get that one.
That bumper sticker has me psyched for Bayh!
Enough already!
The Obama campaign would never allow this bumper sticker to be released without his precious pms blue 7977 and O logo. It’s not branded right I tells ya!
Gregory_of_Nazianzus: Good point, but it still looks weak.
For what its worth, there’s a charter flight going from Chicago to Delaware also, and its my understanding that the word in Austin is that Chet Edwards is the choice.
It’s official, Fox News says that bumper sticker is too ugly for Hopey. And Ambinder is tracking a charter jet from Chicago to Delaware.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/EJA863
How the hell does a WASP from Indiana get a last name like ‘Bayh’ pronounced ‘Bye’? That last name alone makes him too elitist.
Breaking: According to CafePresstards Obama is also several peoples VeePee. OMG!
BUMPER STICKERS NEVER LIE
I brake for unicorns
Delicious: Ooooo…..Biden, perchance?
Yawn. Duuuuude, just waking up here on the Left Coast. What’s the good news, is Barry prez yet? McCain, did he finally keel over in paroxysms of anger and memory loss?
Whew…time for some Java and a toke before diving into Wonkette. Peace.
FunkyPalmettoBug: Chet Whonow?
Even the hope-notized BarackObama.com bloggers are getting pissy about the wait.
Bi-den! Bi-den!
cal: Congressman for Waco, midland and Crawford Texas.
trophy(forparticipation)wife: Touchdown in New Castle.
FunkyPalmettoBug: Yeah, I’m in my home state of Texas right now and we’re pretty excited about the Edwards possibility. Anyone who can one-up Tom Delay in Bush’s backyard deserves to be on our national ticket.
I’m feeling an 8 o’clock text. East coasters are in prime time and West coasters are just cracking open a cold one.
Delicious: This is getting so ridiculous.
veep prediction
It’s like the night before Christmas, only with no presents and the general sense that once the surprise is revealed it’ll sort of be a let down.
Voyou Charmant: So it’s like Christmas with an alcoholic parent?
tunamelt: I’ve been Barackrolled!
Yeah, this is ridiculous. This is way too much buildup for anyone but Hillz.
I never expected that spending a day online with complete strangers could be such fun!
every time I get a text I jump
I usually hate the guys at Somthing Awful, but they sent a pizza to Biden’s house to make the lame web coverage there less boring. It almost worked.
my F5 key is going to break
Maybe the text will come at 3 a.m.
And it will be from Hillary announcing that Obama has been disappeared…uh, she meant disappeared.
He’s picking Time Magazine’s Man of the Year - “You”. There’s going to be a huge scandal when he realises that I’m not allowed to be Veep on two constitutional reasons.
Gopherit v2.0: was it sausage?
Gregory_of_Nazianzus: I’ve heard from 3 people in Austin that Edwards is the pick. I’m waiting for the text however.
Gopherit v2.0: psh, SA is my jam — next to Wonkette, obvs.
He’s waiting until rush hour on the west coast so he can kill us all when we got to read the text while driving. Asshole.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_el_pr/veepstakes
Apparently it will be a 3 am text.
Voyou Charmant: I would say it’s too juvenile at SA for me……but I post here. Maybe it’s just easier to keep up here.
Anyway, my hat is off to the pizza guy.
tunamelt:
You know, they never said. One commenter said it was probably topped with Hope.
They’ll wait for Slick Joe to be in the air (or at least on the way to the airport) before the text.
Fuck this, I’m leaving work.
$5 on Lieberman.
Bayh and Kaine have been told its not them.
It’s totally going to be alexandra dupre
I’ve been clicking this because my phone is slow to receive texts.
Dahli Lama for Veep.
Bumper sticker: Obama/Lama/O8
Can’t get a smoother read than that!
Jerry w
http://www.boskolives.wordpress.com
as if anyone cares… word os Walnutz! will pick Mittens. I wonder if http://www.walnutzmittens.com is parked?
sweetits: I just grabbed http://www.walnutsmittens.com
Thanks for the idea!
jagorev: You use that site! and use that well. Make it something nice. Maybe a nice photo of walnuts and mittens hooking up to have hot gay sex all over a pile of truck nutz and whore diamonds. classy.
My guess - if word leaked about who his VP was, they’d send the texts so that us Internet nerds don’t all read about it beforehand.
Looks like McCain is going with Condi Rice as his vice president:
http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/mccain-rice-2008-sticker-bumper/251266862
You sure can learn a lot from bumper stickers that are on sale!