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Feb. 4 2009 - 7:26 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

Obama Commemoratives – Art on Tap?

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Who has the best Obama “art” collection in America?

Maybe you bought a few buttons, or one of those blue signs to wave around, but someone out there has it all, and I respectfully ask that they come forward, dragging it all with them.

What are your faves?  The Obama glass wall art?  The commemorative gilt plate?  The faux gold coin?  The vintage — is it three months already –  DNC chocolate bar?

Not everyone is pleased with the keepsakes for the story of O.  “I’m a little scared.  I’m a little nervous,” documentarian Alexandra Pelosi told me when I interviewed her for huffingtonpost.com.  “I’m a liberal and I live in Union Square, but everyone’s walking around in Obama T-shirts.  It’s too much.”

Not to worry, Alexandra.  This offer ends soon.  And if you call now, you’ll also get Elizabeth Alexander’s inaugural poem tatooed on your cat, dog, or two-year-old son.  For interested parties in Wyoming, Alaska, or any place else with bison or barn owls, tchotchkes is a de-commissioned Yiddish word for stuff.


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