Gotta love it …
On Martha’s Vineyard, “Miss me yet?” t-shirts are outselling ones touting Obama.
As Martha’s Vineyard braces for the first family’s visit — their second summer stay here since President Obama took office — the excitement that marked last summer’s arrival of the fresh-faced commander in chief seems to have ebbed like the tide.
One barometer of the plunge in excitement has been the sale of Obama-themed T-shirts, which designers had been banking on after the craze of last year. Clothing labeled with the president’s name sold by the thousands, helping to salvage a tough economic year for the island.
But this year’s T-shirt sales are much less brisk, merchants say.
“Last year, Obama gave you goose bumps, but I don’t think you’re going to see that this year,’’ said Alex McCluskey, co-owner of the Locker Room, who sold more than 4,000 “I vacationed with Obama’’ T-shirts last year.
But so far this year, he said, his hot item is T-shirts of former President Bush asking, “Miss me yet? … How’s that Hope & Change Thing Working Out for You?’’
Vineyard buzzes less for Obamas’ second visit
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/08/18/vineyard_buzzes_less_for_obamas_second_visit/?page=2
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