Barack Obama Nikes? Sorry, this goes too far

[RestoreGore]

http://www.bigbadmedium.com/barack_nikes

"Barack Obama custom Nikes. With two different portraits of the presidential hopeful on each side and the phrases “Change” and “Yes We Can” both rally cries we’ve heard from the Obama camp. Check out more pictures on his myspace page."


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If a Bush supporter put his face on these people would be saying it was "cultish" and meant to brainwash people. This isn't a presidential election, it's a GD ego contest. SOS.

[K Gardner]

1. I need a size 7 ! Thanks for the heads up.. neat :-)

[KittyWampus]

13. they'd only work for me if they had those lights kids sneakers have

[K Gardner]

HOPE LIGHTS !!! I'll custom order mine and wear them to the rally, with my Obamarobe.

[babylonsister]

2. I think you failed to mention Obama has nothing to do with this. But go for it. nt

[RestoreGore]

10. It still is cultish to me

[babylonsister]

19. It's no worse than wearing a pin or t-shirt, but they're sneakers. I think

you worry about the wrong things.

[anigbrowl]

55. Too bad

I'm not into shoes as a fashion item, but for some people they're like t-shirts. If Obama fans want to make custom sneakers, I'm all for it.

[jackson_dem]

34. That isn't necessarily the point. The fact there is even demand for such sneakers says it all...

[Occam Bandage]

45. What demand? It's one amateur artist who made these in his garage.

[Renew Deal]

3. How is that different than a t-shirt?

I don't get it.

[RestoreGore]

56. of course you don't get it

because it's the American way.

[Renew Deal]

68. There's no point to your thread.

Besides a cheap attempt to attack Obama.

[RestoreGore]

75. Well, you go on belieivng that

But after eight years of people going along with Bush and saying he could do no wrong because they put HIM FIRST, I'm not putting up with it again regardless of what party the candidate is from or who it is. And I definitely see that pattern here regarding him.

[From The Left]

4. I'll take 2 size 11's.

[Hepburn]

9. My size.......I assume you are sending those to me, right?

:hi:

[Occam Bandage]

5. Dude, it's one pop-artist, making a statement on modern iconography, much in the vein of Warhol.

[Barack_America]

16. Shhh, they don't understand "inspiration"...

:crazy:

[Occam Bandage]

24. I'm sure they look at a Warhol painting and shriek foul about the Cult of Soup.

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Nike nor Obama made these

Anyone can customize any shows on Nike's website.

Nice try though.

[Renew Deal]

38. I used to customize with a pen

in junior high

[Reterr]

7. There is certainly something sickening about that brand of hero-worship

I agree with you. I think this is the one creepy thing about that campaign. "He is like RFK/he is like Jesus/he is like MLK/he is GOD/"...

I find it very off-putting. Tell me he is the best politician out there and I would listen. Tell me he is the best thing since sliced bread and I feel you are insulting my intelligence.

[cottonseed]

20. What's creepy is you guys slithering around for things like "Obama's shoes".

Dude, this whole Obama is cult club you guys are in is getting scary. How about this, get a strait-jacket printed with Hillary's delegate count on the back.

[Scurrilous]

35. LOL

:thumbsup:

[RestoreGore]

63. I found it on a PUBLIC website. I wasn't LOOKING FOR IT

What's the matter? Embarrassed? I think you should be, and I don't care what candidate it was for. This is what passes for campaigning in this country and I think it is BS.

[cottonseed]

97. I seriously doubt that.

And the entire point you're trying to make is wrong. The site you referenced was some guy's little product blog. Nothing you've posted on this entire thread makes much sense, that's probably why you're getting the responses you are.

[RestoreGore]

21. Right. It is about the symbols and the slogans, not the issues. Some just don't get it

What's next? A flag?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

25. I'm sure you'd be as upset if Hillary Clinton were attracting the same type of attention.

:eyes:

[RestoreGore]

32. yes I would, because I am consistent. And I'm sure you would be trashing it..

Such is the BS of politics.

[Occam Bandage]

42. Why would I be trashing what one independent pop-artist wants to do?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

Yeah right. nt

[jkshaw]

41. We do have the Hillary nutcrackers

Can't figure out if they're for or against her.

[mtnsnake]

51. "Heroe Worship".....I think you just touched on what the Obamaites are all about

[high density]

8. How is that so much different than a t-shirt or a hat?

I wouldn't buy them myself but campaign-wear isn't anything new.

[Faygo Kid]

11. Cool! Thanks for posting! Heaven's Gate had their tennis shoes. We cult members now get ours!

They'll look great with our robes.

[cottonseed]

12. Exactly how long were you searching for "Obama's shoes" to find this?

Do you want to go through his garbage next? It's just weird to me that you're wasting your time digging up shoes on some hinterland blog to prove Obama's cultishness. You guys need help. I mean really. Spend your time trying to convince people that Hillary is the better candidate.

[Barack_America]

29. *snort*

Thanks for that.

:rofl:


ETA: In case it's not obvious, I agree with you.

[Skip Intro]

14. Lordy - what's next, an action figure?

I don't know if I just refused to take the kool aid, or had some built-in immunity, but I thank God I am not on that magic bus.

[SoxFan]

99. close enough

[Skip Intro]

102. Classy as always. You Obama supporters never cease to amaze.

You should be proud.

:eyes:

[SoxFan]

103. You opened the door, counselor

You brought up action figures

[Skip Intro]

104. as you wish - always someone else's fault, eh?

gotcha

[Forkboy]

110. Oh, but you ARE on a magic bus.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/teptronics_1989_7121863





How's YOUR Kool Aid tasting this morning?

You really should investigate these things. I can't believe you would think there aren't these things out there for the Clintons too. :shrug:

[MadBadger]

15. Merchandising!

[THUNDER HANDS]

17. um...

[bicentennial_baby]

26. Am I high or are those...

Hillary Cares About Me piggy banks?! :o

[cottonseed]

31. That's different - no one has actually purchased one of these.

nt

[mtnsnake]

18. That just might be the tackiest campaign stunt of the century

:puke:

[Occam Bandage]

22. The tackiest campaign stunt not involving a campaign?

[babylonsister]

23. Aww, this upset you, buddy? It's not a campaign stunt, or if it is, prove it. nt

[mtnsnake]

28. Prove it isn't. n/t

[Occam Bandage]

30. Easy.

http://www.myspace.com/van20

[mtnsnake]

36. By next week he and Kerry will be hunting in those things

blowing the heads off innocent geese, and sailing on their windsurfer together in their Nike Obama boat shoes.

[Occam Bandage]

39. Trying too hard.

[mtnsnake]

46. Trying too hard.

[babylonsister]

33. Read the OP; I can't read for you. No where is Obama or his campaign

mentioned as instigating this. But it is a nice 'kick', isn't it?! :rofl: Great marketing for the Prince of Peace! :smoke:

[RestoreGore]

60. Prince of Peace?

Are you comparing him to Christ?

[Occam Bandage]

62. No, comparing him to mtnsnake's "Goddess of Peace" title for Hillary.

[babylonsister]

66. Phew! Thanks! I never even put those two together (PoP & Christ) nt

[Barack_America]

37. Well, it's not in the official Obama store, for one...n/t

[mtnsnake]

44. The official Obama store? Good gawd

[Occam Bandage]

49. Yeah. I hear he's the only one to have one.

[Barack_America]

54. Yeah. Is there a problem with Obama having an official store...

...where he can sell union-made goods to benefit his campaign?

http://www.hillarystore.com/

[NYCGirl]

73. Hillary Clinton would never do anything like that.

http://www.hillarystore.com/

[K Gardner]

50. Self delete because I'm sick of this juvenile crap. The shoes are NEAT. Prove they aren't :-)

[RestoreGore]

58. OOO yeah, they are just "neato."

And this the level of discourse we get in politics today.

[Occam Bandage]

64. Today? Someone's exposing their total ignorance of American electoral history.

[K Gardner]

71. Sorry, that's "neat" with a smiley face, not "neato". Learn to read. Is making fun of

an adjective in a harmless post not even addressed to you - and parlaying that into a personal attack all you got? Cause if it is, that's pretty thin. And desperate.

[fishwax]

96. says the person who started the thread in the first place

:)

[quakerboy]

108. Ok... proved

I asked the guy who made them. That wasnt so hard. I mean, going to the source is scary and all, but he seems like a reasonable guy.

Anyhow... He likes Art, he likes Shoes, he wanted to do something new, and he wanted to show support for his candidate. He woke up one morning inspired and designed them.

[jkshaw]

47. What? The shirts et cetera or the shoes?

[Lisa0825]

27. Grasping . At . Straws.

:eyes:

[ProSense]

40. Yes. They. Are.

:rofl:

[meow mix]

43. Wow Nice!!! i love those shoes

i need some lol

[frazzled]

48. I have a hand-crafted Barack Obama for President 2008 wooden bread board

Handmade by an honest-to-god guy from the South Side of Chicago and being sold for $15 at a local Hyde Park restaurant. The campaign had nothing to do with it, but when I saw it about a year ago, I decided I had to have it --- to put next to the Ron and Nancy Regan puffy slippers someone gave me (as a joke) back in the 80s.

The shoes are fabulous.

[RestoreGore]

52. As usual, people here don't get the point because they are too wrapped up in the BS

This is about the very soundbites Al Gore mentioned in his book. This is about reducing something important to a bs pair of sneakers with a slogan just to make money. And if they were Clinton Nikes I would have posted it as well, because it speaks volumes about what some people find as important. It is bad enough the Democratic dialogue in this country has been reduced as it has. The last thing we need are people continuing the same BS we see in campaign after campaign after campaign. It isn't about the PERSON running, it is about the issues and our country. But far be it for some to understand that as they hide behind their symbols. All you all do is jump on people for daring to make an observation or a comment about your idol no matter hwo it is. It is then very hard to believe this country is what really comes first. It also isn't hard to understand why this process has deteriorated as it has and why good people who care about issues want nothing to do with this process.

[Occam Bandage]

57. "With a slogan just to make money." Dude. It's one pair of shoes made by one guy in his garage.

Chill.

[RestoreGore]

67. It's just one example of the pervasive political BS in this country

And the attraction to this type of thing over substance by many. It is pervasive in this country and is pushed by a maintream media that does nothing but push hype and consumption. And it bothers me to see campaigns reduced to nothing more than slogans to make a buck off of... because that mentality is what kept a very good man out of this.

[Occam Bandage]

72. I'm going to guess three things about you right now.

1. You are young. This is your first major Presidential election after your political coming-of-age; possibly your second.
2. You have never had a good American History class.
3. You have never studied the history of American elections.




"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" banner. Enormous "tip and ty" ball being rolled through city street. This was also the campaign in which miniature log cabins were erected, and in which free cider was distributed.


Sheet music for a lively dance song dedicated to Henry Clay.


"I think we've got another Washington, and Wilson is his name" sheet music.



Trading card insert in pack of cigarettes for Samual Tilden.


Pack of Adlai Stevenson cigarettes.

[babylonsister]

61. And I'll bet you money if Gore were running and someone designed

shoes like this with Gore's name on them, you wouldn't have one problem with that. You're being disingenuous.

[UALRBSofL]

53. When will they come out with Hillary Clinton Manolo Blonics??

I think its discriminating he gets shoes and she doesn't. :)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

59. that's all he has is THEATER

[theaxe7]

65. Is Hale-Bopp making the rounds again?

Because this is getting really creepy

[IndyOp]

69. Care for a John Edwards "Vote Hottie" t-shirt or thong? Or "Run Al Gore" boxers?

Candidates don't make these decisions.

Someone will always be available to try to make money from an event or cause that should not be associated with money. That does not mean that many or most of their supporters are star-struck or dumb.

[Hav]

70. But would anyone call these things cultish? I don't think so.

.

[IndyOp]

77. I think that is in the eye of the beholder, but thongs and boxers are, IMO, cultish.

A t-shirt or cap is a way to telling people who you support - not cultish, not overboard.

Thongs, panties, boxers... that is a "special" "private" relationship with a candidate, kind of like one would have with a leader of a cult.

I find the thongs, panties, boxers highly inappropriate.

[RestoreGore]

82. No I wouldn't and I think you missed the point as well... or actually, you illustrated it

And where did I state anywhere in the OP that Obama was part of this?... Hmm, nowhere. Again, it is the atmosphere surrounding campaigns and putting this crap above issues that is my point. Oh well, just forget it already. It is obvious people here are determined to not admit that they too are part of the very type of atmosphere they claim detracts from campaigns of substance. And again, had these been Bush sneakers I can imagine the comments that would have been made(as were rightfully made when the Bush fighter pilot doll came out not too long ago,) which again proves another point about hypocrisy. It is one thing to support a candidate's positions and even respect them, but the abject idolatry I have seen by some not just for Obama but others over the years including Bush makes me uncomfortable. Just look at this thread and the amount of responses to it. Had I typed something about climate change it would be archived by now.

[ProSense]

74. How about

Hillarygear


Not for scratching lobbyists backs!


Loan not included!


You can upgrade to a McAwful rat pad!

[UALRBSofL]

79. ProSense I'm going to puke on you

:puke:

[ProSense]

81. Ick! n/t

[TheDonkey]

89. Where can I buy 100 McAwful rat pads

;)

[AtomicKitten]

76. We've missed your concern threads.

[mopinko]

78. restore gore, you of all people

should just leave this cult meme alone. that's all i'm sayin'.

[RestoreGore]

80. Excuse me?

Talking about the environment and supporting Mr. Gore's efforts regarding that is not being part of a cult. At least I am HONEST and have the capacity to disagree with him on policy and other matters, and would NOT put him above this country. So you don't know what you are talking about. No shoes or t-shirts in my house. And really, the way you and your little friends here pushed people out of your cult folder here for him, I wouldn't talk at all because it is obvious you don't comprehend much of anything typed here.

[mopinko]

83. no, you just met gore, shook his hand

looked into his eyes, and knew that he wanted all us nasty people that wanted him to run to leave him alone. and dedicated yourself to posting on every thread about him for months.
sure, you're fine.

[RestoreGore]

84. And that just sticks in your craw doesn't it?

Good, because I was right.

[mopinko]

87. when YOU call ME crazy?

stick in my craw? not worth the trouble. bye, back to ignore for you.

[RestoreGore]

92. THANK YOU n/t

[TexasObserver]

85. It's a great idea! Footwear is huge among young people.

This argument against them belongs in the same trash bin as "what are these new fangled things they call Youtube, anyway?!"

[OzarkDem]

86. Too much marketing,

the candidate is not quite living up to the promotion. One can only assume the corporations backing Obama are advising him on selling himself.

[TheDonkey]

88. I'm sure you have a pair on pre-order

[RestoreGore]

91. No. I don't subscribe to hype

[SammyWinstonJack]

90. Ego contest. It was from the start! Why would we believe otherwise? Obama is all about ego!

As it was for Hillary also. This isn't "historic" it's EGO Anyone who doesn't get that, is delusional.

[I Vote In Pittsburgh]

93. The smear is humorous

Thanks for the laughs guys.

[Indenturedebtor]

94. Oh please

If it said "HRC for Pretzledent" you would be singing the praises.

Instead it's "You're all cultitsts pigs"

Get a grip. People are excited about him and what he represents. It's almost as though some people around here are only happy when the rest of the country hates our party.

[yellowcanine]

95. "Cultish"? Oh please. How is it any more cultish than buying a sports jersey with a team emblem?

You are trying way too hard to find something wrong with Obama supporters. It is their money.  It's their candidate.  It is a free country.  Don't be a whiny busybody.  It is tiresome.

[Fox Mulder]

98. I don't think shoes are any different than t-shirts or pins.

:shrug:

[calteacherguy]

100. Very cool! These will be a big hit with the young folks! nt

[Abacus]

101. Farther yet...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Hb63ruEt4I

[rodeodance]

105. oh gawd!---more SWOON followers in action!

[Clinton Crusader]

106. Crucifixes can't be far off....

[TexasObserver]

107. Kicks are for kids!!

Hey!
Hillary!
Leave those kids alone!!
All in all it's just another
kick in the WALL

[thehonestape]

109. Can I Kick It?

First off thanks to everyone for checking out my blog, grazie, gracias and thank you. I like the dialoque in here, even if some of yall seem a little too worked up over a custom made shoe. Despite what everyone here is saying about the shoes being "cultish" or "going too far" etc...what this really is a young independent artist out of Cincinnati making something to represent which candidate he was excited about. This is not much different than someone making a homemade t-shirt or button or poster...except they are shoes. In case you are unaware, there is a sub-culture of artists and fans that customize shoes...for fun! Imagine that? Having fun with art still exists in this world. If anything, what this says about Barack Obama is what's been evident this whole primary season, that he's gotten young people excited about his presidential run, and excited about the democratic process, and everyone, especially Democrats should be happy to see this, not angry.


Abe
The Honest Ape

[Forkboy]

111. "it's a GD ego contest." What election hasn't been?

:shrug: