McCain: Obama Will Take Away Your Weird Trendy Plastic "Crocs"

[ErinBerin84]

(ugh, I hate linking ABC and Jake Tapper is the ultimate tool, but this is funny....)
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/mccain-obama-wi.html


McCain: Obama Will Take Away Your Weird Trendy Plastic "Crocs"
July 07, 2008 2:27 PM


In his Denver, Colo., town hall meeting just now, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said that the trade policies of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, will hurt the ability of Americans to sell to foreign markets those weird trendy plastic "Crocs."

"Five years ago, the outdoor footwear company, Crocs, was started by a couple of entrepreneurs with a great idea, ingenuity and drive," McCain said. "This former small business now employs 600 people in Colorado alone, and sells over 50 percent of its products in 90 countries around the world. Building barriers to Crocs or any American company's access to foreign markets will have a devastating effect on our economy and jobs, and the prosperity of American families."

McCain: Pro-Crocs.

Who says he isn't up with the latest styles, the rock and the roll and such?

[Scout]

1. ick, i'd go barefoot before wearing those ugly things n/t

[ErinBerin84]

8. seriously, another reason to vote for him!

And can they really be called trendy anymore? I mean, they were hardly "trendy" two years ago, right? I thought that they've always been half a joke, even when "popular"...Weird, artificial, embarassing ...even dangerous (weren't there some parent groups in a tizzy over them, they got caught in escalators or something?) ....perfect for McCain.

[mod mom]

16. You've obviously never been a timer at a swim meet.

;)

I thought they were ugly when my kids wanted them but they sure make sense for the pool.

[boobooday]

23. Also for backyard frisbee throwing

When there are dog poop land mines. One squirt with the hose and you're good to go!

[anonymous171]

2. Oh god I hope so.

[cloudbase]

3. From his cold, dead feet. n/t

[Rick Myers]

4. Next he'll be singing the praises of that darn thing Alexander Bell is sellin'

That's tele-phone thingie...

edit: sp

[Sanity Claws]

5. What a crock

of shit!

[TwilightGardener]

6. Love my Crocs--my gardening shoes! That does it, McCain has my vote--

a chicken in every pot, a Croc on every foot! Top that, Obama!

[Skidmore]

18. Me, too.

An insult to gardeners of all stripes, I say.

[Schema Thing]

7. Next up, Heelies for old folks

He's right of course; companies won't be able to sell overseas quite as much, when the dollar is strengthened.

[sandnsea]

9. Which is why Obama uses the phrase "free trade"

Even though he believes trade should be regulated. It helps diffuse these kinds of ridiculous attacks.

[bunnies]

10. Are those the shoes that are getting little kids caught up in escalators?

:shrug: What a strange man that McCain is.

[depakid]

11. You can already get knock off crocs for less than 1/2 the price!

Both here and abroad....

Paid $9.99 for mine in Australia, and have seen them in the states for similar prices.

[Cha]

31. They sell them at the Dollar store for

$6.00 but, they hurt. Anyway I just wear what Hawaiians called slippers aka throngs or the ever present flip flops.

[berni_mccoy]

12. LOL! Someone is going to have to photoshop McCain in a pair of Crocs!

[berni_mccoy]

14. OMFG! NOW I KNOW WHY! CHECK THIS OUT! (PIC)

[npincus]

17. Fuck, NO! Is that for real or a PhotoShop????

if it's real, I'm going to flush my kid's Crocs down the toilet! (OK, maybe not after a few deep breaths)

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. His kids got them for him

Same as his iPod.

[Rick Myers]

21. McCain and Bush wear the same shoes!!! LMFAO!!!

'Cause flip-flops would be too obvious!!!

[nc4bo]

32. ugh, that photo ^^ What a freaking dillweed......nt.

[leveymg]

13. This bit of weirdnews is right up there with the NYT reporting French Fries banned at Denver.

This is the best they got to throw at us, folks: Crocs and food fights.

Today's GOP: an Amateur Monty Python production:

[rox63]

15. Mental image of McCain's wrinkled old-man feet in Crocs

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[LowerManhattanite]

19. Not to mention your sock garters and choke buttons on your cars! n/t

[PVnRT]

22. Why is this a bad thing?

[noonwitch]

24. Crocs are great for stony beaches (like in Michigan)

If the beach has a lot of stones, the stones can cut your feet. You can wear crocs in the water-they won't come off, like flip flops do.

[ErinBerin84]

30. damn it.

Goodbye, Michigan.

[blogslut]

25. Dubya gave love to Crocs a while back too

I think it was one of his state of the union speeches.

Personally, I prefer Payless Airwalks

[Johonny]

26. What next the pet rock?

Hey way to be behind the fade curve by a few years John.

[Arkana]

27. He'll take away Crocs?

Excellent! Now I'm even more enthusiastic about him. Those shoes are ugly as hell.

[jazzjunkysue]

28. If we can't have our crocs, they've won.

How will I live without my crocs!

I hope this means KKKarl is losing his effing mind. This is a joke. I'm skeered!

[Cha]

29. Whatever, mccain..I know crocs are pop but I tried

them and I don't like 'em.

I saw a pair on fucking bush, once, in some stupid picture.

[KamaAina]

33. Crocs: The perfect advertisement for Bush/McSame economic policy.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/trailhead/archive/2008/07/07/mccain-s-croc-up.aspx

It might have been a good local example of an entrepreneurial start-up prospering in the global economy—if the company hadn't blown up in the last several months.

Have a look at Croc's stock price. (Symbol: CROX.) It peaked at $75 back in late October, but since then has plummeted to one-tenth of that. It last traded at $6.91. Whereas footwear like Uggs managed to outlive its initial hype and become a footwear mainstay, Crocs appear to be what its investors most feared: a fad.

Not only that, but Crocs has been pushing for higher trade barriers, not lower ones. In March 2006, Crocs filed a complaint seeking to block imports of copycat shoes made in Canada and China, claiming they violated a patent for "breathable footwear pieces." (They won.) Compare that with McCain's assertion in his speech that "protectionism not only puts a hidden tax on almost everything you buy, but it undermines American competitiveness and costs jobs. ... Our future prosperity depends on opening more of these markets, not closing them." (Video available here.)

"Vote for me, and your company can lose 90 percent of its stock value, too!" :puke: