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Historical Sell-Out Products

In the 2008 Presidential election,
venders turned huge profits by exploiting the image and message of Barack Obama
on everything from T-shirts to It's Time for a Change Diapers.  This is nothing
new.  Fame and social action has been exploited for centuries:

  1. Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr.'s I Have a
    Dream (And So Can You!) Mattress
  2. Harry Truman's Drop the Bomb Toilet
    Paper
  3. Paul Revere's The British Aren't the
    Only Ones Coming Condoms
  4. Edward R. Murrow's Good Night and Good
    Luck Dildos
  5. George Washington's PresiDenture
    Adhesive
  6. Abraham Lincoln's You Look Four Score
    and Seven Years Old Anti-Wrinkle Cream
  7. FDR's Nude Deal Porno Series
  8. Maya Angelou's That Bird Ain't Singin'
    No More Pellet Gun
  9. Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience
    Handcuffs
  10. Bill Clinton's I Didn't Inhale
    Bong
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