DNC sells out first shipment of Biden healthcare shirts

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/90299-dnc-sells-out-first-shipment-of-bfd-shirts

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DNC sells out first shipment of Biden healthcare shirts
By Jordan Fabian - 04/01/10 05:15 PM ET


Democrats say t-shirts that riff on Vice President Joe Biden's well-known take on the healthcare law are selling like hotcakes.

Organizing for America, the grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), are selling the shirts for $25 a piece in an effort to fundraise off Biden's slip that healthcare's passage was a "Big F****** Deal."

So far, so good, writes spokesperson Brandi Hoffine. The Democrats have sold out a significantly sized first shipment of the shirts.

"We started selling them yesterday and sold out of our initial order overnight," Hoffine wrote in an e-mail. "They are selling faster than ipads will this weekend."

The shirt commemorates a remark Biden made while introducing President Barack Obama at the signing of the healthcare reform bill last week. The vice president whispered to Obama about the signing "this is a big f****ing deal" but the comment was picked up by microphones.

The comment was taken up as a rallying cry by Democrats but was viewed scornfully by Republicans who opposed the legislation. The White House was first to tout the comment. The day Biden made the remark, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tweeted "And yes, Mr. Vice President, you're right."

[aikoaiko]

1. Nice

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[babylonsister]

2. Well I thought it was swell! Glad you did, too!

:fistbump:

[Jennicut]

3. I really, really want one.

:)

[vaberella]

4. I'm superficial and a girl. Do they have this in v-neck---girl fit?! Maybe off the shoulder?!

I mean we could look fashionable and politically awesome too. :D

[babylonsister]

5. You could rip the top hem off.

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I actually have a friend who does that with sleeves and necks on tee's. :D

[vaberella]

7. I paid how much money to rip it myself...for shame.

:rofl:

[Lochloosa]

6. Bought mine yesterday. I'm hoping it gets here before Wannee Fest.

[davidpdx]

8. Oh I want one too

Actually I didn't even hear about the comment until my wife (who is Korean) told me. I found the video and said to her, "yeah that's what he said". Apparently it made it on the Korean news here.

[Peacetrain]

9. Skinner needs to offer one of these at the next fund drive!!