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ckramer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 08:32 PM
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Another Downturn: Bush Souvenirs In Crawford, Texas
Source: WSJ

CRAWFORD, Texas -- For the last presidential election campaign, Norma Nelson Crow hung an 11-foot-long banner above her thriving souvenir shop here that said, "Bush 2004." On election night, she and her employees celebrated by overlaying it with a new word, so the banner read, "Bush Wins."

These days, another banner flaps in the hot August breeze: "Building for Sale."

Ms. Crow's store, Crawford Country Style, closed last October after 4½ years in business, as the flow of tourists arriving here for a glimpse of President Bush dried up.


Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118756858529102437.html?mod=yahoo_itp&ru=yahoo
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 08:35 PM
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1. hope she didn't invest her profits in the Stock Market
:evilgrin:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 08:48 PM
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3. I was thinking about ol' Crawford
Texas the other day..wondering how the Lone Star Iconoclast was doing..the paper in Crawford that endorsed John Kerry in 2004? }(
http://lonestaricon.com/
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 08:44 PM
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2. why would anyone want to see the loser anyway?
as the flow of tourists arriving here for a glimpse of President Bush dried up.

and what sick twisted perverted person would attempt to profit from such a piece of crap - hope she can work her karma out :shrug:
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onewholaughsatfools Donating Member (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 08:51 PM
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4. another small business fails
i wonder what she did with her inventory........laughing
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skyounkin Donating Member (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 10:03 PM
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5. Oh well,
At least one bush supporter got what they deserved.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 10:19 PM
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6. She should have said they were effigies for burning and she'd have made a fortune.
Oh, well.
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tomreedtoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 10:24 PM
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7. What the hell WERE those souvenirs, anyway?
I thought the "Bush in a flight suit" doll was a mockup, not a real product.

I could understand a Bush bobble-head doll...'cause that's what he is, anyway...

...but what else? Bush ash trays? Bush shot glasses? Bush Hummel dolls?
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 06:14 AM
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12. Made in China? n/t
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 07:22 AM
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13. No, the Bush flight suit action figure is for real.
I've got one. I give it a good whack on the head from time to time.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-24-07 12:36 PM
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20. Can you think of a more appropriate Bush souvenir than a shot glass?
Coke spoons, rolled-up $100 bills, razor blades, mirrors, bongs, roach clips, syringes, scales, triple-neck flasks and the like are NEVER appropriate, so don't go there.
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 10:30 PM
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8. Well, now they won't have to worry about enforcing their parking regulations
put into effect when Cindy Sheehan came to town.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 11:29 PM
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9. The Bush "ranch" is just a prop anyway
As soon as he leaves office, he'll sell the ranch and move into some suburban Dallas or Houston gated community.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-20-07 11:39 PM
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10. correct
he is as phony a rancher, cowboy and Texan as he is a president and human being
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 12:32 AM
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11. The 'ranch' is a PIG ranch. IT will be on the market ASAP after jr flees to Paraguay.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 09:57 AM
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16. make that pig farm n/t
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 08:06 AM
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14. Think further south
Paraguay.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 08:30 AM
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15. "The Pet Rock Presidency"
Hopefully, this presidency will be the final nail in the coffin of the "modern CON-servative movement". They've terrorized us long enough.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 12:45 PM
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17. As soon as moron* leave the pig farm in 09, expect that town to roll up the sidewalks. nt
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 01:12 PM
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18. wonder if she stocks the "Pull My Finger President"?
It's a little plush caricature of Dubya, that makes farting noises and cackles inanely when you pull its finger.
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-21-07 04:11 PM
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19. Can't say there is
no good news. :evilgrin:
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