Amazon 7 #1 December 24, 2008 http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2008/12/turkish-shoemaker-of-bye-bye-bush-shoe.html Saturday, December 20, 2008 Turkish shoemaker of "Bye-Bye Bush Shoe" gets 300,000 orders The shoe hurled at President George W. Bush has sent sales soaring at the Turkish maker as orders pour in from Iraq, the U.S. and Iran. The brown, thick-soled “Model 271” may soon be renamed “The Bush Shoe” or “Bye-Bye Bush,” Ramazan Baydan, who owns the Istanbul-based producer Baydan Ayakkabicilik San. & Tic., said in a telephone interview today. “We’ve been selling these shoes for years but, thanks to Bush, orders are flying in like crazy,” he said. “We’ve even hired an agency to look at television advertising.”[...] Baydan has received orders for 300,000 pairs of the shoes since the attack, more than four times the number his company sold each year since the model was introduced in 1999. The company plans to employ 100 more staff to meet demand, he said. There's the answer to our tanking economy, right there. "Bye-Bye Bush" shoe factories. President Obama can call the upswing the "Bush Shoe Economy". The "Shoo, Bush!" economy? “Model 271” is exported to markets including Iraq, Iran, Syria and Egypt. Customers in Iraq ordered 120,000 pairs this week and some Iraqis offered to set up distribution companies for the shoe, Baydan said. A company in Maryland ordered 4,000 pairs. See? Instant upswing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grimmie 186 #2 December 24, 2008 Too bad he didn't throw a Ford or Chevy at him... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #3 December 24, 2008 this does seem like an opportunity for a short term economic gain. We could prime the economy for 6 months based on objects thrown at Bush or Rice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #4 December 24, 2008 Quotethis does seem like an opportunity for a short term economic gain. We could prime the economy for 6 months based on objects thrown at Bush or Rice.LOL. Can we throw rice at Bush?I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites