Obama is Own Economic Stimulus

It's not just the hawkers and Montel Williams, every has gotten in on the act of selling the President.

If you happened to have given $$ to Obama's incessant email campaign (I did), then you got an invitation in gold leaf to the inauguration. Regrettably, it did not include tickets, as it did for some, but there was a comparatively small, cheaply printed brochure offering the opportunity to buy Presidential Memorabilia. David Plouffe and his guys have gone a bit too far this time. The President selling his own stuff?!

In .20 seconds, Google could turn up 30,900,000 items for "Barack Stuff." The always-ready-to-capitalize-on-whatever-IT-is cafepress.com has "everything imaginable." Even Stuben got in on the act with a limited edition of 44 $7500 crystal display plates. The guy who bought Obama's Chrysler 360c put it up on E-Bay for $100,000.

Okay. I love Barack. We've been his fans since I was a permanent substitute in his fifth grade class. If other people make money off him, good for them -- it will help the banks when they deposit their earnings -- but please, David Plouffe -- no more merchandising of the President, unless you're sending the money to someone who needs it.

As the President would say "Look. It's just not my brand."

The campaign took in $750 million -- enough to pay the New York Yankees payroll for four years. Enough already.