Clinton's Latest Primary Strategy: A T-Shirt Contest?

Via Ana Marie Cox comes the news that the Clinton campaign has announced the finalists for some sort of T-Shirt contest, loosely modeled on Project Runway, that solicited designs that might help the Clinton campaign "make it work" even as the looming political reality seems to anticipate that Clinton might get the "auf wiedersehen" in a matter of days. Bad timing? Certainly, one would imagine that a campaign t-shirt contest might have been the sort of thing a campaign might run at the beginning of the primary season, but, as Cox astutely points out, "Notice that only one of them mentions the year ''08.'"

Anyway, t-shirt lovers are free to vote on five designs, which include a black and white slogan, a Warholian-print design, and a pants-suit t-shirt design that recalls the insanely popular tuxedo t-shirt of the 1980s. Also, note the detail of design #5, which makes up the word "Hillary" out of a cloud of smaller words that refer to the residents of the United States. By all appearances, the detail includes words like "Iowans...Connecticutians...South Carolinians...Georgians." But I thought those states weren't important!

Comments

[ipotter]

This is old news and not relevant to anything... unless you really truly wanted to submit a design for the T-shirt, in that case, too late!

[keclxivq]

I'd really like to see the Clinton family wear these at the next primary. Their heads would be normally abnormal as is usually the case.

[SlappyHandstrong]

I'd love to know where these shirts are going to be manufactured. China? Mexico? Has the shop been screened for labor violations? Maybe she can get some of her old buddies at Wallmart to set her up for a few pennies less.

[Chillinout]

That shirt is perfect. It shows hillary for what she is, an empty suit.

[SlappyHandstrong]

Correction- an empty PANTS suit. The only way it would be more appropriate is if it were banana yellow, teal or one of her other gawd-awful colors

[SharonB]

***snicker***

Stop!

[despike]

That is gonna be her legacy.

[RJII]

try paying your debts. people really need their money right now. maybe selling t-shirts is her strategy.

[aquarius2001]

Dear Lord, this is so ridiculous. Is this supposed to be like the Obama Ad Contest that MoveOn had ?

My goodness, this is just the dumbest thing I've read all day. This contest is over...so what is the point in this?

[LeftLeanWing]

The Image looks like something from

THE LEGEND OF SLEEP HOLLOW II
( It fights everything as It Cackles in the Moonlight )

[suntzu]

The pants suit one without the head is the clear winner -- Hillary has lost her mind!

[DMW1]

LOL - thanks!

[AnnieinOR]

where does she intend to wear these to the RBC meeting? It's just a ploy to get her internet site hits.

[Buddy McCue]

That pantsuit design is just plain weird. If you wore this shirt, it would make your head look comically large.

[LeftLeanWing]

I know there is a novice drag queen somewhere trying it on.

[pinkypeterson]

Oh I guess we should be picking slogan that show her wanting votes:

How about:
"I promises to be nice here on out"

or
"Next time I will say Sorry"

or

"I will make sure Bill does what I say"

or

"I will put away my bible and booze and not be bitter"

[pinkypeterson]

We could have fun with this.

How about Annie Okley, with a bible and booze.
"I'm not bitter I still have a job in the Senate.."
and on the back "...I hope"

[pinkypeterson]

How about a shirt with her in a sniper fire and Mccain touting 100 more years

[booker52]

How about this one "Hillary blew healthcare just about the time Monica blew Bill"