12 Memorably Bizarre Presidential Campaign Trinkets (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: 12 Memorably Bizarre Presidential Campaign Trinkets
In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, artist Jim Lennox and his wife Hilary Ross wave while standing next to the 100-foot by 80-foot field painting of Big Bird, a parody of the Barack Obama Hope poster, outside their rural Shickshinny, Pa. home. Lennox designed and laid out a grid of the image. He and Hilary then invited friends over for a painting party, using environmentally safe paint. Four years ago they created a large image of then-candidate Obama in the same field. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Bill Hughes)
In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, artist Jim Lennox and his wife Hilary Ross wave while standing next to the 100-foot by 80-foot field painting of Big Bird, a parody of the Barack Obama Hope poster, outside their rural Shickshinny, Pa. home. Lennox designed and laid out a grid of the image. He and Hilary then invited friends over for a painting party, using environmentally safe paint. Four years ago they created a large image of then-candidate Obama in the same field. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Bill Hughes)

"Big Bird for Obama" and "Obama bin Lyin'" pins might be unique to this election, but silly campaign paraphernalia is nothing new.

From William Howard Taft to George W. Bush, presidential candidates have relied on eye-catching and admittedly strange trinkets to advertise their presidential campaigns for years. Then after the race is over, campaign buttons and the like often become highly collectable items. One example: A election paraphernalia enthusiast bout a 1920 pin from James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt's run for president and vice president, respectively, was on eBay for $15,100 in 2009.

Check out some of the most bizarre campaign materials below:

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