While reported front runners have bowed out of the Republican race, Obama's campaign for reelection in 2012 has a new marketing strategy-- capitalize on controversy. In an email sent today, deputy campaign director Julianna Smoot invited supporters to buy their very own birth certificate t-shirt and mug, above. While the President said that he did not have time for the "silliness" revolving around the question of where he was born, he released his birth certificate on April 27. While the release did stymie the rise of birtherism, 17 percent of Americans still do not believe he was born in the United States. Smoot says in the email, "If the facts can't make these ridiculous smears go away, we can at least have a little fun with it."
(barackobama.com)
