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In an August 18 Globe story, Vineyard buzzes less for Obamas second visit, Milton J. Valencia reported on the Oak Bluffs store:
...One barometer of the plunge in excitement has been the sale of Obama-themed T-shirts, which designers had been banking on after the craze of last year. Clothing labeled with the presidents name sold by the thousands, helping to salvage a tough economic year for the island.
But this years T-shirt sales are much less brisk, merchants say.
Last year, Obama gave you goose bumps, but I dont think youre going to see that this year, said Alex McCluskey, co-owner of the Locker Room, who sold more than 4,000 I vacationed with Obama T-shirts last year. But so far this year, he said, his hot item is T-shirts of former President Bush asking, Miss me yet?...