Prez BaRock - In The Media

The funny business of plundering political misfortune.

Six months ago, Patrick Phipps was busy selling Prez BaRock, a pet rock which I blogged about in December.  Phipps' Rockme Novelties was pitching the presidential paperweight as a bipartisan gift idea. Those who liked the President could decorate Prez BaRock with pro-Obama stickers like, "Yes We Can", while those who were not fans could cover the rock with "No We Shouldn't."

The President's approval ratings were already under 50 percent by then.

They've only gotten worse.

Finally, a key-chain ticking off the seconds left in Barack Obama's term
July 19, 2010
By Andrew Malcolm

Read at LA Times.com

At last, a bipartisan Barack Obama novelty.

Sort of.

It's a key-chain clock counting down the days, hours and minutes left until Jan. 20, 2013. Read more...

Now confidence in Obama plunges in Europe too as Barroso says EU-US relationship is not 'living up to its potential'

Read Story at DailyMail

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 5:31 PM on 15th July 2010

Dwindling support: Nearly 60 per cent of Americans no longer have faith in President Barack Obama's decision making

Prez BaRock on Seattle's Q13 Fox News promoting the donation of all profits to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund

Pet Rock + Pres. Obama = 'Prez BaRock'

By Joshua Adam Hicks - Bellevue Reporter Staff Writer

BA-ROCK, The Pet Rock With 'Hope'

By Jane Wells - CNBC Correspondent

Rockme Novelties' CEO Patrick Phipps interviewed on KISW radio's BJ Shea Experience in Seattle. Link here to see behind the scenes video...