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What Should I Buy for the Election?

Mike Weisser
3 min readJan 12, 2024

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Despite all the talk about how Trump is going to lead another insurrection versus DeSantis who is the chief enemy of WOKE and Disney versus Haley who doesn’t know why we fought the Civil War, as far as I’m concerned, the only real difference between these GOP Presidential wannabees is what they have to sell on their campaign store.

And on that basis alone, I’m going to go for Trump who seems to understand that a political campaign is first and foremost an opportunity to pick up some cash, never mind also promote your name.

Of course, not only does Trump promote Trump, but he’s also the only Presidential candidate in the history of this country who came up with a personal logo, copyrighted it and now can enjoy the cash which comes in every time someone buys a MAGA hat, or a MAGA flag, or something else which has those big, M-A-G-A letters spelled out in bright red.

Trump has a big advantage over DeSantis and Haley in this respect because he’s been selling his name as a brand for years — Trump wines, Trump clothes, Trump steaks, Trump this, Trump that. His name not only appears on hotels and condos all over the world, but he’s made deals with companies like Serta to sell their mattresses and a company which produces lamps for the home.

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Mike Weisser
Mike Weisser

Written by Mike Weisser

Former college professor, IT Vice-President, bone fide gun nut, https://www.teeteepress.net/

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