Crawford Needs A New Celebrity
Feb 20th, 2007 at 8:12 am by PSoTD
Any place that would expect to profit from tourism related to George W. Bush is likely to suffer. It’s nothing personal, Crawford, but your celebrity citizen is appalling.
Get a new celebrity to replace him, pronto, because he’s going to be an abysmal draw for visitors for decades to come. Have you read the news? He’s very disliked.
Near the lone stoplight on Main Street, a for-sale sign hangs from a dusty window where a souvenir shop used to sell cufflinks, cowboy boots and denim shirts emblazoned “The Western White House.”
The Washington professionals have their polls, their focus groups and their newspaper editorials. But Crawford, the 700-person town where President Bush ‘s ranch is located, has its trinket stores, and they have fallen on hard times, in what some say reflects the president‘s sinking popularity over the war in Iraq and a daunting influx of anti-war protesters.
“I feel so strongly about the president that I wanted to continue to support him any way I could,” she said. “But I‘m distressed about the poll numbers and think it was a combination of things: that and the protesters.”
Although locals were thrilled to see more tourist traffic, they opted for small ventures like souvenir shops. Crawford still has only one restaurant, two gas stations and no hotel.
After reporting nearly $813,000 in gross sales in 1999, Crawford‘s souvenir shops and other retail businesses generated $1.03 million in 2000, the year Bush was first elected. Sales climbed steadily during Bush‘s first term to $2.66 million in 2004.
The Crawford Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture said it had no figures on how many visitors the city gets.
Don’t blame the protesters, blame the decider that deserves protest. And one last thing, Crawford - don’t be surprised if George W. Bush abandons you at some point shortly after he leaves office.
Those folks in Crawford need to get out of their rut, and change with the times!
The old Bush stuff doesn’t sell? Get some NEW Bush stuff!
Here’s some suggestions for Bush-themed hot-sellers:
1. Dartboards.
2. Inflatable punching bags
3. You know those halloween fake daggers, with ‘blood’ inside? Do the same with a crucifix, label it “Iraq”. Or “post-Roe abortion kit”.
4. “I’m with stupid” t-shirts, with Chimpie’s smiling face.
5. More t-shirts! “GOP Stupidity World Tour: 2001 NYC, 2003 Iraq, 2005 New Orleans…”
6. Bumper stickers: “GOP: come for the corruption, stay for the pedophilia!”
…the list goes on and on! Really, if these Crawfordians want to make a buck, they need to stop their whining and get to work! What are they waiting for, a government handout?
I like it. Or maybe they can convince a nearby town to change their town name to Antibush, and between the two, they can corner the Bush tourism dollars, the meager amount in support, the growing number against his Presidency.
Don’t blame the protesters…
if anything the protesters probably bolstered the tourist economy. when cindy sheehan was there, along with the array of protesters that joined her, no doubt they all spent money in crawford area businesses.
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