Category: Politics

Make Your Own Political Hats & Tees at FunnyShirts.org

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At FunnyShirts.org, you can customize hats and tees for all the major candidates, of course:

But you can do so much more! Customize any design (or even start from scratch) to say literally whatever you want.

It’s wide open.

So it’s perfect for you local County Auditor elections, or School Board, or City Council.

But it’s also perfect for your bizarre Twitter Polls that snowball into throngs of people with passionate arguing for their side to win.

For example, Travis Helwig needed a nickname. He had 128 (!) possible nicknames that “you might overhear in a VFW” and created a series of twitter polls so that we could all help him narrow the list down to 1 champion nickname.

Travis is the Head Writer over at Crooked Media, a podcast company started by three Obama White House alums: Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, and Jon Favreau.

These guys all have huge twitter followings, and things got heated in the Final Four. Lovett stated firmly that he refused to call anyone “Tug”.

There was a strong argument for “Meatball”. Lots of accusations of election rigging and Russian bots.

Luckily for everyone involved, we were there to supply some custom hat and t-shirt ideas. Every campaign needs merch.

This might seem like a colossal waste of time on our part, but that’s where you are wrong!

We took one of our classic political templates, inspired by the Jesse Jackson ’88 Campaign Merch, customized them, and saved them as new designs. It took about three minutes.

That’s how easy it is to make your own campaign merch! So start making your own custom political tees today. It’s a good time.

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Make Your Own Custom Pete Buttigieg Shirts: It’s Pronounced Buddha Judge

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The race to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee is narrowing. Or is it widening? New people are jumping in every day! Now we got a guy named Seth? President Seth? Feels wrong.

But if you think it’s narrowing, then you probably see three candidates atop the polls: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Pete Buttigieg.

Pete Buttigieg?! Who saw this coming?!

We did! We first learned about Mayor Pete in 2017 when he ran for DNC Chair. He was little known outside of South Bend then. And to be honest, he didn’t get much love in the DNC either.

The race for chair came down to Tom Perez and Keith Ellison, and Perez squeaked it out.

But there was this one guy giving interviews at that time. Each answer was so thoughtful. Considered. Smart! It was hard not to like him.

So we liked him! And we still like him! And now he’s running for President and it just feels right.

His biggest obstacle might be the pronunciation of his name. How do you say it? We made custom shirts that help.

See our “It’s Pronounced Buddha Judge” Shirts here.

If you prefer “Boot Edge Edge (but you have to say it fast)” that’s fine too. Why? Because all of our designs are totally customizable. Change the text to say whatever you want. Choose your own favorite way to share Pete’s message.

Start customizing any of our Pete Buttigieg Shirts, Tanks, and Hats here.

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Promote the Green New Deal with Shirts and Hats

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Have you heard about the Green New Deal?

It’s a new proposal from the younger Democratic leaders who are about to take over the House of Representatives.

It combines two things everyone loves:

1. Not dying in a desolate wasteland caused by climate change.

2. Inspiration from Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Look around, fellow Americans. The country has gotten a lot richer in the past 40 years. But where has that wealth gone? To the poorest? To middle? Or almost entirely to the top 1%.

People are frustrated. They take their frustration out in a myriad of ways. Some don on a MAGA hat and vote for Donald Trump.

But there is a contradiction with most folks in MAGA Hats: their love of Trump and their love of this classic country song from the band called Alabama, Song of the South.

The song is a tribute to the FDR’s New Deal. Which seems incompatible to Trump’s views, right?

Daddy was a veteran, a southern democrat
They oughta get a rich man to vote like that

Already, we’ve got a democrat here. Interesting.

Cotton was short and the weeds were tall
But Mr. Roosevelt’s a gonna save us all

Looking to a Democrat president (a label that later applied to Obama) for help?

Well momma got sick and daddy got down
The county got the farm and they moved to town

Yikes. Sounds bad. Healthcare is a tricky subject. Trump is determined to destroy the Affordable Care Act, which seems to be bringing healthcare to a lot of people right now.

Pappa got a job with the TVA
He bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet

And here we have it. FDR did come to the rescue. The TVA is a reference to the Tennessee Valley Authority. It was an economic stimulus program (a classic move from a “Spendocrat”, amiright?) and it did two important things: helped bring electricity to rural parts of America AND it gave the dignity of work to tons of previously unemployed people.

The TVA was part of the New Deal, and the New Deal was a great idea that actually worked.

It’s time for another New Deal. A green one.

Look, we’re nearing the point of no return on Climate Change. In Back to the Future Part III, this was symbolized with a windmill.

In reality, it will be symbolized with a lack of windmills. A shortage of solar panels. And too many oil derricks. Too many mountains stripmined for coal.

The earth is getting warmer. Polar ice is melting. Soon the sea levels with rise. We can kinda-sorta slow it down if we act really fast.

But to act fast, we’ll need a major initiative from the Federal Government. The Green New Deal.

A new stimulus program to combine a jobs guarantee with carbon reduction. It’s a super smart move from these young Democrats, who might someday be referenced in the same breath as FDR. And perhaps a new Song of the South will be written.

If this sounds good to you, help promote it with Green New Deal hats, shirts, and tank tops. Tell the world by wearing it across your chest.

And hey, we get it. Super vibrant green doesn’t look great on everyone. That’s why we offer several shades of green. Pick the one that suits you.

Please feel free to add your own spin. Every design is totally customizable.

Green New Deal Apparel

Deal me in.

Following Up on Our Prediction for Beto’s Post-Election Speech

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Last month, we laid out an extremely specific prediction: the exact text Beto O’Rourke would use for his election night speech on November 6th, 2018.

Here’s what we got right:

  • Sadly, it would be a concession speech.
  • He would lose a close race.
  • His speech would make huge headlines.

Here’s what we got wrong:

  • Those headlines mostly focused on his use of the word “fuck”.
  • He did not announce a run for 2020.
  • We did not predict the number of other Texas races he helped to win.

At first, it seemed like a sad night in Texas. Beto had come close, within two and a half percentage points, but he didn’t win. Ted Cruz would be going back to the Senate for six (ugh) years.

But the closer we looked at other races around the state, the more apparent the impact of Beto’s campaign.

It was a huge surge of Democratic turnout, and maybe that wasn’t enough to tip the scales state-wide, but it sure was enough in certain localized areas. For example, look at Collin Allred in Dallas. He’s going to take his seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Allred was a terrific candidate and ran a great campaign. But does he get elected without the Beto-surge? Hard to say. Many people will use the term “coattails” here but that seems too disrespectful to Allred.

There’s also Lizzie Fletcher, soon to the representing parts of Houston in the House. Not to mention all the judges and other legislative seats.

We’re still hoping Beto runs in 2020. Surely an announcement is only moments away!

Until then, we’ll keep designing Beto 2020 hats and t-shirts… and even a few Beto Ugly Christmas Sweaters.

Beto O’Rourke in 2020: A Prediction from October 2018

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It is October 25th, 2018.

Beto O’Rourke is making some incredible progress in Texas. But it’s Texas.

Demographic changes have some people thinking that Texas will eventually turn blue. But is it ready yet? I’m not sure. But I have a prediction.

Mark it down. Come back in two weeks to see if I’m right. Come back in two years to see if I’m really right.


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Here goes:

Late at night on November 6th, Beto O’Rourke will take the stage to make a concession speech.

I hope he wins, but I think Texas is too red still.

Beto’s speech will sound something like this:

Thank you so much for your support. I’m sorry we couldn’t win this race.

In June, we were down 10 points.

In August, we were down 6 points.

In September, we were down just 3 points!

Today we lost by 1 point.

Imagine what we could have done with one more month.

Imagine what we could do with two more years.

**Pause while crowd gasps.**

This campaign is not ending tonight. I want to help Texas. To do that best, I think I need to help America.

This 2018 Senate Campaign is now a 2020 Presidential Campaign.

We’ve come this far. With another month, we would’ve won the senate. With another two years, we’ll win the White House.

Thank you.


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If this happens, I will be thrilled. I’ve already started designing the t-shirts and hats. Beto, feel free to use any of these. We’re keeping it simple right now.

See all of our Beto Shirts, Tanks, and Hats here.

Do you recognize the frame? That’s from Friends, the one that goes around the peephole. Because we’re all friends here. We need to watch out for each other. Look through that peephole of politics, and open that door. The door to progress. Okay, that part is terrible. Beto, don’t use that writing. But do use any of the hypothetical speech above.

One more prediction: Beto wins in 2020.