Great news in class rings: Get your Obama tag now!
posted at 9:29 am on September 17, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Most of us who have gone through high school in America have class rings celebrating our graduation. I got my class ring — which I still have, almost thirty [choke] years later — from Jostens. At the time, as now, rings had the school mascot or symbol on one side of the ring and options for the other. Students chose from various symbols representing the school activity they most liked. I chose drama, other chose band, a sport, academics, and so on.
A reader tips me that Jostens has a new set of options for the era of Hope and Change, as seen on page 22 of their catalog:
Yes, along with one option each for Republican, Democrat, and Independent, students have two choices for Barack Obama, 44th President, for their high-school class rings. Presumably, students will choose this option because … why? Barack Obama was their greatest achievement in school? He was their favorite hobby? They made the varsity team in Hopeandchange?
No matter who’s President, the cult of personality this strongly suggests is just a little creepy. Somehow, I doubt that “Obama 44″ replaced “Bush 43,” though, in the Josten’s catalog.
In a way, I feel for the students looking at this option. After all, had Josten’s been doing this when I ordered mine, my choice would have been limited to … “Carter 39″.
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Those of you who are younger, trust me here. You’re gonna love it when this fool fails and is cast down in disgrace. All of this schlock will be like to tons of crap foisted off on us for the bicentennial and during the Carter administration: Billy Beer, rabbit pelts, peanut shells, hostage crisis calendars.
Maybe you will be able to get $12.34 + s&h on an eBay bid twenty years from now.
VoyskaPVO on September 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM
wha choo be tryinasay?
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
They should put one in a box of cracker jacks and kool-aid
bluegrass on September 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Exactly. I got a call for a class reunion, and my response was, “if I didn’t want to hang around with them then, why would I travel 900 miles to do it now?”
Vashta.Nerada on September 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Here’s the link to the catalog on their website (go to page 22), and they also have another Obama connection on there:
Brat on September 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
I like the idea. Makes it easier to weed them out during job interviews.
BacaDog on September 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
ACORN workers will be required to wear them.
bluegrass on September 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
And for the female students, two choices:
# of abortions
or
breast implant cup size
David2.0 on September 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
I got a military themed class ring after my second tour in Iraq.
I keep it around and wear it to cookouts and such because it makes a great bottle opener for German beers.
Spc Steve on September 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
++100
lovingmyUSA on September 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Maybe they can make an Obama mood ring,
it turns colours when,
Hope
Change
Lying!!
canopfor on September 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM
my friend
do you enjoy cold Pilsner Urquells?
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Of course, I forgot the girls rings..thanks for remembering.
Jeff from WI on September 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Meh.
Doorgunner on September 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Considering the nuclear option–maybe a Bloody Mary is a better choice…
lovingmyUSA on September 17, 2009 at 10:06 AM
Actually it is skoochidren
thomasaur on September 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM
wha choo be tryinasay?
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 10:02 AM
blatantblue: Sumpin about chilrens or dat about!!:)
canopfor on September 17, 2009 at 10:06 AM
The ring is made of tin and the stone is tinted glass paste?
And weighs next to nothing?
profitsbeard on September 17, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Glad Aggie rings never change. However, disappointed Bozo will be tainting the A&M campus soon.
txag92 on September 17, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Could be jihacking this thread, but could someone please explain why the 80s are described as the “Decade of Greed” but the 90s are not even though both were marked by substantial gains in the stock market? Also, how come those who invested with Bernie Madoff are described “victims” rather than “greedy”? Just askin’
ya2daup on September 17, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Nope, I’m not a big fan of pilsners. I prefer naturalische lagers, Helles, and hefeweizens, with Konig Ludwig as my far and away favorite brands.
Pils taste too much like American beers to me.
Spc Steve on September 17, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Ugh. This is just getting creepy.
loudmouth883 on September 17, 2009 at 10:09 AM
I like a good Hefe too
good man!
blatantblue on September 17, 2009 at 10:10 AM
Jeff from WI on September 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM
lovingmyUSA on September 17, 2009 at 10:10 AM
BWAHahahahahahahahh
Now thats looking at a glass half full!
Koa on September 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM
The Obama ring changes colors with mood swings.
jbh45 on September 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM
I’ve noticed the same thing!
This area went overwhelmingly for the filthy liar and yet you are more likely to find Kerry/Edwards stickers than Obama/Biden ones. What does that tell you?
Personally, I won’t put any political sticker on my car because there are too many people out there likely to key your paint for not supporting the thug in office.
highhopes on September 17, 2009 at 10:12 AM
$700 for a freaking school ring? Yeah we’re in some recession, even a depression I tell ya (rolls eyes).
angryed on September 17, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Ugh–class ring for 1968=Nixon
lovingmyUSA on September 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The Obama ring also will have no mention of your School name or location, just a genereic affirmation that you graduated from an American High School.
Koa on September 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The first step in the implementation of the Youth Corp.
Soon, schools using uniforms will convert to brownshirts & Phy Ed will start instruction on
Goosestepping.
Badger40 on September 17, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Screw Jostens. I missed-out on “REAGAN 40“
Mig on September 17, 2009 at 10:16 AM
A lot of BO stickers around here in LA area just after the election, but not so many now. In fact back in January/Februrary I would see hundreds on my commute each day. Most of the stickers were on large SUVs or on the higher priced foreign sedans. Now I see maybe a dozen on a bad day, less on a good day.
He’s epic failure and people don’t want to be identified with failure.
jbh45 on September 17, 2009 at 10:16 AM
I had my McCain/Palin sticker ripped off my car 3 times.
The crazies on the left are incapable of tolerating ANY opposition. Neither can 0bama, which is one reason why he’s collapsing so fast, thanks to the fluffers in the “mainstream” media, we have a president who was never challenged, never vetted. People who aren’t geeks like us had no idea of what they were voting for. Now they are seeing it and are appalled. At least a lot of them are.
wildcat84 on September 17, 2009 at 10:17 AM
The csars that aren’t really csars and can’t be called csars required to wear them.
bluegrass on September 17, 2009 at 10:17 AM
PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US SOMETHING MORE NEWSWORTHY TO READ
This is just too stressful to bear.
bluegrass on September 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM
VoyskaPVO on September 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Those were good times, weren’t they?
I could’ve had Reagan on my class ring, had the option been around, but I still wouldn’t have done it. As stupid as this is, I have to support capitalism. If Jostens thinks there is a market out there for this crap–and Nov. 4, sadly, proves there is–I wish them well. Heck, maybe there will be so many orders that Jostens will have to hire people. Then Crazy Uncle Joe can go on TV and talk about how the stimulus plan created these jobs.
NebCon on September 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM
I’m guessing it fills a demand. Simple economics will determine if this is a good idea or not. He’s more of a celebrity than a President at this point.
Asher on September 17, 2009 at 10:22 AM
That is such a disgrace!
PrototypeOne on September 17, 2009 at 10:23 AM
You mean he wasn’t on the cover?! Does The One get er, um…Royalties?
/sarc
Heh, so went to the catalog, and just below the Dear Reader’s rings is one for “Frisbee Golf”
I didn’t see any © or ® next to Frisbee…I’m guessing they don’t have permission for that. Call Wham-O! lawyers quick!
I just may have to post this ring thing to my FB page.
ornery_independent on September 17, 2009 at 10:25 AM
Cultists doing what cultists do. Obama worshippers=raelians
daesleeper on September 17, 2009 at 10:25 AM
I would have ‘Gerald Ford’ cut on my ’76 class ring! LOL!
NavyWife on September 17, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Me too! Class of 1980!
But I was too stupid at the time (and having too much fun) to know what I was missing.
ornery_independent on September 17, 2009 at 10:28 AM
I graduated in 1991, so it would have been George HW Bush for me.
wildcat84 on September 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Just another ODE to Obama
Obama Departmint of Edukkkashun
ornery_independent on September 17, 2009 at 10:35 AM
FIFY
ya2daup on September 17, 2009 at 10:36 AM
They already have that. It’s called Onyx.
John Deaux on September 17, 2009 at 10:36 AM
My kid is in High School. Newsflash for Obama. They don’t really like him very much at all. They think he’s full of crap. I was really surprised to hear this, but glad that not all kids are blind to this nuisance we call a president.
Key West Reader on September 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Oh, man, my daughter’s name is Emily–that just hurts.
Bob's Kid on September 17, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Ahhhh. Just to think…. I could have had “LBJ” on my class ring, just before he sent my ass to Vietnam. What a treasure that would have been……
Star20 on September 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM
I didnt even go to my own HS or college graduation, so def no ring. I would have gotten one if they would hav let me put “Nazi Punks” on one side and “F#ck Off” on the other, but I went to a private Christian school, so that was never going to happen…..
di butler on September 17, 2009 at 10:46 AM
And the White House is still reeling from the idea that they can’t get everything they want with a few publicity appearances. The Obama charm is long gone and they’ve got nothing as back-up.
Funniest “attack” I’ve seen was actually a red on blue skirmish. During the 2004 elections, there was a big Dem fundraiser involving a preview of Michael Moore’s anti-Bush movie. Patrons came out to find every car in the lot sporting a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker.
highhopes on September 17, 2009 at 10:49 AM
The more Obama gets shoved, forcefully, down everyone’s throats, the quicker everyone vomits Him up.
carbon_footprint on September 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM
My son-the future Marine-just ordered his class ring.
On it it has his school and class(2012).
It also has a Magen David-a nod to my Jewish heritage-and the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.
Notice-no mention of Zero.
annoyinglittletwerp on September 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Ring?
Hell, I’d need a glove… Eisenhower ’58,
heh
franksalterego on September 17, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Rahm Emmanuel probably has a Big Board tracking all the kids wearing the rings. Just saying.
Chris_Balsz on September 17, 2009 at 10:54 AM
I wonder how many of the people who think these things are so wonderful now will have the wisdom in the future to recognize their foolishness.
On a related note, when my husband and I were in DC for the 9/12 march, we walked by a store that was nothing but Obama memorabilia. We were tempted to walk in, take a bunch of stuff without paying for it, and hand it out on the street to people who were more deserving.
DrMagnolias on September 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Better buy your ring now while your parents can afford it. With crap and trade, obamacare, the tarp package, omnibus and the tons going towards the stimulis, this may be the last time anyone will evah be able to afford an obama ring, the only rings that we will be able to afford will be those pesky rings around the collar!!!.
margretto on September 17, 2009 at 11:07 AM
I wonder if the Obama insignia’s are just stickers stuck on the ring like the “Historical Obama Coin Set”that were stickers stuck on .50 cent pieces these hustler’s sold to the “smart ones” after the election.
These rings need to be more inclusive also.
Considering how my high school days were spent, I would have wanted a “Cheech and Chong” tag put on my ring.
Baxter Greene on September 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM
This is great we can now spot the enemy by ring choice.
Keep them out of the closet.
Local hock shop says this will be a big seller for the scrap value.
Col.John Wm. Reed on September 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM
I still have a Clinton watch that goes backwards toward impeachment.
barnone on September 17, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Right on the mark.
This American Idol routine is getting real old,real fast.
Baxter Greene on September 17, 2009 at 11:14 AM
A lot of BO stickers around here in LA area just after the election, but not so many now. In fact back in January/Februrary I would see hundreds on my commute each day. Most of the stickers were on large SUVs or on the higher priced foreign sedans. Now I see maybe a dozen on a bad day, less on a good day.
He’s epic failure and people don’t want to be identified with failure.
Neighbor washed car cleaned round spot sticker face down top shelf in garage,Very few o stickers in and around Austin.The few that are are on clunkers or yuppie rigs.Keep Austin Weird stickers also are seen on these cars.
Col.John Wm. Reed on September 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM
They got the names wrong. Where Shaniqua and Danibe?
Haunches on September 17, 2009 at 11:26 AM
We all know that the White kids who don’t get an Obama ring are racists!
OxyCon on September 17, 2009 at 11:28 AM
No use for a HS ring, but having one college? I’d wear that, but not if it looked like a HS ring. I like the ones with the university seal on them.
Never got one, though.
Bob's Kid on September 17, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Can we get an Obama 44, and a hand flipping a pretty birdie on that? LOL Just kidding. I don’t mean to offend, or disrespect, but some people, are carrying this a bit to far now. It’s not only creepy, it’s absurd!
capejasmine on September 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM
As a former jeweler, I can assure you that these will scrap out with a refiner just fine.
trigon on September 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
With the coming hyper inflation that works out to you paying the guy to take it off her hands.
Tim Burton on September 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM
FIFY
FontanaConservative on September 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM
I guess if Jostens thinks they can make money off of the President, I won’t make any complaints! They seem to think there is a demand for this and they are providing it, even if the folks at Jostens are diehard Democrat/Obama supporters. Yay capitalism!
Weebork on September 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM
We just moved and my son brought his class ring book home and I saw this in there. I told my husband this is disgusting that they have this in their book. Needless to say that his class ring isn’t going to have any of those on it. We moved to a red state now so I don’t think a lot of kids in this area will be buying rings with BO’s stuff on it. This is just stupid.
Brat4life on September 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM
You think that is creepy, just after the elections I was using a coffee shop in the Urbana IL public library for internet access. Laying out on the tables were various publications from different sections of the library aimed at bith young and old alike, as well as the day’s papers.
One book stood out as I noticed that it was selected with uncommon frequency, like every freakin day. Each morning as I passed by the tables by the door where thay were laid to my spot by the window, was this little gem.
Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle: 366 Ways He Really Cares, targeted for ages 6-12. WTF! Go here to see this monstrosity…
http://www.amazon.com/Barack-Obama-Your-New-Bicycle/dp/1592404162
…now I ask you what purpose is served by indoctrinating 6-12 yo’s who cannot vote until you are supposed be out of office anyways? Unless of course you have Chavez/Zelaya-like President-for-Life aspirations that is.
I mean why else would propose a budget that runs till 2019 if one had no intent to preside over it? Obama’s budgetary plan submitted to Congress does precisely that.
I know I risk being associated wih the tin-foil-club by pointing to these things, but along the lines of the old adage about ducks, if it sounds like Marx and acts like Mussolini, it is probably Obama!
Archimedes on September 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Racist!
LOL, you beat me to it!
atheling on September 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Woooowhoooo! With the price of gold going up everyday, these BHO rings may soon be worth their weight in dirt!
DuctTapeMyBrain on September 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM
With the ring comes instructions on how to safely install the BHO ring into the buyer’s nose. Makes it easier for the marxist regime to lead you around.
Another selling point tells the wearer of the BHO ring that you can play “state-run media” and allow your friends to “kiss the ring” just like they do in the white house press room.
sgtstogie on September 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Wow! the ‘Wrestling’* ring is in the same vicinity as all the ‘Political’ rings. Whodathunkit? I wanna get that ring!
*Yes I know it’s probably College Greco Roman wrestling.
PunditFight on September 17, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Racist!
LOL, you beat me to it!
Emily??? Seriously?
Haunches on September 17, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Obama bling
Hening on September 17, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Hawt.
Otherwise, waste of money. We didn’t purchase this crap. We spent money on youthful endeavors that drive the old folks nuts. Who is buying the junk now? Dorks?
tuffy on September 17, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Yeah, my “Nixon” class ring was cool until he resigned six weeks after graduation.
PatMac on September 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Speak for yourself, LOSER.
LOL
Dr. ZhivBlago on September 17, 2009 at 5:21 PM
10-year reunion rolls around, it’ll be amazing to see how many “lost” class rings there are.
notropis on September 17, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Ditto! My kids’ public elementary school didn’t even show Bambi’s speech. It’s funny, but even last year, my youngest came home talking about how McCain would be better than Obambi, and asked if I agreed. Mind you that was Pre-K. I then had to explain that McVain was only marginally the lesser of two evils and I prefered Fred, but by then he was already out. I told the kids to watch the real deal Sarah.
AH_C on September 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
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