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Who's counting? When it comes to Bush, lots of people
By William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers
* Posted on Friday, October 26, 2007
WASHINGTON - As Campaign '08 rages on and Hillary, Rudy, Barack and Mitt buttons dot the political landscape, a deeply unpopular President Bush is proving that he may be going but he's clearly not forgotten.
Key chain-sized clocks that count down the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the end of the Bush administration have become hot items for Democrats - and some Republicans - who probably don't hum "Never Can Say Goodbye" when they think of Bush.
"The clocks give people hope. It's a countdown to a new start, a fresh beginning," said Vince Ponzo, a 33-year-old New York City Democrat who began selling the key chain-sized digital clocks shortly after Bush's second inauguration in 2004. "We've sold about 110,000."
Business has been so good that Ponzo started selling larger desktop and wall-sized countdown clocks at his www.backwardsbush.com Web site.
He said he began selling the clocks - made in China - as a novelty item, but he soon discovered that they took on a cause-like identity, with lawmakers and celebrities flashing them as a sign of their political discontent.
Hillary and Bill Clinton each have Bush countdown clocks, given to them as gifts. So do New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson, Comedy Central comedian Stephen Colbert and actress Susan Sarandon.
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