Amazon.com listing had Barack Obama Halloween mask under 'terrorist'
You know that argument the John McCain-Sarah Palin campaign has been relentlessly making that Barack Obama "pals" around with terrorists such as '60s ex-radical William Ayers?
And they say this reflects on his poor judgment becaus
e of other associates such as Rev. Jeremiah Wright and newly-convicted Tony Rezko?
And worried Obama PR folks jump right on the e-mail whenever Obama and Ayers and the word "friend" appear together anywhere, even though Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Obama chief strategist David Axelrod have called them friends or friendly.
Anyway, a listing on Amazon.com, one of the largest and most successful online merchandisers in the world, seemed to come down even beyond the Republicans' side -- for a while anyway. With Halloween just days away, they're making a bundle off a $49.95 Barack Obama mask.
Which was displayed on the "terrorist costume" page.
You read that right!
(UPDATE: Amazon's listing seems to have caught itself and deleted the Obama mask from the terrorist page. However, before that happened, The Ticket captured a photo. See below.)
Click on the Read more line below and see the online display....
...picture for yourself. There's the Democrats' presidential candidate smiling right under the headline "Terrorist Costume."
For comparison purposes, a Hillary Clinton mask is going for only $6.95 (down from $12.99). Even with her 18 million votes. The Sarah Palin mask, however, is going for $25 (Deluxe versions cost 98 cents more, but it's eligible for free shipping).
The Joe Biden T-shirts and life-size cutouts (sorry, no mask) have been marked down. The John McCain page offers paper masks for 99 cents and a rubber one for $12.90 (marked down from $16.99).
While the "Sexy McCain Trophy Perfect Wife Halloween Costume" goes for only $14.94 (no doubt because there's really not that much to it).
The Obama terrorist page listed related searches as "arab costume, terrorist."
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Amazon.com page formerly advertising a Barack Obama Halloween mask under "terrorist costume":
Image Credit: Top of the Ticket blog
Here's the Deluxe version of the Barack Obama mask available on Amazon.com ($19.99). Pretty scary, allright:
Good for amazon. At least someone wants to get the word out that all of America is being played a fool.
Posted by: Andrew | October 27, 2008 at 05:28 AM
If the mask fits, label it. It should be a sheep to cover the face of the wolf.
Posted by: sly | October 27, 2008 at 05:30 AM
This is disgusting. I have bought a LOT of stuff from Amazon. They are now on my list with Walmart of places not to shop.I am waiting to see if they have the class to apologise. (There is a reason I divorced the Brit I was married to. Creeps)
Posted by: Patsy | October 27, 2008 at 05:32 AM
Aren't those user-created search tags? I don't think it's Amazon's fault.
Posted by: Matt | October 27, 2008 at 05:33 AM
You can not make jokes about Obama, hi's the messiah.
I love amazon and I will shop more from now on.
Posted by: ssd | October 27, 2008 at 05:34 AM
Barack Obama and Ayers are friends?
Before he is even president Barack is trying to persecute a press person in Orlando.
Barack Obama wants to spread the wealth.
Oh you poor poor liberals who hate capitalism.
Are you so blind that you can't research that these are the same speeches that Hitler made in the 1930's to entice the poor German people that it was time for them to be something.
Only you can make yourself something.
Only you are the driving force that can get you off your ass and contribute to society.
"Oh save me Barack, oh save me. I am such a loser please save me."
"Here's my liberty and my property just save me from the boogey man."
Posted by: Demosthenes | October 27, 2008 at 05:35 AM
Don't be naive, this will not effect sales at Amazon.com
"one of the largest and most successful online merchandisers in the world, "
Posted by: BoSox23 | October 27, 2008 at 05:35 AM
This is sick and very twisted. The McCain campaign will stop at nothing to continue the negative attacks. And the only reason for the negative attacks is because he does not have any solutions for the real issues that America is facing right now!!!! He is out of touch with America. But I guess those who thought that this was funny from Amazon.com agrees with McCain and his twisted issues. I WILL NEVER SHOP AMAZON.COM AGAIN! KNOW THIS! And I will pass this along to my friends and I assure you that they will not shop here again. What a shame and the holiday season is here... Bad For Business.
Posted by: Shay | October 27, 2008 at 05:36 AM
I thought that a reputable company such as Amazon.com would be more careful about screening all politically themed items BEFORE advertising . With the present politically charged atmosphere, this will probably hurt Amazon's sales.
Either way, Amazon.com should publically appologize to all, especially to its customers.
Posted by: KBP | October 27, 2008 at 05:37 AM
is this really going to stop you from buying that hard-to-find cd or that wicked cheap book?
-c'mon
Posted by: BoSox23 | October 27, 2008 at 05:38 AM
No, it has NOT been removed as if 8:35AM EDT. Go to Amazon and search for "terrorist costume". There is only one hit....Barack. I was an early adopter of Amazon shopping, but this is the end of my many years of doing business with them. Spread the word....I will.
Posted by: Giles | October 27, 2008 at 05:38 AM
Listen to all of the liberals! So offended, they are... Gonna stop shopping at Amazon, cause they are part of a "Right Wing Conspiracy"! These same liberals would be praising Amazon had it been Bush's or McCain's mask listed under the terrorist category.
Aren't there bigger issues?
Posted by: Cogito | October 27, 2008 at 05:39 AM
I just went to Amazon (8:40 a.m. in Virginia) and searched for "mask terrorist" and the mask was the #4 item pictured! I called Amazon immediately and spoke to someone to lodge a complaint. I will check again in an hour to see if they fix this. INEXCUSABLE! I will also be sending an e-mail to the "seller," because the seller most likely tags the item to appear in searches.
Posted by: Jennifer | October 27, 2008 at 05:42 AM
Search for 'Terrorist Costume" at Amazon under "Apparel and Accessories" (not under "all departments") to get the one hit retrun of the Obama mask.
Posted by: Giles | October 27, 2008 at 05:43 AM
This bothered me at first, too. But it seems like it is the result of whatever technology they have crawling the text of the product pages on Amazon, and not the nefarious workings of a covert political operative. If you do a search in Apparel for terrorist shirt, you get a bunch of Obama 2008 t shirts, but you also get McCain Palin shirts, Hillary 2008 shirts, and Vote Republican shirts.
Posted by: Steve | October 27, 2008 at 05:45 AM
The listing under terrorist is still there! Amazon.com doesn't police its sellers and should be boycotted!!!
Posted by: David Blackburn | October 27, 2008 at 05:48 AM
I am saddened by this. I will never shop on Amazon again. Everyone and any organisation has a right to support a candidate in an election but to go this far is just terrible. I guess corporate responsibility, ethics and decency are not practices akin to Amazon.com. It is a sad day for me as a former amazon cutomer who had spent thousands of pounds with them and rely on them for much.
Posted by: Rita Adaba | October 27, 2008 at 05:49 AM
The mask is still there. Amazon has not corrected the problem.
Posted by: Rob | October 27, 2008 at 05:51 AM
So all of you people just simply associate anything Arab with terrorism?!
Posted by: Tarek | October 27, 2008 at 05:58 AM
They will neve have to worry about me shopping there again even if they apologize.
Posted by: Angellight | October 27, 2008 at 05:58 AM
IT'S STILL LISTED UNDER "TERRORIST COSTUME"... SHAME ON AMAZON!!! DEMAND THAT THEY REMOVE IT FROM THIS CATEGORY AND BOYCOTT AMAZON THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON!!!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_a?url=node%3D258061011&field-keywords=terrorist
Posted by: Alterna | October 27, 2008 at 06:08 AM
Count me in as one of those who will never shop Amazon again!
Posted by: becky | October 27, 2008 at 06:08 AM
The fact of the matter is that this mask is being sold by a third party vendor. Similar to Ebay, Amazon lets customers set up storefronts with their merchandise. The Obama Mask is in the lineup of such a third party vendor, newbury__comics. Their entire storefront (including the Obama mask) can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&me=AOPB0TPAXORXC
Therefore, the responsibility for this lies with the third party vendor who submitted product descriptions, titles and keywords and not with Amazon.
This is shabby reporting.
Posted by: Michael | October 27, 2008 at 06:18 AM
I was appalled at this information. So much for being fair and impartial! I live on the east coast and I went to amazon.com at approximately 8:00 am and it was still listed under terrorist masks. Does that mean that the McCain mask is listed under old and desperate? I will not be doing any further business with that site. Ebay here I come...........
Posted by: Debby Clark | October 27, 2008 at 06:40 AM
FOR ALL OF YOU " AMAZON.COM"
That was a very stupid move you guys did, like McCain wanted to stop his campain in order to rescue WallStreet !
Sadly, a company that sales BOOKS is SO LOW in culture, literature, civility, etc.
I normally spend about € 700 (yaeh, Euros ! ) per year, buying books from your company.
YOU LOOSE ANOTHER VALUABLE COSTUMER !!!
Shame on your intentionally "Mistake" ! On this TRICK you can't outsmart the clever ones.
Posted by: Liah | October 27, 2008 at 06:45 AM