The Johnson City Press in Tennessee carries this report about the plight of Dan Fuchs, owner of a small printing company called the “Graphic Edge,” which specializes in novelty items like bumper stickers, coffee mugs and T-shirts.
The number one seller for Fuchs was anti-Barack Obama merchandise, which accounted for over half of his merchandise. Fuchs was seeing an increase in business at his kiosk when The Mall gave him an eviction notice last Friday.
“I was upset about it, of course,” he said prior to receiving the notice. “That’s my livelihood.”
This is not the first time this type of incident has been reported. In July, Seeing Red AZ wrote about a Charlotte, North Carolina mall that terminated the lease of entrepreneur Loren Spivack‘s “Free Market Warrior” at Concord Mills. His kiosk shop which sold items such as “Impeach Obama” bumper stickers and baby bibs that say, “My parents chose life. Thanks Mom and Dad!” was given short notice to vacate.
Ever wonder how many stores had their leases terminated for selling anti-Bush merchandise? We were unable to locate a single one.
And after the Drudge Report carried the news, the Johnson City Press said its website was so overloaded, that it shut down. The small town newspaper wrote, “We only have a certain amount of resources at our disposal and at one point today we were getting roughly 5,500 hits per hour. We are making every effort possible to keep things working on our end.”
Obviously this story detailing the trouncing on First Amendment freedoms piqued the interest of readers around the country. That’s the good sign.
Double standards are at play here. I also did a Google search and found NOTHING on any shop being evicted from a mall for selling merchandise with an ant-President George W. Bush theme. Such shops would probably have had their rent reduced!
Double standard? Yes! Of the worst kind. It was fine to ridicule President Bush, even down to making allegations that he was in on the 9/11 terrorist attcks. Can you imagine the hew and cry if such things had been said about Obama? The bogus charge of racism would have been hauled out and waved around again. That’s the reliable flag to run up the pole whenever it suits the purposes of the left.
Disrespecting zee “annointed vun” vill not be tolerated, dumpkoff! Now, submit to ze full body cavity search, zen kneel to zee all powerfull vun, und remember zat ze guvmint vill take care of EVERYTHING!
can I go to th’ bathroom now? I’m feelin’ a little…sick…
The more the Dems play these games the more people will get riled up about it. The arrogance of this party is beyond anything I have seen in my lifetime. As I have said before, I pray it brings them crashing down to earth-and unemployment- soon.
“We thank all the viewers, readers and listeners for your ongoing support. Your responses, emails and telephone calls have been overwhelming.”
Graphic Edge has reopened online http://www.graphicedgeonline.com , and a portion of the proceeds from sales will go to our legal fund to help in our fight against our wrongful eviction from the Mall at Johnson City.
The website will be expanding and evolving over the next several weeks. Please keep checking back, as we will be adding new merchandise and special offers.
For those who wish to have a custom order, please contact us by email at graphicedgeonline@gmail.com
Thanks again, Team Graphic Edge
As readers of Seeing Red AZ are aware, it is our policy to disallow links within addresses of commenters on this site. However, in this case, we are happy to make an exception and encourage our readers to check out the selection of T-Shirts and bumper stickers for sale at the Graphic Edge.
Good luck John and Dan. I‘m sending a link to the “Graphic Edge” online store to my list along with this explanatory post on Seeing Red. Obama does NOT rule the universe.