Etch A Sketch sales up over 1,500% after Romney campaign gaffe - Polidicks

[quote] Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may not be president yet but his campaign is already helping to improve the economic outlook for one company. Ohio Art told Raw Story on Thursday that the company welcomed a spike in share prices and toy sales after a Romney staffer’s gaffe that compared the campaign to an [URL="http://www.world-of-toys.com/Etch_A_Sketch_p/505.htm"]Etch A Sketch[/URL]. “It’s very exciting,” Ohio Art spokeswoman Nicole Gresh remarked. During [URL="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/21/adviser-romney-will-change-positions-like-an-etch-a-sketch-after-primary/"]a Wednesday interview on CNN[/URL], John Fugelsang had asked Romney Communications Director Eric Fehrnstrom if an extended primary against Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum would “force the governor to tack so far to the right it would hurt him with moderate voters in the general election?” “I think you hit a reset button for the fall campaign,” Fehrnstrom replied. “Everything changes.” “It’s almost like an Etch A Sketch,” he added. “You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again.” By the end of the day, both Santorum and Gingrich were bringing the mechanical drawing toys to their political rallies, and Ohio Art’s stock price had [URL="http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/03/etch-a-sketch-s.php"]more than tripled[/URL] from $4 to $12.50 at closing. At the time of publication, shares were up 241 percent over Tuesday’s closing price. “Happy to see Etch A Sketch, an American classic toy, is DRAWING attention with political candidates as a cultural icon and important piece of our society,” Ohio Art said in an email to Raw Story. “A profound toy, highly recognized and loved by all, is now SHAKING up the national debate. Nothing is as quintessentially American as Etch A Sketch and a good old fashion political debate.” Gresh told Raw Story that Ohio Art would be sending Etch A Sketches to Romney, Gingrich and Santorum in the near future. “The left and right knobs on the Etch A Sketch appeal to both parties,” she explained. Update: Ohio Art Senior VP Marketing & Product Development Martin Killgallon explained the surge in stock prices to Raw Story. “We feel our stock has gone up over the past 24 hours due to an increase in consumer exposure and an anticipated increase in product sales,” he said. And Killgallon could be right because Etch A Sketch sales are [URL="http://mashable.com/2012/03/22/etch-a-sketch-sales/"]up over 1,500 percent[/URL] on Amazon since Wednesday morning.[/quote] [url]http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/22/etch-a-sketch-companys-stock-up-over-240/[/url]

[quote=Article]“Happy to see Etch A Sketch, an American classic toy, is DRAWING attention with political candidates as a cultural icon and important piece of our society,” Ohio Art said[/quote] Oh damn, they've done the puns for us.

[QUOTE=Jad Hinto;35254938]Oh damn, they've done the puns for us.[/QUOTE] I'm drawn to this comment.

Did people not know what an etch a sketch is or is this how the supply and demand works?

The invisible hand of the market is really goddamn stupid

[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;35254970]Did people not know what an etch a sketch is or is this how the supply and demand works?[/QUOTE] People were reminded how much fun they were and went out to buy one again, that is what happened.

[quote]“Happy to see Etch A Sketch, an American classic toy, is DRAWING attention with political candidates as a cultural icon and important piece of our society,”[/quote] [quote] “A profound toy, highly recognized and loved by all, is now SHAKING up the national debate. Nothing is as quintessentially American as Etch A Sketch and a good old fashion political debate.”[/quote] [quote]“The left and right knobs on the Etch A Sketch appeal to both parties,” she explained.[/quote] This is one [i]punny[/i] article.

We will never let the etch a sketch comment go and it was the perfect political suicide. Great to see a Santorum running against Obama.

Mitt Romney is still going to win the primary.

[QUOTE=Jad Hinto;35254938]Oh damn, they've done the puns for us.[/QUOTE] Quick, shake the quote box and nobody will know that the puns were already made. They'll just be wondering why you quoted a bunch of empty space.

Dammit I should of chosen them for my econ class stock simulation

Well, his campaign always was a little sketchy. I was drawn to disbelief after the many disasters that have occurred. He has etched himself into the wall of failures as a political candidate.

More proof that people are idiots this is just like how when a famous person dies and suddenly their products become popular again

[QUOTE=CakeMaster7;35258009]More proof that people are idiots this is just like how when a famous person dies and suddenly their products become popular again[/QUOTE] uhh not really. Sales for a product increase the more visible it is. It says nothing about the intelligence of the consumers buying the product

I wonder, how many of them has been sent to Romney or any of the people related to his campaign?

Yeah, it's advertising, but do you really want people to associate your product with... Him?

Soon hundreds of companies paying Romney to endorse products in his speeches

[QUOTE=GameDev;35258692]Soon hundreds of companies paying Romney to endorse products in his speeches[/QUOTE]"I'm Mitt Romney, and this is my favorite franchise in the country."

[QUOTE=GameDev;35258692]Soon hundreds of companies paying Romney to endorse products in his speeches[/QUOTE] I hope a dildo firm does this

Well what do you know, he really did help the economy