
Can #MakeAmericaGreatAgain make hats great again? (Steven Senne, AP)
Happy #BlackFriday, For the Record peeps! We hope you are full of turkey and mashed potatoes and that you didn’t get into too many arguments with your drunk relatives (unless you were the drunk relative, in which case, we salute you).
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The madness that is this great day of consumerism has already begun, and in honor of that, we’ve looked through the products on the candidates’ websites to help you find something for the political junkie in your life.
Jeb(!) Bush
Jeb(!)’s campaign store is filled with exclamation points galore, but we challenge you to look beyond the punctuation and instead pick up a Guaca Bowle
Ben Carson
Do you want to get a certain baby on the right path early? The “Future Neurosurgeon and President†onesie
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Hillary Clinton
We all mocked Hillary’s funny “H†logo when it came out. But for the bakers in your life, that oddly shaped letter may be just what they need to add to their cookie cutter set.
Ted Cruz
Coloring is so trendy, and don’t worry, y’all — Ted Cruz is on itWe ‘C’ Ted Cruz for President
Carly Fiorina
Pets needs love, too, which is why Fiorina has an entire section at her store dedicated to dog shirtsyou can go with a “Hillary Who?†shirt for your dog
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Mike Huckabee
Remember when Huckabee ran for president in 2008? You can commemorate that (and, you know, his current campaign) with an “I Like Mike†button. Bonus: when you buy 10 or more of them, you get a volume discount.
John Kasich
Most of Kasich’s stuff is pretty standard, so we went for the one thing that wasn’t like the others: a tumbler, for some of your beverage needs.
Martin O’Malley
When we read “O’M,†we think of yoga class, but we suppose you could think of O’Malley, too. And that’s why he put it on a T-shirt.
Rand Paul
There’s a lot of stuff out there about being anti-Hillary, but this thing on Paul’s site probably takes the cake: Hillary’s Hard Drive with a wiping cloth.
Marco Rubio
We love a good pun, and so does the Rubio camp, which is why the “Water Great Nation†water bottle exists.
Bernie Sanders
Let us reiterate: puns are the best. And the fact that it took this long to find a candidate who used “totes votin’†on a tote bag
Rick Santorum
It is slim pickings on the Santorum site (like, we’re talking six items), so we guess a bumper sticker will do?
Donald Trump
Do we even have to tell you? If you’re going to get anything from the Donald, it should probably be a #MakeAmericaGreatAgain hat. There are so many colors to choose from. Our pick: the camo one
Chris Christie, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki
No stores for these men. Gentlemen, how can you get your swagger back if you don’t have swag?
Enjoy your crazy shopping day!