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Change Ikea Can Cash In On

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In the Washington area, the Swedish furnishings retailer has pathetically and unashamedly attached itself to president-elect Barack Obama's historic ass like a starving lamprey. These D.C. transit posters direct you to the website embracechange09.com. There, two animated men walk into an empty Oval Office and remove a last white sofa. The site's clock is counting down to four days before the inauguration when, apparently, Ikea's "Oval Office planner" will be up and running.. My prediction: you will be able to decorate the office with your choice of a limited selection of Ikea kräp...which is a pretty audacious scheme since none of the un-American rickety stuff would last four fucking years. When it comes to exploiting political events Ikea, take a lesson from ebay.

|Images: flickr/Sinksanctity|

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4 comments

by Copyranter on January 7, 2009

Comments (4)

It is disappointing to see Ikea latch itself onto the president-elect's success, but...
I have Ikea furniture that's lasted four years.

So, yeah. There's that.

Posted by Teri | January 8, 2009 3:16 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States: Allen Wrench.

Posted by Bob | January 8, 2009 9:32 AM

Hey Allen Wrench sounds like a "solid" citizen... Probably pretty handy too! ;-)

Ask anyone with a Poang chair if they last ::shrug::. IKEA's a bang for your buck store, if you buy the cheap stuff, it's, well, cheap. If you buy the more expensive stuff it's really nice. But don't let me derail your rant!

Posted by James | January 8, 2009 11:24 AM

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