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In this appearance on CBS, Matt Damon breaks down the possibility of Sarah Palin taking over the Presidency, if her 72-year-old running mate were to become seriously ill. Just how likely is that? When you factor in the logic of Garry South over at Politico.com, President Palin looks like a bone-chilling possibility. He states: For most of the campaign, McCain has been schlepping around his 96-year-old mother, Roberta, as a testament to the longevity in his family. And God bless her, she seems like a spunky and tart-tongued lady. McCain himself may live to be 100 — and I hope he does. But what he probably would prefer voters not focus on is the paternal lifespans in his family. His father, a Navy admiral, passed away at 70 — two years younger than McCain is today. His paternal grandfather, also an admiral, died at 61, 11 years younger than McCain is today…The average life expectancy for an American male at present is 75.4 years. As of today, McCain is just three and half years short of that statistic — and a presidential term is four years long, as we all know. Is this lifelong NRA member and PTA Mom-turned-Governor from Alaska is a woman in touch with the needs of our entire country? I’m a woman and I rooted for Hillary, but I have to side with Matt on this one-Governor Palin is a presidential nightmare. J*Rock a.k.a. Jason Feinberg, Founder of Jailbreak Toys, traveled to the Democratic National Convention to participate in the Manifest Hope exhibition, and to sell his famous Obama Action Figure. J*Rock was interviewed by National Public Radio about his experience at the DNC and his hopes for Obama and the new generation of voters. Brooklyn artist and creator of the Obama Action Figure, Jason Feinberg was featured in Denver’s Rocky Mountain News during the Democratic National Convention. Check it out… Artists Join the Crush of Street Peddlers Offering SouvenirsBy Joyzelle Davis, Rocky Mountain News | Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Alyssa Zeller holds an Obama action figure for sale on the 16th Street Mall on Monday. More than 680 people applied for peddler’s licenses for the week of the Democratic convention. More than 680 people applied for peddler’s licenses to sell their wares during the DNC this week, according to the city of Denver, compared to 80 during last year’s World Series. Some of the vendors are artists and entrepreneurs who designed their souvenirs themselves. Here are profiles of three: * Jason Feinberg designed and sold whimsical action figures like Che Guevara, Beethoven and Malcolm X for three years as a sideline while he worked as a English as a second language teacher. Then Barack Obama changed his life. Feinberg, who founded Jailbreak Toys, started churning out the Barack Obama figure as soon as the Illinois Senator won the Iowa caucus this January. The $13 doll turned into an immediate hit, and soon Jailbreak was supplying the toy to Urban Outfitters, Borders and selling it online. Feinberg brought 5,000 of the dolls with him from his home in Brooklyn to Denver, where he and his girlfriend, Alyssa Zeller, are selling them in a cart across the street from Writer’s Square. The dolls sold well enough to allow him to quit his teaching job in June and devote himself full time to the business. “I often think how strange it is to have my fortune tied to someone I’ve never met,” said Feinberg, 31. Feinberg is donating $1 to the Obama campaign for every doll that Jailbreak sells – until Jailbreak hits the campaign contribution limit of $2,300. Jailbreak also makes a McCain action figure, but only because one of his retail clients said it couldn’t sell the Obama doll without providing bipartisan balance. Feinberg has no plans to set up shop at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul next week, however. “It just wouldn’t feel right,” he said. 
This is the sexiest breakdown you’ll ever see of an election overview. This hilarious animation by GOOD magazine even makes John look good decent better. Not only that, but Barack has a ‘fro, which is very becoming on him, and the animators make Ohio look like Tawny Kitaen (for those of you born a bit later in life, they make Ohio look hotter than Eva Mendes after a lengthy jog in August.) Brilliant creators Chris Weller and Max Joseph get down and dirty with the facts on Election 2008-get in on the action! 
At Jailbreak Toys, we celebrate genius on the daily with our evolutionary action figures of distinction. Today, we’d like to recognize the genius behind the YouTube Hit (1,784,593 views to date) Barack Roll. The artist behind this video has taken an almost painful Rick Astley song from 1987, “Never Gonna Give You Up,” and revamped it, with the help of Barack Obama, into a millenial classic. His name is Hugh Matkin and he is a great, great man.  Every superhero deserves to be captured in action figure form, and Obama is no exception. Even measuring in at only 6 inches, this mini powerhouse makes you wanna shout, “Yes We Can!” In the world of toys, this little guy is undoubtedly the superstar of the hour. The Obama Action Figure brings hope to any desktop, window sill, bookshelf, toy bin, and dashboard. Barack is the man, and we want to make him President of the United States, so a portion of the proceeds from every sale of the Obama Action Figure at JailbreakToys.com goes straight to his campaign fund. TOYS FOR CHANGE!
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