Okay, so I’ve been slacking on schwag reporting the past two days. My bad. It is not for lack of awesome schwag. Just lack of wireless. Rest assured that daily schwag of awesomeness is retroactive.

Today’s Schwag of the Day comes to us from a vendor named Brian on the south side of U St. NW between 12^th and 13^th, right across the street from Ben’s Chili Bowl. I’ll let this picture speak for itself.

Barackondom? Obamacondom? Protectobama?

They were originally two bucks but I talked him down to three-for-five. Cheaper than a baby anyway. Brian gave us the hard sell (yeah, sick pun, I know) by convincing us that there are certain kinds of schwag that don’t appreciate in value over time, but an “Obamacondom” just might be worth something someday. He described how some original Reagan button sold for like a thousand bucks at auction a couple weeks ago. Actual quote from Brian: “I mean, this is something you can give your grandkids. It may be dried out, but it could be worth a lotta money.”

He actually said “dried out!”

Personally, I have little intention to give this to any future grandchild. Chances are pretty close to nil. Kind of a mixed message I’m thinking. And I’m not certain about it holding it’s value. I imagine a Bill Clinton condom would be worth quite a bit these days, though.