Vampire Face Make Up

"Barakula" - a mask representing the president Barack Obama as a vampire - is among the haunts political hairstyles on sale for Halloween, a festival these days seems to be just as much for adults as for children.

Of course, if you find Sarah Palin to be a real fear, you can get a sniper Makeover - bouffant wig, rimless glasses and "You bet!" Button - faster than you can say "Tina Fey.

The two items, on sale at Halloween Express, a national chain of Halloween, a market of more and more costumes that play on today's headlines.

"You can tell a lot about what happens in Washington by what people wear costumes," said Jon Majdoch of BuyCostumes.com, a major online costume.

"We have accurately predicted the last six presidential elections based solely on sales of mask, Majdoch said. "This time last year, people bought Barack Obama ( President Obama Swing Analysis ) masks. They were clearly outselling the McCain masks. "

Even so, it is difficult to see how Obama supporters may interpret the sale of a sharp Marsh, latex-Fang teeth providing the president as a good thing. This could be the best example of that old adage, "There is no such thing as bad publicity."

"I've seen some pretty wild costumes," said Majdoch. "But this is politics first vampire that I remember."

The endurance of Palin, costume last year - popular and always very popular this year - might say something on the future of the former governor of Alaska.

In comparison, the mask fellow Republicans Mitt Romney now haunts the churchyard $ 5.99 otherwise known as the clearance section at CostumeSupercenter.com - where you will find the mask of Hillary Clinton.

Halloween is now a company $ 4.75 billion. Spending is down, the average consumption should have $ 56.31 this year, off nearly 10 a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation. But that only heightened the competition between customers.

The Bernie Madoff "Mr. Ponzi" mask is a way to exorcise these demons recession.

"We see a lot of people combining masks of Mr. Ponzi" with keeping the jail as a way of celebrating his sentence of 150 years, "said Meredith Abraham, vice president of AnyTimeCostumes.com.

The mask of Madoff not hit the market until this year. Customers need several months to bring a suit in production, and that the scandal broke too late to figure in sales of Halloween last year.

That explains why you will not see people running around in masks and Mark Sanford of hiking boots. But other media vortices are well represented.

The "Eight Is Too Much" Kate Gosselin wig is one of BuyCostume.com of the most popular articles. This culture just blond screams home haggard.

The OctoBabies "offers a costume to take even more aggressive about motherhood. For $ 36.99 you get a sling khaki stuffed dolls eight 5-inch, ultra-short shorts and high boots.

With all the little tykes attached to your side, you can even get more candy.

Of course, Halloween gives us all an opportunity to reinterpret the current events. undocumented foreigners can be described as space creatures with fake green cards. And bagging a tea can be a guy in a giant tea bag, with sexual jokes and political commentary are all left to the discretion of the user.

"I think that Halloween belongs to Michael Jackson." Thriller zombies "have always been great. But with his death they are even more, "says Ben Armstrong, the Haunted House Association.

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