Bush Campaign Gear Made In Burma (Bush Banned Burmese Imports)

[THUNDER HANDS]

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzsell0319,0,4764348.story?coll=ny-business-headlines

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The official merchandise Web site for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign has sold clothing made in Burma, whose goods were banned by Bush from the U.S. last year to punish its military dictatorship.

The merchandise sold on www.georgewbushstore.com includes a $49.95 fleece pullover, embroidered with the Bush-Cheney '04 logo and bearing a label stating it was made in Burma, now Myanmar. The jacket was sent to Newsday as part of an order that included a shirt made in Mexico and a hat not bearing a country-of-origin label.

[displacedtexan]

1. These people never cease to amaze, do they?

:mad:

[mtnester]

39. CNN (Dobbs) about to do story on this

eom

[analogman]

2. I'm shocked!

Does this mean I have to return the case of Bush-Cheney '04 toilet paper I just bought?

[ParanoidPat]

47. No, it's made from the pulp of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.......

......not to mention the uncounted Florida ballots from 2000 and 2002! :(

[grannylib]

51. *lololol* good one, hee hee!!

[mobuto]

3. Aung San Suu Kyi sends her thanks

Kerry campaign material is made in the United States by union workers. Bush crap is produced in a warlord state. Ah, the contrast...

[THUNDER HANDS]

4. they think they're so slick

Burma changes it's name and Bush thinks nobody will notice.

[Ryan10]

5. Funny,

I would have expected...Made in China (by political prisoners)!

When do people begin to realize that this 'God Hearing' administration have no scruples whatsoever?

Can we please send this fellow back to Crawford so he can open his Presidential 'pop-up book' Library!!!

[KoKo]

6. Burma has become What??? I am truly out of it !

I'm embarrassed I've never heard of Myanmar....:-(

[mobuto]

10. The US doesn't recognize Myanmar

The military junta changed Burma's name to Myanmar, but we don't recognize the change because of who made it. We do, however, readily import their Bush campaign materials.

[KoKo]

7. PS...Wouldn't Lou Dobbs just love this story? Myanmar's making Chimps

election merchandise?

[havocmom]

8. Does Dobbs have this info yet?

How about Jon Stewart?
:evilgrin: If not, they will shortly. Just doin' my part to pi$$ off the radical right.

[goclark]

11. Get this to Lou Right Away

Do all the Unions know about this?

[tandot]

9. Our honorable president would never do such a thing...

it would be like saying that Iraq had WMD or there was a link between Saddam and 9-11

...oh wait, he did say that! I hope the Kerry campaign and the media is paying attention to that.

And we thought Nixon was a crook

[grannylib]

52. Oh but Nixon was a man of character, says Buchanan...more character

than John Kerry, says Pat the Fat...
what a crock...who the fuck does he expect to believe that???

[KoKo]

12. Lands End just laid off workers! Bush Campaign should have used Land's End

Needs to be Screaming Headline: Iowa Land's End Workers Lose Jobs/Bush Outsources Campaign Merchandise Contract to Burma!


Check this out:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=432115&mesg_id=432457&page=

[tlcandie]

13. Shows the American people exactly what this cabal wants in lieu

of workers, their wages and benefits...SLAVE labor/sweatshop conditions! It is a direct slap in the face of Americans knowing how sensitive the American people are now moreso than ever due to so many job layoffs!

IDIOTS and FOOLS!

[ignatius]

33. Earlier this week Powell assured India, that the Bush

administration would not try to halt the outsourcing of high tech jobs to India.

What an outrage..the job of this administration is supposed to be to protect the interest of AMERICANS. They only work to portect the pockets of themselves and their wealthy friends.

COL, why can't middle America figure this out?

I sent a letter to our rag paper, the Indianapolis Star, because their was not ONE word about Powell's comments. Sadly, there still isn't.

Greedy,despicable, liars.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/17/international/asia/17POWE.html?hp

[phillybri]

14. Assholes....

:grr:

[Caution]

15. Bush - Doing what he can to get rid of jobs...

Campaign gear made in Burma (by an outlaw regime no less) and campaign fund-raising call center in India, Pakistani military doing the hunting for Bin Laden, what's next?

[havocmom]

16. No more Spalding products for this household

Hope all the soccer moms get wind of this.

Textile workers getting as little as seven cents an hour,

and this little tidbit from the story:
<snip> Human rights watcher Charles Kernaghan, director of the National Labor Committee, said the slip-up showed a lack of conviction on the administration's part. "Given the debate about outsourcing, it's amazing that the campaign would be selling stuff made in the most brutal country on earth, known for things like child labor and sexual slavery," he said. "It shows a crude indifference to this issue."

[Ravy]

17. Why wasn't the headline Bush Supports Military Dictatorships!

On second thought, that is common knowledge.

[jackstraw45]

18. Thugs doing business with thugs

Sound familiar?:

""U.S. imports of Burmese products have been bankrolling Burma's brutal dictatorship," said Rep. Tom Lantos, the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee. "Burma's major exporters are either owned by the ruling thugs or are intricately tied to the government."

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/6402601.htm?1c

[Poiuyt]

19. I do NOT support brutal dictatorships like Burma

Therefore, I will not vote for bush. Nothing you can say will change my mind.

[Teaser]

20. Why isn't the Kerry campaign speaking out about this?

It's a great issue for them. GREAT issue.

[matcom]

21. I just sent this to the Kerry Campaign

i would LOVE to see a statement, on the air, from Idaho! you?

hey, somebody send this to CARVILLE!

[Tuttle]

32. Call their 800 number and speak to Eric

I just talked to them - it went something like this

"These were supplied by a distributor who had them in stock before the embargo..."

"So, then do you think embargos work?"

"????"

"Were they embroidered before the embargo?"

"??? Yes, I mean no... ???"

"How much do they cost?"

"We don't have any more -- "

"Well then that's a collector's item... how much?"


BTW, this transpired with a suit, not the poor devil answering the phone...

Call this number 800-388-8755
and visit their parent company
http://www.spalding-group.com/

Tut-tut

[SilasSoule]

22. So would the world be a better place

without this Burmese military dictatorship?

Do they have their own rape rooms?

[havocmom]

23. "Look for the union label

when considering choosing a leader of the free world.

Seems the Bush/Cheney campaign on-line store (www.georgewbushstore.com) is selling products made by workers in other nations. One of the nations providing goods to the fund raising enterprise is Myanmar, formerly Burma. George W. Bush banned goods from that nation last year to punish its military dictator.

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzsell0319,0,4764348.story?coll=ny-business-headlines

If they couldn't find any US citizens who could use the work, one could wonder about their powers of observation and perception."*

* text of my email out to friends, some of whom are union activists

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

24. And in other news...

The military junta in Burma (Myanmar) has endorsed George W. Bush for president.

[havocmom]

25. Paging Jon Stewart... Paging Lewis Black...

Paging Michael Moore

[SoCalDem]

26. One thing to think about.. Where is the Dem stuff made??

You know that will be the next shoe to drop..

I would hope that it's american made, but I doubt it.. That would actually be a good plan.. It would cost more, but if we truly support "buy american" we have to do it ..

dem campaign stuff made in the USA, We need to walk the walk, if we talk the talk :)

[mobuto]

27. Yes it is

All Democratic campaign materials are made in the United States by union labor. That's pretty much a standard. In fact, Wes Clark got in trouble at one point when it turned out that some small piece of campaign material was produced by domestic, non-union labor. It was an oversight and was corrected immediatly.

[jackstraw45]

29. Made in the USA - see Newsday article

"The Kerry merchandise was made in the United States, according to Mark Weiner, the president of Financial Innovations. The company, whose employees belong to the Communications Workers of America Union, sources most of its merchandise from union factories.

"It's becoming more difficult to find American-made union product, especially in textiles, but you just have to look. We pay more money for them, so we make a smaller profit margin," said Paul McConnell, Financial Innovations' vice president."

[KoKo]

50. This would make an incredible Campaign Ad! Will we do it???

Contrast Dem/Made in America with Bush/Made Illegally/Outsourced to Burma!

[dawn]

28. ....

He said he would slap sanctions on Burma to punish the ruling junta, to "punish them." And of course, they have no oil so he won't try to free the people there from their awful military regime.

And now the campaign is using their workers, probably in sweatshops, to make his items.

I swear, when can we send * on a one-way trip to Mars?

[jackstraw45]

30. AMAZING - STILL SELLING THE PULLOVER

http://www.georgewbushstore.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/scstore/600-1501.htm?L+scstore+elrb9750+1079748032

These people are amazing. They are STILL selling the ILLEGAL fleece pullovers!

[jmowreader]

37. Temporarily out of stock

That is, until their factory in China comes on line.

[whistle]

31. Well, as I see it...

...the operative words are "fleece" and "pullover". If there are two things that Bush-II has accomplished during his term in office is that he and his cronies have and are fleecing America Big Time and he has managed to pull-the-wool-over (ergo pullover) most re-pugs, but not the re-thugs who are along for the ride.:freak:

[ignatius]

34. BWAHAAHAA..good one Whistle.

n/t

[9215]

44. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[grannylib]

55. Oh send that to the Kerry campaign!! 'Fleece' and 'pullover...' well done

[Cush]

35. INSIDE POLITICS just mentioned it

the Bush people are saying it's 'only a handful'. yeah right.

[truthspeaker]

54. only a handful of illegally imported items

So we broke the law, but only a little bit!

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

36. so...

So how is going to set up the cafepress store selling "Bush/Cheney '04 - Made in Burma!" t-shirts?

Sad thing is, those t-shirts probably *are* made in Burma.

[KoKo]

38. Kick, this keeps getting dupe locked, with reposts.

:kick:

[SW FL Dem]

40. Story coming up on Lou Dobb tonight n/t

[mtnester]

41. kick for Dobbs story

[KoKo]

42. I hope he tyes it into the Lands End Job losses. Bush could have saved

Land's End if he'd given his "campaign duds" to them to make. Instead all those folks are out of a job.

[johnnie]

43. Nothing to see here...

Just keep moving people..nothing to see here.

[pinniped]

45. Caught this on the channel 7 (ABC) news last night.

They said the chimp campaign had no comment.

[pfitz59]

46. Baseballs made in Haiti!

Shrub ordered the coup so MLBG could buy cheaper baseballs! http://www.afsc.org/greatlakes/BHAITI.HTM
BASEBALL AND HAITI ARE CONNECTED
The game has been tarnished for a long time, tarnished by the origins of the equipment used to play the game. There is a connection between U.S. exports of militarism and oppression to Haiti and U.S. imports of clothing, toys and baseballs from Haiti.
(As good as any other theory!)

[dai]

48. Out of morbid curiosity...

how is the Bush camp spinning this? It's going to be a masterpiece of pretzel-logic, no doubt...on par with "more attacks in Iraq proves we're winning".

[The empressof all]

49. jeezee looisee

It sounds like you expect him to be accountable. Have you forgotten he is the President. He does not testify. He makes the hard decisions. He walks on water. I predict this too will be forgotten within a day or two.

Can you tell I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning

[proud patriot]

53. Shoot I didn't see this thread

I rated this article .

We Dean GrassRoots supporters went Union
American Made ..It was a little more expensive
but totally worth it .

[grannylib]

56. Gonna have to tape Lou tonight so my hubby can watch it...this had

better get some major air time.

[Ravy]

57. New disclaimer on the site!

"All products offered on The George W. Bush Online Store are made in the U.S.A."

Ted Jackson, President
Spalding Group

<end>

I still don't imagine I will be buying anything there, though. *grin*

[UpInArms]

58. related article: Made-In-Burma Jacket Stirs Flap

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=20&u=/nm/campaign_bush_myanmar_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "Bush-Cheney '04" campaign jacket sold on the Internet has stirred controversy because it was made in Myanmar, whose imports have been banned by the United States.

<snip>

The Bush administration has been trying to fend off widespread criticism of jobs being moved overseas. Democrats especially have pounced on the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs -- including many in the hard- hit textile industry -- as a presidential election campaign issue.

<snip>

Jackson said a supplier shipped the wrong products.

He said the Bush campaign had asked that all of its products originate from American factories, and his company had listed those instructions when placing orders. Jackson said he had sent an apology letter to the campaign over the flap.

...more...

So how does that sword feel Mr. Jackson?

[Beaker]

59. BTW- when are we going to be sending troops into Myanmar?

if going into Iraq was justified by the deposing of a brutal dictatorship, shouldn't we be laying down some big-time liberty on the oppressed Burmese?
and then there are the Sudanites to consider...and the North Koreoids...