In yet another proof of the hypocricy of the Republicrats, here is an excerpt from an article on the Presidents own website offering foreign made products to finance his own campaign. Not just foreign, these are products made by slaves in Burma - ridiculous how anyone could support such people, or the Candidates that would do such. What do they say? "Phone not calls not returned" and "no comment". yadayadayada...ridiculous.
Excerpt begins:
"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.
The Bush merchandise is handled by Spalding Group, a 20-year-old supplier of campaign
products and services in Louisville, Ky., that says it worked for the last five
Republican presidential nominees.
Ted Jackson, Spalding's president, said, "We have found only one other in our
inventory that was made in Burma. The others were made in the U.S.A." He said the
company had about 60 of thefleece pullovers in its warehouse, and that a supplier
included the Burma product by mistake.
Bush campaign officials did not return calls seeking comment. The imports are
potentially an issue because outsourcing has become a hot political topic in the
election.
Bush last July signed into law the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act, saying "The
United States will not waver from its commitment to the cause of democracy and human
rights in Burma."
Violators of the import ban are subject to fines and jail, according to the U.S.
Treasury Department.
Excerpt ends. Click link for full article.