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Home Front: Culture Wars
Anti-Bush Bracelets Say, 'Count Me Blue'
2005-01-15
EFL.Will the denial ever end? Will it ever sink in?
After spending 10 days in London with friends who were outspoken about their disdain for President Bush's policies, Berns Rothchild came home wishing she had a way to show the world she didn't vote for him. "I sort of felt ashamed, and didn't really want to be associated with being an American," said Rothchild, who lives in New York City and voted for John Kerry.
Don't tell me. You wanted to leave the country, right? But you didn't, right? But you really, really wanted to though, didn't you? That should get you some kind of lefty brownie points, right?
"But my mommie wouldn't let me leave, so she told me about some sucky bracelets instead."
Her mother had a suggestion: bracelets, inspired by the Lance Armstrong Foundation's popular "LIVESTRONG" bands, that would signal opposition to Bush. Thousands of miles away, two women in Idaho had the same idea. So did a woman in Kansas. The result? At least three separate bracelet ventures targeting left-leaning citizens who want to wear their political affiliation on their wrists — and at least one competitor bearing the opposite message.
Rothchild, 35, is selling blue bracelets that say "COUNT ME BLUE," while Laura Adams, of Fairway, Kan., offers blue bracelets that say "HOPE." The McKnight family, of Moscow, Idaho, is even more direct; their black bracelets proclaim: "I DID NOT VOTE 4 BUSH."
Here's some more suggestions. "LOSER"? "WHINER"? "IN DENIAL"? "I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CANADA, BUT I DON"T HAVE THE BALLS?"
"It's kind of like saying, 'This is my tribe,'" said Adams, 43, a Kerry supporter, who was inspired by her 14-year-old stepson's yellow Lance Armstrong band.
Yes, a tribe. A wandering, leaderless, clueless tribe.
So far only McKnight said she has received e-mails criticizing the bracelets as unpatriotic. But Rothchild said her venture has spawned a counter-protest — from her Republican father.
John Rothchild, a Miami Beach, Fla., resident who voted for Bush, has invested in 5,000 "COUNT ME RED" bracelets.
Oh, dad! How could you become a dupe of the Bushitler/Ashkkkroft conspiracy!
Common sense? Which obviously isn't a genetic trait.
He has hired his daughter's boyfriend, who created her Web site, to create his, which he launched this week. "Now we're sort of having a father-daughter competition to see who can sell more," Berns Rothchild said.
Go get 'em, dad.
Posted by:tu3031

#14  Great News - now I can identify these asshats BEFORE they open their whiny pieholes. And open up the great guns of truth on them. Enlightenment with facts and reason usually sends these types reeling and running.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-01-15 12:41:18 PM  

#13  Great News - now I can identify these asshats BEFORE they open their whiny pieholes. And open up the great guns of truth on them. Enlightenment with facts and reason usually sends these types reeling and running.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-01-15 12:41:18 PM  

#12  "I sort of felt ashamed, and didn’t really want to be associated with being an American"
I think that's the new mantra of the left. I tried to get a Red band but they are on back order for 3-4 weeks. I will be wearing my Bush Back-to-Back tshirt to work on Thursday and I pray that some LLL says something to me. These bracelets are comfort clothing for people who don't want to admit losing. They really should get used to it, because they are going to lose a lot more elections in the future. Maybe some Cubs fans can hold a seminar or speak at DNC meetings?
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2005-01-15 9:02:20 PM  

#11  Hey, let's not be too hard on UN tsunami relief. I'm sure the UN reps are just getting their feet under them. Catering has been arranged, a couple of cocktail parties held... they'll be ready to go Real Soon Now.
Posted by: eLarson   2005-01-15 4:00:47 PM  

#10  I rate the effectiveness of these bracelets right up there with those giant paper maché protest puppets and the U.N. tsunami relief effort.

To be sure, their little form of identification is a double-edged sword...
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-01-15 3:31:25 PM  

#9  How 'bout, Count me American? Ever think of that, whiners?
Posted by: lex   2005-01-15 3:14:25 PM  

#8  well, anything other than yellow (and apparently red) = idjit and certified object of ridicule
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-15 12:47:58 PM  

#7  Now some wanker will start selling purple bands...
Posted by: .com   2005-01-15 12:46:25 PM  

#6  Great News - now I can identify these asshats BEFORE they open their whiny pieholes. And open up the great guns of truth on them. Enlightenment with facts and reason usually sends these types reeling and running.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-01-15 12:41:18 PM  

#5  Eeeexcellent, Smithers! If this takes off, we should have most of of them identified and ready for our detention- I mean, vacation camps in Utah by the end of the year.
Posted by: Pappy   2005-01-15 12:32:19 PM  

#4  I'm American, and I know you hate Americans, but if too look down on Americans - then that makes me superior to "them" and you can like me.
Posted by: Uncle Tom   2005-01-15 12:25:26 PM  

#3  make the bracelets so they can't come off and we've got a good start for internment camp candidates in Ashkkkrofts amerikkka! Oh wait, he's gggone
Posted by: Frank G   2005-01-15 12:24:17 PM  

#2  So far only McKnight said she has received e-mails criticizing the bracelets as unpatriotic.

Forget 'unpatriotic.' How 'bout just plain stupid? These people have too much time on their hands.
Posted by: nada   2005-01-15 12:21:18 PM  

#1  Wow--I rate the effectiveness of these bracelets right up there with those giant paper maché protest puppets and the U.N. tsunami relief effort.
Posted by: Dar   2005-01-15 12:16:26 PM  

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