NOW we know why Romney won't comment on "outsourced Olympic uniforms." GUESS why. Go on, GUESS.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Right now on Martin Bashir's show, they're talking about how Romney, when he was in Salt Lake City, outsourced the uniforms to Burma a country known for its "abysmal human rights."

[rustydog]

1. He'll probably claim he retroactively passed the uniform manufacturer decision

to an underling so therefore, he is not responsible.

[ananda]

2. Absolutely not responsible.

AFAIK, Roms isn't responsible for anything.

I know, we need a new bumper sticker:

Romney: Irresponsibility for the Masses

[Chiyo-chichi]

6. Nah....

Even better.... he's going to have them made in the US and make them retroactive to 2002.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. I heard this a couple days ago

but honestly, this country no longer has a textile industry.


I hate that this was outsourced too but you have about as much chance of buying clothes made in America as you have of buying bananas grown here.

[KamaAina]

7. Domestic bananas are delicious

from Hawai'i, of course. People even have banana trees in their yards! Varieties with fanciful names like "apple" and "ice cream" are much tastier than the imported Cavendish.

eta: Don't look for them on the mainland, though. Hawai'i produce is subject to more stringent standards regarding fruit flies, etc. than imports!

A few textile firms still eke out an existence on these shores, notably American Apparel in L.A.

But the real reason this is important is that, of all the countries in the world that do have thriving textile industries, Rmoney chose the one run by a repressive military dictatorship that imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi for years.

[Motown_Johnny]

8. That is why I picked that analogy

Both are possible but unlikely.

[kewhawaii]

16. Right you are, Kamaaina

Our neighborhood is festooned with the most delicious bananas around. Just love da 'kin apple bananas. Cute little bugga's, and not a banana spider to be found.

Yes, I know, this is all somewhat beside the point about textiles.

[eggplant]

9. This isn't about the US team uniforms.

THis is about the torch bearer's uniforms. They could be made anywhere. He chose one of the nastiest places on Earth.

[WinstonSmith4740]

10. Google

Clothing Made in America. You'll be amazed at what comes up.

But, besides the inherent problem of having our Olympians' uniforms made in China, did you see what those uniforms COST? The damn blazer alone is over $600! I saw where the man's uniform comes in at around $1000, the woman's a couple hundred or so less. Seriously? We keep hearing that it cost too much to have stuff made here, so they went with what is probably fairly shoddy quality and STILL paid a ridiculous price for it.

[louis c]

12. that's bullshit

I buy union made, made in America uniforms for our union workers ALL THE Time.

Link to Union Made in USA
http://www.unionlabel.com/

[Skittles]

13. it's a problem

people say NOTHING CAN BE DONE and THAT'S HOW IT IS as if they have no power at all - I too look for MADE IN AMERICA

[Motown_Johnny]

14. .

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/dressed-for-a-documentary-on-where-clothes-come-from/

^snip^

There was a time when the industry was the biggest employer in the city. Not anymore, because, as the film relates in a series of blunt statistics, in a few short generations we have gone from a country whose collective wardrobe was almost entirely American-made to one in which just 5 percent of the clothes we wear are manufactured in the United States.





http://rankingamerica.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-u-s-ranks-4th-in-banana-production/


^snip^


According to FAOStat.org in 2008, the U.S. produced 3% of the worlds bananas. In addition to Cuba, Cypress, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, the United States ranks fourth out of ten countries. Turkey ranks first, with a banana production rate of 6%.






I stand by my statement. The odds are similar. I didn't say it was impossible, and was trying to point out the problem with the fact that our textile industry has all but vanished.

[louis c]

17. If a guy wants to be President, he has to try a little harder

to buy "made in America".

I represent a union in Boston in which employees must wear uniforms as a condition of employment. The company must buy union made in America, according to our agreement.

It's "King Louie" brand shirts.

If you work at it hard enough, it can get done.

So, the uniforms at a little racetrack in Boston are "made in America" but our Olympians uniforms are too hard to get.

I repeat,

THAT'S BULLSHIT

[Motown_Johnny]

18. I'm not comfortable making that call

simply because almost everything I own for clothing is not made here.


If I said that I would be a hypocrite.

[deaniac21]

4. I thought they were known for their shave.

[rufus dog]

5. I think that is why Harry Reid made such a fuss - n/t

[mchill]

15. The Republicans made a fuss too...until

they got word that Romeny outsourced uniforms to Burma. Like clockwork, none of them would answer the question "is it wrong" the following Sunday.

[louis c]

11. Here's my post from yesterday

DU link;
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002955818