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Debunked: Here’s the Explanation for the ‘Made in China’ Romney Hat You’re Seeing on Facebook

Oct. 30, 2012 7:47am Liz Klimas

Both of the presidential candidates for the upcoming election say they will fight for business that will keep and create jobs in the United States. And they’re trying to practice what they preach already with promotional items in their online stores boasting “Made in the USA” labels. But a viral photo showing a Romney hat with “Made in China” stamped on the tag has led some to criticize and others to find the facts.

The photo going viral online (see below) compares a Romney/Ryan hat’s tag to that of an Obama logo hat. The GOP candidate’s hat in blurry text says Made in China while the president’s hat was made in America.

Viral Photo of Romney Hats With Made in China Label Not the Officially Sold Merchandise

(Photo: Facebook via Buzzfeed)

The Waffles at Noon blog points out this other hat (below) that’s on the Web as well.

(Photo via Waffles at Noon)

But not everything is as it seems.

Consider: There are two $30 baseball hats on the MittRomney.com store — one of them add’s Ryan above the bill — and both of them boast being American made. So either the website is falsely advertising, the hats in the viral images are not official, or the photos have been altered. It should be noted the colors available for the Romney hat is only blue, while Romney/Ryan is made in red, white or blue. None of them are made in tan. The officially sold hats also don’t have the text “President 2012″ above the bill.

One of the two official Romney hats. (Photo: store.mittromney.com)

Romney/Ryan hat, which also comes in red and white. (Photo: store.mittromney.com)

Romney campaign spokesperson Andrea Saul confirmed to Buzzfeed that all official apparel sold on the MittRomney.com stores is made in the USA.

A Made in the USA tag on an official Romney/Ryan hat. (Photo: http://Romney%20campaign via Buzzfeed)

As the Waffles at Noon blog puts it, with a bounty of unofficial merchandise being sold for both campaigns, “it’s not fair to either candidate to blame him for unofficial ‘Made in China’ products that he didn’t endorse.”

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RodT82721
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:23pm
A typical liberal uproar. Who’s hat was made by over paid union workers? This is what the liberals think is on the mind of voters? Where a campaign hat is made?
Then who would ever believe that some Obama backer would use a counterfeit Romney campaign hat to attack Romney? Would a hard working union member ever do such a thing?

Will the East Coast is under water, Barry and his army of liars are out complaining about a hat. They see nothing wrong with the 6 weeks of lies Barry told about the Benghazi murders, the media wont even mention it.
It getting easy to see what’s really important to the left.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:11pm
  The Unions are a far greater threat to my freedom than the ChiComs. If given the choice I’ll wear Made in China apparel every day of the week and twice on Sunday over Union made apparel. In fact, I’d rather go naked than wear Union made clothing.
  
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- walnutportconservative
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:34pm
  I think the union we conservatives most concern with are those of the public service type. To make issue over private sector unions would be foolish. I am still waiting for the specifics of how romney plans on bringing back the manufacturing jobs. We need to get back to producing goods, and if romney doesn’t put fair trade above the taxing mularky, we’ll dump him too.
  
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- woodyl1011fl
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:19pm
  The wicked, dishonest, dishonorable moral character of democrat party and its voters manifests itself almost every day in many ways. Which says everything you need to know; if a democrat is talking an attempt to deceive or blatantly lie is in progress and it its usually both.
  
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- Sparksalot
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:19pm
  I agree public sector unions are a problem, but so are some of the private sector ones. Why do you think that plastic car in your driveway costs so much? Some high school dropout with a GED put the door panels in for 42 bucks an hour and he has a guaranteed pension plan which GM pays for. When I was a contract electrician, If I had a job in CA, my company had to pay an apprentice electrician $36 an HOUR. Executives in BANKS in FL don’t make that much!
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 6:18pm
  The new ads coming out by obama’s team are mean, hateful and distorted LIES. obama is a liar, why wouldn’t all the people working for him be as much a liar? The new ads are disgusting. I’m praying everyone hears and sees them as lies.
  
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- OklahomaBound
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:43pm
  Obama’s hat is made by union workers which equals communist so what’s their point?
  
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- DIR
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:07pm
  Romney should be ashamed with some old crappy made in Cina ball caps. I’m not sure why, except for when Barry gave Libyan rebels weapons they were mostly made in America, with some, probably used, to kill the American Diplomat and 3 others. Barry, a true believer in sharing goods with the made in America label. It’s fast and furious gone wild or more like Barry style. When Barry lies people tend to die. The boarder agent was, I think, first. the 4 in Bengazi, the cop hit by the presidental limo, and (not including hundreds of Mexicans who apparently don’t count to those of Mexican heritage who vote for O) who knows how many others. Barry is a real killing machine when it comes to Americans.
  
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- chizahcmm
  Posted on November 4, 2012 at 11:08pm
  I am very confused why you think unions are more evil than china communists. Unions are a necessary evil if that is that you want to call it. do not call me liberal either, I am a republican. I just know a little more what is actually going on this just voting republican because of my firearms, or the fact that I do not believe in abortion. But then again, I miss the old america, before we lost all our unions. strong middle class = strong country. trickle down effect is not working for us, just your individual pocketbooks.
  
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kissmygritsextremists
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:42pm
I believe this, along with the idiots who defamed a church, in the name of the Democracy. They’ll stop at nothing. 7 days!

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EZDOZIT
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:26pm
‘Obama’s Korea Trade Deal Undermines U.S. Auto Industry,Finds Government Report’. That’s All of them.
Obama’s green jobs and electric cars are outsourced to China and Finland.
Tax payers made to pay to ship them out,that’s worse than a tax cut for same.

Why Romney doesn’t paint Obama as Outsourcer in Chief I don’t understand?

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- WhiteFall
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:46pm
  I agree Romney is missing on this point. Obama is playing out his last trump card his supposed role as the Auto-bot savior by “saving the U.S. auto industry” . The Romney campaign should be all over this with new ads for the last week in the swing states.
  
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WhiteFall
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:15pm
Glenn should be replacing this article with the audio he played this morning of (Obama’s chosen) Chairman of GM boosting about seven out of ten new GM cars are manufactured outside of the USA and how GM is going to move its research and development to China and greatly increase GM manufacturing in Cina

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Godfather.1
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:59am
“There are two $30 baseball hats on the MittRomney.com store — one of them add’s Ryan above the bill . . .”

Apparently, Liz Klimas doesn’t know the difference between a plural and a possessive.

Did any of you Blaze “journalists” pay attention in school?

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- Thomas
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:17pm
  If you have a problem with the grammar and it irritates your OCD so much feel free to leave the website. Why don’t you find a job and stop living off government and then you will stop being such a fool, maybe.
  
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- gs425
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:27pm
  The grammar critique is usually offered when a coherent argument cannot be made about the topic.
  
  LOL
  
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- Pearsontech
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:30pm
  Apparently someone has nothing substantial to argue about so they resort to pointing out grammar mistakes instead.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:07pm
  I think we get a new spelling and grammar sheriff, on here, about once a month.
  
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- Silver Lining
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:30pm
  Sorry folks, but I agree with Godfather.1 on this point. I love all things The Blaze. However, the one area in which they are seriously lacking is proofreading, and I suggest that the powers that be make an investment in a few flesh-and-bone proofreaders rather than depending on spelling and grammar checkers, which can be notoriously inaccurate. I understand that when people type fast and their emotions run high “fat fingers” prevail, especially on comment boards (believe me, I know I have been guilty of same). However, those submitting articles and being paid for the written word should, as anybody producing a product, have a responsibility to make sure they are producing the best and most accurate work possible. Do we want to be viewed as illiterate know-nothings, as the progressive left would paint us? I think not. We know we are not, and though many of us would say they don’t care what others think, the truth is that details matter, and perception counts. Please, Mr. Baker…consider hiring a few proofreaders who are truly wordsmiths, people who with a few strokes of the keyboard could turn an article with excellent content into a truly polished piece of journalism. The improvement in product quality will be more than worth the investment.
  
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- 1state2stateRedstateBluestate
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:37pm
  “There are two $30 baseball hats on the MittRomney.com store — one of them add’s Ryan above the bill — and both of them boast being American made.”
  The first thing I do when I read an article is scroll through the whole thing to get an idea of what I’m looking at, and this typo jumped out at me. I wasn’t even reading the article yet! Good job Blaze. You officially made the “illiterate” list. Take some liberty an hire an editor! Seriously, I am not joking on this one.
  
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- White Devil
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:42pm
  I agree with SilverLining. I read the Blaze every day, sometimes multiple times a day, and I am sick of seeing these stories full of errors and grammatical typos. Not to say that people don’t make mistakes, but seriously, this isn’t the first time. I would like to see less of this from a website that wants to call themselves reliable.
  
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- Protoham
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:32pm
  In the words of Sigmund Freud “Stop being so Anal”
  
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- whatahka
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:31pm
  @ Silver Lining You missed a couple of commas in you parenthetical clause. “people who with a few strokes of the keyboard could turn an article with excellent content into a truly polished piece of journalism.” People who, with a few strokes of the keyboard, could turn an article…..
  
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- LPTaylor
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 7:02am
  We all know its a lib tactic to attack someones character or change the subject when you dont have a legit response, so that wasnt even a good try. Pour yourself another koolaid and give your keyboard a rest.
  
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- Pearsontech
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:23pm
  Sorry don’t agree with you getting on here and pointing out grammar over and over again. Uptight, probably a teacher or something to do with the public school systems. Not saying that grammar is not important. But, seriously way more important things to talk about than a lousy typo.
  
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WTF
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:48am
This one is so easy to see through. Some ******* either bought blank hats made in China and had the Logos stiched on after, or they found Un-Official knock offs at some Pakastani T-shirt / Hat shop and is trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes.

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UnknownUser1
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:12am
He didn’t build that!!!!!!!
Someone else uh.. eh. uhhhh… built that for em’!

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- White Devil
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 3:43pm
  Lol!!!!
  
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Lotus503
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:58am
Can someone at the Blaze have a look at this and see if there is anything to it? I tried to send it through on your tips link at the bottom of the page, but it keeps giving me an error.

Op-Ed: Sandy Came at an Opportune Time for One Candidate
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12376#.UI_nycXAfTo

Navy replaces admiral in charge of Middle East strike group, cites ‘leadership judgment’
http://twitchy.com/2012/10/27/navy-replaces-admiral-in-charge-of-middle-east-strike-group-cites-leadership-judgment/

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TimmyWin
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:50am
I’ll make an educated guess, and say the ******* who took that photo, did it from his/her iphone (which is made in CHINA!) Hypocrite!!!!

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Dr.PatJames
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:30am
Funny how the libs did not care as much about the Olympic uniforms that were made in China as these knock off products not made by or for the Romney campaign !

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airportengineer
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:30am
It’s obvious the China stuff didn’t come from the Romney campaign! Just look at the Embroidery work!

If I bought hats to give to my clients, I wouldn’t dare give them a hat that has uneven lettering and ugly embroidery work! Do you think they would sell something that looked that awful to their supporters?? No Way!

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Lotus503
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:15am
They’re as good at creating fake merchandise as they are fake birth certificates….

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Pantloadian
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:08am
Of Jeeps and Hats. Who among us is noble?

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ElJefe77
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:08am
Smells like desperation to me.

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schroeder123
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:58am
This just makes the Democratic party look desperate. Like little baby’s crying.

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- NancyBee
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:46am
  They are trying to pull anything out of the hat!!!
  
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BruceB
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:38am
Personally I like the made in China hats. Esp. that they never fit correctly and the color runs in the first rain storm. I look really cool with color streaks running down my face. {Quote from Joe Biteme}

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- DZ-015
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:53am
  Like!
  
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HollyRye
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:18am
Gee, even if the Romney hats are made in China, is that worse than abandoning four Americans to die in Benghazi? This type of tripe only appeals to the most shallow of voters.
That being said, thank you for going back to the Romney campaign and getting the real story. The truth lives here!

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- turkey13
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:30am
  Come on folks – anyone know that if you are selling knockoff hats you can’t afford Union Wages so it has to be made in China. There is no difference and both are well made out of cotton except the Chineese people are just trying to make a living, not get rich like the union shops here. Also, all those Apple I-Pads and I-Phones are made in China and I don’t hear anyone complaining about that. Most College kids have all I-Phones made to date.
  
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lynnissmart
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:52am
They never run out of ideas to demonize the right….it makes me sick to the core of my very being! The admin. is the lowest of the low…..

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- Platonician
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:14am
  If you check well, it’s an elaborate message they are conveying. Check out the label: UNION WEAR and also WORKERS UNITED, which is quite similar to the communist slogan, “Workers of the World unite”.
  This proves that communists are gifted propagandists and manipulators. The paradox is that the label and hat are probably made in China!
  
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- prado
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:25am
  What do you expect from the party that demonized McCain for “palling around with terrorists” in 2008?
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:28am
  @Lynn;
  
  Indeed the left will stop at no level of manipulation, slander and fabrciation to demonize Romney. They cannot attack him directly so all that is left is the fabrication of anything they can in the hopes enough of it will tarnish his image and cause voters to assume ‘there has to be something going on here.”
  
  Divide and conquer via demonization. Make him appear as less than honest and less than a man of character and integrity.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:29am
  @Plato:
  
  Thanks for mentioning the connection, I missed that detail.
  
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tajloc
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:48am
My Halloween hat says “I support Obama.” Then I explain that “I am going as a journalist.”

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- CMDR6
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:14am
  nicely done…..
  
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- pocfavorite
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:30am
  Hah! One of the better Jay Leno jokes!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:40am
  TAJ: I’m going as Obama’s Hidden School Records …what to wear ?? what to wear ??
  
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- jreagin
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:09am
  I’m thinking about wearing a court jester outfit with a Joe Biden mask.
  
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- drifterdan
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:26pm
  Excellent. Only the liberals won’t understand the symbolism.
  
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Benjamin Jarvis
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:26am
I’m not wearing anything affiliated with the SEIU, Obama logo(especially) or not.

*Worker’s United – In May 2009, the New York Daily News reported that Workers United was running a deficit of $300,000 a month, the deficit was expected to widen, that SEIU had loaned the union $1 million to shore up its finances, and that Workers United was considering asking SEIU for $1.3 million a month and suspension of all dues payments in order to keep Workers United solvent.

A labor union running a deficit…shocking…borrowing from the mother union, awww.

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HKS
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:18am
Really, this is an issue for the libs , little people, little minds, little issues. But Oh, just shoot the ambassador and try to cover it up like a two year old, that’s OK. This election has an easy choice for anyone with a workable brain.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:49am
  I agree. A lot of howling for nothing.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:05am
  But it’s amazing just how many Obamabots out there are lacking any cerebral activity at all.
  
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- Sy Kosys
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:19am
  @BIO
  
  PLENTY! Been having a FB discussion the past few days, started when she posted an asinine cartoon of Romney holding up a sign saying “ready to turn the clocks back to 1950″. I commented something small like how’s that pesky Benghazi thing Mr Preezie, and her response? “I dont know, i dont watch Faux News”.
  
  STAGGERINGLY ignorant and blind to reality with zero interest in finding out any truth about anything whatsoever.
  
  Truly sad moment? They are a military family.
kvan
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:13am
Very reasonable explanation and also True.
The marxist party will stop at nothing to win.

Everybody get out and Vote for Romney/Ryan 2012.

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soybomb315_II
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:02am
who the heck cares…..I thought we were all about the free market?

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- justangry
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:07am
  Capitalist pig. We’re all socialists now.
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:18am
  agreed soy and the fake hats are just SEIU communists at work and after Nov. 6th they won’t matter anymore.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:24am
  Romney’s going to make socialism work. You’ll see.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:38am
  JUST: Romney and the Republicans are capitalists. Obama and the New Far Left Democrats are NOT. Period. Huge difference.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:52am
  capitalists are not the same as those who believe in free markets
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:36am
  Give it a rest, Barber. He’s a crony capitalist or a corporatist. Let’s be real, he’s a Mormon and that’s ALL that matters to you. You’d vote for Harry Reid, hell you’d even vote for Karl Marx himself if he were a member of your cult.
  
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- riseandshine
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:23am
  What I’ve gathered from Barber is that Republican = Good. Democrat = Evil…and that if you aren’t a Republican team player…railing against Obama with the others…than you are most likely a Democrat…or an anarchist….and that you are here to “divide the dumb Republicans”. I’ve never seen Barber’s posts on any of the Mormon stories.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 6:05am
  @Rise, He’s been riding my ass since the start of the primaries. Calling me every derogatory name that comes with supporting Libertarians. I wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t know he was based on his own posts.
  
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barber2
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:59am
Due to that “wonderful” globalization, one would be hard pressed to find cheap goods NOT made in China. Our labor unions and our high standard of living here add to the problem of driving jobs over-seas. Difficult problem to solve. Guess it is up to the individual consumer to decide whether to purchase or not. Democrats would make that a government decision ! Like the 16 oz. drink “solution !” NOBAMA 2012 NO DEMOCRATS 2012

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blanco5
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 7:55am
Whew! I can continue on with my life now.

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- blanco5
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:03am
  If people aren’t seeing how desperate the leftys are to win at all costs at this point, they NEVER will be.
  
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- gyro
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:10am
  Wow me to that was a close one
  
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