Elections and buying

Seeing how the economy is doing SPECTACULAR (did you realize the Dow Jones has been over 12,000 for over a week now?!?!?) and the jobless rate is down to 4.4% as of today...you would think this would benefit the Republican majority in congress and the Bush Administration; but it's not. If you rely solely on the liberal and mainstream media, this news will either go unreported or buried in the middle of the news that no one really cares about. For this reason I thought I would repost a blog from Dec. 21, 2004 that shows the "Naughty and Nice" list from a sour-grapes pro-Kerry group that was bitter from the 2004 election loss. Which, by the way, Kerry seems to still be bitter from (personally i think the troops serving in Iraq are heroes and worthy of our support and thanks!).

This list, as verified by the Federal Elections Commission, showed how much money was donated by various groups to the 2 major political parties. I'm not suggesting a boycott, because i can't stand them, but this may be something you want to consider over the next few days and weeks as you make a purchase. Ask yourself...just how much of your hard earned money is going to support a leftist candidate that will only do more harm than good to our country.

With that being said, here is my reprint of "A 'Blue' Christmas" from 2oo4:

Well, it appears that the whiney liberals still haven't realized how out of touch with reality they truly are with the majority of the good old US of A. As if the Hollyweird bunch and their guilt money going to DNC causes wasn't enough to make us sick, now they are trying to encourage a boycott of businesses who have donated a larger portion of their profits to the good guys of the GOP than to the nitwits on the left. The "Buy Blue" website shows Santa wearing blue to match the blue states which were won by the losing candidate John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential campaign (a reminder that the MINORITY of states and people voted for Kerry) and provides their idea of "Naughty" and "Nice" businesses based on who gave money to which political party. Their "Naughty" businesses include Fruit of the Loom, Cintas, Dollar General and Russell Stovers who each gave 100% of their political donations to Republican causes or PAC's. Also included in this list of vendors and sellers that WE should frequent a lot more often now is Walmart, Kmart, Circuit City, JC Penney, Sears, May Dept stores, The Limited Brand, Saks, Home Depot, Amazon.com, Guess and the Electronics Boutique from the retail world; Outback Steakhouse, Darden Restaurants, Yum Brands, Brinker Intl, and Cracker Barrel make the list for recommended eateries; Holiday Inn, Marriott, and Hilton are must stay hotels; and the list winds up with BP, Exxon/Mobil, Chevron/Texaco, Safeway foods, Publix foods, Halmark Cards and 5 of the major airlines (Continental, Delta, Southwest, United, and American). Once again, each of these companies have been labled as "naughty" by the libs because the larger percentage of their political contributions went to Republican groups (at least 56%). I will also add that Target also donated about 72% of $289K to Republican causes, so i suggest giving them a little bit of a break after Christmas, in spite of the issue with the Salvation Army bell ringers being banned from their stores.
Now, for their "Nice" list, which i would refer to as the "Never allow them to see your hard earned money again" list. Calvin Klein, J Crew, Anne Klein, Skechers, Astrale E Terra Winery, Hardrock Cafe, Triarc Companies (TJ Cinnamons and Arby's), Sonic Drive-ins, Phoenix Gas and Oil, Starbucks, Aloha and Hawaii airlines lead this black list with 100% of their contributions going to democrat or liberal political groups and PACS. Also included in this who's who of worthlessness is Price Club/Costco (98% to DNC), Barnes and Noble (98%), Bed Bath and Beyond ( 97%), Sharper Image (92.4%), Hyatt Hotels (97.8%), Estee Lauder (91%), Jet Blue (74%), and my personal favorite from this list, Shell Oil (56%, yeah it's just the Republicans making money off of the petroleum business, huh?). This donation information comes from The Center for Responsive Politics and the Federal Election Commission.