By now, most of you have probably heard that Senator Lugar’s campaign shirts were made in El Salvador.
Well, that’s not entirely true. The fabric for the shirts was actually made in the USA. The fabric was then made into shirts in El Salvador. The shirts were then sent to Indiana where a Hoosier company printed the shirts for the Lugar campaign. So, in fact, 2 of the 3 steps of making the controversial campaign shirts took place here in the United States. (Technically speaking, all three steps did take place in America)
From the Lugar campaign’s perspective, they went to an Indiana company and asked them to print the campaign shirts. That created American jobs… Hoosier jobs. It was the company that looked overseas for cheaper t-shirts, which increased their profit margins. Therefore, it seems obvious that, if Lugar’s irrational critics were really capitalists instead of shameless children, they wouldn’t object to the campaign shirts being sewn together overseas; because it was beneficial to the bottom line of a private business.
But wait, there’s an update. I received an e-mail from Lugar’s campaign team earlier today, informing me that they were getting rid of all these campaign shirts and starting over with shirts made entirely in the United States of America. While I don’t think that’s necessary, when you’re sitting on the kind of war chest Lugar is, re-printing some t-shirts really isn’t going to break the bank.
Still, it’s pretty sad that Lugar’s opponents feel the need to attack him on something this trivial and unimportant because they lack the creativity to fabricate any new lies and misrepresentations after their old ones all failed to stick.
It’s worth mentioning that Mourdock’s supporters sold campaign t-shirts made in El Salvador, as well. They charged $20 for those shirts.
You can visit Senator Lugar’s re-election website here.
