These guys don't want to be associated with you either!
Posted on 01/14/2005 6:50:55 PM PST by KStorm
Anti-Bush Bracelets Say, 'Count Me Blue'
NEW YORK - After spending 10 days in London with friends who were outspoken about their disdain for President Bush (news - web sites)'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 (news - web sites).
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."
"It's kind of like saying, 'This is my tribe,'" said dams, 43, a Kerry supporter, who was inspired by her 14-year-old stepson's yellow Lance Armstrong band.
It's unlikely the wristbands will ever have the widespread appeal of the bands created by the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which have sold about 31 million so far to raise money for cancer research. Brenda McKnight, 40, said her family has sold roughly 4,000, and Adams said she has sold about 3,300. Rothchild has sold about 500 since her Web site launched Monday.
But all three ventures also have the aim of raising money for a variety of organizations.
Rothchild, who is selling the bracelets on the Web in packages of 10 for $20, plans to give part of her profits to UNICEF (news - web sites), and Adams has donated money from the sale of her $3 bracelets to Save the Children and Habitat for Humanity.
The McKnights are auctioning their bracelets on eBay and selling them for $3 each on their Web site, where buyers can vote for one of six organizations that will receive a portion of the proceeds.
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.
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.
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On the Net:
http://www.ididnotvote4bush.com
http://www.countmeblue.com
http://www.hopebracelet.com
http://www.countmered.com
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Hey I got one for them
"My Balls may be Blue, But I voted for Bush"
LVM
I think this is a WONDERFUL idea! I can use it to screen job applicants, know who is not up for a serious, rational discussion on politics or religion, etc. It is sort of like belling the cat!
The next plane for France leaves at 7:15 AM.
All these folks do is waste time p*ssing and moaning. When Billy-Bob won in 1992, I didn't run around whigning. I said to myself, "It is time to work harder to educate folks on conservative principles and ideals."
I really wish somebody would talk how the MSM switch Blue from incumbant to democrat. It is a propaganda trool of the media to imply that the left is always the "incumbant.".
Ok granted, it may be just an effort to R equal red and republicans. I bet the MSM is just happy to saddle the anti-commie party with the "red" designation.
How silly/juvenile/inane/assinine/many more to name, stupid, just stupid.
GET OUT!!! We don't need you here.
I'm ashamed she's American too.
I guess they want to make sure we can all see them.
But then of course, I believe things like this have been happening for many, many elections now, but were never given this sort of attention. I remember bumper stickers in the 70's, for example, that said "don't blame me, I didn't vote for the peanut man". Yahoo news wasn't there to pick up the non-story.
""It's kind of like saying, 'This is my tribe"...
We have the band of brothers, etc. Now we have the tribe of twits.
Well Berns you could renounce your US citizenship and stay there. That would pretty much get the message across.
They stole this idea from Clinton. Back in the Monica days, "Count Me Blew" bracelets were all the rage...
Well they DO believe Bush is Hitler, so I suppose we could deduce they are branding themselves before the Government does it for them?
I welcome the bracelets. Cut down on the unsuspected fits of rage when when I mention support for Bush. It'll be an early detection system!
I'm thinking of getting the red bracelet. I still enjoy irritating them with the Prez's victory.
Why not just wear a WWKMD bracelet?
Where is my red "Jesusland" bracelet??
(I'll wear it in MI, my county is red!)
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