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Ian David

(69,059 posts)
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:42 AM Jul 2013

Mitt Romney Campaign T-shirts: You’ll Never Guess Where They Ended Up

What do you do with T-shirts from a failed presidential campaign? Did you ever wonder where they go? Well, in the case of the ill-fated 2012 Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan ticket, the best place to donate your unwanted and unneeded Mitt Romney campaign t-shirts is to the ancestral country of your rival. In this case, Kenya, the birthplace of President Barack Obama’s father. The Knox County Romney Campaign of Tennessee has shipped their unwanted and unneeded (yeah I wanted to say that twice) Mitt Romney campaign T-shirts to the Orbit Village Project in Nairobi, Kenya.


As reported by the Daily Caller, Alexander Waters, campaign director for the Knox County Romney Campaign, explained that his organization chose the Orbit Village Project because his mother, Cyndy Waters, runs the project and its American base is in Sevierville, Tenn.

“I mentioned to her that we had a lot of [Mitt Romney campaign] shirts and that we were wondering if they had a need for them and she said, ‘Yes, that would be great.’ So instead of putting them into a storage unit or something we were like, ‘We can generate some good out of these shirts,’” Waters said. “I’ve been over there and a shirt can go a long way,” he added.

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The sight of 50 Kenyan kids wearing Romney-Ryan T-shirts is the best closure to 2012 campaign EVER. http://t.co/Q8Qu0EihXN




More:
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2013/07/12/mitt-romney-campaign-t-shirts-youll-never-guess-where-they-ended-up/

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Mitt Romney Campaign T-shirts: You’ll Never Guess Where They Ended Up (Original Post) Ian David Jul 2013 OP
OMG that is hilarious treestar Jul 2013 #1
Thanks! :) Ian David Jul 2013 #2
better to donate it to people who don't read English. hollysmom Jul 2013 #3
This might be the only good thing to come out of that campaign. MjolnirTime Jul 2013 #4
+1.....n/t annabanana Jul 2013 #7
Finally some people of color supporting Rmoney... ileus Jul 2013 #5
Notice, not one red shirt in the whole bunch! GO BLUE! Coyotl Jul 2013 #6
Have you read the comments from Facebook users? Cirque du So-What Jul 2013 #8
This is my article! tiffany_willis Jul 2013 #9
Wonderful article, well done, thank you! I bookmarked it to share freeplessinseattle Jul 2013 #10

treestar

(82,383 posts)
1. OMG that is hilarious
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:45 AM
Jul 2013

(so if your avatar by the way).

Now they should all find a way to blue/white out the O in Romney and change the R in Ryan to an L

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
3. better to donate it to people who don't read English.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:50 AM
Jul 2013

Actually, I can think of worse uses. At Broadway Cares at least some donate old T shirts to homeless.

Cirque du So-What

(25,932 posts)
8. Have you read the comments from Facebook users?
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:58 AM
Jul 2013

Seems the lady who runs this website has attracted a good number of RW trolls.

freeplessinseattle

(3,508 posts)
10. Wonderful article, well done, thank you! I bookmarked it to share
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:08 PM
Jul 2013

Welcome to DU! woohoo a real writer, more posts are more than welcome

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