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demmiblue

(36,824 posts)
Sat May 30, 2015, 12:46 PM May 2015

How much would you spend for a candidate's t-shirt?

I was perusing both the Hillary Clinton and the Bernie Sanders campaign stores.

Quite a difference. A t-shirt my size was double the price at the HC store ($15 vs $30). The variety and styles were also much better, though (all that money can buy, I guess). I especially liked this one:



On the positive side, both campaigns feature goods that are made/printed in the USA. Though I am a little perplexed by the wordage between the two:

Sanders: Union-made and printed in the USA

Clinton: Union printed, American made.



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How much would you spend for a candidate's t-shirt? (Original Post) demmiblue May 2015 OP
Easy: Buzz Clik May 2015 #1
Ok, that made me laugh! demmiblue May 2015 #3
LOL! That's perfect. MineralMan May 2015 #5
Obvious HassleCat May 2015 #2
Hmmm easy $0.00 nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #4
Same here. Mass May 2015 #7
That is about my price also. jwirr May 2015 #9
The cost of an overnight stay in the hospital is around 12 k AngryAmish May 2015 #6
Got to be careful with that world "American" which actually includes Canada, Mexico and the USA. jwirr May 2015 #8
I will pay 50 bucks for an Alfred E. Newman tee shirt olddots May 2015 #10
$0 (nt) bigwillq May 2015 #11
Hehehe... ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #14
Yup. bigwillq May 2015 #15
$0 ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #12
Not a thing, because I don't wear printed t-shirts jmowreader May 2015 #13
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
1. Easy:
Sat May 30, 2015, 12:48 PM
May 2015

Clinton bought some American-made t-shirts and had them printed in a union shop.

Sanders found some union-made t-shirts and printed them in his basement.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
2. Obvious
Sat May 30, 2015, 12:50 PM
May 2015

Sanders is bragging that his shirts and union made, and union printed. Clinton is bragging that her shirts are union printed. It's very difficult to get union made tee-shirts, or much of anything else, these days. If you want to offer certain styles of garments, chances are you will have to accept some non-union made shirts. I hope both campaigns are making the maximum effort to buy union made shirts.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
6. The cost of an overnight stay in the hospital is around 12 k
Sat May 30, 2015, 01:09 PM
May 2015

I would first have to suffer the head injury to make me addled enough to buy a candidate's t-shirt.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
8. Got to be careful with that world "American" which actually includes Canada, Mexico and the USA.
Sat May 30, 2015, 03:23 PM
May 2015

I do assume she meant USA.

jmowreader

(50,531 posts)
13. Not a thing, because I don't wear printed t-shirts
Sat May 30, 2015, 03:56 PM
May 2015

I'd pay $40 for a polo with a nice embroidered candidate's logo, tho.

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