The freedom to express our political beliefs is essential, but to feed off of something that started out for a great cause is ridiculous. Granted that some of the sellers are donating a portion of their profits to charities like UNICEF and Habitat for Humanity, but if you are going to make bracelets for that cause, state the cause! Sorry to break it to you, but wearing a black piece of plastic that says "I did not vote 4 Bush" does not make you a better person. Do you seriously think that people are going to like you more because of how you voted? Last I checked it was January, and the election was when? Get over it.
In the article, John Kerry supporter Berns Rothchild started selling blue bracelets saying “Count Me Blue,” because of how she felt while over in London. “I sort of felt ashamed, and didn't really want to be associated with being an American.” If a person is so ashamed to be an American, no one is keeping them here. They should go and join the rest of their friends and move to a deserted island or something.
Anyway, if people feel that they have to sell bracelets in order to have a voice in this country, then so be it. Maybe I am just disgusted with politics in general, but I do not think that it needs to be associated in the same breath as ovarian cancer, multiple sclerosis, and muscular dystrophy research and bracelets promoting organ and tissue donation.
