It's not all politics at the Republican state convention.
Delegates are crowding concession booths to haul off everything from "conservative" children's literature to glittery elephant-shaped brooches and nonpartisan $75 neckties with armadillos and oil-field pump jacks instead of pachyderms.
Despite all the patriotic flag-waving at the gathering, many of the goods were made in communist China. And an "I Palin" T-shirt for women was sewn in Nicaragua -- led by President Daniel Ortega of the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front, against whom President Ronald Reagan armed the contra force.
"I never looked at the label," said Michael Franks of Huntsville-based TexasGOPStore.com, a convention sponsor that imprints and sells the $15 Anvil-brand T-shirts. But few care, if they are even aware.
The "official" pink convention T-shirt, which Franks also sells, was made in Honduras. But his bumper stickers, including those declaring "Secede" over a Texas flag and parodies of Barack Obama slogans ("NOPE"), are American-made. He regretted selling the "Secede" stickers for just a buck: "I could have gotten $5 here easily."
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The common way of a bumper sticker printing is a rectangle-shaped one. But they are also available in different types which range from ovals to groups, celebrities to lines.
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