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Anonymous wrote:So...PEOTUS just sent out a tweet thanking LL Bean for its "support" (big campaign donor) and telling people to bu LL Bean. I am no government ethics expert but promoting a specific company in exchange for their support has to be an issue.

Literally everyone I know who shops at LL Bean, down to the girls wearing Bean Boots, are republicans.

Huh? Maine is a blue state.

LL Bean is worn all over New England.
Their quality is great. Their customer service is great.
Trust me, a ton of democrats are wearing LL Bean as well.

And then there's this - http://www.llbean.com/llb/ods/33?nav=bc

No anti-Trump folks are bringing down LL Bean. It's a cultural icon in New England.

LOL! I see s 25 percent off sale, which Bean never does. That tells me they're nervous.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Lol.

Sure I do. I shop quite a bit at LL Bean. Well, I did until I read about Linda Bean's illegal political donations.

They have tons of sales.

I have no opinion on whether we - libs, anti-PEEOTUS-sters - should keep shopping there.

I have been a steady LLBean customer for 20 years now and I have NEVER ever seen a 25% off sale before!

They had another 25% off sale right before Christmas. Perhaps you should pay more attention.

My recollection is 20% discount on boots.

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Don't hurt Maine - where jobs are scarce. All it does is feed into Linda Bean's victim complex.

I emailed them. It doesn't have to be a crazy, guns-blazing disavowal stapled to your L.L.Bean backpack, I just said I'm a lifelong customer, my kids wear a lot of it, too, and I'm not necessarily going to boycott, that I understand it's just a board member, but I don't feel like spending my dollars on a company that gives aid or comfort to the incoming looney bin (these were not the exact words I used, obviously).

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Anonymous wrote:The LLBean boycott is one of the silliest anti-Trump reactions that I've seen, which is saying something. LL Bean has a very good reputation as a brand, for a good reason. Unlike most clothing manufacturers, they have an upfront policy on ethical sourcing: http://www.llbean.com/customerService/aboutLLBean/sourcing_and_labor_rights.html?nav=ln

I'm quite liberal, but I think the idea of boycotting anyone who might be associate with Trump is ridiculous...not the least of which because it'll leave you sewing your own clothes from homespun cloth. He's a threat to our democracy and our economy, but if you boycott a company based on Trump's tweets you are essentially letting him decide on winners and losers anyway. Or are you planning to research the board of every clothing manufacturer and boycotting the ones that have a pro-Trump member?

Boycotting Ivanka Trump's line is one thing, boycotting LL Bean is another.

You can spend your money however and wherever you want. Other people earned their money and choose to spend their money however and wherever they want. I'm sure many people find some of the things you do and support equally ridiculous and silly. To each his own.

I agree that this is all just capitalism - we make our voices heard through our spending habits.
That said, I think this is a case of throwing the baby out with the bath water. I'd be more understanding if the entire family was like the Koch's or the Coor's. But it's one stupid family member who is bringing this crap onto the company. And she's nowhere near as big of a spender as the Koch brothers or the Chik-fil-A guy.

The ideological rigidity in this case just makes liberals look bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Linda Bean is an heir to her family company. Her sister, Diane, also made a contribution to the same PAC.

I thought Linda changed the name on her contribution to Diane because she was running afoul of campaign finance law?

I think the report I read indicated her sister Diane also made a contribution. She lives in Ogunquit.

But, heh, maybe a little fraud would make everything more interesting.

What I read was the PAC has refiled its status as Super PAC to make the donation legal. I am wondering how can it be legal for a PAC to file paperwork to be Super PAC after donation is received? Is it not circumventing the law?

Between August and October, Ms. Bean donated $30,000 to a political action committee, originally known as Making America Great Again L.L.C., that backed Mr. Trump, the Republican candidate, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

The group appears to have presented itself as a “super PAC,” an organization that under federal law can accept unlimited donations from any person or business, and it ran ads in Maine attacking Hillary Clinton, Mr. Trump’s Democratic rival.

In fact, the group had actually registered as a traditional political action committee — for which contributions are capped at $5,000 — and that made Ms. Bean’s contributions illegal. This month, the Federal Election Commission wrote to the PAC’s treasurer asking for an explanation of the excessive contributions.

The group filed paperwork this week changing its name to Making Maine Great Again, while claiming that some of the contributions originally attributed to Ms. Bean actually came from her sister, Diana Bean. The group also told the F.E.C. that it should be registered as a super PAC.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/linda-bean-ll-bean-boycott.html

Anonymous wrote:The LLBean boycott is one of the silliest anti-Trump reactions that I've seen, which is saying something. LL Bean has a very good reputation as a brand, for a good reason. Unlike most clothing manufacturers, they have an upfront policy on ethical sourcing: http://www.llbean.com/customerService/aboutLLBean/sourcing_and_labor_rights.html?nav=ln

I'm quite liberal, but I think the idea of boycotting anyone who might be associate with Trump is ridiculous...not the least of which because it'll leave you sewing your own clothes from homespun cloth. He's a threat to our democracy and our economy, but if you boycott a company based on Trump's tweets you are essentially letting him decide on winners and losers anyway. Or are you planning to research the board of every clothing manufacturer and boycotting the ones that have a pro-Trump member?

Boycotting Ivanka Trump's line is one thing, boycotting LL Bean is another.

You can spend your money however and wherever you want. Other people earned their money and choose to spend their money however and wherever they want. I'm sure many people find some of the things you do and support equally ridiculous and silly. To each his own.

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Anonymous wrote:Linda Bean is an heir to her family company. Her sister, Diane, also made a contribution to the same PAC.

I thought Linda changed the name on her contribution to Diane because she was running afoul of campaign finance law?

I think the report I read indicated her sister Diane also made a contribution. She lives in Ogunquit.

But, heh, maybe a little fraud would make everything more interesting.

Anonymous wrote:Linda Bean is an heir to her family company. Her sister, Diane, also made a contribution to the same PAC.

I thought Linda changed the name on her contribution to Diane because she was running afoul of campaign finance law?

Anonymous wrote:The LLBean boycott is one of the silliest anti-Trump reactions that I've seen, which is saying something. LL Bean has a very good reputation as a brand, for a good reason. Unlike most clothing manufacturers, they have an upfront policy on ethical sourcing: http://www.llbean.com/customerService/aboutLLBean/sourcing_and_labor_rights.html?nav=ln

I'm quite liberal, but I think the idea of boycotting anyone who might be associate with Trump is ridiculous...not the least of which because it'll leave you sewing your own clothes from homespun cloth. He's a threat to our democracy and our economy, but if you boycott a company based on Trump's tweets you are essentially letting him decide on winners and losers anyway. Or are you planning to research the board of every clothing manufacturer and boycotting the ones that have a pro-Trump member?

Boycotting Ivanka Trump's line is one thing, boycotting LL Bean is another.

Liberal here:
I feel the same way. LL Bean is a decent company that has done a lot to support the local New England economy and contributed a ton to environmental protection efforts.

Linda Bean is a looney heiress. She used her own personal, inherited money to fund these odious causes. But it was not official LL Bean profits directly from the company and the tersely worded statements lead me to believe that the rest of the Bean family can't stand her. They may actually have no standing to kick her off the Board, depending on the size of her ownership share and whatever was stipulated in the original patriarch's will. Basically, they are wait for her crazy ass to die off.

Don't hurt Maine - where jobs are scarce. All it does is feed into Linda Bean's victim complex.

Linda Bean is an heir to her family company. Her sister, Diane, also made a contribution to the same PAC.

We'll more than just DCUM is emailing LL Bean. I emailed them today to let them know that my husband had cancelled his credit card, and we would not be shopping there again until they dumped Linda Bean and put out a statement against the Trump tweet. And got back an email saying that they were responding to and unexpectedly high volume of email over the last couple and it would be 72 hours before the could respond.

Keep making your voices heard.

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Anonymous wrote:So...PEOTUS just sent out a tweet thanking LL Bean for its "support" (big campaign donor) and telling people to bu LL Bean. I am no government ethics expert but promoting a specific company in exchange for their support has to be an issue.

Literally everyone I know who shops at LL Bean, down to the girls wearing Bean Boots, are republicans.

Huh? Maine is a blue state.

LL Bean is worn all over New England.
Their quality is great. Their customer service is great.
Trust me, a ton of democrats are wearing LL Bean as well.

And then there's this - http://www.llbean.com/llb/ods/33?nav=bc

No anti-Trump folks are bringing down LL Bean. It's a cultural icon in New England.

LOL! I see s 25 percent off sale, which Bean never does. That tells me they're nervous.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Lol.

Sure I do. I shop quite a bit at LL Bean. Well, I did until I read about Linda Bean's illegal political donations.

They have tons of sales.

I have no opinion on whether we - libs, anti-PEEOTUS-sters - should keep shopping there.

I have been a steady LLBean customer for 20 years now and I have NEVER ever seen a 25% off sale before!

They had another 25% off sale right before Christmas. Perhaps you should pay more attention.

Really? I am very surprised because I bought a bunch of stuff all throughout December, logging in almost daily to check my orders, and never saw a sitewide 25 percent off discount. Even the banner says that this is the biggest discount ever. (Not 25 percent off sale or select items, which happens often, but 25 percent off the whole site, with the exception of the boots.)

That PP is talking nonsense. Probably a Trumpster. The most I have seen before is 20% off.

Anonymous wrote:Liberal here who's never t boycotting. If it were something LLBean did, like Hobby Lobby and not covering birth control under its health care plan, then yes. But this is something an owner does privately. I have more trouble with Lands End, which pulled an interview with Gloria Steinem from its catalogs last year.

Having Maine Govenor Paul Lepage in your political corner can undo years of fabulous marketing, and the best of discounts.

Anonymous wrote:Liberal here who's never t boycotting. If it were something LLBean did, like Hobby Lobby and not covering birth control under its health care plan, then yes. But this is something an owner does privately. I have more trouble with Lands End, which pulled an interview with Gloria Steinem from its catalogs last year.

Yes, Lands End has had connections to the Posse Comitatus, and its record under Sears for abuses is abysmal.

Liberal here who's never t boycotting. If it were something LLBean did, like Hobby Lobby and not covering birth control under its health care plan, then yes. But this is something an owner does privately. I have more trouble with Lands End, which pulled an interview with Gloria Steinem from its catalogs last year.