Reply #64: I certainly don't believe it's a bad idea, nor an imposition, for consumers to buy American [View All]

[Gen. Jack D. Ripper]

When possible. However, it doesn't make much sense to ask people to buy a product solely out of national pride. If the best product is an American product, great. If it's not, we shouldn't be trying to shame people into buying it anyway, because it was "made by Americans!" We should be asking ourselves how we can make that product better.

These politicians obviously felt their choice represented the better product.