NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — “Hi! Would you like an American-made keychain?” an aide with the Alliance for American Manufacturing asks while dangling a shiny, red- white- and blue-lettered bottle opener to the CPAC faithful. (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) The group, which religiously tracks the downward spiral of domestic hiring — 6.1 million jobs lost from 2001-2009, per their estimates — practices what it preaches, proudly distributing U.S.-born trinkets to the grabby stream of passersby. (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) But here, amidst this celebration of the party of Ronald Reagan, the AAM is one of the few keeping the faith. HOH spotted a handful of other American-made keepsakes (a water bottle here, a patriotic pen there) up for grabs at the various booths set up in the “CPAC Hub.” But the brunt of the giveaways being greedily stuffed into near-bulging gift bags appeared to have traveled much further than those piled into ballrooms bemoaning the fate of American exceptionalism. Prominent outsourcers include: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) Families Against Mandatory Minimums (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) The Washington Times (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) Independent Journal Review (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) Truth Revolt (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) Democracy.com (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) Xie xie , socialist factory workers! Salem Communications (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) College Republicans National Committee (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) (Warren Rojas/CQ Roll Call) Mil gracias , Caribbean sweatshops!
