CHICAGO, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Two Internet Web sites called Choose the Blue and Buy Blue are urging despondent Democrats to make purchases from companies supporting their party.
The sites urge supporters of the losing partly in the recent presidential election to put their money where their politics is and buy from companies that gave money to Democratic candidates in 2004, the Chicago Tribune said.
Toyota, Costco and Donna Karan contributed more to Democrats, while Safeway, Wal-Mart and Fruit of the Loom gave more to Republicans. Most companies contributed to both parties.
"If each American who voted for John Kerry spends $100 in 2005 on a blue company instead of a red company, we can move $5 billion away from Republican companies and add $5 billion to the income of companies who donate to Democrats," Ann and Bill Duvall, the site's creators, said in a posting.
The Choose the Blue site has been getting 100,000 to 200,000 hits a day for weeks. Buy Blue urges voters to have a "blue Christmas."
