"...as demonstrators march from Chinatown to House Speaker Dennis Hastert's (R-Ill.) Batavia office this weekend, they will have Miller Brewing Co., as a sponsor. The brewer has paid more than $30,000 for a planning convention, materials and newspaper ads publicizing the event.The support of a major corporation for a controversial political cause shows how fierce the competition has become to woo the growing market of Latino consumers.
For Miller, the march offered a special chance to catch up. This spring the brewer drew the ire of pro-immigrant forces over contributions to U.S. Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), who sponsored legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants. That prompted a short-lived boycott by some Latino groups.
Now, march advertisements feature not just the organizing committee's trademark blue globe but Miller's logo and a Spanish translation of its 'Live Responsibly' slogan, a company effort to build goodwill among Latinos."
As Michell Malkin writes: Live responsibly? By supporting law-breaking?
I don't drink any Miller Brewing Company products but for those of you that do, and if you find this as reprehensible as I do, all in the effort to make a buck on the part of Miller Brewing Company, I suggest that a boycott of their products is in order.
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