Picture of the Day: Men's Wearhouse Stands With Occupy Wall Street ( Oakland )

The Atlantic ^ | Nov 2 2011

[george76]

Occupy Oakland has called for a city-wide strike and rally on Wednesday to protest income inequality, and several businesses, including Men's Wearhouse and the Grand Lake movie theater, have closed their doors in support...

The store's decision will likely meet with approval from the corporate HQ: George Zimmer, founder and chairman of Men's Wearhouse, has repeatedly donated to Democratic candidates in multiple election cycles, including progressives like 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean and Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.).

[TChad]

Men’s Warehouse has a new ex-customer: me.

[boop]

I always figured Zimmer for a Republican. Self made multi-millionaire, capitalist, etc. Boy was I wrong about that.

[Yaelle]

“you’re gonna like the way you publicly defecate. I guarantee it.”

[goat granny]

Bad business move, maybe his business is in trouble already and he’s looking for free advertising...

[bunkerhill7]

Does this mean that my trip to his Hawaii mansion is off?

[hattend]

George Zimmer, founder and chairman of Men's Wearhouse, has repeatedly donated to Democratic candidates in multiple election cycles, including progressives like 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean and Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.).

I did not know this... I won't shop there again.

[chuckee]

This clown is the Dixie Chicks of haberdashers.His market is those folks wearing his suits that he is protesting while the crowd he is protesting with have no idea what a suit is.

[pogo101]

George Zimmer’s FEC-disclosed donations over the last two years, per OpenSecrets.org:

9/7/10 $1,000 Conway, Jack (D)
9/30/09 $1,000 Conway, Jack (D)
9/13/10 $1,000 Lee, Barbara (D)
2/18/10 $1,000 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte (D)
10/30/09 $1,000 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte (D)
10/18/10 $1,000 Woolsey, Lynn (D)
2/8/10 $1,000 Alameda County Democratic Central Cmte (D)
5/27/09 $1,000 Honda, Mike (D)
6/10/10 $500 Maffei, Dan (D)
4/29/09 $500 Miller, George (D)
10/1/10 $500 Honda, Mike (D)
4/15/10 $500 Carnahan, Robin (D)

[pogo101]

See my post #48.

[pogo101]

I looked further back (into Zimmer’s political donations). He’s only ever given money to two Republicans: Arlen Specter (twice; Specter was a Republican at the time, at least nominally) and Tom Campbell.

No further comment, eh?

[massgopguy]

I never thought Morrie would shut up either.

[EyeGuy]

My frothing at the mouth email, unchecked for grammer or spelling: Congratulations on revealing your Marxist agenda by supporting the vacuous, economically ignorant “Occupy” movement. You make your livings due to our relatively free economy, yet promote the proven failure of Socialism. In our open society, you are more than welcome to distribute your earned income to help assuage any “income disparities” you feel are unjust. To promote the coercion of that grossly illogical action via government expansion and force is quite another thing entirely. One magnificent aspect of American capitalism is that I am free to purchase my clothing from whomever I choose. That won't be from those such as you that foment class warfare and the Collectivist mindset.

No response is necessary or desired.

[CARDINALRULES]

That last one would make me not want to buy from there again.

I hate that family and wish idiots in MO would stop voting for them just because of their last name.

[EyeGuy]

“I hate that family and wish idiots in MO would stop voting for them just because of their last name.”

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Not that ANYONE in their family, including Mel, accomplished anything to justify the bulletproof nature of the Carnahan name, in the first place.

[pogo101]

Unfortunately, most states have their dynasty politicians. In Ohio and California (my first and current states), it helps to be named “Brown,” even though the innumerable people with that name often are unrelated to one another.

A wacky one in Ohio also was “Celebrezze” (SELL a breez ee). That was such a hot ticket that we saw some folks running with different spellings (but the same pronunciation), like Celebreze. (I suppose it’s better than “Metzenbaum.”)