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Miller has paid out $30,000 to support a pro-”undocumented worker” rally.  Miller used this opportunity to expand its marketshare into the Latino community by currying favor with illegals. 

Really nice.

Marchers had to duck into fast-food restaurants for water when they first took to Chicago’s streets in support of illegal immigrants five months ago. At the next two marches, family-owned grocery stores offered free bottled water from trucks emblazoned with their names.

This time, 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.

But this march is no Cinco de Mayo parade. The politically charged event will promote a controversial plan to end deportations and offer legal status for all 11 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants. That creates potential pitfalls for any businesses lending support, experts say.

Read the whole thing here. 

I have been drinking Miller beer for the last ten years (Miller Genuine Draft being my personal favorite), but I will buy their product no more.  Any company that actively supports illegals loses my business.  Period.

Hell, they even have an English and Spanish banner for “Drink Responsibly” on their website here.

They definitely screwed this one up.  There are plenty of other competitors out there that will get my business—-and the business of millions of other Americans—-from here on out.  Anheuser Busch, Samuel Adams, Coors, et al will really appreciate the extra revenue.

You can go here and see the brands that Miller produces, just so you don’t switch to another beer and accidentally end up giving money to these meatheads anyway.  It pisses me off because they make Leinenkugels too.  Shit.

Hope the stockholders appreciate such a dynamic business move.  Retards.

I know I’ll be hoisting a cold one in the honor of the Miller Brewing Company tonight:

Have a nice day. 

(H/T Michelle Malkin)

Marcus

Update: Sign the petition for boycotting Miller here.

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