Cool beans.
I hope this will lead Ralph Lauren to bring more fashion to the USA then just Olympic uniforms.
The USA can use the help. I like the uniforms. They have class. Ralph Lauren did a good job. They look like summer in the USA. We want it back.
...Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (click here) said he had to choose his words carefully because he was so angry.
"The Olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves," said Sen. Reid. "I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again.
House Speaker John Boehner says simply of the USOC, "You'd think they'd know better."
"We have people in America in the textile industry," continued Reid. "We have people in the textile industry who are desperate for jobs and I think what the Olympic committee has done is absolutely wrong."
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says she's proud of the nation's Olympic athletes, but "they should be wearing uniforms that are made in America."
The uniforms in question are red, white and blue slacks and skirts with blazers and berets designed by Ralph Lauren.
In a statement, the U.S. Olympic Committee defended it's choice....
