The unpleasantness began in early May, when it was revealed at a congressional hearing that Kathie's Wal-Mart clothing line is made at a Honduran sweatshop where the workers, including children, are paid 31 cents per hour. Instead of checking this out and vowing to do something about it, Kathie went into a berserk rage, screaming at the man who brought these facts to light, Charles Kernaghan of the National Labor Community. "I truly resent this man impugning my integrity," she choked out between indignant sobs, "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children ... how dare you?" I don't remember anyone ever calling Kathie ugly, but the rest appears to have some factual basis. As it turns out, not only were exploited children in Honduras making her clothes, but at another sweatshop in Manhattan, only blocks away from where Kathie and Regis perform their daily disgusting duty, workers making her blouses were getting paid less than the minimum wage, and some weren't being paid at all.
Overreacting as usual, Kathie then involved herself in a bizarre series of events, each progressively more nauseating. First she realized that there were some bad things going on after all, although I don't recall any apologies to Mr. Kernaghan or to any of her adoring fans who believed her original denials. She said that when she found out that real people were being denied real wages, she became physically sick. Hey Kathie, now you know how the rest of us felt when you sang the National Anthem at the Super Bowl a couple of years ago. But wait, there's more. Husband Frank, once a respected football player and sports announcer who's now been reduced to being Kathie's water boy, showed up at the Manhattan sweatshop with envelopes of cash (and a camera crew) to personally make up for the cruelties involved in producing Kathie's clothes. During this past week, both Giffords showed up at press conferences with politicians, to show how concerned they are and to proclaim that the worst thing they could do now would be to get out of the clothing business.
Kathie exploit children? How dare you? Just ask co-author and future emotional basket case Cody.
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