This San Francisco Chronicle article suggests there’s another reason to spend your money at Target: they’re being boycotted for supporting the Governor on Proposition 76 –

A California consumer group is telling seniors not to shop at Target stores because of the more than $300,000 the retailer has given to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

California Consumers United has spent $50,000 for a Bay Area radio campaign aimed at hitting one of the governor’s supporters in the wallet.

… The ad slams Schwarzenegger for taking money from drug companies and vetoing a bill that would have made it easier to bring lower-priced drugs into the state from Canada.

It also suggests that Schwarzenegger’s Proposition 76, which would give the governor more control over the state budget, would allow him to slash health care spending.

Since 2004, Target has given $100,000 to Citizens to Save California, which worked to qualify the governor’s initiatives for the special election ballot, and $210,000 to the governor’s California Recovery Team, which supports Schwarzenegger’s political aims.

The usual suspects, such as BuyBlue.com and the California Nurses Association Stop Arnold, are pitching in to help the boycott. BuyBlue says “Target also contributed 83% of their $212,000 in contributions during the 2003-2004 election cycle to Republican candidates.”

So make up your shopping list — which shouldn’t be hard, since Target has everything — and counter this boycott by spending at Target.

You may also want to contact Target and let them know you support their corporate political activity.

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The best part: the ad copy — which may turn off the portion of the target audience that prefers to not be treated like an idiot. From the Chronicle piece:

The folksy ad features an announcer talking to an elderly woman.

“Target Corporation is one of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biggest special interest donors — money he’s using to promote his agenda against consumers and affordable health care,” the announcer says.

“Well, snap my girdle,” the elderly shopper answers. “They’re using our money against us.”

“Snap my girdle?”

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