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Romney offers 'Friday Night Lights' bracelets

Catalina Camia
Actors Connie Britton, in sweater, and Kyle Chandler starred in TV's 'Friday Night Lights.'

So much for the complaint from TV's Friday Night Lights creator about Mitt Romney adopting a popular slogan from the show as his own.

The GOP presidential nominee is selling red, white and blue rubber bracelets that say "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, America Can't Lose" in exchange for a $10 donation to his campaign.

Peter Berg, the writer-director behind the now-defunct show, blasted Romney last week for "falsely and inappropriately" linking his campaign to the cult-favorite show about a fictional Texas high school football team. Romney had taken to saying a version of the show's "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" mantra on the campaign trail, as a way of explaining what America means to him.

You'll note that the bracelets aren't word-for-word those uttered by Coach Taylor on the program, a Romney favorite. "Everyone who knows Mitt well knows that he's the man you always want to have in your corner when times are tough," writes Ann Romney in the fundraising pitch about the bracelets.

Mitt Romney passed out some of the bracelets to his campaign staff as they faced off with the traveling press corps Sunday for a game of flag football, according to the poll report from BuzzFeed. Final score: 14-14.

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