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Republicans Killing Chick-fil-A With Kindness?
Washington Post ^ | 07/30/2012 | Rachel Weiner

Posted on 07/30/2012 3:36:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: nickcarraway

Since I am going to Chick-a-fill EVERY DAY while they are in the news, I am more than happy to make up for the 2 percent of their (former) customers that believe that they understand the purpose of marriage more than past 5,000 years of recorded history.

Just went there today, and will tomorrow, and Wednesday. Hopefully later in the week things will quiet down a bit, so I can eat something else.


21 posted on 07/30/2012 4:42:56 PM PDT by BobL ( It's easy to be a saint when you have nothing on the line)
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To: visualops
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22 posted on 07/30/2012 4:55:49 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: nickcarraway

The left is so stupid! I’m not going to buy an Apple computer because I don’t like the way Jobs treated his employees. I can’t eat Ben & Jerry’s ice cream because they are two commie marxists. I can’t invest with Wells Fargo because some of their owners support gay causes. When will we get over this stupidity. As for me and all my Southern buddies w’ere going out Wednesday to eat at Chik Fil-et!


23 posted on 07/30/2012 5:27:48 PM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: nickcarraway

Funny. The DNC never worries what the lowest common denominator will do to its brand.

They’ve calculated that dim and amoral is the winning demographic. Especially if you don’t check ID.


24 posted on 07/30/2012 5:28:36 PM PDT by marron
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To: nickcarraway

That chart is bogus, something created by a 17-year-old with a pirated copy of Photoshop. The data are not real.


25 posted on 07/30/2012 5:30:50 PM PDT by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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I find it odd that a distinct minority of the populous believes a boycott can win against delicious chicken, soup, waffle-fries, beverages and desserts.

Petitions may draw attention, but require a suit of some sort to proceed to the next level. And freedom of religion is going to be a hard nut to crack, let alone win.

As long as Chick-Fil-A has customers, I’ve no doubt they’ll be standing long after this popcorn fart in a blizzard abates and disappears.


26 posted on 07/30/2012 5:52:34 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
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To: Tax-chick
"...but we got food at Chick-Fil-A for our son’s Eagle Scout ceremony last weekend (an anti-rainbow two-fer!)"

Heh!

Double Plus Heh!!

But ... just thought of this... we have to find a way to take back the rainbow. God made it, made it beautiful, and gave it a profound meaning as the sign of His alliance with us. By "us" I mean all those on earth then living, and now (how inclusive is that??!) but not signifying sexolating disorderly.

How we gonna assert His ownership of His rainbow? Think now, O Thoughtful One: how are we going to take it back?

27 posted on 07/30/2012 5:58:49 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Eat Mor Chikin." - William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and/or the U.S. Constitution)
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To: nickcarraway

“But instead of joining a culture war, it looks like Republicans should back off and let Chick-fil-A do its own damage control.”

I just don’t get the logic of the author here. She seems to be saying that GOP support has made the brand rating drop. I don’t see how getting MORE support from a large segment of the population, after liberals dump all over you, could create a problem. Why is she reaching this conclusion? I think the dip was temporary, and GOP support will make it rise again.


28 posted on 07/30/2012 6:00:58 PM PDT by scottjewell
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becoming a conservative cause is not good for the company’s brand

We're supposed to believe that endorsing marriage is bad for business, but advocating cornholing is a good idea.

I know the Washington Post is the newspaper for idiots, but can even THEY be THAT stupid????

29 posted on 07/30/2012 6:08:36 PM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: nickcarraway

Chickfila is by far the best fast food restaurant I have ever been to. Clean and very professional people, as if you feel like the people there have morals and respect for their customers. When on road trip, Chickfile is definitely the preferred stop. And this is coming from someone who hates fast food and thinks those daily fast food eaters are probably lazy people who cannot even plan their own meal, not to mention they are often bordering on obsese. **wheew, got that out of my chest**

Chickfila as a business and organization is superb... even in a low cost/low quality market like fast food.


30 posted on 07/30/2012 6:14:36 PM PDT by sagar
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To: BobL
"What’s her father think of all this?"

Maybe he's a Weiner too!

31 posted on 07/30/2012 7:21:02 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: nickcarraway

This “Brand Index” impresses me as pretty much hooey.

“Sure, you might have billions of dollars and be wildly popular with your customers, but unless you are invited to trendy Manhattan cocktail parties and art gallery showings with Hollywood celebrities, you are nobody! No-body!”

“Because we say so.”


32 posted on 07/30/2012 7:33:10 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: nickcarraway

When I go to parties, I usually pick up a platter or two of CFA nuggets. They are always very popular.


33 posted on 07/30/2012 7:52:31 PM PDT by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: visualops
And, does it matter at all? if it does not affect buying decisions, it just doesn’t matter.

Even if it did affect some buying decisions, likely the whole thing will die down and people who like their food will drift back. In the mean time, many new customers who just started going there because of all of this, will become permanent new customers. In the end they will have gained new loyal customers, and most of the ones that may have left for awhile will be back.

Also, if the Midwest is a good territory for them, there are many, many areas that do not have them. In Wisconsin, for instance, there is only one in the entire state. I hope they open one in my area.

In any event they know that there are more important things in life than how much money you make. If they remain faithful in the midst of adversity, The LORD will bless them.

34 posted on 07/30/2012 11:45:45 PM PDT by Bellflower (The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Excellent point. The Cursillo movement uses the rainbow and the song “De Colores” as a representation of their association, so that’s one fairly substantial alternative usage already in place.

Maybe we could associate the rainbow with authentic marriage by including the word “Covenant” prominently.


35 posted on 07/31/2012 3:14:31 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("To contracept is to rebuke a woman for being a woman." ~ Donald DeMarco)
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To: nickcarraway

Liberal mindset: “Chic-fil-A - nobody goes there any more; it’s too crowded!”


36 posted on 07/31/2012 3:16:00 AM PDT by meyer (It's 1860 all over again - the taxpayer is the new "N" word)
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To: meyer

Ding-ding-ding! Another point for Yogi Berra~!


37 posted on 07/31/2012 8:26:40 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("You can observe a lot just by watchin'." - Yogi Berra)
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