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Amazon.com Is For Republicans
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/22/4 | Mark Morford

Posted on 12/22/2004 8:05:50 AM PST by SmithL

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To: SmithL

What can you do? You can skip the Marriott or the Holiday Inn (76 and 73 percent to the GOP respectively), and stay at the lib-friendly Hyatt. Skip Yahoo.com (a shocking 92 percent to the GOP -- what the hell?) and head over to Google, which gave 100 percent (!) of their donations to the Dems (side note: Google rules).

What else? Toss American and Continental, fly JetBlue. Join NetFlix. Screw Repub-lovin' Wal-Mart and K-Mart (and, if you're reading this column, chances are you need no prompting from me to avoid those epic karmic wastelands) and head over to the giant vortex of consumer madness known as Bed Bath & Beyond, which gave 93 percent to the Dems. I know. I hate that store, too. But now you get to hate them a little less.

Another amazing example? Starbucks. And as much as I despise their ruthless march into funky neighborhoods and strip malls across the nation, the coffee monolith does indeed have truly fabulous employee benefits and incredible customer service, and now you learn that they gave 100 percent of their donations, every single frothy frappaccinoed dime, to the Democrats. It's true. So leave that hideous Folgers and the Sanka swill to jittery BushCo. Go get yourself a peppermint mocha and feel good about it.

As for Amazon, well, it is a bit distressing for many of us who love that bulbous megastore and who shop there all the time to discover that they gave so much to Repubs, which is just odd and a bit inexplicable, especially given how they're based in hugely liberal Seattle and geeky CEO Jeff Bezos seemed at one time to be reasonably attuned and quirky and progressive, except maybe he's not.

Maybe he's just another hollow profiteer who supports war and disses foreigners and thinks gays are, you know, icky. But then again, Amazon did give 40 percent to Democrats. So it's a close call. After all, the venerable and terminally annoying Barnes & Noble gave 98 percent to the Dems, and I can't stand Barnes & Noble. But now, like Starbucks, I hate them a little less. And now maybe I'll just skip Amazon and buy my next gift copy of "The Surrender" or "What's the Matter with Kansas?" from B&N instead.

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21 posted on 12/22/2004 8:23:06 AM PST by mamalujo (tag, you're it.)
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To: SmithL
Cakeboys unite!
22 posted on 12/22/2004 8:24:09 AM PST by wardaddy (Quisiera ser un pez para tocar mi nariz en tu pecera)
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To: SmithL
Q: What happens it Mike Morford stays in blue turf and shops only blue turf?

A: I'm free to travel wherever I want. There's a hellava lot of Red for me to roam.
23 posted on 12/22/2004 8:24:48 AM PST by shadowman99
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To: mamalujo

I drink a great deal of coffee and I am proud to say I have NEVER been to Starbucks!!


24 posted on 12/22/2004 8:24:56 AM PST by mamalujo (tag, you're it.)
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To: SmithL

Morford is.... you know, icky.


25 posted on 12/22/2004 8:27:02 AM PST by UltraKonservativen (( YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID ))
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To: SmithL

I wonder if it had occurred to this pinhead (Morford, not you Smitty) that Coors Brewing might have been trying to help Pete Coors in his run for Senate?


26 posted on 12/22/2004 8:27:27 AM PST by RebelBanker (To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!)
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To: SmithL
As for Amazon, well, it is a bit distressing for many of us who love that bulbous megastore and who shop there all the time to discover that they gave so much to Repubs, which is just odd and a bit inexplicable, especially given how they're based in hugely liberal Seattle and geeky CEO Jeff Bezos seemed at one time to be reasonably attuned and quirky and progressive, except maybe he's not.

The Jeff Bezos I knew back in high school was more conservative than I, but then I was a liberal idiot. He was extremely intelligent and thoughtful. I would say he is probably an "Arnold Republican". Not enough for most of you all here I guess..

27 posted on 12/22/2004 8:28:53 AM PST by Paradox (Occam was probably right.)
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To: SmithL
Amazon is fine with me.


28 posted on 12/22/2004 8:29:07 AM PST by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Here's another Dem site but it lists companies which donate to Repub causes, too:

http://www.buyblue.org/current_campaign.html


29 posted on 12/22/2004 8:29:41 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: SmithL
Do you care much that greasy ol' Pizza Hut gave tens of thousands in PAC money to the GOP last year? How about the fact that Taco Bell stopped pumping out their happily toxic semirancid meatlike substances just long enough to write a fat check to the conservative Right?

Hey, Morford: Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are the same company, doofus. They're both part of Yum! brands, which also includes KFC and Long John Silver's.

And while we have free speech in this country, describing the real chicken and beef served by Taco Bell as "toxic", "semirancid", and "meatlike" strikes me as borderline actionable. Watch yourself.

31 posted on 12/22/2004 8:33:02 AM PST by Politicalities (http://www.politicalities.com)
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To: mamalujo
I knew Starbucks had to be a liberal creation. Created by liberals for liberals, became the "in" thing somewhere and took off due to sheer herd mentality. I find it hard to believe that it grew on quality of product. I like strong coffee, but theirs is about like motor oil.

Want good coffee? Order whole beans from Dunkin Donuts. Utterly splendid, and not expensive, either.

MM

32 posted on 12/22/2004 8:37:01 AM PST by MississippiMan (Americans should not be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness.)
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To: MeanWestTexan
"It was bad enough buying French products. I don't think I could stand being double-whammed."

You are aware that all Amazon shareholders are not Republican, just as all French are not anti American or even anti Bush.

People who boycott companies or countries due to their perceived politics are as stupid as Mark Morford.
33 posted on 12/22/2004 8:41:42 AM PST by monday
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To: SmithL

It's really stupid for liberals to start up the red-blue business patronization game. Virtually every conservative has a JOB, and therefore has MONEY TO SPEND, whereas a large percentage of Dem voters are perpetually unemployed and broke.

MM


34 posted on 12/22/2004 8:44:03 AM PST by MississippiMan (Americans should not be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness.)
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To: monday

I disagree.

I think making the French feel the pain of their govenment's back-stabbing ways is the only way I have of influencing the French people to encourage their government to act better.

Indeed, the French wine makers have spent bundles trying to get more American-friendly representatives, no doubt because they are hurting terribly.


35 posted on 12/22/2004 8:45:20 AM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: SmithL

To quote Yul Brynner playing Rameses in "The Ten Commandments": "Let him rave on, that all the world shall know of his madness"


36 posted on 12/22/2004 8:46:58 AM PST by NRA1995 ("Yew jes' go and lay yore hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan & Ah think yer gonna fin'lly understand")
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To: MississippiMan; mamalujo

From suggestions on another FR thread (I forget which one) I have taken the plunge and started roasting my own coffee beans. Will take a little adjustment to get the roast right, but it sure brews a tasty cup of coffee.


37 posted on 12/22/2004 8:51:17 AM PST by Betis70 (I'm only Left Wing when I play hockey)
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To: SmithL

The left in America once again doing their best to "heal the divide" in the country. . .


38 posted on 12/22/2004 8:53:23 AM PST by Tempest (Click on my name for a long list of press contacts)
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To: wolfpat

Check the oil companies. Shell oil gave more to dems than republican? What is up with that? They WANT to go out of business?


39 posted on 12/22/2004 8:53:24 AM PST by RetiredArmy (DEMOCRATIC PARTY MOTO: If you can't win fair and square - cheat, steal and lie to do so!)
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To: mamalujo
"and I can't stand Barnes & Noble. But now, like Starbucks, I hate them a little less"

Know how to spot a loser? Anyone who brags that they hate hugely successful people, or companies, or even products (TV's, cell phones).

Something in their black souls derive satisfaction in disparaging that which is successful. Perhaps it makes their pathetic little lives seem less pathetic in comparison?
40 posted on 12/22/2004 8:54:16 AM PST by monday
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