Endorsement of Wendy Davis Triggers National Boycott of Girl Scout Cookies

Breitbart's Big Government ^ | January 29, 2014 | Austin Ruse

[Graybeard58]

I may just write a check for what I’d pay for cookies as a donation to a local church-sponsored troop. Don’t want the cookies.

When I see a couple of kids haewking candy bars outside a store, usually for J.F.L. or Little League. I tell them, I'll buy you each a candy bar with your mother's permission, mother or some other adult is usually standing nearby.

I don't want the candy, kids are happy, Little League or whatever gains , everybody happy, happy, happy.

[VerySadAmerican]

That’s exactly what I’m thinking. Simply saying “No, thank you” doesn’t make a point. I will tell the adults “I will not support any organization that supports Wendy Davis and abortion.” Let them explain it to their daughters.

[Monorprise]

I had no idea the girl scouts of america were such a political hack job of an organization, nor did I have any idea that they enforce women who who leave their husbands and children.

[M-cubed]

Exactly!...Let them know why!!!...Its amazing how many well meaning people live in the non-political bubble of “go along get along” and yet still vote

[radiohead]

Who or what is ‘abortion Barbie’? A real person? A doll? I was a GS until I graduated from high school and support them via cookie sales every year.

If you can show me where the GSA supports Planned Parenthood and explain what ‘abortion Barbie’ is, I will no longer deal with them.

[aquila48]

bookmark

[FlingWingFlyer]

You bet. I bought some of their Walmart coconut cookies. They may be made by the same company. They sure do taste the same.

[Marcella]

I’m glad to know this, I won’t buy any and will say why.

[Republican Wildcat]

[momincombatboots]

I sorta feel the same way... on the other hand, the girl selling them is young and sweet. Her family clearly doesn’t endorse Abortion Wendy. I think there is a girl scout alternative, can’t think of it on half a cup of coffee though. I don’t think I have the heart to say those kinds of things to the girls, but their parents are usually there, maybe speak to them. These girls are being used by the left, mostly unwittingly. So what do we offer, a chastisement to a young girl, or an alternative?

[Ron H.]

There has long been a connection between the Girl Scouts and Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortionists or groups. Too bad for the girls but I for one cannot support them as long as the abortionists benefit from that support in any way. The Girl Scouts of America would do well to break all ties to the abortionists or their groups.

[DAC21]

The girl scouts make pennies on the dollar per box, A Troop Leader acquaintance confirmed this to me two years back. Not only do they support the murder of babies, they have no head for business at all.

[Revelation 911]

my waistline is heartbroken - my wallet and conscience....not so much

[morphing libertarian]

It’s the butter

[Revelation 911]

our support has always been polite to begin with - as a kid - Mom was active with my sisters...cooking eggs on rocks and learning not to use shale when doing so etc.... When my own daughter began, their outings were hotel based and offered nothing in the way of out door skills. In fact it seemed they were groomed for a decidedly female stereotype of shopping and self pampering....despite the rhetoric of building socially adept females.

We enjoyed the cookies - but always found the manner of parents hawking them at work to be counter to the intent.

That said - Boy Scouts/ girl scouts or school students - none should be hawking products to fund this or that - our taxes are meant for that

[Fireone]

“our taxes are meant for that”
I wholeheartedly disagree! We’re taxed too much, and for a million wrong and wasteful reasons.
All businesses and entities should stand on their own merit, not be funded by my money. If I want a service or product, I’ll buy it.
Subsidies of every sort should be ended, the NEA, PBS, NPR, etc. should be funded by those who desire them. If I run a crappy business that no one wants, it should fail.

[Sir Napsalot]

What valuable lessons would young girls have learned from selling cookies and /or joining girl scout?

WHY do the people who run the organization turn political? (Rhetorical question, the feminist/leftist/nazis’ indoctrination starts young and they want to permeate everywhere.)

[thackney]

The Girl Scouts did not endorse Wendy Davis. Neither did any official spokesman or any tweet from their account.

What they did do was link to a HuffPo story talking about women of the year and who should be nonminated. Someone NOT affiliated with Girl Scouts spoke of Wendy Davis in the article. It was not an article focused on Wendy, but many different women. The one mentioned most was youth activist Malala Yousafzai.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-boland/girl-scouts-tweet-story-touts-wendy-davis-woman-year

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/women-of-the-year-2013_n_4461327.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

[thackney]

She had not heard about them naming abortion Barbie as one of their heroes.

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Probably because they didn’t do that. Read post #58

[thackney]

Overpriced cookies with the money going towards politicians who are trying to destroy the United States.

GS cookie sales profits stay within the local councils. It does not send funds to the national organization.