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A conservative alternative for ice cream fans still going strong
MSNBC.com ^ | Feb 11, 2006 | Alex Johnson

Posted on 02/12/2006 8:42:04 AM PST by KeyLargo

Take that, Ben and Jerry

A conservative alternative for ice cream fans still going strong

By Alex Johnson

MSNBC

Quite likely, back in the spring of 2003, as the United States was going to war in Iraq and President Bush was very popular and three politically connected friends launched the Star Spangled Ice Cream Co. as the conservative alternative to Ben & Jerry’s (with flavors like Cherry Falwell and Gun Nut), you probably thought to yourself, “Well, there’s a political stunt that won’t survive if Bush’s numbers go in the tank.”

Good thing you didn’t put money on that bet. You would have lost.

It’s nearly three years later, and approval of Bush and his handling of the war hovers around 40 percent. But Star Spangled Ice Cream (“The Sweet Taste of Freedom”) is still going strong.

“We don’t see any slowdown in growth,” said Richard Lessner, the company’s vice president, who said there was no discernible correlation between the popularity of conservative policies and the popularity of conservative ice cream.

In fact, the company, based in Alexandria, Va., is expanding from its thriving Web-only distribution into retail stores. It just recently worked out a deal to put its ice cream in several hundred 7-Elevens in the mid-Atlantic region, and it’s gotten a warm reception in Navy base exchanges, where it expects to expand its presence.

Birth of a notion It’s a story Lessner has recounted many times by now, but he is happy to repeat it: how he and two old friends were agreeing that Ben & Jerry’s made terrific ice cream but how they couldn’t stomach its liberal politics. So they pooled some capital and started their own.

Like Ben & Jerry’s, they sell their punningly named product in bright, whimsical...

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: business; conservative; icecream; starspangled
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“Conservative ice cream lovers have gone unserved for too long. The result is a buttery ice cream that comes in 4 conservative flavors.” - Financial Times (London)
1 posted on 02/12/2006 8:42:07 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Will they come out with a "Democrat Dung" flavor as a bi-partisan effort?


2 posted on 02/12/2006 8:44:07 AM PST by LA Conservative (Liberalism, once respectable, is now a secular cult)
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To: KeyLargo

i want some


3 posted on 02/12/2006 8:44:26 AM PST by wildcatf4f3 (I'm becoming a performance artist so i can crap on the koran in public)
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To: KeyLargo

Yup...by the way I took the Ben and Jerry's tour years ago and was told that when they had a contest in England for a new
flavor (they were in England?) the names of flavors
submitted included MINTY PYTHON and CAMILLA PARKER BOWLS.

How about some kind of Screamin' Howie Dean flavor? Almonds,
pecans, walnuts, peanuts...like Howie, it's ALL NUTS


4 posted on 02/12/2006 8:47:31 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: LA Conservative

Yep, filled with fruits and nuts in a saccarine sweet
pink froth.


5 posted on 02/12/2006 8:47:46 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: raccoonradio

oops, VANILLA PARKER BOWLS, I now remember, was what it was


6 posted on 02/12/2006 8:48:03 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: KeyLargo

"Coulter Chocolate, Coconut and Caramel"


7 posted on 02/12/2006 8:49:41 AM PST by F16Fighter
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To: KeyLargo
"approval of Bush and his handling of the war hovers around 40 percent"

Except at Rasmussen where his approval is at 49%

8 posted on 02/12/2006 8:55:53 AM PST by Eagles Talon IV
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To: KeyLargo

I used to eat the ice cream from Ben and Jerry's until I learned about their left-wing politics. Every time I bypass them and choose another brand, I get a feeling of satisfaction. It's the same feeling I get when I use a ketchup other than Heinz, or drink wine not made in France. These are small things when done individually, but, on a macro level, they might actually have some impact.


9 posted on 02/12/2006 8:56:13 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: Eagles Talon IV
FNC has him at 51 I'm sure MSNBSUses their numbers in which a good sampling of the country can be found at San Quentin and San Francisco.
10 posted on 02/12/2006 9:00:31 AM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535158/posts)
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To: KeyLargo
New Flavor: "Nagin's Chocolate City"
*(mix it with white milk and it becomes a delicious drink.)
11 posted on 02/12/2006 9:03:41 AM PST by Boondock_Saint
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To: KeyLargo

Great concept and love the flavor names - I'd love to buy a quart of "gun nut".

However, I'm disappointed that there's a ton of artificial ingredients -- there's no need for all that junk! Just use cream, milk, sugar, and the mix-ins for goodness sakes. Here's the ingredients to "Gun Nut" -- YUK!!

INGREDIENTS: Ice Cream Base (Milk, Cream, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Whey, Nonfat Milk, Guar Gum, Mono and Diglycerides, Polysorbate 80, Xanthan Gum and Carrageenan); Coconut Emulsion (water, propylene glycol, sodium metabisulfite); Roasted Almonds; Chocolate Chips (sugar, coconut oil, cocoa process with alkali, cocoa, milkfat, soya lecithin (added as an emulsifier) and natural flavors).


12 posted on 02/12/2006 9:04:46 AM PST by Uncledave (It takes some pretty serious yodeling to call for a filibuster from a five-star ski resort)
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To: wildcatf4f3

I emailed my grocery store PUBLIX, and requested they sell Star Spangeled Ice Cream.

http://www.publix.com/contact/ContactUs.do


13 posted on 02/12/2006 9:05:04 AM PST by YaYa123
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To: KeyLargo

I just did a job in New Hampshire, and they told me BEN AND JERRY'S is no longer owned by Ben and Jerry...

someone else bought them out.


14 posted on 02/12/2006 9:05:22 AM PST by RaceBannon ((Prov 28:1 KJV) The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.)
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To: raccoonradio
How about some kind of Screamin' Howie Dean flavor? Almonds, pecans, walnuts, peanuts...like Howie, it's ALL NUTS

How about Arafat Apricot and Farrakhan Fudge flavors to show Conservative support diversity? :)

15 posted on 02/12/2006 9:11:16 AM PST by Stepan12
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

The thing is I've "heard" that they having nothing to do with the managing of the company anymore and that the company is just a bunch of people trying to make money, and not politically affiliated. Can anyone confirm? I'd hate to sanction Americans for being in a formerly liberal company.


16 posted on 02/12/2006 9:14:39 AM PST by mudblood
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To: RaceBannon
I just did a job in New Hampshire, and they told me BEN AND JERRY'S is no longer owned by Ben and Jerry... someone else bought them out.

HIM?



17 posted on 02/12/2006 9:16:30 AM PST by Stepan12
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To: Boondock_Saint
New Flavor: "Nagin's Chocolate City" *(mix it with white milk and it becomes a delicious drink.)

Very good!

18 posted on 02/12/2006 9:18:32 AM PST by American Quilter (Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. - Philip K. Dick)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

What katsup do you get? I have tried others, but honestly Heinz is the best. I never like Ben and Jerry's and as far as wine goes I drink Italian.


19 posted on 02/12/2006 9:18:55 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Stepan12

To broaden the diversity, how 'bout Farrakhan Fudge Pecker?

On a more serious note, there's no better than Blue Bell ice cream. It is privately held and no lib lovers there, either.


20 posted on 02/12/2006 9:20:42 AM PST by 05 Mustang GT Rocks
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