"...IOW, there ain't a damn thing I can do about it."
Well, there is something that I can do about it. When the Board has their bottom line hurt, they will change their leadership. If not, then so be it.
"If you're going to boycott every company that has a lefty in it's employ,..."
Being in the employ and being the top dawg are two different things. I don't eat Ben and Jerry's either.
"Have any of you crusaders ever stopped to think that there may be good Freepers here (such as myself) who work for Pepsi distributors, but have no say in who gets appointed to head the organization?"
You don't own any stock for Pepsi? If your livelihood is hurt and you own stock, then you do have a say. Sounds like you need a better grasp on your liscenser's operations.
No, I don't own any Pepsi stock, wiseass, that is, unless it's one of the hundreds of stocks that make up the mutual funds in my retirement plan.
And even if I did own Pepsi stock and started making a stink about this woman being CEO, I would be "politely" asked by my employer to shut the hell up to avoid trouble. I don't need that kind of crap at work. I like my job, things are going well and I want it to stay that way.