Posted on 02/25/2008 9:01:37 AM PST by Rockitz
It's probably no surprise to most of you that Ben & Jerry have endorsed Barack Obama for president. To honor Senator Obama (see following article), GeorgiaDawg32 invited us to suggest new ice cream flavors that we think Ben and Jerry should issue to commemorate this auspicious occasion. See
Thanks to a number of us at FR, a list of our top 25 suggestions has been compiled and is being made available to Ben and Jerry to help them in this endeavor. Maybe you have some additions to the list?
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Ben and Jerry Endorse Barack Obama for President
Sam Graham-Felsen
Feb 18th, 2008 at 5:35 pm EST
Burlington, VT – Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben and Jerry's, publically announced their endorsement of Barack Obama for President today. Joined by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, the former John Edwards supporters said they believe Barack Obama is the best candidate to unite America and finally tackle the challenges facing our nation. "Barack Obama believes that the special interests in Washington shouldn't drown out the voices and basic needs of Americans," Greenfield said. "When Barack Obama is President, we will finally have a president who is committed to ensuring all Americans have access to affordable health care and our children get the education they deserve."
Senator Leahy unveiled a 60-second radio ad, entitled "Important" which he and his wife Marcelle recorded in support of Senator Obama. The ad, which will begin airing on Wednesday, February 18, stresses Obama's judgment to lead and ability to bring real change we can believe in.
Ben and Jerry, along with Senator Leahy, drove to American Flatbread in Burlington in "ObamaMobiles" which they designed to help get out the vote for Vermont's March 4th primary. Said Cohen, "The ObamaMobiles are true vehicles for change. There's a lot at stake in this election. All Vermonters need to make their voices heard and vote."
Top 25 List of New Flavors to Commemorate Ben & Jerry's Endorsement of Barack Obama
25. Coffee For A Change (previously retired B&J flavor)
24. Polyanna Obama Banana
23. Free Lunch Crunch
22. Bright Clean Nice Ice
21. Socialist Sorbet
20. Chocolate Mousselim
19. Barry No Idea Garcia
18. Commie Caramel Surprise
17. Scary Barry Dream
16. Chocolate Fluff Shuffle
15. Half Baked Funky Monkey
14. Madmadamia Nut
13. Baraccoli Swirl- Tastes disgusting, but at least it's a change.
12. Chocolate Brownie Bites with Dope We Can Believe In
11. BarackBerry
10. Negropolitan
9. Che Guava Revolution
8. Magic Negro Cookie Dough
7. Death by Diversity
6. Vanilla White Guilt
5. Madrassa Mint
4. Empty Suity Fruity
3. S'mores Wars
2. Mocha Messiah
1. Baracky Road
Kookies & Kommies
Taxing Toffee
Raspberry Rat
Words take on different meanings depending on the context in which they’re used. That is all I’m going to say on this topic.
Thanks Rockitz - mine was Baracky Road.
We have a Ben & Jerry’s in Metairie, LA. It’s in a funky little mini-mall on Veterans Hwy. (our main drag in Met. and there is only one or two cars in front of it when I pass. I am hoping for a going out of business sign on it one day. I will NEVER buy one lick of ice cream from those liberal leftists who have made their money on Capitalism!!! Yet have contempt for it - hypocrites!””
Yep, never met a sniveling liberal who wasn’t a hypocrit. Ingratitude is one of their hallmarks. I will be tripping down to Baton Rouge for a meeting come June and again in N.O. come July and I can promise I will never buy a bit of Bennie and jerry’s junk.
From a creative perspective your suggested flavor has a dual meaning in that "Rocky Road" is a real B&J Flavor and it will be a rocky road for this country if Barack Obama manages to get elected president, in addition to the bonus that "ROCK" is part of BaROCK's name. Hands down winner in my book! Congratulations!
“Making fun of a man’s skin color (or even simply highlighting a man’s skin color) by likening him to an ice cream flavor is racism no matter what the aim.”
So you are accusing Ray “Chocolate City” Nagin of being racist against blacks? Because really that is what you are saying.
I sent you a private reply. Be well.
Butter We Can!
Si Se Peanut!
Orange We Can Believe In
Mint Cherry and Candy Date
Baracky Road
Chocolate Vanilla Swirl
Peacherized Peach
Soros Sorbet
Rezkoberry Chunk-o-Change
Obama Split
Messianic Mud
Strawberry Che's Cake
Academia Nuts
Marx Mellow Fluff
Coke-n-Sinclair
Hadn't looked at the list yet when I posted mine, but I guess that one was a no-brainer.
Excellent! One of the best!
GMTA! See my 88.
Maybe "Kookies and Dreams?"
Another play on that flavor downthread is “NeoPolitician” which is also great.
“yes, in this context “gubmint” would indeed be a racist term. Why else would the term be used or thought funny when referring to a black candidate.”
No, it’s not.
Since I am the inventor of “S’more GubMint,” I will explain:
“S’more” is a candy flavor — marshmellow and graham cracker being the two primary ingredients, with chocolate being optional.
In addition to being a candy, it is often a flavor of ice cream.
The name in a contraction of the term “Some More” as in, “Mom, can I have s’more.”
The contraction is used by children of all races to refer to this culinary delight.
The term “GubMint” is a play on the fact that “mint” is also a flavor of ice cream.
The joke, is of course, that Obama promises “Some More Government,” and we are talking about ice cream.
I suppose I could have gone with GovMint, but that reminded me of the “Mint” that would involve printing money, and would distract, being what comedians call a “miscue.”
Anyway, where you got “GubMint” being racist must come from your own interal rascism and prejudice.
Maybe stop looking at the world with your prejudiced and bigoted eyes, and you won’t mistakenly see prejudice where it is not present.
Oh, I didn’t do it for his benefit.
Reminds me of the idiots who were convinced that “niggardly” was rascist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_%22niggardly%22
Dark and palatable on the outside -- but (Commie) Red all the way through
So I am prejudiced and bigoted because I have thrown a little light on racism? How does that make me prejudiced or bigoted? I am really at a loss to understand that charge.
The lack of sensitivity toward others by a very small number of Freepers is absolutely amazing to me. I could grant how a complete idiot might not understand the harmful effects of stereotypes, but I don't think there are many idiots here. The only conclusion I have left is that those who makes such comments are really racists, even if they are too blind to admit it.
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