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Democrats say Taco bell poll is rigged(Juvenile cry-baby Alert)
San Mateo Daily Journal ^
| August 28, 2003
Posted on 08/28/2003 10:15:38 AM PDT by Jacob Kell
California Democratic Party leaders yesterday blasted the Taco Bell restaurant chain for a sales promotion that counts sales of different menu items as votes in a mock California recall election.
Last week the Mexican-style fast food chain launched the campaign, urging Californians to put their vote where their mouth is. Taco Bell restaurants statewide are tallying each purchase of a crunchy beef taco as a vote for Republican challenger Arnold Schwarzenegger and each purchase of a chicken soft taco as a vote for not recalling Gov. Gray Davis. In the first week of the unofficial poll, votes for any of the remaining 134 candidates could be cast by buying a Grilled Stuft Burrito.
Taco Bell announced the first installment of its Taco Poll results yesterday, in which 54 percent of the votes went to Schwarzenegger and his crunchy beef taco, and just three percent of the votes went to Davis and his chicken soft taco. All other candidates received 43 percent of votes through purchases of the chains Grilled Stuft Burrito.
Unhappy with the mock poll results, the chairman of the California Democratic Party, former state Sen. Art Torres said yesterday that Taco Bell should stick to making tacos, not rigging elections.
In a press statement released yesterday, Torres said beef tacos always outsell chicken tacos, which cost twice as much at the restaurant chain. In Sacramento, Torres said, Taco Bell sells beef tacos for 74 cents and chicken tacos for $1.50.
Bob Mulholland, campaign advisor for the California Democratic Party, says the Taco Poll is also an investment scam to benefit Schwarzenegger. He pointed to the actors ownership of about $1 million of stock in Pepsico Inc. The company is the former owner of Taco Bell and is still its exclusive soft drink supplier, Mulholland says.
Meanwhile, Taco Bell announced yesterday that after an overwhelming response from consumers to include Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante in the Taco Poll, patrons can now vote for Bustamante by purchasing a Chalupa.
Customers can vote as often as they like at more than 1,000 California Taco Bell restaurants until the day before the Oct. 7 special recall election. The results are tallied and released every Tuesday, and can be viewed at www.tacobell.com.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: ahnold; arnold; california; chaluparevolt; democraticparty; democrats; demoncrats; demorats; dummycrats; fatchalupa; republicanparty; republicans; schwartzenegger; tacobell
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So Schwartzennegger is beef and Davis is chicken, huh? How appropriate.
To: Jacob Kell
Who is fish?
To: Jacob Kell
Also, Taco Bell is racist because they will not accept food stamps from lefties wanting to vote several times in the Taco Bell Poll.
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:18:12 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(No more 9/11's! Kill the Islamokazis and the Islamofascists in the Middle East!)
To: Jacob Kell
Hoe about Gary Coleman? Do they sell a shrimp salad?
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:18:38 AM PDT
by
PaulJ
To: Jacob Kell
I bet the Ahnold's taco looks like beef, but tastes like chicken.
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:18:40 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Run Al Run!!!)
To: Jacob Kell
hmmmm...Jacob Kell and Taco Bell.
That's got a nice ring!
To: Jacob Kell
This is a riot :-)
Drop the chalupa!
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:21:15 AM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Incrementalism will seize the day, and the next., and the next... exactly how the left did it....)
To: Jacob Kell
In a press statement released yesterday, Torres said beef tacos always outsell chicken tacos, which cost twice as much at the restaurant chain. So what's the problem. Democrats cost twice as much in taxes. Seems representative of reality to me.
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:22:54 AM PDT
by
BJungNan
To: Tamsey
Liberals in California have no sense of humor.
They have no sense of reality for that matter either.
Just like PETA, ALF, ELF, ACLU, and so on and so forth.
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:23:06 AM PDT
by
Ultra Sonic
(Hit it Marines! Go, go, go! The Corps ain't payin' us by the hour!)
To: Jacob Kell
Geez.
I will always buy chicken at Taco Bell rather than the dog food tacos, but not to support Davis. For God sakes, we're talking food!
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:23:22 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Hand me my smelling salts.)
To: Jacob Kell
Can I use your bathroom? I've gotta "drop a chalupa".
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:24:26 AM PDT
by
handk
To: Tamsey
The next Governor of California
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:24:51 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(McClintock is a megalomaniac with delusions of Ralph Naderism)
To: Grampa Dave
good one.
To: Jacob Kell
Can I use your bathroom? I've gotta "drop a chalupa".
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:26:55 AM PDT
by
handk
To: Jacob Kell
ain't that the truth vote for a RAT and costs you $1.50 vote for a Republican it costs you $0.74.
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:27:44 AM PDT
by
john316
(JOSHUA 24:15 ...choose you this day whom ye will serve...)
To: Rome2000
The next Governor of California
Hey, I'd date him before Bustamonte ;-)
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:33:18 AM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Incrementalism will seize the day, and the next., and the next... exactly how the left did it....)
To: Ultra Sonic
No sense of humor or reality...PETA, ALF, ELF, ACLU
Ain't it the truth :-)
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:35:08 AM PDT
by
Tamzee
(Incrementalism will seize the day, and the next., and the next... exactly how the left did it....)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Who is fish?I don't think TB has fish on the menu. But if they did, it would have to be Arianna Huffington (sp?). Something about the aroma of warm, day-old tuna....
To: Jacob Kell
If Ah-nold gets elected, Kalifornians will be putting less beef in tacos and more beef between the buns.
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posted on
08/28/2003 10:39:51 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Jacob Kell
In a press statement released yesterday, Torres said beef tacos always outsell chicken tacos, which cost twice as much at the restaurant chain.Yeah, but does Taco Bell typically sell 18 crunchy beef tacos for every soft chicken taco sold?
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