Posted on 02/25/2005 9:49:40 AM PST by jbwbubba
No more kisses This Valentine's Day, Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, encouraged the romantic sweethearts in his party not to buy chocolates from three of the nation's biggest chocolate producers: Hershey, Nestle and Mars. After all, he warned, all three are "red" companies — purportedly supporters of President Bush and his policies. It's not just Hershey's Kisses that Democrats were asked to give up. Outback Steakhouse is similarly a target of the left, as are hundreds of Wal-Mart stores that are "not so blue." And Democrats are pumping Hess "blue gasoline" these partisan days. "You may have voted blue, but every day you unknowingly help dump millions of dollars into the conservative war chest," reads the mission statement of Buy Blue — buyblue.org. "By purchasing products and services from companies that donate heavily to conservatives, we have been compromising our own interests as liberals and progressives." Buy Blue is developing an extensive list of companies for Democrats to monitor — "to lift the veil of corporate patronage, so consumers can make informed buying decisions that coincide with their principles." The impact, if any, of buying blue — or red — remains to be seen. There's always the question of whether a consumer, regardless of party, will give up his Almond Joy solely to demonstrate party allegiance or principle. The Hershey Foods Corp., the largest North American manufacturer of chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products, recently announced record sales and earnings for the last quarter, with revenues of more than $4 billion. And last Friday came word that the company hopes to double its outstanding shares, generating even more money. With such a promising job-market future in these uncertain times, we wonder how many Democrats among the candy makers' 14,000-plus employees appreciate being snubbed by their own.
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How the hell do Iowegians continue to elect this fetid pile of dung?
Funny, Wal Mart may not be blue, but the source of most of the products on their shelves is as blue as it gets. As for me, I buy what I need, when I need it, where I want, regardless of politics. I guess everyone's got a line somewhere, then again, I buy stuff made in China all the time, so then again, maybe I don't.
I don't see the problem, lots of FReepers boycott things all the time.
I need to run to WalMart and pick up lots o' choclit, and on the way I may try to stop off for lunch at Outback. :-)
Somehow, I just don't think Hershey, Nestle, Mars, WalMart or Outback are gonna suffer one little iota from this. LOL
And then these same Dems. accuse Bush of "dividing the nation." I guess if Harkin and the other DemonRats don't like the workings of the democratic process, they might pack up and move to North Korea, which heavens knows is an ideological soulmate of the leftist radical Tom Harkin, where they won't be bothered with little annoyances like elections and the will of the people. This shows the disturbing fascist streak that's emerging in the Democratic party that they seek to punish those who vote differently than they. By the way, Harkin better boycott his own state, Iowa, since it went red in this last elections.
China is blue, isn't it?
Think John Edwards wife cares who the candy makers voted for?
I love when the left does these lists. It tells me where to spend my money. Ha Ha
I imagine most Iowans keep electing "dung heap" Harkin for the same reason most Bay staters keep electing overfed "Ted the Swimmer"; ignorance, complacency, and stupidity just to name three.
That's what I figger.
Well, if they didn't send him to Washington he'd probably be something like governor. Therefore, from their point of view, it's a good deal.
He can screw things up in Washington, but the pain is spread out over the whole country, not just in Iowa.
How's that for a theory?
I always thought of Iowegians as salt of the earth types. They did go for Bush in '04, so there is still hope.
Wow, buyblue.org is awesome! It shows the red companies too. I'm glad I switched to Geico (dark red).
But Geico is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, which is run by Warren Buffett.
I'm sure the good Senator would have no problem consuming coffee from Cuba or grown by slave labor to support the likes of Robert Mugabe.
I have a theory about that. Iowa is pretty well split down the middle, red vs. blue. Both of our Senators, Harkin (deepest blue) and Grassley (deep red), have been in the Senate a LONG time and have a lot of power in their respective parties.
For both of them to be winning time after time, there must be some significant group of voters that votes for both of them. (I've often said I'd like to find those people and conduct amateur autopsies on their brains. ;O)
Now, the one issue area where they don't cancel each other's Senate vote is Agriculture. Their seniority gives them a lot of pull on the Ag Cmte. and they both push for huge farm subsidies. So, I suspect nearly everyone who values the inflow of benefits from the Farm Bills typically votes for both, rather than chance losing a Senator with seniority and power, which would be like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
"Hey, Senator Harkin, let me eat a load of grapes, and I'll get you all the blue chocolate you can eat! Well, purple maybe."
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