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BEN & JERRY'S CUBA FIDEL CASTRO CONNECTION - SUGAR DADDIES FOR STALINOID CULT LEADER
Associated Press | MARCH 1999 | Associated Press

Posted on 01/31/2003 11:39:22 AM PST by mandingo republican

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy wants to help thaw relations between the United States and Cuba with ice cream -- Ben & Jerry's in particular. Leahy, in Cuba for a weeklong visit, said he discussed human rights, health care and Kosovo with Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday. The two also hotly debated which country's ice cream was better.

"Now my major diplomatic effort will be to get a hold of Ben Cohen and figure out how they can send down a case of Ben & Jerry's," Leahy said, referring to the Vermont-based company's co-founder. "Castro made me promise I would get Ben & Jerry's ice cream to him."

Leahy couldn't remember which brand of Cuban ice cream Castro was extolling.

"Ice cream truly is the universal language," Ben & Jerry's spokeswoman Christie Heimert said. After checking with Jerry Greenfield, the company's other co-founder, she added: "He would love to know what President Castro's favorite flavor is."


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; US: Florida; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: communism; cuba; icecream; patrickleahy; richleftists
THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR AWHILE BY CUBA WATCHERS FOR YEARS. THERE ARE MORE STORIES OUT THERE ABOUT THIS. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED MANY TIMES THAT FIDEL CASTRO USES BEN AND JERRY'S ICE CREAM.

BEN AND JERRY'S - THE ICE CREAM FOR PROGRESSIVES - ALTHOUGH THE FOUNDERS ARE CAPITALIST COMMUNIST MILLIONAIRS WHO STILL DREAM FOR A SOCIALIST WORLD WHILE MAKING THE BIG BUCKS. THERE ARE A LOT OF RICH COMMUNISTS.

BEN COHEN HAS EVEN TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF SENDING ICE CREAM TO CASTRO. A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN USEFUL IDIOT ROCK STARS WENT ON A "CULTURAL EXCHANGE" TO CUBA BEN AND JERRY'S ICE CREAM WAS SERVED AT THE RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE COMMUNIST TYRANT AT THE PALACE OF THE REVOLUTION.

ALTHOUGH BEN COHEN CLAIMED ON HANNITY THAT HE SOLD THE COMPANY - THIS IS BULL. HE STILL IS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND THE FOUNDATION THAT BEARS THE B& J NAME.

1 posted on 01/31/2003 11:39:23 AM PST by mandingo republican
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To: mandingo republican
"President Castro's favorite flavor"

Tobacco with little beard hairs in it.
2 posted on 01/31/2003 11:44:29 AM PST by Lee Heggy (Missouri-Unreconstructed and proud of it!)
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To: mandingo republican
I'm outraged but DON'T TOUCH MY CHUNKY MONKEY!!
3 posted on 01/31/2003 11:47:22 AM PST by zarf
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To: mandingo republican
"President Castro's favorite flavor"

Olive drab
4 posted on 01/31/2003 11:50:50 AM PST by Lee Heggy (Missouri-Unreconstructed and proud of it!)
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To: mandingo republican
YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY IS STUCK!!!!

I stopped eating Ben and Jerry's when I found out they give money to ELF.

5 posted on 01/31/2003 11:57:56 AM PST by shadowman99
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To: mandingo republican
I read the list of those who signed the "Not In Our Name" petition, & guess who was on it? Ben Cohen/co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Not only will I never purchase his product, it figures he & Fidel would be buddies...
6 posted on 01/31/2003 11:59:37 AM PST by Far Right Of Left
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To: shadowman99
And BTW, I really miss Chocolate Fudge Brownie. But I won't give money to people who support terrorists like ELF.
7 posted on 01/31/2003 12:00:43 PM PST by shadowman99
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To: mandingo republican
"Now my major diplomatic effort will be to get a hold of Ben Cohen and figure out how they can send down a case of Ben & Jerry's," Leahy said, referring to the Vermont-based company's co-founder. "Castro made me promise I would get Ben & Jerry's ice cream to him."

Maybe Leahy can arrange for the company to re-locate down there. Seems like a perfect fit.

While he's at it, Leahy should stay down there too.

PS Turn off your "caps lock"!

9 posted on 01/31/2003 12:03:51 PM PST by Cincinatus
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To: mandingo republican
Leahy couldn't remember which brand of Cuban ice cream Castro was extolling.

Horsecrap, oatmeal and crankcase oil!

Leahy, along with his sidekick Orrin Hatch, is an obnoxious dasshole!

10 posted on 01/31/2003 12:05:56 PM PST by LuisBasco
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To: shadowman99
They give money to ELF? Thats terrorism. These people should be arrested.
11 posted on 01/31/2003 12:06:44 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: seamole; mandingo republican
If you liked Chunky Monkey, you'll love Blue Bell's Moolinium Crunch.
12 posted on 01/31/2003 12:34:03 PM PST by alnick
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To: The Ghost of Richard Nixon
I'm sure Castro's slave laborers would like some ice cream after a long day cutting sugar cane. And don't forget that Cuban children cannot drink milk after age 6. No Ben and Jerry's for me!
14 posted on 01/31/2003 5:34:05 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: mandingo republican
Discussed human rights with Castro? The gals of Leahy. The evil lying SOB. The terrorist supporter. The truth obstructionist in chief. The dissimulator and advocate of terrorists. Evil man.
15 posted on 01/31/2003 5:45:00 PM PST by JudgemAll
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