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| Ben & Jerry's founders endorse Obama | |
| 2008-02-19 | |
| Our favorite cholesterol armed revolutionaries are at it again: BURLINGTON, Vt. - The founders of Ben & Jerry's endorsed Barack Obama on Monday, and lent his Vermont campaign two "ObamaMobiles" that will tour the state and give away scoops of "Cherries for Change" ice cream. "If there was ever a need for real change, and if there ever was a candidate to inspire us and make that happen, it's now," said Ben Cohen.
Echoing Obama, Greenfield said he and Cohen succeeded when they opened their ice cream shop 30 years ago in Burlington by doing things differently, instead of copying the "tired ways" of doing business. "What we saw is that when you want real change it's not a marketing slogan. You have to do things differently. And that is not going to be done by someone who's been involved in the system for years and years," Greenfield said. "It needs to come from inside and Barack Obama has it." Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and his wife joined the ice cream duo to announce their radio campaign backing the Illinois senator. Cohen initially supported John Edwards, who dropped out of the race earlier this month. Rob Hill, director of the Vermonters for Obama campaign, said he looked forward to getting behind the wheel of one of the two ObamaMobiles — retrofitted Honda Elements. More B&J flavors of the day: “Moonbat Mocha” “Commie Crunch” “Lefty licorice” “Soros Surprise” "Che-Che Cherry" “Trotsky Ice-Picnic” Reminds me for some reason of one of Johnny Carson’s “answer and question” skits: A. Blood, sweat, and tears. Q. What are the three least favorite flavors at Baskin Robbins? | |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #14 NEWSVINE > CLINTON CAMP SEEKS TO UNDERMINE OBAMA, + ANN COULTER EXPLAINS WHY SHE IS TRYING TO ASSOCIATE OBAMA WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN. OH ANN, IFF ONLY YOU KNEW - I could tell her, but then I'll have to kill her ala MAVERICK to KELLY MCGILLIS in TOP GUN. SHe'll have to wear skimpy sexy clothing, go back to being a brunette every now and then as I remember her, and then be willing to engage in intense political-national affairs discussions during nasty sex, then I'll considering asking her to marry me. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-19 19:06 |
| #13 Willfully, too. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-02-19 13:32 |
| #12 I used to think people like this were just mentally deranged. I've since re-decided that they are just painfully stupid. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-02-19 12:23 |
| #11 "...when you lead with your values and follow what you have inside that good things will happen." I believe I could say the same about Bush. It's just you guys don't have the same values. Get over it! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-02-19 12:01 |
| #10 Ah, to be so obscenely rich that you can afford to support someone so opposed to the obscenely rich... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-19 12:00 |
| #9 Replacing the Cherry Garcia? Poor cherries, getting a bum rap. Political cherries should not be popped in the White House. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-02-19 11:57 |
| #8 B & J, Castro's unemployed. Get him to throw his hat in the ring. There's someone you can really get behind. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-02-19 11:49 |
| #7 Is this really any surprise they throw their support to the most liberal and communist of the candidate pool? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-02-19 10:09 |
| #6 Does that mean the Commie Obammie ice cream will be ready for the dem convention? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2008-02-19 09:54 |
| #5 Well, that should sew up the black vote in Vermont... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-19 09:28 |
| #4 Purveyors of fat, Hucksters of obesity, Congestors of circulation, the exempted of denunciation to the evil plague of weight that the Left harps upon daily in their moral crusade of the Perfect |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-19 09:25 |
| #3 "Barack is showing that when you lead with your values and follow what you have inside that good things will happen." Like Carter and Clinton did, eh? |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-02-19 09:19 |
| #2 Done. Now, will that be cash or shall I put it on your account? |
| Posted by: Steve 2008-02-19 07:41 |
| #1 Glurg, glurg, glurg.... Please move and extend comment highlight to last sentence. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-19 03:42 |