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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Chuck Grassley advocates boycott of Coca Cola to punish company for leaving ALEC.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/21/468888/senator-chuck-grassley-advocates-boycott-of-coca-cola-to-punish-company-for-leaving-alec/On April 4, Coca-Cola announced it was ending financial support for the American Legislative Exchange Council, the right-wing group behind Stand Your Ground laws and voter suppression efforts.
Now, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is advocating a boycott of the company: (Tweet) U might think abt not drinking Coca Cola since company sucombed to pressure fr Leftist not to support ALEC
What a moran.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)made me boycott them for years but now they do something a little politically correct and this asshole wants to boycott them? ...... Bizarro world
enough
(13,262 posts)Max's Boycott Coke campaign:
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)enough
(13,262 posts)Just enjoying the irony of strange bedfellows. Max's boycott had nothing whatever to do with ALEC.
Itchinjim
(3,085 posts)"Fuck Chuck"
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)I'm in N.Y. where even some dems will f-ck us.
liberalmike27
(2,479 posts)All you corporations need to stop drinking coke--Oh wait, you aren't human, so you don't drink coke anyway, do you.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)I'd also add: fuck ALEC.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)This guy is just up for making more enemies I guess.
Hatchling
(2,323 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Let everyone know the depths to which all these ReTHUG scumbags have sunk.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Them.
calimary
(81,466 posts)Think I'll continue to drink Diet Coke. AND Pepsi, too, since they pulled away from ALEC as well!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Very few people would give up Coke for any length of time, if at all.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)where the republican heart is and it sure isn't for the people is it?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)He's a republican. It's in his genes. It's what they do naturally.
They're in a state of perpetual constipation.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)on the pot.
newspeak
(4,847 posts)because ALEC has done such charitable work, especially for the elderly, the poor and for labor. Wait, you say they haven't helped the american people? They've worked for anti-labor laws, voter suppression, major deregulation and corporate big fat giveaways? Why damn, I think I'll have me a COKE!!!!!
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)and our governor also.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)bhcodem
(231 posts)but too many non-thinkers keep voting him back in!
Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)Unfortunately, not enough are. Him and Harkin are both aging and will step down sooner or later. So maybe we can see Senator Bruce Braley and Senator Tom Vilsack or something like that.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...cry about it on the senate floor.
PB
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)addicted to several Cokes a day.
mmonk
(52,589 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,448 posts)(this idiot will be 80 next year) letting the crazies take over their twitter accounts and posting illiterately-written nonsense? What the hell is this "Lefist" crap?
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)All those rich, white, politically connected conservative men. They're SO hard done by.
Idjit.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)asjr
(10,479 posts)are in no way backers of the USA.
pennylane100
(3,425 posts)I said he might do himself a favor and shut the hell up.
BumRushDaShow
(129,448 posts)Worried senior
(1,328 posts)so I tweeted him back and said I was proud of Coke and Alec was a terrible organization.
atreides1
(16,093 posts)The people of Iowa elected Grassley to write the laws not ALEC...if the job is more then he can handle perhaps it's time he retired.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)He was always a horrid speaker, but at least he spoke some sense once in a while. Now, he is screwing up time after time. I first saw it with the healthcare bill, but he is getting worse.
Past time to retire, Charles!
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)... in South America.
This boycotting stuff does get complicated.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)think
(11,641 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)There is no lie to large to come out of Chuck's Pie Hole!
Smilo
(1,944 posts)comes to the right wing telling everyone what they should do.
Grassley needs to get the hell away from Twitter - before he spills the beans on everything he really thinks - Twitter is not good for those with senility and an empty brain.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)freedoms back.
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)and not just the text so it would be easier to reply to them.
Link to his tweet:
https://twitter.com/?tw_e=screenname&tw_i=193880610362753025&tw_p=tweetembed#!/ChuckGrassley/status/193880610362753025
My reply:
@ChuckGrassley U might think about not aligning Urself with corrupt anti-American plutocrats #ALEC against your own constitutents. Thanks.
9:20 AM - 22 Apr 12 via web
https://twitter.com/?tw_e=screenname&tw_i=193880610362753025&tw_p=tweetembed#!/48thave/status/194098478346018817
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)EFerrari
(163,986 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)Demonstrating that Grassley cares more about partisan, national fights, than about maintaining employment of the citizens of his state.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)you asked
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Drink $10 a gallon privatized water instead!
1monster
(11,012 posts)drink the stuff!
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Fuck you Grassly.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Good luck with that, Chuck
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)... the "Catholic League's" (a/k/a on malcontent named Bill Donohue) on their [his] boycott of Jon Stewart!
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)His account is a must follow.
BYCTT CKE NOW R U WICH 2 K NO
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)CobaltBlue
(1,122 posts)I think it is more a statement that Sen. Grassley incorrectly spells the word "succumbed."
SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)varelse
(4,062 posts)maybe it makes good snail bait? I certainly can't drink it.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)But if a few lardassed Republicans from the square states do something good for their bodies I'm all for it, even if their reasoning is stupid. Somebody go tweet him that stupid rumor about there being aborted babies in Pepsi, then maybe we can make up something about pink slime turning kids gay. We'll get these fuckers whipped into shape in no time.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)tooeyeten
(1,074 posts)Diet, one per person, just a little goodwill.
Snarkoleptic
(6,001 posts)In related news...
Chan790
(20,176 posts)While I freely admit this might be indicative of another problem:
Coca-Cola's assets and holdings > State of Iowa.
Chuck, Coke could buy your state with its' cash-on-hand assets. I doubt they care what you think.
Considering how much "corn-sugar" they use, it might even be a good investment.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)I'll try to have a couple more tomorrow in Chucky's honor.
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)Do you actually think that Coca-Cola is going to be hurt ONE IOTA by your refusing to buy their products?
You're obviously going scenile! Go home to Iowa and drop dead in a cornfield.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Typo deliberate because it describes that pig so perfectly.
And apologies to pigs.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)Not likely.
SemperEadem
(8,053 posts)leaving ALEC because their nuts are in a vise is cowardice. Until a stink was raised, they were perfectly fine with throwing in to fund voter suppression and SYG laws... they'd still be funnelling money to ALEC if no one took the time and energy to bring this abomination to light.