Mike Huckabee: Boycott Rainbow Doritos! But Chick-Fil-A Boycott Was "Economic Terrorism"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

(File photo - The Huckster with his close personal friend and business associate, convicted felon and disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker)

Back in 2012, Mike Huckabee came to Chick-fil-A’s defense after the restaurant chain faced criticism for its founder’s anti-gay statements and for donations the company’s foundation had made to anti-gay groups. Huckabee organized a “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” in an attempt to block what he described as “economic terrorism” targeting the company. On his Fox News show, he said he would never call for a boycott of Starbucks, Apple or Amazon even though he disagrees with their leaders’ politics.

Huckabee, however, seems to have changed his tune on culture-war boycotts. Time reports that Huckabee has “called on Christians to boycott all snacks made by” Frito Lay after it released limited edition Rainbow Doritos to benefit the anti-bullying It Gets Better Project. Huckabee had demanded that the group apologize and cut its ties with Dan Savage, who founded the anti-bullying group.

The GOP presidential candidate’s anti-Frito Lay campaign reportedly came at the behest of David Lane, a Republican organizer who has linked gays to everything from car bombs to America’s looming destruction and who bizarrely suggests that the creation of Rainbow Doritos could destroy America and curtail religious freedom.

When it became clear that Frito-Lay would not back down, Huckabee and Lane called on Christians to boycott all snacks made by the company in order to protest the perceived connection to Savage, whom they call an “anti-Christian bully.” In a letter to over 100,000 pastors, Lane wrote that “tolerance for Frito-Lay’s brazen corporate support of hate speech by Dan Savage— that were it directed toward Muslim’s, would warrant a Justice Department investigation and prosecution— is chipping away at the very character and soul of the American experience.”

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[randys1]

1. Another example that the right has no morals, no decency, at all.

If the political party they support, for instance, goes out of it's way to make sure Black people and students cant vote, they will support this and not find a single thing wrong with it.

If the candidate they support steals a billion dollars from the government, like Rick Scott in Florida, no problem as long as he is with them on hatred of minorities.

You cant shame them, when you prove that Reagan and Nixon committed treason, they have no response. No shame.

When you show them they are actively stopping Americans from voting, they dont care.

Something happened the day Barack Hussein Obama was elected, and it was real ugly.

(my deleted post was a dupe of this one)

[Va Lefty]

3. "Something happened the day Barack Hussein Obama was elected, and it was real ugly."

They went bat shit crazy. Not that they were all that rational to begin with.

[Bluenorthwest]

11. Except Huckabee has been a raving anti gay public bigot since the early 90's, not since Obama.

Huckabee is on all persons in both Parties who excuse or have excused nasty religious bigotry in our politics. At least 23 years of his bullshit without much objection from the mainstream straight Democrats who are currently busy crafting excuses for another purveyor of anti gay religious bullshit in dear old Frank.

[randys1]

12. Frank?

[Angry Dragon]

4. Huckabee is just enjoying his free pres. ride

he knows he has no chance to be pres. so he is just lubing up to sell more books and have another show

[yellowcanine]

5. Time to boycott that little slut Rainbow Brite also!

Look at how much thigh is showing there in an attempt to make lesbians out of little girls!

[Shandris]

7. You're attacking a substantial portion of my beloved childhood.

If you add in Jem and She-ra, I may have to rescind my commitment to peace.

Besides, we had skirts shorter than that. Yes, even in the Midwest.

[yellowcanine]

8. You have to admit she has that "Come hither" look!

Shameless.

[Shandris]

9. ...you almost owe me a new keyboard.

You should be careful with that!

[yellowcanine]

13. The dolls were bad enough but the shows were gag inducing.

My Little Pony, She-ra, Rainbow brite, ugh. All designed to separate parents of little girls from their money for a closet full of junk.

[Initech]

6. The Huckster doesn't know what economic terrorism is.

Economic terrorism is getting a $70 million payday after destroying the environment, polluting the planet, scamming the government and dismantling your company's reputation for generations. Get it right, Huckabee.

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

10. RW/conservative boycotts do not work at all they never do. They have been boycotting Disney for over

10 years now. How's that working out for them?

What the RW does not realize they don't have the discretionary income to make an effective boycott. Why becaus 10% goes to their religion and they also usually have a mess of kids to take care of.

In fact when was the last time you noticed a advertisement from a major corporation target Wingers and conservatives or the religious? They don't because they are poor

Go go right ahead and make a pointless and meaningless boycott. Nobody will care. Fritos lay will not give a crap either.

[randys1]

14. Good point.

[KamaAina]

15. I'm more worried about whatever dye they use to make the purple ones

than I am about them turning me gay.