Conservatives drink Coka Cola vs. Liberals drink Pepsi

[packman]

Video at site below where Alex Jones nails it:--

ALEX JONES (HOST): He (the Los Vegas shooter) drank Pepsi. And again liberals, I mean literally conservatives do not drink -- especially in the Obama era -- conservatives drink Coca-Cola, if you drink soft drinks, liberals drink Pepsi. That’s a big clue.


Dammit, I do like Pepsi.

[LisaM]

1. Didn't Pepsi have Bob Dole doing their ads back in the day?

Just saying.

[H2O Man]

12. I thought that

was Viagra?

[LisaM]

58. I hate to subject you to this, but....

watch this to the very end. Apparently, this was released at the same time Bob was doing his ED ads.

For the record, Bob Dole is 58 years older than Brittney Spears. Not sure who thought this ad was a good idea, or at least that putting Bob Dole in it was a good idea.

[H2O Man]

62. Yikes!

[LisaM]

63. I know, right? LOL.

I think it might have been a Super Bowl ad, because I know the first time I watched it was with a group, and I'm pretty sure our jaws all dropped to the floor.

Edited to add: none of us thought he was saying, "down, boy!" to the dog.

[CanSocDem]

90. Good catch.

Harkens back to the recent past when national media could flaunt child-star sexuality with impunity AND impress respectable old men.

Modern times, notwithstanding.


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[TexasTowelie]

2. I'm guilty too.

I've always preferred a Pepsi over a Coke.

[LisaL]

4. I prefer Coke.

[TheBlackAdder]

53. I stopped drinking Pepsi when they had a carcinogen and only sold the Non-cancerous in CA.

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Because California has strict food regulations, Pepsi only sold the reformulated version there.

The rest of the country got the carcinogen formulation.

Meanwhile, Coke reformulated for the entire country.



A 2011 article:

In 2011, the state of California created a problem for the soda industry.

The caramel color that Coke and Pepsi used to give colas that distinctive brown hue contained a chemical, 4-methylimidazole — 4-MEI — that is listed as a carcinogen by the state.

And in accordance with California's Proposition 65 law, the levels of 4-MEI found in sodas would have warranted a cancer warning label on every can sold in the state.

So, as I reported last year, Coke and Pepsi both said they would switch to a reformulated caramel color, one that did not contain 4-MEI.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/07/03/198040172/coke-changed-caramel-color-to-avoid-cancer-warning-pepsi-in-transition


A 2014 article:

Consumer Reports is warning the caramel coloring that gives cola its brown hue may be dangerous in the levels its found in some popular soft drinks.

“There’s no reason why consumers should be exposed to an avoidable and unnecessary risk that can stem from coloring food brown,” toxicologist Dr. Urvashi Rangan, executive director of Consumer Reports’ Food Safety & Sustainability Center, said in a statement.

Researchers at the magazine tested dozens of cans and bottles from a variety of popular brands looking for levels of the artificial chemical used for coloring, 4-methylimidazole (4-MeI).
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Initial tests of regular Pepsi found 24.8 micrograms and 174.4. micrograms of 4-MeI in cans sold in Calif. and N.Y. respectively. The next round of testing found 29.1 micrograms and 32.4 micrograms of 4-MeI in those states. Diet Pepsi tests showed similar results.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/caramel-coloring-chemical-linked-to-cancer-found-in-too-high-levels-in-some-colas/


There are a bunch of other links to this.

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[dchill]

101. Pepsi tastes like soap.

Another liberal for Coke.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Rubbish

[Nictuku]

5. I actually prefer Coke

I just don't drink sodas often. But if I had a choice, and allowed myself to have one, it would be a Coke. So once again, Alex Jones is WRONG.

[Sanity Claws]

6. I dont drink any soda

So ugly boy is wrong about this liberal.

[Kleveland]

86. I also do not drink any pop/soda, at all!

I for one, do not even understand it.

It is all poison, and has no value or nutrition in my world.

Part of a disgraceful and gluttonous addiction that is hoisted on people.

Water is pretty darned good stuff, and that doesn't mean you should buy throw away plastic bottles of water.

It needs to exist, so the President in name can continue to bloat himself with copious amounts of Coke and KFC.

That is the only good I can see in it all.

Remarkable.

[LuvLoogie]

7. I'm an RC guy. Kicks Coke and Pepsi ass.

[Brother Buzz]

19. I'm an RC guy, too - I sorely miss the pint bottles

Get a load of this

[LuvLoogie]

25. That was cool. Thx!

[AJT]

30. Ugh.....now I just thought of Swanson fortune inheriter

Tucker Carlson

[ClarendonDem]

31. I didn't think RC was even a thing anymore

You must be from the south, because I've never seen RC outside a few southern states.

[LuvLoogie]

46. It has a pretty decent presence in the Midwest as well, from what I've seen.

It's definitely not everywhere like Coke and Pepsi. You have to keep your eye out, but you'll find it, even as a fountain selection.

[ClarendonDem]

49. That's really cool

I thought RC had faded away years ago, but glad to hear it is still around.

[Chipper Chat]

51. I also love RC but you have to be careful.

The cans have coded expiration dates so you don't know how long that 12pak has been on the shelf.

[LuvLoogie]

54. I usually get the odd 20 oz or fountain drink as a one off. I don't drink a lot of pop.

And it's usually beer and flavored sparkling water if I buy in bulk for party's. Don't really do mixed drinks that call for pop. I do love a nice sharp ginger ale, though, straight up or with some whiskey.

[Codeine]

71. Those codes are pretty simple once you know the system.

The letter refers to the month;

A: Jan
B: Feb
C: Mar
D: Apr
E: May
F: Jun
G: Jul
H: Aug
J: Sep (note we skip I -- not sure why)
K: Oct
L: Nov
M: Dec

Then there are a bunch of numbers; you're just looking for the big one next to the letter. 7 stands for 2017, 8 for 2018, etc.

This is the production date, not the pull date. Plastic should be good for around six months. Cans for a year. Usually we pull them sooner for quality control purposes.

[Chipper Chat]

91. Thank you.

[Brother Buzz]

64. It has a Strong West Coast presence (where I'm from)

Albeit a small market share.

RC Cola is part of the Dr Pepper 7UP family.

[Codeine]

68. We sell pallets of it here in Southern California.

Dozens of pallets a week just out of one branch of the Dr. Pepper Snapple company. It's still very popular.

[Va Lefty]

8. I prefer Coke Zero

[msongs]

9. took the pepsi challenge 3 times. could tell the diff every time. nt

[DBoon]

10. what did the Coca Cola company do to piss off Alex Jones?

and how much does he expect them to pay him

[Crunchy Frog]

11. Hate Pepsi, like Coke.

I must be a closet wingnut.

[riversedge]

55. me too.

[ClarendonDem]

13. That's ridiculous

Everyone knows that liberals prefer Coke, and more specifically diet Coke.

[smirkymonkey]

27. If I do drink soda, it's diet ginger ale or Diet Coke.

I know a lot of other liberals who drink Diet Coke as well. This is ridiculous.

[kcr]

32. Poor Pepsi. I think that's everyone.

Pepsi might as well give up and change its name to Is-Pepsi-Okay? for all the servers who work in restaurants where Pepsi is served.

[ClarendonDem]

37. True

True. I get irritated when I'm at a restaurant that doesn't serve Coke products, and the server tells me "we have Pepsi."

[NurseJackie]

14. Bottled imported MEXICAN Coca-Cola from Costco...

... is our weakness. (Made with real sugar, not corn syrup.)

[maveric]

17. That's the best.

[Kingofalldems]

24. Tip top.

[SharonClark]

60. Saw Coke all over Mexico. No one had Pepsi.

[Irish_Dem]

65. My coke has to be regular, fountain. Will drink from bottle, never a can.

I don't allow myself to drink it often, but when I do, I want it perfect.

[fierywoman]

78. Shook up Mexican coke, warm, is what you drink in Mexico

when you have Montezuma's revenge!

[crosinski]

15. Coke, and we're so liberal we'd live in a commune, if my husband wasn't such a grump.

We're in our sixties. Could be a generational thing.

[handmade34]

16. trash talk...

......true liberals drink Matcha Tea Latte's

[Johonny]

18. Alex Jones (total scam artist)

[nolabear]

20. And Trumpsters drink Kool-Aid.

[handmade34]

26. ...

[SharonClark]

61. True

[Dem2]

21. Cola is vile sweet acid that dissolves teeth and gives you diabetes

But my preference has always been Pepsi

[OnDoutside]

22. Pepsi Max addict. I need to detox.

[Tracyjo]

98. Me too!

What do they put in that stuff? I'm so addicted. Love it. Heck of a lot better than Diet Pepsi.

[OnDoutside]

99. Must be heavy on the flavouring, Diet Pepsi seems so much

weaker and Diet Coke is like water in comparison.

It didn't hurt Pepsi that they're doing 50% extra free for the same price...works for me !!!

[hlthe2b]

23. I haven't drunk either one for more than 5 years, but I was always a Coke person, except as child--

then it was 7-UP or (later) Sprite all the way.

Gotta say that there was nothing better than the tiny real sugar-sweetened, half frozen coke, sprite, or 7-up glass bottles.

Now it is water or home-made unsweetened tea or coffee--all the way. sigh...

[Doreen]

28. Dr. Pepper is my favorite but I prefer Pepsi over Coke.

Actually I can't stand Coke it has no sweetness to it at all. I also do not like regular Pepsi. I like diet Pepsi because it is not as sweet. By the way I am now proud to be a Pepsi person and not a Coke.

[RhodeIslandOne]

29. I drink what's on sale. n/m

[Sailor65x1]

33. To quote Bloom County

"Both taste like malted battery acid."

[C_U_L8R]

34. I thought we drank wheat grass juice

Hmmm.

[marybourg]

35. REAL liberals drink water.

Bottled or tap, depending on the flavor of liberal you are.

[ClarendonDem]

41. Tap water

Can be pretty awful, depending on location. I like Smart Water, but then there's the whole plastic bottle issue.

[crazycatlady]

56. A Brita filter solves that problem

[marybourg]

73. The previous owners of my house

installed a fridge filter under the kitchen sink attached to a separate bar faucet. Works out great and out of sight.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

36. What a load of crap from Alex Jones again. I prefer Coke (if I drink soda at all).

Vanilla Coke is my favorite, though, so maybe that extra flavor puts me back in the "snowflake" category or something?

[defacto7]

38. Vernors ginger ale.

You know it's good because of that first sip after pouring. Take a deep breath. If it kicks your ass, it's good stuff.

As for the rest of this coke pepsi thing.. meh.

[VOX]

88. Verners in a frosted glass mug.

Absolutely sublime. And yes, “huffing”: the eye-stinging, breath-stopping vapor rising from that frosted glass mug is enough to push you backward.

So worth it, though.

[wasupaloopa]

39. No I drive no both

[ClarendonDem]

50. ?

[Gothmog]

40. I like diet coke and I am not a fan of pepsi

I will accept a diet Dr. Pepper

[ClarendonDem]

42. Cheerwine?

[mainer]

43. liberals drink sparkling water, not soda

Preferably Pellegrino.

Doesn't everyone know that?

[jalan48]

44. Things go better with Coke

[ornotna]

45. Bullshit!

Would Cons do any of this.

[Bayard]

47. Nah

Diet Coke for me. Pepsi tastes like Windex.

[unblock]

48. this has to do with both soda companies' reluctance to enter (as the both eventually did) israel

https://www.snopes.com/cokelore/israel.asp


long story short, as a result of many boycotts, between 1966 and 1992, only coke was available in israel and only pepsi was available in the arab world.

they're both available now so there's not much in it anymore, but some people still feel there are political sides to be taken based on soda.

[Bradshaw3]

52. True progressives drink Zevia

Also those who don't want their gut and teeth rotted out by coke or pepsi.

[tymorial]

57. Diet Pepsi.

Wife drinks diet coke and diet dr pepper Mom drinks diet coke and dad springs regular coke (blech).

All liberal.

[edbermac]

59. I drink Moxie.

[JHB]

66. Wait, don't we drink some artesian, fair-trade, concoction?...

...and only if they have appropriate documentation that no fluffy bunnies were harmed in the making of this drink?

'Cause I have a kick-ass product as soon as my bunny certificates come through. Just sayin'.

[aidbo]

67. Liberals drink brown carbonated sugar-water, while..

..conservatives drink sugary carbonated brown water?

Sounds about right.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

69. Somehow I doubt that soft drink preference has anything at all to do

with political beliefs.

Anyone who thinks that is an idiot. As proof, I offer the many differing opinions on Pepsi vs Coke vs Dr. Pepper vs diet versions already posted.

[Takket]

70. i prefer coke but rarely drink soda. what does that make me? lol

[Persondem]

72. Bullshit. These days conservatives tend to drink Kool Aid, ... orange Kool Aid. nt

[oneshooter]

74. My Loving Wife and myself drink Diet Pepsi

Not because of any politics.

It contains no aspertane

And we like the cherry flavor

[marlakay]

75. Lol call BS. I love Coke!

I don’t drink either anymore for health reason but Pepsi tastes awful...

Rum and Coke...not pepsi...

[Initech]

76. So I'm supposed to mix my Jack Daniels with Pepsi? Blasphemy!

[TDale313]

77. I drink Coke. Never a huge Pepsi fan.

[Codeine]

80. Coke is better than Pepsi, but for some reason

Cherry Pepsi is better than Cherry Coke. Very odd.

[ProudLib72]

81. Coke was outlawed in Saudi Arabia in the 80s when I was there

So I drank a local soda called "Zit". Anyone else ever drink a Zit? It's kind of like Sprite but with more citrus.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

82. What a stupid fuckhead

I'm a liberal and prefer Coke. Coke Zero to be more accurate.

[pansypoo53219]

83. ack!!! NEVAH. well actually i can't drink modern coke as i remember OLD coke.

[anneboleyn]

84. In our house it's only Coke, so we don't fit the "Pepsi" model.

[anneboleyn]

85. Oh we drink Perrier too...I guess that's "liberal?"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

89. Well according to the movie "Heathers" it means you're gay

Not that there's anything wrong with being gay.

[Luciferous]

87. Coke is better than Pepsi

[titaniumsalute]

92. I prefer bourbon

[Vinca]

93. I drink Polar diet orange . . . and they're making me want to spike it with vodka.

[mantis49]

94. BS.

My beverage of choice is unsweetened iced tea, but I occasionally get a yen for a Coke. It has to be from a glass bottle, not a can or plastic bottle. I don't like Pepsi.

[ProfessorGAC]

95. I Drink Neither

I wonder how Jones defines that. Am i a non-person now?

[doodsaq]

105. I'm just surprised how many people *still* drink soda

Dump that crap down the drain.

[ProfessorGAC]

106. Some Beer. A Bit Of OJ

And LOTS of tomato juice for me. Don't drink pop of any description except for a black cow or 2 per year. (BTW: A black cow with coffee ice cream is to die for.)

[aikoaiko]

96. Jim Crow Drank Coke

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/opinion/when-jim-crow-drank-coke.html

Candler began marketing the drink as “refreshing” rather than medicinal, and managed to survive the controversy. But concerns exploded again after the company pioneered its distinctive glass bottles in 1899, which moved Coke out of the segregated spaces of the soda fountain. Anyone with a nickel, black or white, could now drink the cocaine-infused beverage. Middle-class whites worried that soft drinks were contributing to what they saw as exploding cocaine use among African-Americans. Southern newspapers reported that “negro cocaine fiends” were raping white women, the police powerless to stop them. By 1903, Candler had bowed to white fears (and a wave of anti-narcotics legislation), removing the cocaine and adding more sugar and caffeine.

Coke’s recipe wasn’t the only thing influenced by white supremacy: through the 1920s and ’30s, it studiously ignored the African-American market. Promotional material appeared in segregated locations that served both races, but rarely in those that catered to African-Americans alone.

Meanwhile Pepsi, the country’s second largest soft drink company, had tried to fight Coke by selling its sweeter product in a larger bottle for the same price. Still behind in 1940, Pepsi’s liberal chief executive, Walter S. Mack, tried a new approach: he hired a team of 12 African-American men to create a “negro markets” department.

By the late 1940s, black sales representatives worked the Southern Black Belt and Northern black urban areas, black fashion models appeared in Pepsi ads in black publications, and special point-of-purchase displays appeared in stores patronized by African-Americans. The company hired Duke Ellington as a spokesman. Some employees even circulated racist public statements by Robert W. Woodruff, Coke’s president.

[WinkyDink]

97. He has it exactly backwards. There actually is political history involved, with Nixon, Pepsi, and

Khrushchev.

https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/pepsi-official-soda-of-the-cold-war/

[DFW]

100. I must be an independent, in that case

I don't drink either. I drink Wachauer Marillennektar. Hey, if it was good enough for all those Greek gods....

http://www.wachauer-marillenbauer.at/produkte/

[bearsfootball516]

102. Ha. I actually do prefer Pepsi. But most of my liberal friends prefer coke.

[tanyev]

103. Rubbish. I only drink Pellegrino from a Zojirushi Travel Mug chilled to a precise 39 degrees.

[northoftheborder]

104. Coke my fav., but like Pepsi also

I try to look for either of these bottled in Mexico - they use sugar rather than corn syrup. Makes a difference in taste.