Conservatives boycott Girl Scout cookies over perceived support for empowered women

[unhappycamper]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/31/conservatives-boycott-girl-scout-cookies-over-perceived-support-for-empowered-women/



Conservatives boycott Girl Scout cookies over perceived support for empowered women
By Travis Gettys
Friday, January 31, 2014 11:34 EST

Conservatives are calling for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies because the group linked to an article endorsing Texas lawmaker Wendy Davis as a candidate for woman of the year.

The Girl Scouts shared the link Dec. 18 to a Huffington Post article titled, “These Are The Women Who Dominated 2013,” on its official Twitter account.

“The ladies in contention ran the gamut from Beyonce to Wendy Davis to the millions of intelligent women airing their views on Twitter, but one name that continued to pop up was the woman many said deserved to be named Time Magazine’s person of the year — youth activist Malala Yousafzai,” the article said.

Davis, a Democratic state senator, became a target for Republican ire after she led a 13-hour filibuster of a Texas anti-abortion bill and then launched a campaign for governor.

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Breitbart News helped the anti-abortion activist publicize his call for a boycott of the Girl Scouts’ major annual fundraising drive.

[Freddie]

1. An even better reason to buy more!

Unfortunately I can eat a whole box of Caramel Delites in one sitting.

[Berlum]

2. The Republicon War on Women has a new front

The Republicon War on Girl Scouts.

[Squinch]

3. I get a mental picture of two little girls, one standing on the other's shoulders,

wearing a trench coat and a fedora, so they look like an old white guy, making ridiculous Conservative-type statements to boost cookie sales.

The conservatives do this every year, and every year I buy extra cookies because of it. And I can eat more Tagalongs at one sitting than is seemly.

[niyad]

4. there is just no cure for that kind of stupid.