I ate at Taco Bell tonight and have never been so energized!

[Bluebear]

Not because of the chalupa, that will be repeating on me a couple hours from now.

There was a long, long line (New Hampshire mall location) and I started chatting up a few people. Seems the young lady behind me (with whom I shared a name, one of those names that can be M/F..conversation meant to be!) has a husband in Baghdad. We discussed the election and she said her husband had called her the night before. She told him she was confused and thinking of voting for Bush and he screamed at her all the way from Iraq: "NO! Vote Kerry, get us the hell out of here, MY WHOLE UNIT VOTED FOR KERRY! Why would you vote for Bush?" She explained to him that the media keeps saying that military families support Bush and she felt foolish because she was torn, she wants her husband home safe! Now, I am not one to post overly-optimistic posts, but the fact that that unit in Iraq are behind the Senator gave me a real shot in the arm. Her husband had been in Kosovo, missed the birth of their second child last year, was on his second assignment to Iraq, and was about to be shipped out to Fallujah....I explained (as did the Maine Kerry supporter behind her) how we Democrats support the troops and thank her whole family for their sacrifice, but differ on this President's policies and urged her to vote for Kerry. By the end of the conversation, she and her friend were Kerry voters. Each one, reach one!

Now excuse me, I need a Tums.

[Nimble_Idea]

1. Isn't Taco Bell one of those funding the anti-Kerry show.

not sure, but I thought they were. I ain't eatin no mer buritoes. (at least not from taco bell)

[Shoeempress]

3. They are , but for a meal that probably only cost a few dollars, he

convinced people to vote Kerry. I'd say a fair trade if there ever was one.

[Bluebear]

5. Hiya empress....this was at Fox Run tonight

I missed the Mexican fast food category of the boycott :( but what a great result. Every vote counts in NH!

[Bluebear]

4. Well the point wasn't the menu, but I will check into that

[SoCalDemocrat]

29. Taco Bell is on the BOYCOTT LIST

Sheesh. I stopped eating at taco bell a week ago, and I won't be back this year at least, probably longer.

[Bluebear]

30. Oh sheesh yourself.

TACO FRIGGIN BELL wasn't the main point!!!!! I heard, a thousand times now, I won't eat there again, it sucked anyhow! :)

[timefordrinking.com]

34. Boycott Taco-Bell, and the terrorists win!

Why should we let the republicans deny us the tasty goodness of Taco Bell?!

I'd say converting some Republican/Undecided/Whatevers to Kerry and hearing the good news about the military vote MORE than makes up for 99 cents going in Taco Bell's evil wallet. In fact, I'd say a Taco-Boycott is pretty fucking LAME compared to actually face-to-face outreach with swing-voters. That is how we're going to win this election, not pissing ourselves about whether our favorite taco-joint is on the "approved" list. It was the phone calls, letters, e-mails, and protests that made Sinclair cave in, not a two-week taco break.

Anyways, well done, platic turkey(s) - you have given us all hope! Let's hope they don't "lose" all those military ballots!

[Bluebear]

35. TFD, thanks for that

And a belated welcome to DU! As an aside, my chalupa and MexiMelt was $2.26, but I gave over 500 bucks to Dem candidates this year :toast:

[Jo March]

2. That is AWESOME!!

We need to spread these types of stories far and wide. So many troops won't vote for Bush but probably will say that they will so as not to get into trouble. The troops want to come home.

This is just so awesome! Thank you for sharing it.

[RoyGBiv]

6. Interesting ...

Did anyone else see a news story yesterday about concerns over whether votes by deployed soldiers would be counted correctly?

Makes you wonder ...

[Cha]

7. Taco Bell has it's Plus side...

This is a fantastic account of what's going on in Iraq with the soldiers..I just hope they get counted for Kerry!

[Bluebear]

8. Amen to that.

I only hope the voting preference goes throughout the services!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

9. This is both encouraging, and sad at the same time.

Encouraging: "My whole unit voted for Kerry"

Sad: This lady's husband is telling her what time it is, basically, and she is conflicted because of what something she saw on TV is telling her she ought to be feeling or thinking.


Arrrgghh.

[arewenotdemo]

16. Agreed. It is pathetic.

But the quote: "Get us the hell out of here!" is extremely relevant.

That needs to be played, but I'm not sure how. Kerry has had to finesse this whole issue and I'm not at all sure that had he voted against the authorization of force he would be in a position to win this election.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. BTW how can you eat that cat food at Taco Bell? n/t

[Bluebear]

11. Well it's the first time in a while

I was in a hurry. But calling this food Mexican is like calling Bush President. It just doesn't sit right lol!

[maxsolomon]

12. who you gonna believe, a soldier IN IRAQ or hannity?

what a rube!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. Hey man, are you in New Hampshire volunteering, or on vacation, or what?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

15. Or what.

This is home! And volunteering too.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

19. Hmmm. I don't know why your other posts gave me the idea you

were here in the "chicken fried hell" that is Dallas, TX (in the immortal words of Hank Hill's neighbor Khan).

[Bluebear]

20. You crazy redneck! - Khan Sousamonosonophone

or something like that.

I don't know, maybe I was lapsing into drawl?

[Tom Kitten]

14. well that's good news...

Congratulations! Great job! :yourock:

Myself, I ate at a Taco Bell last Saturday and never felt so energized myself! Three days of running to the bathroom every couple of hours...never again!

[NEDem]

17. I work with 2 women who have sons in Iraq.

One has a son in the Navy, the other is a Marine. The woman who has the son in the navy showed me a one line email she got from him on Thursday morning. It said "Mom, its all Kerry!". She said it was a response to a question from her asking what the troops were saying they voted for. The Marine mom said her son is saying the exact same thing.

I'd like to tell you more about the kind of vessel he's on, because its important to the story, but I don't want write anything that could even remotely get him in trouble.

[Lilli]

18. Great news!

Thankie for sharing. Makes me very happy.
Hope the tums kick in ;)

[RevCheesehead]

32. Tums might not do it - maybe Pepcid or Xanax?

Anyways, congrats, and pleasant dreams (if you can >burp< sleep)!

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. Good on ya!

And ewwwwwwwww Caca Bell! Nasty food. :-)

[zbdent]

22. The fact that they are sponsors to the Kerry smear

and the fact that they were the ones saying "Show your vote":

Grey Davis: "Chicken, soft" taco

Ahnold: "Beef, crunchy/hard" taco

Made me think of a verry, verry nasty disgusting idea.

It involves sitting down in one of their restaurants, eating a meal, drinking a soda, starting to act like you're ill, standing up and staggering toward the restroom as you "don't make it" before doing the "technicolor yawn" . . . purely by "accident", of course . . .

After said yawn, stagger out the door to your car and drive off . . .

[bookman]

23. This too shall pass!

:)

[n2mark]

24. Taco Bell

I don't buy anything anymore at Taco Bell --found wire and paper in my tacos plus everything was always cold. Don't know if the Health Department would okay this but if the food is always served cold, why do they still have a license?

Yuck!

I have a probably with the temp of food. Excellent source of bacteria and the flu.

I wonder how many times the Shrub ate a Taco Bell? Bet I can count the times on one hand.

A home cook meal is the only way to eat.

I make a batch of something on Sat. and Sun. this gives me meals for the week.

[Bluebear]

26. "A home cook meal is the only way to eat."

Yes indeed, I cook 29 out of 30 dinners a month at home. I happened to be volunteering for Kerry today and was hungry. :)

[sangh0]

25. Now there's a sentence I thought I'd never hear!

.

[Neecy]

27. wow

This story and others makes me think that the talking heads and their cooked polls have NO idea what's really going on in this country.

Good to know. And I hope her husband comes back safely...and soon.

[Clintmax]

28. "My whole unit voted for Kerry! Why would you vote for Bush?"

LOL Man-o-man I got a good laugh outta that one! This was great to hear! Thanks for the post!

[Bluebear]

31. You're welcome!

:toast:

[deadparrot]

33. Awesome news! I had more faith in our military

than what the media was telling us!