Ben & Jerry & Obama

[Scurrilous]

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"Is the way to voters' hearts through whimsically named frozen treats?

In Vermont, the smallest of the four states holding March 4 primaries, Sen. Barack Obama already had key support from the state's congressional delegation, Democrats who hold statewide offices and almost all of the state legislative leadership.

Which is in all likelihood very useful and could help him win by a large margin in the state's open primary next month, but isn't anything you can drown in chocolate syrup or serve to voters in a sugar cone. So the Ben & Jerry's vote could make all the difference. At an event in Burlington yesterday, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the Ben & Jerry's founders and former John Edwards supporters, formally announced their support for Obama.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, Vermont's senior senator, joined the ice cream entrepreneurs and played a new Obama radio ad featuring himself and Leahy's wife Marcelle that has begun airing across the state. As part of the event, Ben & Jerry and Leahy rode in customized Honda Elements they dubbed "ObamaMobiles," to American Flatbread, a Vermont-based "artisan pizza" company. No word on whether, among all discussion of Obama's commitment to affordable health care and getting children the "education they deserve," anyone in the party ordered American Flatbread's "Revolution" pizza. They were already handing out "Cherries for Change" ice cream, so perhaps there's a limit on symbolically freighted food.

Greenfield said yesterday that he was backing Obama over Hillary Clinton because Obama had been against the war in Iraq from "day one." That's an argument that could play particularly well in Vermont, where last year dozens of towns approved a call to investigate impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney for misleading the nation into the Iraq war. And this year, voters in Brattleboro can go from casting their primary ballots to considering whether the town itself should draft "indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution."

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[LadyVT]

1. What will the new Obama flavor be named?

[Scurrilous]

2. I think they're still working on it.

:thumbsup:

[MassLiberal]

31. Baracky Road

suggested by my 11-year-old son :-)

[Hailtothechimp]

32. Yes We Cone. nt

[cali]

3. Vermont will be overwhelmingly for Obama

And although I'm not a big ice cream fan, American Flatbread Pizzas are fantastic.

[CorpGovActivist]

4. K&R!

[Scurrilous]

8. Thanks.

:thumbsup:

[Gelliebeans]

5. I love Ben&Jerry's

Cherries Garcia. mmmmmmmm

[katty]

6. Obamarama ice cream

[Mags]

7. Yes, he melts when he has to debate, and use his own words.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Watch the SC debate.

With the sound on.

[tbl92666]

11. Or when someone shines the light on the fact

that he isn't an anti-war candidate. He's voted for it every time it has come up as a Senator. But he made a SPEECH when he was in no position to make a difference one way or the other. I wonder if he wrote that one....

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. Most of us were paying attention...

when he voted against the funding.

[catgirl]

22. Yes he does, he melts everyone around him as well

because he outshines Clinton in intelligence, in humor, in insightfulness, in strategy
(see how the CIA caught the top terrorist-Obama's ideas) and in integrity.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Suddenly an awful lot of people hate ice cream.

:evilgrin:

[Mags]

12. I like ice cream, just won't buy any more Ben and Jerrys.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Uh huh.

How's your boycott against Heinz ketchup holding up?

[Mags]

18. I love Heinz

[nomorewhopper]

15. I'm sure there's a right wing ice cream that would be more suitable for you

good luck!

[cali]

17. Maybe someone should come out

with "Truly Sour Grapes" icecream.

[Mags]

20. don't like grape.

[cali]

21. If it's any consolation

you can still buy Ben and Jerry's. It's been owned by Unilever for years now.

[Scurrilous]

26. LOL

:thumbsup:

[Mags]

19. oh , good, hadn't thought of that.

[zulchzulu]

33. Well, there's always Walmart Vanilla...

:rofl:

[catgirl]

24. I don't see that

and in America, you can choose your candidate. Why are you dumping on Vermonters for
exercising this right? If you don't want to participate and eat ice cream, then stay home. I
doubt anyone will though. Vermonters are a smart bunch. They're leading the way to punishing
Bush for his misdeeds. Perhaps that's why you're flaming this thread.

[Hill_YesWeWill]

35. LOL! oh yes, ice cream doesn't matter, especially vermont ice cream! nt

[mtnsnake]

16. How ironic, considering Ben and Jerry's ice cream has so much substance

[cali]

23. Actually it does.

All GBH free milk and cream, most of it from Vermont small dairy farms. No additives. For a confection, it has top notch ingredients. And both Ben and Jerry have done a hell of a lot of good.

[catgirl]

25. Funny, you were just against Hillary in a recent thread

perhaps you too, are here for some other reason.

I suggest you go and get yourself a Cherry Garcia pint
and start enjoying life, instead of being such a creep.

[mtnsnake]

27. Show me the thread

This should be good

[mtnsnake]

28. So? Where is this mysterious thread you speak of?

Inquiring minds would like to knowwww...yeah

[mtnsnake]

29. Cat got your tongue? (snicker)

Find that thread yet by any chance?

[XemaSab]

30. Two great tastes that taste great together!

:9

[Hill_YesWeWill]

34. I love Ben & Jerrys! When are they going to have Cherry for Change everywhere? nt