[Mike Bates]

If they had to depend only on Democrats as customers, they'd be out of business pronto.

[international american]

My membership expires next month. I will go to Sam's Club.

Thank you.

[BCrago66]

If you're going to boycott based upon, not contributions made from company coffers, but private contributions made by executives working for the company, then you're going to doing to boycotting a whole lot of products.

[xzins]

Maybe Tehr-RAYYY-Sahhh Heinz Kerry will buy 16 millions hams and help them out.

[rllngrk33]

I guess I'll just have to keep shopping at BJ's and SAM's.

[Ron in Acreage]

Say no to Costco bump.

[bigfootbob]

Ping

[MNlurker]

Already let mine expire.

[King Black Robe]

Big bummer.

[2banana]

Bloomberg News reported earlier this month that Costco chairman Jeffrey Brotman gave $95,000 in December to the Joint Victory Campaign 2004 fund. The purpose of the fund is to "change the course of the country away from the Bush administration's radical agenda." This will be done by electing as many "progressive" (read Leftist) candidates as possible.

Also in December, Costco CEO James Sinegal gave $95,000 to the Joint Victory Campaign 2004 fund. He says he contributed because of job losses during the Bush administration, the invasion of Iraq and cuts in social spending.

Democrats - the party of the "little" people...

I just love how the left lives up to the "spirit" campaign finance reform that they pushed so hard for...

[international american]

Ping

[Dr. Frank fan]

Mr. Sinegal calls our action in Iraq an invasion.

It was an invasion. That is what it was. "Invasion" is a neutral term, which has a definition. What our armed forces did one year ago was to invade Iraq. That is the term for what they did.

Don't get me wrong. I was in favor of it.

But let's not shy away from calling things by their real names. The US invaded Iraq.

(And in case this comes up too: yes, currently the US is occupying Iraq. We are occupiers. Again, with my full approval.)

Many people view it as the liberation of a country from a brutal, genocidal maniac bent on exporting terrorism.

It was that too.

This is not mutually exclusive with "invasion". The invasion was precisely what was necessary to effect this liberation you describe.

[Wheee The People]

I only boycott Levi's where it's corporate policy to mock the Boy Scouts.

[Rutles4Ever]

As much as I hate to say it, I think it's wrong to boycott Costco on this issue. We have this thing called the First Ammendment, which is at the heart of the fight over campaign finance reform, which tells people (and businesses) they can only dedicate a certain amount of money to political campaigns. As much as I dislike the fact that Costco's chief gives a lot of money to Democrats, to turn around and financially "punish" him is a little too "Jesse Jackson" for my taste. It hurts the economy and it hurts the right of people to freely do what they want with their money.

That said. If I were to find out that Costco was directly contributing money to an organization I found immoral in its very substance (Planned Parenthood, for example), I would stop giving my money to Costco in a heartbeat. The Democratic Party, however,is not an immoral institution. The people IN IT may be immoral, but it is an important functioning part of our government, whether we like it or not. In its essence, it's an extremely moral component of our two-party republic.

I guess it's a tough issue for everyone, but you couldnt walk out your front door since the guy who manufactured your aluminum siding probably voted for a Democrat.

Regards.

[Solson]

What about Progressive Insurance, Microsoft, AIG, Geico, and the myriad of other companies supported by leftists?

[oceanview]

what's with the link to the original article?

Don't click it folks. Now I have to run viruscan.

[Gefreiter]

Wanna know an interesting fun fact? Costco is the country's biggest book retailer. So big that Barnes and Noble is threatened by them, and claming that big retailers like Costco edge out and compete unfairly with "little" ones like B&N!

I don't go to Costco, but I would be interested to see if the books they choose to sell reflect the attitudes of the company leadership.

[Puddleglum]

Costco is also involved in instances of chumming up with a municipality and using eminent domain to acquire property for one of its centers:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/981262/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/927257/posts

[DennisR]

Just rememember that Costco is based in my home state of Washington, aka USSRW. What else can you expect from these two? We have two Democrat senators (Cant-vote-well and Osama bin Mama Murray) and a Democrat Governor (leaderless Locke). So they are just reflecting the liberal flavor of the state.

[Kerberos]

"An analyst at the Cato Institute calculated how much non-defense discretionary spending has escalated in the first three years of the Bush presidency. That figure is an eye-popping 18 percent. Some cuts."

Like I've always said, it doesn't matter if you vote Republican or Democrat, it's just a matter of which flavor of socialism you prefer.

[BibChr]

Mr. Smeagol sounds like a real idiot.

But is Costco giving money to the Dims?

Dan