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Coca-Cola Leaves Pro-Voter ID Organization After Democrats Threaten Boycott
Mediaite ^ | April 4, 2012 | Frances Martel

Posted on 04/04/2012 8:10:33 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Democratic officials called for a boycott of certain companies supporting an organization pushing for voter ID laws today– among them Walmart and Coca-Cola– of which at least one has responded. Five hours after the boycott rallying call came, Coca-Cola issued a statement that it would withdraw support of that organization, the American Legislative Exchange Council, but not specifically because of the voter ID law support: Coca-Cola, the statement read, did not customarily support political efforts that had nothing to do with the corporation itself, and the news that ALEC had now developed an agenda independent of anything related to Coca-Cola disqualified it from the corporation’s support.

According to the Washington Examiner, the call to boycott came from “Democratic officials,” including Rep. James Clyburn, who told the paper that Democrats had “staffed up” to fight the laws. The group Color of Change also began a petition today, asking the corporation to stop funding ALEC. The Examiner has Coke’s statement on the matter, which comes hours after the call for them to stop:

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coke; dncbrownshirts; howtostealanelection; voterid
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To: muawiyah

I actually go to the 99 cent store and buy their generic pop which is 3 liters for a dollar.

Coke is just being threatened and like any business you back off for a bit until the dust settles. But I would rather drink Coke than Pepsi whose CEO is an Obama-ass kissing b(tch and bragged the Pepsi logo was re-made from the obama election logo.


21 posted on 04/04/2012 9:01:05 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Dapper 26

My dentist has a picture on his wall that shows what sodas do to teeth. Not attractive! He says the acid aggressively eats off the enamel. So....I wonder what it does to our kidneys and bladder?


22 posted on 04/04/2012 9:04:37 PM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: max americana

But I would rather drink Coke than Pepsi whose CEO is an Obama-ass kissing b(tch and bragged the Pepsi logo was re-made from the obama election logo.

Coke is cutting off its nose to spite its face. Wait till the Obamunists come with their hollow-head bullets and a gov’t appointed CEO


23 posted on 04/04/2012 9:11:15 PM PDT by RightLady (Liberty above all)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I need to re-read this tomorrow.


24 posted on 04/04/2012 9:19:25 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Is Barack ∅bama still a coke user?

Only his nose knows!

25 posted on 04/04/2012 9:27:44 PM PDT by QT3.14 (OBAMA's life: a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma)
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To: SandRat

VaVa Voom!


26 posted on 04/04/2012 9:57:03 PM PDT by peteyd (A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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To: muawiyah
What is American Corporatism?

“What is corporatism? In a (somewhat inaccurate) phrase, socialism for the bourgeois. It has the outward form of capitalism in that it preserves private ownership and private management, but with a crucial difference: as under socialism, government guarantees the flow of material goods, which under true capitalism it does not.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1036236/posts

I would add that Corporatism destroys Traditional Values, destroys Western Culture, enforces Political Correctness and hates Christians.

27 posted on 04/04/2012 9:58:03 PM PDT by donna (Republicans won't change their ways until conservatives draw the line.)
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To: Ms Mable

Because the stomach has no acid in it at all....


28 posted on 04/04/2012 10:16:57 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Right Cal Gal

REally. PO your paying customer base to satisfy one that doesn’t.


29 posted on 04/04/2012 10:45:49 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: max americana
>"the Pepsi logo was re-made from the obama election logo."

Fail


30 posted on 04/04/2012 11:02:19 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: EagleUSA

I can’t believe how far the price of soda has fallen (while everything else is going up); I think these companies are going to struggle as people start avoiding even the diet brands (which are still very unhealthy). I’m a soda addict, and I see 2 litre bottles selling for less than the 20 oz. bottles in delis (for the main brands).


31 posted on 04/05/2012 1:21:01 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: peteyd

Great Party/Holiday Punch drink; 1/2 liter bottle of Vernors, 1/2 bottle of Welches Cranberry Juice, 4 to 6 scoops of orange sherbert and serve.


32 posted on 04/05/2012 10:45:30 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Yep. Libturds regard Coca-Cola as EEEEEVIL.
Hey, Sweet Tea is better for me anyway. I hear Rush Limbaugh is in the Tea business.


33 posted on 04/05/2012 3:53:52 PM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Ronald Reagan: "our liberal friends....know so much that isn't so...")
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