Ben & Jerry's founders endorse Obama
By LISA RATHKE, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 18, 7:12 PM ET
BURLINGTON, Vt. - The founders of Ben & Jerry's endorsed Barack Obama on Monday, and lent his Vermont campaign two "ObamaMobiles" that will tour the state and give away scoops of "Cherries for Change" ice cream.
"If there was ever a need for real change, and if there ever was a candidate to inspire us and make that happen, it's now," said Ben Cohen.
Added Jerry Greenfield: "Barack is showing that when you lead with your values and follow what you have inside that good things will happen."
Echoing Obama, Greenfield said he and Cohen succeeded when they opened their ice cream shop 30 years ago in Burlington by doing things differently, instead of copying the "tired ways" of doing business.
"What we saw is that when you want real change it's not a marketing slogan. You have to do things differently. And that is not going to be done by someone who's been involved in the system for years and years," Greenfield said. "It needs to come from inside and Barack Obama has it."
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and his wife joined the ice cream duo to announce their radio campaign backing the Illinois senator.
Cohen initially supported John Edwards, who dropped out of the race earlier this month.
Rob Hill, director of the Vermonters for Obama campaign, said he looked forward to getting behind the wheel of one of the two ObamaMobiles — retrofitted Honda Elements.
Z: If there was one thing I could say about Obama, it would be that he IS only a marketing slogan. "the AUDACITY OF HOPE!" "CHANGE" "DARE TO HOPE" Anybody telling us what all this is going to COST?
How do we win in November when companies are making ICE CREAMS in honor of this guy? what's NEXT? Now THAT is 'audacity'..................
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Women are fainting at rallies when he is there, and others are gushing about 'messiah'...:rolling of eyes: It's like when the Beatles first came over, mass hysteria!
This is beginning(yeah, right) to smell like some spiritual tampering...not good!
Good morning, G*D bless and Maranatha!
tmw
I got the same feeling tmw.
What's next? Babies will be names after him.
named
mornin!
i'm at work today - takin' a break.
If anyone throws their panties at Obama, is that considered "torture?"
I agree that Obama will bring real change. Based on his statements and his record (little as it is) he will work for:
1. Not open borders but NO BORDERS.
2. Amnesty for everyone, terrorist or otherwise.
3. US subservience to the UN.
4. Signing of the Kyoto Accords
5. Signing of The Law of the Seas treaty.
6. Dismemberment of the US Military.
7. Higher taxes, particularly on those that produce something.
8. Negotiations with terrorist states and sponsors of terrorism and the terrorists themselves. This tact has been particularly successful for Israel. Yeah, Right!
9. More foreign workers.
10. Activist judicial appointments.
11. More and bigger entitlements.
12. The cessation of defense from islamic killers. And instead, the embrace of islam as a religion of peace.
12. The endorsement of abortion on demand (with federal funding), no definition of marriage, and the persecution of Christianity in the public square.
13. A outright White House endorsement of socialism, termination of the 2nd amendment, and all kinds of limits on free speech under the guise of "hate crimes" legislation.
14. A quickening descent of America into the 3rd world.
Yes, "change" is in thr air.
I wonder if those tired old hippies will name some gawdawful flavor after him.
they should have named it "nutz for nitwitz"!
Did you hear about this guy named Larry Sinclair who is saying Obama exchanged and used drugs with him in the back seat of a limo in 1999? Also, said they had homosexual sex in that back seat?
He's suing the DNC for efforts to silence him. He's requesting a polygraph test and asking Obama to do the same.
I wonder which Clinton sleazebag is behind this? Is it true? The politics of personal destruction is alive and well. Just in time for the Texas primary, what a coincidence!
Pris
i think it's from rense, pris - they're less than formidable.
nanc...rense??
Nanc, I heard the guy interviewed on the radio. If I hadn't I wouldn't have posted this.
Pris
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