Trump calls for Starbucks boycott

[struggle4progress]

November 9

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump .. congratulated himself for strong ratings as host of "Saturday Night Live" and called for a boycott of Starbucks over holiday cups ...

http://www.latimes.com/politics/ct-trump-calls-for-starbucks-boycott-at-raucous-springfield-rally-20151109-story.html

[KarenS]

1. Opportunist n/t

[pinboy3niner]

8. To be fair, it's not easy to outJesus Carson. :) nt

[onehandle]

2. Going there first thing tomorrow morning.

I was wavering before.

Thanks, 'The Donald' and that thing living on your head.

[NCjack]

3. A parody of a parody doesn't work. Also, I got a red cup at Starbucks --

no message on it. Just a plain red cup. Just right for a secular Xmas.

[elias49]

4. The man just can't get enough of himself! nt

[spanone]

5. he's such an obnoxious boor

[JonathanRackham]

6. Corporate Coffee

I get my java fix from locally owned small businesses anyway. Always have always will. Better baked goods.

[struggle4progress]

7. I agree. But it's not really a Decision-2016! level issue

[pinboy3niner]

9. Ironic to boycott because cups are not Christmasy enough...

...when a lot of his supporters showed up wearing Trump ties with Trump's face instead of Jesus'.

[doc03]

10. I will be sure to go to Starbucks tomorrow. FU Trump n/t

[murielm99]

11. Too bad I don't like their coffee.

I would go there tomorrow if I did.

[Person 2713]

28. Chai tea? cake pops ? I prefer Lavazza but really dislike the WoC crap

[wordpix]

32. yes, it's bad but I got a $5 card in the mail so I'll spend it

don't ask what I'll buy. I find their food to be awful but then again, I'm very careful about what I eat.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. Damn!

Now I'm going to have to start going there.

[NowSam]

13. Trump vs. Starbucks

Trump vs. Starbucks? I Think he just got chumped. I don't care for the bitter over priced code there but people live up around the block for it so I would bet good money that Starbucks is mode popular than Trump.

[yuiyoshida]

14. Coming to a city near you...

TRUMPBUCKS!!

[840high]

15. Never been to one. Never will be.

[Midnight Writer]

16. Go, Donald, Go! My local Walmart is still using gray shopping bags.

I went to Target and was not offered a Christmas style bag. Same at Menards, Home Depot, Kohls, Barnes and Nobles, McDonalds, Dairy Queen, Subway, Papa John's, and my local used book store.

And not one single employee at any of these businesses I visited over the weekend wished me a Merry Christmas!!!

We, as God-fearing Americans need to boycott every one of these businesses that disrespect our Judeo (oops, forget that part)-Christian values.

[onecaliberal]

17. I will go to Starbucks in the morning and make it a point to let them know I'm there because Frump

Is calling for a boycott.

[tanyev]

18. A right wing fundie boycott of Starbucks? It's a Christmas miracle!

In this part of the world, that's going to make Starbucks a really nice place hang out.

[Vinca]

19. I'm still trying to figure out how snowflakes and snowmen on a cup fit into the baby Jesus story.

Was there a Starbucks next to the manger?

[hobbit709]

21. Same way the tree does.

[Tree-Hugger]

31. Actually

Ben Carson explained that a mistake was made when translating the NT from it's original Greek. Christ wasn't born in a manger. It was actually a Starbucks. Silly translators.

[trumad]

20. How Palin'esqe of him

[Mike Daniels]

22. I think he's just trolling his crowds at this point

He's basically just throwing whatever red-meat he can think of into the crowd to generate a reaction.

If anything he's exposing the mouth-breather faction of the GOP as utter and total morans (sic)...not that there was much doubt about their intellectual level to start.

[Delphinus]

23. I will go there

more often because of stupid things like this.

Ack!

What is wrong with us?!

[ljm2002]

24. I'll be sure and go to Starbucks...

...a few extra times this season, just because Trump thinks we should boycott the place.

What a joke / jerk he is!

BTW, how absurd this whole "issue" is to begin with. In other years, Starbucks has included motifs like ... snowflakes, candy canes, snowmen... none of which emphasize the Christ part of Christmas. So even IF one took this whole thing seriously, if one were to examine the motifs of years past, there is NO evidence that there has been any change. Basically people are pissed about some company who decided their Christmas motif this year is minimal. That's it. It is basically a protest based on esthetics. It's like protesting the house next door because this year they adorned their home with red and green lights, but didn't put up the icicles or the Santa with sled on the roof or the snowman in the front yard, and claiming that they are against Christmas.

[LannyDeVaney]

25. I encourange all Republicans to stop going to Starbucks ...

Keeps me from having to wait in line with psychopaths, racists and bigots.

It's a win-win.

[wordpix]

26. Ok, let's hear his environmental and health care policies now

Oh yeah, he doesn't do those, just this stupid fluff to shore up his teahadist support

[Ed Suspicious]

27. What an idiot.

[Person 2713]

29. Trump probably bought some Starbucks stock before that speech .

[underpants]

30. When pandering moves into actually insulting everyone's intelligence

[StrayKat]

33. "Substantive" Debate

The repubs complain about the last debate not being substantive enough, and then float this kind of non-issue in the days before the debate.

[hifiguy]

34. Pinkie Pie sez