Paul Bedard



Democratic officials Wednesday launched a two-pronged attack on states with new laws requiring identification before voting, the highlight being a call to boycott Coke, Walmart and others that back a leading organization pushing for voter ID laws.

Coke was quick to react to the boycott threat, pulling support from the targeted group just five hours after it was called.

In caving into the economic threat by liberals against a pro-voter ID law group, Coke issue this statement Wednesday afternoon: "The Coca-Cola Company has elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Our involvement with ALEC was focused on efforts to oppose discriminatory food and beverage taxes, not on issues that have no direct bearing on our business. We have a long-standing policy of only taking positions on issues that impact our Company and industry."



“We are organizing. We are not agonizing,” said Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who is leading a parallel Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s effort to get government identification into the hands of the estimated 2-3 million Democrats who don’t have one. “We have staffed up,” he said.

Officials from another party-backed group, Color of Change, kicked off a boycott of Coke and other financial backers of the American Legislative Exchange Council which supports new voter ID laws. Other supporters include Walmart and Koch Industries. The boycott call started with a tweet (@CocaCola is helping undermine voting rights. Tell them to stop) and a webpage. The group also has tied the Council to the Trayvon Martin shooting case.

Those efforts came on the heels of a new report released Wednesday by the Center for American Progress condemning new voter identification laws in Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Kansas and Wisconsin.



The group complained that some states want to limit the time allotted for early voting, bar ex-felons from voting and require government identification to vote. Polls show that most Americans back the laws. But Clyburn compared them to segregation era "Jim Crow" laws and he said that he is “very, very anxious” that the conservative Supreme Court “as it is presently constituted” will support the new anti-voter fraud laws.

Despite the complaints, several states attorneys claim that voter fraud is a growing concern, adding that requiring voters to show identification is not overly burdensome

voter ID will happen

fuck the democrats and their minorities!!!

I am sick and tired of these gutless corporations rolling over like dogs in the grass.

Don't any of the boards of the companies realize what will happen to them if ObOzO and eco-green mob get another 4 years?

Say nationwide tax on soft drinks. Tax on bottling materials. Tax on disposal of bottling materials, etc. etc.

And the last time they tried to curry favor with the DimNigs was this idiotic Polar bear fund - I see that brought you alot of protection when the chips were down.

Fuck these idiots

i don't drink much coke anymore but i was thinking of buying a few cases at the local wal-mart and passing out cokes to wal-mart customers.

I blame conservatives. Every time you turn around, some leftist group or groups is declaring a boycott of this or that because it doesn't pander to their beliefs.

Why haven't conservatives been wise enough to follow suit?

I just drank my last Coca-Cola.

VAVD wrote:

I blame conservatives. Every time you turn around, some leftist group or groups is declaring a boycott of this or that because it doesn't pander to their beliefs.

Why haven't conservatives been wise enough to follow suit?

I just drank my last Coca-Cola.

To busy earning a living. they just take note and stop buying their stuff.

they always cave and its usually to just a bunch of morons with letter head and a web site
they wouldn't even make a dent in sales
youre fuckin coca cola for christ sakes

management should tell em theyre gonna jack off in everyones coke and how do they like that

thats what i'd do


god I hate the public
as far removed from the general public as possible is fuckin heaven to me

I swear to god
youre all fuckin retarded the lot of yas
just shut the fuck up and CONSUME