Whole Foods Boycotters Brook no Dissent
Left-wing complainers notwithstanding, those who have read Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s Wall Street Journal Op-Ed proposing alternatives to Obamacare know that he neither maligns the President nor pushes for the election of any candidate. He merely puts forward “eight reforms that would greatly lower the cost of health care for everyone”.
And yet because he dared take issue with the plans Dear Leader is putting forward, he has put the President’s most ardent defenders into a tizzy. How dare he offer alternatives! I wonder if any conservative groups promoted boycotts of companies when their CEOs took issue, in a civil manner, with George W. Bush’s policies.
Commenting on the Whole Foods boycott, Matt Welch writes:
I’ll just make one observation: The liberal commentariat keeps telling us that we need to have a “serious debate” about reforming our dysfunctional health care system. Well, love ‘em or hate ‘em, Mackey came up with eight tangible ideas to do just that, and this is the reaction he gets.
(H/t: Instapundit.)
I think it’s time to get some more cheese–and there’s a Whole Foods just around the corner–and they have such a wonderful olive bar and a great (though pricey) produce section.
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I think that, for “progressives”, what hurts just as much as the Messiah being challenged in any way is the fact that it’s the head of Whole Foods talking here. If it was someone from WalMart they could probably have buried it, but this challenges their core assumptions and probably takes away their feeling of the shop as a liberal sanctuary.
Comment by Lisette — August 22, 2009 @ 3:57 pm - August 22, 2009
“Serious Debate” means shut-up and listen.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 22, 2009 @ 4:08 pm - August 22, 2009
Well you’ve just lost the last shred of credibility when you start referring to the President as “Dear Leader.”
Game over for you.
Comment by Countervail — August 22, 2009 @ 4:24 pm - August 22, 2009
Fanatics from both sides always get into boycotts.
Here’s a good one, the National Marriage Boycott.
They are urging hetrosexual youth to boycott marriage until all
can marry.
Comment by Geena — August 22, 2009 @ 4:34 pm - August 22, 2009
The word “irony” is apparently not in countervail’s rather limited vocabulary.
Comment by V the K — August 22, 2009 @ 5:30 pm - August 22, 2009
I can remember a few conservative groups pushing (largely unsuccessful) boycotts of businesses supporting gay marriage, or providing benefits for same sex partners.
Comment by jagorev — August 22, 2009 @ 6:16 pm - August 22, 2009
I never shop at Whole Foods BUT I shopped there today in support of the employees of Whole Foods.
The protesters here were not able to answer questions regarding why exactly they were protesting……
What a bunch of air heads!
I think I forgot something….might have to shop there again tomorrow. I found out the have CARROT CAKE
Comment by JebnTex — August 22, 2009 @ 7:06 pm - August 22, 2009
Aside from being a very intelligent 8 point discussion of improving healthcare in this country. I have a whole new respect for John Mackey. At a time when the economy is down and stores like his are suffering, he has managed to get a whole new clientele in there.
As to the lefties really boycotting, I doubt it, some of them will, but most of them will find it hard to keep away.
Comment by Leah — August 22, 2009 @ 7:32 pm - August 22, 2009
It’s interesting how those on the left sometimes criticize those on the right with stifling serious debate on health care reform by saying that conservatives don’t offer an alternative. And yet when an alternative minus a public option is pitched, how does the left respond? By creating an uproar, that’s how. Oh, the irony. Apparently, the only “alternative” to health care reform IS the public option.
Comment by Daniel — August 22, 2009 @ 8:23 pm - August 22, 2009
Why? Thats exactly how his followers treat him? Or have you not seen the childrens songs and music videos, paintings, beaded portraits, cupcakes, murals, synchronized youth troops. etc ad naseum?
Comment by American Elephant — August 22, 2009 @ 11:15 pm - August 22, 2009
Of course they’re boycotting Whole Foods. What do you expect from people willing to get their medical advice from a bunch of lawyers?
You know, it’s funny. I’m sixty-two years old and have never once asked my doctors for legal advice. Yet nearly half the country want that bunch of lawyers in Congress deciding their medical care.
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Or have you not seen the childrens songs and music videos, paintings, beaded portraits, cupcakes, murals, synchronized youth troops. etc ad naseum?
They have trading cards at WalMart. Interestingly, you can buy his biography at Marshall’s on the “Has Been” rack.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 23, 2009 @ 4:27 am - August 23, 2009
Well you’ve just lost the last shred of credibility when you start referring to the President as “Dear Leader.”
Talk about credibility? I’m still waiting for my Little Red Book from Chairman O and all I got was a shitty spam from Axlehead.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 23, 2009 @ 4:39 am - August 23, 2009
^ LOL Crass, but spot on, I’m afraid.
Best wishes,
-MFS
Comment by MFS — August 23, 2009 @ 8:36 am - August 23, 2009
The Whole Foods near us was jammed this week; couldn’t find a parking spot. Surprising considering their cost and the economy. So much for a boycott.
Comment by Ray — August 23, 2009 @ 9:40 am - August 23, 2009
I do not shop at Whole Paycheck and I am afraid I don’t have the appropriate footwear or caustic tee shirts to wear. I would shop there in support of Mackey, but I will have to buy a blend-in wardrobe first. Also, I will have to grow a pony tail or beard or something. By the time I am ready to go thump the melons, I am afraid the boycott will be over.
Comment by heliotrope — August 23, 2009 @ 11:31 am - August 23, 2009
Tatoos, heliotrope. Just get a short haircut and some sexy tatoos. I know you can.
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 23, 2009 @ 12:28 pm - August 23, 2009
#3 – “Well you’ve just lost the last shred of credibility when you start referring to the President as “Dear Leader.”
Game over for you.”
Try this on for size -
Well you’ve just lost the last shred of credibility when you start referring to the President as “BusHitler.” (Or “Chimpy McHalliburton” or whatever you libtards used for the past 8 years.)
Game over for YOU, idiot.
Checkmate.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 23, 2009 @ 3:21 pm - August 23, 2009
#17 – “I do not shop at Whole Paycheck.”
Me neither, Helio. I can’t afford to be that liberal.
PS – I noticed here in Houston that, with the exception of the stockers and sackers, all the WF employees were lily-white. (Stockers and sackers were Hispanics.) Also, about 99% of the shoppers were Anglos.
Just sayin’.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 23, 2009 @ 3:22 pm - August 23, 2009
Peter H., that could be geographic. I’m in LA and our WF staff is very diverse by any definition except possibly politically. Most, based on the T-shirts, appear to be Obama supporters.
Comment by octogalore — August 23, 2009 @ 7:06 pm - August 23, 2009
“I do not shop at Whole Paycheck and I am afraid I don’t have the appropriate footwear or caustic tee shirts to wear. I would shop there in support of Mackey, but I will have to buy a blend-in wardrobe first.”
Me too! I’ve only been in a few times, but the other shoppers seemed irritated and rude, cutting me off with their carts. Maybe my non-liberal attire offended them! I am tempted to go back, though, thanks to Mackey.
I went to the Whole Foods website and submitted a thank-you note to Mackey for speaking up in a thoughtful and insightful way in his WSJ article.
Comment by Annie — August 23, 2009 @ 10:50 pm - August 23, 2009
I sometimes shop at Whole Foods, but live pretty far from one. I would shop more often if possible, just to boycott the boycotters. It’s been interesting the past week to read the Whole Foods Market message forum on their company website. They opened a new category called “Health Care Reform” and man, has it been hot.
It’s interesting but frustrating at the same time that the libs have no answer to logic, and many can only resort to name-calling, from relatively tame to vile.
Good post, enjoyed it. Thanks.
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I also support Mr. Mackey; recently I started a group on Facebook called “I support Mr. John Mackey and Whole Foods”. If you are interested and would like to join, I would appreciate it.
We were also featured “On the Record” last Thursday evening; Greta has aired several segments on the issue. Video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bokc3ArB4M0
Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=146664290604&ref=ts#/group.php?gid=146664290604
In Liberty,
Crystal
Comment by Crystal — August 25, 2009 @ 4:42 pm - August 25, 2009