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I also participated in this discussion, so some of the Heavy Table links might be comments from me.

All they owe me is a good meal and service in exchange for my money.

What I said over at WCCO: the main bit on my original Tweet is that we're talking about not just any random Republican, it's party chairman Tony Sutton who, despite 12 of the highest judges in the land with zero judges dissenting saying otherwise, will still tell the media that our system "robbed" the election. It's that kind of attitude and rhetoric that I think is damaging. I still continue to support the food industry, dining out and working people.

Baja Sol sucks so I don't have to make a call on this one.

I know the wife of the original owner -- she's my realtor. Nice lady. Don't know her politics, and don't care. I'm willing to cut people the same slack I'd want them to cut me. Do I want Republican parents forbidding their children to read my books because I voted for Obama? Would I think that was fair? Heck no.

... Tony Sutton who, despite 12 of the highest judges in the land with zero judges dissenting saying otherwise, will still tell the media that our system "robbed" the election.

Then boycott Baja Sol not because Sutton's a Republican but because he's a political imbecile. Most Republicans were not in favor of Coleman and the RNC stretching this thing out, just as there are many Republicans who are urging Michele Bachmann to grow up or get laid wrt to the US Census.

Targeting someone because of their party affiliation seems just this side of totalitarianism. That's not the direction we should be moving in ... as a country or a culture.

You were in the windup to throw the Circle Change You Can Believe In, no doubt.

"Targeting someone because of their party affiliation seems just this side of totalitarianism. That's not the direction we should be moving in ... as a country or a culture."

Word. I can see withholding dollars for action, or even advocacy, but a party is generally more about ideas, and punishing ideas is not a good road.

Just a thought...

Do any of the people who might consider a boycott of a place like Baja Sol use banks? Because I'm pretty sure that most bank execs are Republicans.

Also, this should mean no more watching KSTP, since Stanley Hubbard reportedly is the state's largest Republican donor. Giving up Grey's Anatomy or Lost = demonstrating one's moral superiority, right?

Which, being owned by venture capitalists, probably should not be purchased or read by decent people.

Since when did Republicans have a monopoly on money and entrepreneurship?

"It's that kind of attitude and rhetoric that I think is damaging."

To his salsa?

Kurtis, you forgot a couple of our truisms: most crime is committed by illegal immigrants, marriage is meant by God to be between a man and a woman, and the designated hitter is an abomination.

I think that all other things being equal I'd avoid giving money to a Republican because it could potentially be used for filthy things. Thing is, though, it would be a fairly small perturbation in the decision-making process, because my stomach is charge of that. Which would keep me away from Baja Sol.

This campaign (for wont of another word) seems similar to how gangs react to one another. Or high school cliques. I thought we outgrew those kinds of relationships the older we got.

To even propose boycotting a business because its owner or operator is of one political leaning, and different from yours, isn't socially productive or constructive. If you disagree with Sutton because you are pro-choice and he is pro-life, that is one thing. But there are moderate beliefs within the Republican party (just as there are moderate Democrats) that should be encouraged; not derided. This is a life where we have to learn to play together.

Is Sutton being Republican as great an evil was apartheid in South Africa?

The thing about Baja Sol is that the fish tacos are biased toward tasty-relative-to-where-I-worked.

Why are we having this discussion? If you don't want to support his company because you don't like the man for whatever reason, it's your money.

The end.

I more or less agree with the Rat's original comment. I won't stop buying Apple products b/c Steve Jobs was a John Kerry advisor and Al Gore is on their board. The company makes great products that I love.

But at the same time, I will never give any of my $$ to a tribal casino in Minnesota, because such a sizable amount of their revenue is used directly against my employer every two years, and because I can go on living without being a casino gambler.

So I guess it's just the degree to which it offends you and whether or not you can live without whatever you're giving up.

If you are head of a political party, hold a political office or have a political sign up at you place of business, I will judge you and possibly shop at or not shop at your place of business because of it. You have chosen to put your political beliefs out there and I will repond accordingly.
If you give money to a political party quietly, I probably won't care. Unless you give money directly to a cause that seeks to take rights away from someone, like Prop 8 or MCCL, then I will take notice.

I suppose I wouldn't buy something from someone who advocates genocide, or discrimination, or who is a war monger. I also wouldn't be interested in anything Mac Hammond, or any other "prosperity church" leader, has to sell. But I also don't buy anything that has been made into an info-mercial.

Rush Limbaugh is an info-mercial, btw.

P.S. I was composing my Rush comment while Rat was composing his. What I posted wasn't in reaction to anything Rat wrote.

"Good prices" and "good products" are both relative terms, though, Jason. I'm sure GM benefited from a belief in both when the company should've been paying more attention to "good."

"Good" becomes a euphemism for other things, otherwise.

IIRC there are many conservatives that boycott Disney because they are friendly to Gays.

I doubt Democrats are any more prone to calling for boycotts than Republicans. But conservatives seem to be just as likely to call for boycotts as liberals.

Bill Cooper pulled (supposedly. He DID publicly claim he was going to) all TCF advertising form the Strib and City Pages.

Conservatives have boycotted Disney (as kc pointed out) over gay friendly policies. They've also done the same against Ford, Wells Fargo, advertisers on "Will and Grace", etc.

Conservatives have called for a boycott of GM. At the risk of giving it more traffic, here's a site that lists various conservative boycotts.

@alicat: Uff-da. My mistake.

Omedetou gozaimasu.

Load up on that free salsa. I'll be leaving you all frequent "presents" in it.

Enjoy!