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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts) Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:31 PM Sep 2012

Scott Van Duzer, the Obama hugger: Shop facing boycott

Source: Politico

“People are saying a lot of bad things and boycotting my restaurant,” Scott Van Duzer, 46, told POLITICO. “There’s no middle line anymore, and that’s exactly what’s wrong with our country right now.”

The owner of Big Apple Pizza &amp; Pasta Restaurant in Fort Pierce, Fla., said that both Democrats and Republicans are welcome in his store. But he also said he thinks Mitt Romney’s running mate Rep. Paul Ryan — whose sculpted abs are thanks to intense P90X training sessions — would lose to the president in a workout battle.

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Van Duzer’s June bike-trek was part of his Van Duzer Foundation, and helped raise awareness for blood donation shortages. Founded in 2008 to support a local firefighter whose house burned down, the foundation has since raised more than $600,000, Van Duzer said. Van Duzer said he rode with a few kids from the Boys and Girls Club and met with U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin to discuss blood shortages.

Obama told The New York Times that Van Duzer’s effort in promoting blood donations was part of the reason the campaign decided to visit his pizza shop.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/80998.html

This says it all.... what a bunch of Dicks!!

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Scott Van Duzer, the Obama hugger: Shop facing boycott (Original Post) trailmonkee Sep 2012 OP

Sick davidthegnome Sep 2012 #1

Rmoneys handlers don't allow hugging for fear his true self might be revealed: trailmonkee Sep 2012 #7

Thanks davidthegnome Sep 2012 #9

Typical right wing scumbags. What else is new? RBInMaine Sep 2012 #2

Remember when we bought pizzas for protesters in Wisconsin??? Omaha Steve Sep 2012 #3

SEE HERE...another thread is ongoing about this story (and how to get him donations) here: SoapBox Sep 2012 #4

Republicans against hugs. chowder66 Sep 2012 #5

ANOTHER update about making donations SoapBox Sep 2012 #6

I bet the Secret Service gave some shifty looks... Ash_F Sep 2012 #8

I CALLED AND TRIED TO ORDER PIZZAS FROM THEM! Th1onein Sep 2012 #10

actually he's a republican booley Sep 2012 #11

Nah, he just THOUGHT he was a Republican until he learned what they're really about. Th1onein Sep 2012 #13

bingo to that! n/t flamingdem Sep 2012 #18

If only it were true. blkmusclmachine Sep 2012 #19

Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #20

Sure you would arcane1 Sep 2012 #21

Lovely post, I don't think! LeftishBrit Sep 2012 #22

Just donated. LishaD35 Sep 2012 #17

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?????? onecent Sep 2012 #12

"No, mom, don't order it from there!!!" Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #14

So much for Republicans supporting small business. cyberswede Sep 2012 #15

ding! trailmonkee Sep 2012 #16

davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)

1. Sick

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:44 PM

Sep 2012

Sick that people are actually boycotting a restaurant for such a moronic reason. Hell, I wouldn't care if someone hugged Romney like that at a Restaurant, it might even lend further evidence to the theory that Romney may possibly be actually human.

trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)

7. Rmoneys handlers don't allow hugging for fear his true self might be revealed:

Reply to davidthegnome (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:53 PM

Sep 2012

davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)

9. Thanks

Reply to trailmonkee (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:14 PM

Sep 2012

I needed a good laugh tonight. Loved it.

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)

2. Typical right wing scumbags. What else is new?

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:47 PM

Sep 2012

Omaha Steve

(99,609 posts)

3. Remember when we bought pizzas for protesters in Wisconsin???

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:48 PM

Sep 2012

Why don't we buy pizzas for the hungry/homeless at his shop?

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

4. SEE HERE...another thread is ongoing about this story (and how to get him donations) here:

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:50 PM

Sep 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=92364

Thanks.

chowder66

(9,067 posts)

5. Republicans against hugs.

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:51 PM

Sep 2012

it is truly a sad testament to the other side.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

6. ANOTHER update about making donations

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:52 PM

Sep 2012

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125192503

Thanks again.

Ash_F

(5,861 posts)

8. I bet the Secret Service gave some shifty looks...

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 07:57 PM

Sep 2012

in the same moment that picture was taken.

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)

10. I CALLED AND TRIED TO ORDER PIZZAS FROM THEM!

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:14 PM

Sep 2012

They told me that a lot of people are calling and ordering pizzas from them, to deliver to other people (homeless or nearby businesses, I guess) and it got very hectic for them. Now, they are directing people to go to their website, to donate: http://thevanduzerfoundation.org/

Leave it to a Democrat to think of others before themselves. This guy is just great, I tell you! I hope you donate; I just did!

booley

(3,855 posts)

11. actually he's a republican

Reply to Th1onein (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:19 PM

Sep 2012

He's just not a selfish douche only out for himself so he doesn't seem like a republican.

I understand that once many republicans were like him.

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)

13. Nah, he just THOUGHT he was a Republican until he learned what they're really about.

Reply to booley (Reply #11)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:23 PM

Sep 2012

A lot of people are waking up. A lot. You can't keep feeding people bullshit and then leave them hanging out to dry, when you actually do the job, without them eventually figuring out that you're full of crap. I think that's why people are waking up. They are tired of hearing the same old patriotic drum beating and Repubs wrapping themselves in the American flag while butchering our middle class economically. They are simply not buying the propaganda anymore.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)

18. bingo to that! n/t

Reply to Th1onein (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 01:29 AM

Sep 2012

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

19. If only it were true.

Reply to Th1onein (Reply #13)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 06:10 AM

Sep 2012

Look how many people believe in an Invisible Sky Daddy that bestows His blessing on the Country through Capitalism, Wealth & Big Money (even tho' the Bible shuns that). These are not rational, logical, or thinking people. They might as well throw virgins into the volcano.

Response to booley (Reply #11)

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arcane1

(38,613 posts)

21. Sure you would

Reply to Post removed (Reply #20)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 02:33 PM

Sep 2012

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)

22. Lovely post, I don't think!

Reply to Post removed (Reply #20)

Tue Sep 11, 2012, 03:04 PM

Sep 2012

Are you sure you've come to the right board?

LishaD35

(40 posts)

17. Just donated.

Reply to Th1onein (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 11:05 PM

Sep 2012

The horribly little amount that I could, but I did it. This guy is what we need more of right now.

onecent

(6,096 posts)

12. Whaaaaaaaaaaat??????

Reply to trailmonkee (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 08:21 PM

Sep 2012

I tell you...I've seen it all. At 67 years old..I have never seen such HATE FILLED PEOPLE
Just when I think the world is getting better....it hits the gutter again....Makes me want
to completely TURN OFF the television.

The problem certainly "cannot" be JUST COLOR. Jesus christ.

These people need to read the f***iing bible they so HOLD DEAR.
and check out the section
that begins:

THOU SHALT NOT