Silly Boycotts

Boycotts are silly. They rarely accomplish anything, if there's any noticeable effect it's usually shortlived.

There are a couple of boycotts in the news these days. The wacky left has decided to boycott their favorite organic food store, Whole Foods, because the CEO wrote an editorial opposing Obamacare. Never mind that in every other way Whole Foods is a poster boy of what liberals would consider good citizenship.

Just watch - as soon as the lefties figure out they can't get their organic free-range arugula from Safeway in time for their next poetry reading, they'll forget all about Obamacare.

The second boycott is the one being run against Glen Beck because of statements he made about Obama. The lefties are pretty proud of themselves:

Twenty companies have pulled their ads from Beck’s show in just the last two weeks. The moves come after the Fox News host called President Obama a “racist” who “has a deep-seated hatred for white people” during an appearance on Fox & Friends. Previous companies who pulled their ads include ConAgra, GEICO, Lawyers.com, Men’s Wearhouse, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance, RadioShack, Roche, SC Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, Sargento, and State Farm Insurance.

“We are heartened to see so many corporate citizens step up in support of our campaign against Glenn Beck,” said James Rucker, executive director of ColorOfChange.org. “Their action sends a clear a message to Glenn Beck: Broadcasters shouldn’t abuse the privilege they enjoy by spewing dangerous and racially charged hate language over the air. No matter their political affiliation, hate language doesn’t belong in our national dialogue.”

Well, then tell Obama, Pelosi and Reid to shut-up.

I give this one about 90 days. Beck's ratings are soaring even though he's in a tough time spot. He's doubling CNN's ratings and tripling MSNBC's. The advertisers will be back. They want his demographic.

And if they don't want to come back, there will be others who won't be intimidated by a bunch of lefty bedwetters.