Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield endorse Edwards -- Ben & Jerry's

[JDPriestly]

Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, other Vermont elected officials, labor leaders and activists in VT support Edwards, will help build momentum in NH

Manchester, NH – As John Edwards' momentum builds in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Edwards for President campaign today announced the endorsement of 13 Vermont elected officials, labor leaders and progressive activists including Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. The Vermont leaders have committed to work to ensure John Edwards wins the Vermont primary, and a group of them will travel to New Hampshire on January 5th to hand out free ice cream and build campaign momentum for the New Hampshire primary.

"John Edwards has the backbone and integrity to stand up to wealthy, powerful interests and deliver the real change our nation needs," said Ben Cohen. "We're proud to stand with him in this fight."

The following Vermont leaders support John Edwards and will work to ensure he wins the Vermont primary:

* Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield
* Former Vermont Lieutenant Governor Doug Racine
* State Representative John Moran
* State Representative Dexter Randall
* State Representative Chris Pearson
* President of Champlain Valley Labor Council/President National Writers' Union/UAW 1981 Jerry Colby
* Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 597 Ron Rabideau
* Vermont Labor Activist Connor Casey,Immediate past president Vermont State AFL-CIO Federation Teamsters Daniel Brush

The following Vermont leaders support John Edwards, will work to ensure he wins the Vermont primary and will also travel to NH on January 5th to hand out free ice cream and help build campaign momentum:

* Former Vermont State Senator and 2006 Lt. Governor Candidate Matt Dunne
* Vermont State Senate Majority Leader John Campbell
* Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen
* Vermont attorney and activist Kevin Leahy

"In order to achieve change, we desperately need a president who will stand up to our rigged, corrupt system and fight every day for working and middle-class families," added Kevin Leahy. "John Edwards is that man."

"I'm extremely proud that so many progressive leaders in Vermont are supporting me in this campaign," said Edwards. "I'm honored that they will all join us in New Hampshire to help push us over the top and ensure a win on January 8th."

http://www.johnedwards.com/nh/20080102-ice-cream/

[kurth]

1. Excellent taste

[JDPriestly]

5. The best!

[annie1]

2. Awesome. It's really cool seeing these grassroots type people endorse edwards.

[still_one]

3. its a good endorsement. This might indicate where independents are leaning /nt

[Bicoastal]

4. It's hard to say whose endorsement is more important to Vermonters...

...Howard Dean's or Ben & Jerry's.

[Ninga]

6. I had the privilege of meeting Ben Cohen during the 2004 tour of "Pants on Fire" when it

toured Cleveland. GWB on a flat bed truck being pulled by a Crown Victoria spotlighted at night with flames shooting out of his ass. It was wonderful and Ben passed out ice cream to boot!

Ben and Jerry...putting their money where their mouth is....and fronting their values while being very visible business men. A tricky thing indeed.

Thank you Ben and Jerry for speaking up and speaking out about what our country needs.

Thank you for supporting our dear candidate, John Edwards.....a man for all seasons and a man for all the people.

[Chovexani]

9. I got one of the Dubya Pants on Fire punching dolls!

At the last NYC DU meetup. :D

The more I read about Edwards the more I like him. DK is my first choice, but if he's out of it by the time I get to vote, Edwards is getting mine.

[AzDar]

7. Very cool...(or cold).

:thumbsup:

[Nutmegger]

8. I'm all fired up!

Ready for caucus night, and the New Hampshire primary! I'm watching the really now on CSPAN; I'm proud to be an Edwards supporter. He speaks for me!

[cali]

10. As a Vermonter, let me congratulate the Edwards supporters here

those are some great endorsements- and not just Ben and Jerry. Doug Racine is great- he lost the gubanorial race 7 years ago and was Lt Gov under Dean. John Cambell is also great- the VT senate under his guidance, voted to impeach the chimp. Matt Dunne is the brightest young dem in the state. And Kevin Leahy has a dad many of you are familiar with- someone who gets slammed a fair amount on DU. These aren't the only "name" progressives in VT, but they're good ones.

[Yael]

14. Thanks Cali

:hi:

[onehandle]

11. I love to see Ben and Jerry involved no matter who they endorse!

Even better, they endorsed my first choice guy!

[peacetalksforall]

12. If we can't have Al Gore ....... ? Good to know. Thanks for posting.

[Yael]

13. Thanks for the great news JDPriestly!

All of a sudden I am craving Americone

[Madam Mossfern]

15. Ben and Jerry?

Better than Oprah.
:applause:

edit: I can't spell

[cali]

16. And you got Pat Leahy's son's endorsement as well.

Could that portend an endorsement from Pat?