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7-Eleven Spokeswoman: Pretending Obama and Romney are the Only Choices is ‘Fun, Engaging’

Via Austin Cassidy at Liberty Daily

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zQSEwX-kxvQ

In the above video Liberty Underground radio hosts Alex Snitker and Adrian Wyllie talk to 7-Eleven spokeswoman Margaret Chabris about why the convenience store chain is promoting Mitt Romney and Barack Obama with their 7-Election coffee cup promotion.

Chabris says there is a green cup for those not supporting Obama or Romney, but in reporting the results of the “poll” she only reports the Obama and Romney results. She says the company has received only a few calls about this at their number 800-255-0711.

Snitker and Wyllie point out that 7-Eleven is not allowing them to put out advertisements for Gary Johnson and that this may be an FEC violation since 7-Eleven is advertising two competing candidates with its “7-Election” promotion.

Chabris says that their lawyers have said it is not a problem.

When asked what 7-Eleven would do if they got 10,000 calls to include Gary Johnson, Chabris says she can’t respond to hypotheticals. She says over and over how this promotion is “fun” and that they will consider tallying the “other” cup “votes” in 2016.

6 Comments

  1. paulie July 7, 2013

    It’s a bit disconcerting that the hosts were respectful of the representative’s position, and acknowledged that she was speaking as a representative of the company, then made fun of her after getting off the phone. That doesn’t help.

    Yes, it would have been better to make fun of her before she got off the air.

  2. paulie October 16, 2012

    Well, at least they have a “green” cup. You can pretend it’s for Jill Stein. That is, if they actually have one. Maybe they keep it in the back and you have to ask for it?

  3. upstartgreen October 15, 2012

    I want a Jill Stein, Green Party Coffee Cup.

  4. upstartgreen October 15, 2012

    I just filed a complaint. We should all give up slurpees till after the election to protest.

  5. Austin Cassidy October 15, 2012

    @4 — I think that’s pretty much how radio works.

  6. Jeremy October 15, 2012

    Green? Why not yellow?

    I kid, I kid.

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