Like Maine Lobster? Do Not Buy It From Linda Bean (yes of LL Bean) Calls Obama "HITLERIAN"

[Maine-ah]

http://www.pressherald.com/politics/bean-rallies-perfect-maine-with-warnings-of-hitler_2012-10-26.html

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"OBAMA is HITLERIAN in his course, and he is closing in VERY FAST to eliminate totally our liberty rights and heritage," warned Bean, the granddaughter and heiress to the legendary L.L. Bean, in a recent letter to her fellow Mainers.

Not just any Mainers, mind you. This ear-splitting alarm was aimed specifically at Maine Republicans who still think Republican Congressman Ron Paul should be our next president.

Bean's point: Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate that Maine's insurgent libertarians love to hate, ain't so bad when compared to the sitting president of the United States. Also known, at least to Bean, as a modern-day Adolf Hitler.

Lace up your Bean boots and watch where you step, folks. We're going back to Crazytown.

*************************

Bean and her 7 million dollar inheritance have tried to buy out one of our small fishing communities. Most everyone up here know what she is -

This is her website and her products - please add this to your list of boycotts.

http://lindabeansmainelobster.com/Index

[NoPasaran]

1. I knew there'd be pushback when Obama annexed the Sudetenland

[mainer]

2. Her restaurants are failing everywhere I look

Closed in Camden. Closed in Florida. Most Mainers just put up with her.

[Maine-ah]

4. I'm in her neck of the woods.

most everyone I know can't stand her crap.

[mainer]

94. The post below you (by Linda Bean) is hidden

and I disagree with hiding it. I think we need to see what she says. I didn't find it hurtful or disruptive, just misleading.

p.s., not commenting on your comment -- just placing this in proximity to Linda Bean's comment.

[Maine-ah]

98. I'm with you..

just saw that and I don't think it should have been hidden either. She followed the rules.

[TeamPooka]

35. Since you're here: Exactly how has Obama eliminated your liberty rights and heritage?...

in a way that reminds you of how Hitler killed 6 millions Jews and waged a world war across the planet that took upwards of 50 million total lives?
Just curious...

[susanna]

42. I'll second that question. Maybe even double down. n/t

[ancianita]

75. Being from Bangor, Maine, myself, I third that question.

[Occulus]

36. If grantcart were a whitetail deer this post would be a salt lick

[A-Schwarzenegger]

39. "OBAMA is HITLERIAN..." Did you say that, Linda?

[Separation]

46. How about

Some clarification on the Hitler comment.

[eShirl]

51. Thanks for a detailed list of what to boycott and where.

[tabasco]

88. Run your ass down to the recruiter's office

and sign up for Romney's next war.

Signed,

Combat vet

[Scootaloo]

3. Lobster's not exactly on my shopping list...

But I know a stupid person when I see one, and Mrs. Bean seems to fit the bill.

Ahhh, the ol "heritage" card. What white dumbfucks say, when they know they mean something else, but aren't quite sure how to phrase it without looking like total assholes.

[RebelOne]

100. Mine either. At least, not live lobster.

I prefer dead and already cooked lobster in a restaurant.

[boston bean]

5. I feel the need to say Linda Bean

has no relation to boston bean...

[winstars]

6. Ahhh, so canceling the "missile defense for Poland" was so we could invade them! I got it now...

[Panasonic]

8. Someone did forget Poland.

Chimpy McCokespoon would be vary dizappinted

[marions ghost]

7. thanks

won't be buying my dad something from LL Bean this year...

[Maine-ah]

11. Linda Bean is related,

but they consider her that "eccentric" relative.....they have nothing to do with her - basically they give her money to keep her away lol - just boycott her crap.

[tanyev]

13. Oh, whew. Thanks, I buy a lot from LL Bean.

[Liberalynn]

31. me too

cause their stuff actually lasts

[Tanuki]

22. But if she is an heiress to the L.L.Bean fortune,wouldn't she ultimately benefit from our purchases?

She probably owns L.L. Bean stocks, receives dividends, etc.

[Maine-ah]

28. good point.

[Linda Bean]

37. Clarification by Linda

Actually, I have my own business, separate and apart from LL Bean, and I'm there with a paycheck for several hundred Maine employees and fishermen every week. I run a 28,000 square foot processing plant as integrated part of a trap-to-table model of sharing profits with those who fish wild caught Maine lobster. That is definitely eccentric, as there are only 4 processing plants in Maine, and they are only able to deal with about 25% of the need. Most Maine lobster is processed by Canadian processors -- big trucks running up there all the time from our small fishing villages -- instead of being processed with Maine workers. Then much of it reenters the USA with Canadian labels on it, an identity theft of unfortunate dimensions. I am eccentric enough to believe the jobs should stay in Maine.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. "OBAMA is HITLERIAN..." Did you say that, Linda?

[Carolina]

62. notice how she won't answer that question!

[coalition_unwilling]

44. I hope exposure of your comment drives you out of business forthwith. - n/t

[quinnox]

56. And this business was started with your families money

You sound desperate and trying to pretend you did this all on your own, when clearly as a trust fund baby you had the money to start it without lifting a finger. You make me regret buying LL Bean stuff in the past with these kinds of rantings which are no doubt picked up from the RW media brainwashing you have undergone apparently. Wake up Linda. Now that you are here at DU, maybe you can learn something.

[Autumn]

58. That is wonderful that you believe jobs should stay in Maine. Kudos to you.

Now why on earth do you support for the office of the Presidency a man who has made a fortune out of closing down American companies and putting people out of work?

[speedoo]

61. Great question, Autumn.

Unless we get an answer from Ms. Bean, I'll assume she has no interest in really saving US jobs.

[Autumn]

70. She is a Ron Paul supporter, but by doing so and being

against Obama she supports Mitt Romney.

[jpak]

59. Hi Linda - welcome to DU

We have met - briefly.

Calling the president "Hitlerian" is not a wise move in the business model department.

Especially if you want the locals to patronize your business.

Your past forays into politics are well remembered here - don't antagonize the natives.

yup

[Darth_Kitten]

63. Though Obama is Hitler, right?

[magical thyme]

69. Hello Linda, your lobster rolls are my absolute favorite.

I'm sorry to inform you that, unless and until you denounce the letter attributed to you above, I will NOT be enjoying them any more.

While I appreciate your business, and keeping jobs in Maine, I do NOT believe that comparing President Obama to Adolph Hitler is honest, reasonable, fair, intelligent, or makes any sense at all.

Adolph Hitler mass-murdered over 6 million people, mostly innocent families, in factories specifically set up for the purpose of murder. He attempted to take over the world, bombing the daylights out of our allies.

Please enlighten us all as to in what way, exactly, doe President Obama seem like Adolph Hitler.

Seriously, I'm sorry to have to say goodbye to your lobster rolls.

[DeschutesRiver]

101. Do you receive any type of funds from LL Bean?

From the way you framed your response, it appears the answer is yes. If that is not the case, please respond.

Second, did you make the remarks that are being attributed to you regarding our President? If you did not, please respond.

I will take a non-response as verifying the truth of the report in the OP

Not only have I bought excellent quality goods from LL Bean in the past, I traveled from the West Coast to Maine last year - wonderful state. But if you did make those comments about Obama, I will not purchase items from LL Bean anymore, and when I return to Maine, I will make certain I do not make purchases from your business. That will not prevent my eating a ton of lobster, as we did last time, nor will it prevent me from purchasing quality goods in Maine; it just means I will not buy from your enterprises.

Because I am certain that you would not want your business to be dependent upon money from people who support Obama, whom you claim is like Hitler in his approach - no sane person would take a dime from anyone who supported that sort of thing. If we can get the word out for you, then you will be safe from selling things to people like us who claim are out to steal your "liberty rights".

You are entitled to believe and behave as you please, and I am entitled to believe and behave as I please. I am merely grateful to the OP for posting this, as I was contributing to beliefs that I find not only find to be ridiculous but false. And I will be spreading the word on this, unless there is no truth to the report.

[Ilsa]

72. Thank you for the clarification.

My hubby had just picked out a jacket from their catalog. I didn't want to disappoint him about having to find a new retailer.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

87. Thanks for making that clear.

I buy from LL Bean, and was totally bummed about letting them go.

[RomneyLies]

9. Thanks for the heads up.

The only way we can vote in the corporate world is with our money.

[Kindly Refrain]

10. I really dispise these people who win the zygote lottery.

[LynneSin]

12. Does she still have anything to do with LLBean?

I like their product but I'll skip them too

[Maine-ah]

15. nope, LL Bean's keeps her at a distance.

But a lot of there stuff is not made here anymore. China, Vietnam, El Salvador, Mexico, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Korea. Some products are still made in the USA -


http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/does-ll-bean-keep-it-made-america

[Linda Bean]

38. Foreign outsourcing

That is true of LL Bean, Inc. But not of Linda Bean. All my lobster products are from Maine, and processed in Maine --guaranteed. Also shrimp, and now crab, which I have begun to process this year to give year-round work to those who are employed in my plant and to provide the carefully picked fresh product that people living and visiting in Maine know is the very best.

I believe I am the only Maine lobster dealer who does NOT buy from or sell to a foreign country.

[2ndAmForComputers]

48. You made four posts and did not confirm or deny your "Hitlerian" comment.

It's time to put you out of your misery.

Please go bankrupt so less assholish businesspeople can take your place in the market. (IF you're actually Linda Bean.)

[JNelson6563]

54. Just self-promotion.

Typical Rethug attention whore craving more money. Can't bother to address any questions or comments that won't possibly result in any profit.

Sickening.

Julie

[dionysus]

95. just address the hitlerian comment you made already!

[jpak]

60. Outsourcing their Christmas wreaths from Maine to the Flatlands pissed people off

yup

[speedoo]

14. Please, please do NOT tell me she owns the Port Clyde General Store.

I used to love that place.

[Maine-ah]

16. yup. She ruined that too.

and The Dip Net.

[speedoo]

23. Very sorry to hear.

Maybe it will fail on her dime and someone can eentually restore it.

[Linda Bean]

40. Port Clyde General Store

Well, the failed part occurred on the dime(s) of my predecessors. For restoration I started with a $75,000 roof (it is two large buildings joined together).

Nearly all the rotton wharf pilings have been replaced with new ones; and the wharf floats have all been replaced, as have the railings all around the docks. Much of the wharf deck has been replaced. It is a much safer place than when it came to me in 2007.

This year I put in a large new septic system, eliminating overboard discharge of sewage into the harbor. It was more costly than the roof.

I am not asking for praise in these discussions, just accuracy.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

45. Linda Bean: "OBAMA is HITLERIAN..." Accurate quote, Linda?

You want accuracy.

[HangOnKids]

47. Priceless!

Really! What a hoot Linda! Lucky you were born to a rich family, and still complaining.

[progressivebydesign]

50. Oh I see. YOu call the President "Hitlerian" but you just want to pimp your lobster biz.

No discussion of your horrific comments? Well I find lobster killers to be some of the cruelest people on earth. And people who throw the term "Hitler" around to be vile and uneducated. You lucked out and got millions just for being born, and now you whine about your "rights" aka $$$$Taxes$$$$ and slur the President at the same time.

Shameful.

[Maine-ah]

64. want some accuracy?

The locals are pissed, Ms. Bean. They don't like what you have done, and most don't like your kind of politics either.

Why don't you answer some of the questions that have been put in front of you?

[Maine-ah]

66. blaming the administration that came before you?

[Drew Richards]

96. Dear Linda (private message nobody read dang it)

You used to be such a fun person, what the he** happened to you when you turned 28?

Some of the things i have been reading make me think you went bat shit crazy.

I for the life of me cannot figure out how you can spew such elitist crap. The same crap that you used rail and spit about at night...you used to be such a moderate person...and even enjoyed a beer or two at the wharf.

Do you even care to know the truth about things anymore? Or are you so messed up that you don't even try to learn the truth of things and just believe whatever you hear on fox news? Have you forsaken the Bangordailynews?

I am just so, well sick to hear you say such crap, its as if you have had a schitzophrenic split or been beaten down by someone else who is making you follow their beliefs...

Come back to the light Linda, come back before you wake up old and gray and hate yourself...

Drew.

[Drew Richards]

97. dang meant to post this at the bottom not under someone elses comments...oh well guess she will

neer see it.

[Maine-ah]

71. how about this?

http://thebollard.com/2010/11/11/citizen-bean/

[speedoo]

73. She is truly a sicko.

Ruthless and stupid. A very bad combination.

[mainer]

81. Wow, I didn't know she was so disliked everywhere in Maine

That's a pretty revealing article. The heiress who demands the state worship her.

[magical thyme]

83. Ugh. What a vile person. nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

91. It would appear she needs to put in a new septic system

To catch all the excrement pouring out of her mouth.

No matter how rich you are, no one in business can afford to alienate such a large demographic of consumers. That's a silly, spoiled child talking. Not a successful business person.

[magical thyme]

76. so it took you 5 years to clean up the mess your predecessors left....

Assuming, of course, that you are finished cleaning up the mess you bought.

Yet you expected President Obama to clean up the humongous mess -- two unpaid for wars, a destroyed budget, a financial disaster of epic proportions -- left by the GOP in less than 4?

Just out of curiosity, were the former owners of Port Clyde fighting and kicking your attempts to repair it every step of the way? Did the town take an oath to ensure you were a "one-termer" using obstruction every time you attempted to make a repair?

Just looking for a little more accuracy here!

[mainer]

24. I used to love the Dip Net

Everything Linda Bean touches, she destroys.

[Berlum]

27. That comes from Republican Family FAIL Values

They love to drag America down while waving their hypocritical little "Made-in-China" flag pins.

[marmar]

17. 'OUR liberty, rights and heritage'

Could she be anymore obvious?

[avebury]

18. People should start emailing LL Bean and aske them,

point blank, what there connection is to Linda Bean. I did and point blank stated that it is unacceptable to refer to the President of the United States as Hitlerian.

Linda Bean has to to be a blooming idiot to not understand that Romney and Ryan are far more closer to being Hitlerian then President Obama. It amazes me that so many right wing nuts try to say the President is a communist and Hitlerian. I don't think that they really understand the difference in the two.

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. I was in her Freeport restaurant last week,

to check out the menu. I didn't wind up eating there, fortunately.

[Marrah_G]

20. We are lucky, we get our right from the lobsterboat

[Maine-ah]

21. she has other items on the market

chowders, lobster mac n cheese - in grocery stores around the country - so it's not just lobster. Luckily I'm surrounded by lobstermen and women up here so I can get it direct as well

[Marrah_G]

26. Not sure I would ever buy any of that

We just make our own...but we are lucky, most of the country doesn't have that option.

We are on the north shore of Mass. Are you in southern or northern part of the coast?

My son went up to Limestone on Monday for jobcorp.

[Maine-ah]

29. I'm on the Midcoast.

Rockland area

[magical thyme]

74. Hey, Maine-ah....I'm on the midcoast too!!!!

Roughly halfway between Rockland and Damariscotta!!!!!

[Maine-ah]

86. no shit!?

I'll PM you

[magical thyme]

89. No shit!!!

Heading off to work shortly, but will get back to you tomorrow!

[mainer]

25. Don't boycott LL Bean! She's their crazy aunt in the attic

LL Bean is a great store, staffed by wonderful people. Linda Bean does NOT represent the state of Maine, which is safely in Obama's aisle. Besides which, I think we're going to vote YES for same-sex marriage November 6.

[Maine-ah]

30. except for the fact that she profits from LL Bean.

on top of that, many of their products are not made here anymore. Granted they try to distance themselves from her - still, she does profit from them.

My original boycott suggestion was for her business only.

[LondonReign2]

32. Another entitled Heiress

'nuff said

[WinkyDink]

33. Rats. Her stuff looks really good. Alas.

[eShirl]

52. btw "lobster mac & cheese" just sounds disgusting

[speedoo]

65. That was my reaction!

No way that dish should have been created.

[mainer]

78. I've eaten it at 555 restaurant in POrtland

It's actually pretty tasty, esp. when it has a touch of truffle oil in it.

[sendero]

53. Long ago realized that..

... LL Bean sells hyped crap. But now it is double plus good to not shop there.

[RBInMaine]

55. She's a god damned nut. Once ran for Congress and got TROUNCED. PISS ON HER.

[mainer]

57. Is this really Linda Bean posting? Linda, who was on federal assistance?

According to Bill Nemitz, you accepted food from a federal surplus program to feed yourself and your children back when you were a single mom. And NOW you have the gall to harangue people who need similar assistance, people who were much in the same situation you were in?

And explain again how "Hitler" Obama is going to take away our farms? Is he going to send in the federal troops and confiscate your lobster traps?

Sheesh.

[speedoo]

67. Just another RW hypocrite. Nt

[lonestarnot]

68. I hope a lobster scratches her face!

[Bluenorthwest]

84. Ron Paul is just another Republican who works the crazy part of their party during

off seasons in order to make sure all those 'libertarians' kneel to their Party's nominee, in this case Willard Romney the Outsource King. Paul dupes his simple minded, idiotic followers into being good little Republicans, which is all they really are anyway. He keeps them busy while the real decisions are made then delivers them to the Party elite to snack upon. His followers are so dense they don't even understand that they are just mainstream Republicans who vote for every Republican the Party tells them to vote for.
This Bean sounds like a particularly virulent strain of that type of dupe. Self interested but not self made, she falls easily into the foolish rhetoric she has been taught by the Paul branch of the GOP. The cowardice she shows in this thread is worthy of note, for it defines Republicans to a tee. Bluster but no back up. Hyperbolic and basically unamerican libels bleated in support of Willard.

[Jennicut]

85. Honestly, when people want their local business to do well, they don't say crap like this.

Supporting a certain candidate probably wouldn't hurt a particular business but being an outright nutball about the other guy will. Common sense seems to be missing from this woman.
What is worse then Mitt Romney supporters? Ron Paul supporters that pretend to like Mitt Romney because Barack Obama is "Hitler".

[mainer]

90. LL Bean chairman is a DEMOCRAT

Please note that the Gormans are big Obama donors.

Linda Bean is probably persona non grata at their Thanksgiving dinners.

http://www.pressherald.com/politics/top-political-donors-betting-on-democrats_2012-10-20.html

[crim son]

92. How amusing to find Ms. Bean posting here today!

I just got back from work where we were informed to forward all calls concerning her statement to Public Affairs, and not to engage in any conversations w/ customers concerning the issue. Our customers are largely dems and Obama supporters and will regard any insane statements about the President as just more of the same nonsense we constantly hear from the Right(Wrong). I'd be one of the folks getting the crappy calls and I got none, so I think she is being ignored and rightly so.

[mainer]

93. Oh, do you work for LL Bean?

I feel sorry for anyone having to deal with the fallout from Linda Bean.

[crim son]

99. Well, as I said, she doesn't represent the general sentiment among either employees

or customers.