Ben & Jerry's co-founder gives an amazing interview - revealing a potential Bernie- inspired flavor

[Douglas Carpenter]

by J.D. Durkin | 8:54 pm, January 7th, 2016



On Thursday afternoon ahead of a highly contentious rally in Burlington, Vermont featuring GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s took time to do an interview with MSNBC and it’s absolutely awesome. Branded with a proud “Bernie” sign for his own support of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Ben Cohen spoke with MSNBC’s Kate Snow, discussing his personally passion for the Sanders campaign. Cohen also made a pretty surprisingly reveal about a potential new Ben & Jerry’s flavor that he’s been imagining.

“Yeah I’m outdoors,” Cohen replied in the most relaxed fashion imaginable. “This is what we call balmy in Vermont.” He continued to discuss Thursday night’s Trump rally very casually; despite the expected overload of thousands of ticket recipients who would not be allowed access, Cohen added “Yeah, I’m thinking about dropping by.”

Although Cohen was critical of Trump — “He gets ahead by pushing other people down,” noted the ice cream legend — the real flavor of the interview came after Snow asked Cohen about his allegiance to the self-described Democratic-Socialist Senator from Vermont. As for a potential Bernie Sanders-inspired ice cream flavor, Cohen admitted that Ben & Jerry’s formerly did not have any plans to move forward.

However, Cohen did shed some light on what this flavor might look like with a pretty incredible description that speaks perfectly to the populist-driven grassroots effort of the Sanders camp:

“I came up with one. It’s called ‘Bernie’s Yearning’. When you open up the pint, there’s this big disk of chocolate on the top, covering the entire top, and below it is just plain mint ice cream. And the disk of chocolate represents the 90% of the wealth that has gone to the top 10% over the last ten years. The way you eat it is that you take your spoon — you whack that big chocolate disk into a bunch of little pieces and you mix it around and there you have it: ‘Bernie’s Yearning.’

video of interview:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-ben-jerrys-cofounder-gave-an-amazing-interview-revealing-a-potential-bernie-inspired-flavor/

[BlueCaliDem]

1. With a networth of $150 million, and having sold Ben & Jerry's for a cool $325 million to corporate

Unilever...is Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield considered "evil 1%ers" and corporatists, too?
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/business-executives/ben-cohen-net-worth/

Or do they get a pass because they support Sanders?

[Cal33]

2. There are many multi-millionaires who are Democrats. "The Patriotic Millionaires", for example,

are a group who wrote an open letter to Pres. Obama a few years ago, asking him to increase
the tax on the wealthy, like themselves. They think it's their duty to pay their fair share, and
even more than their fair share. Needless to say, they donate a lot to charity.

Being rich doesn't automatically put one into the group of "evil 1%ers." It's the ones who are
trying "to have it all" who are the "evil 1%ers". They don't care how many they hurt or what
numbers of deaths they cause -- as long as they get richer and richer. These are the evil
and sick ones, who are destroying our nation.

[BlueCaliDem]

4. Thanks for the clarification. So Ben Cohen and Jeff Greenfield are patriotic millionaires

who have decided to sell their company to Big Corp, Unilever for a cool $325 million. Ok.

Are CEOs and execs at Unilever patriotic millionaires, too?

[Cal33]

7. "The Patriotic Millionaires", I believe, is the name of a private club. Yes, one has to be

wealthy to join. I have no idea whether Cohen and Greenfield are members.

[JeffHead]

3. I'll give them a pass

Not because they support Bernie, because they're not greedy assholes.

[BlueCaliDem]

6. They sold their liberal company to a conservative Corporation for $325 million.

But they're not greedy...people and NOT because they, like you, support Sanders so you'll give them a pass Got it.

[Cal33]

8. Have you any evidence that Cohn and Greenfield obtained their riches through crooked

corrupt and unfair means, like, say, some big oil and pharmaceutical companies did?
In my books, there's nothing wrong with becoming rich, if one has become rich
through fair and square means.

[Cal33]

9. "They sold their liberal company to a conservative Corporation..." This seems to imply that

Liberals shouldn't be doing business with Conservatives at all. This would mean that since
many of the large utility companies are owned by conservative corporations, we shouldn't
have any business dealings with them. So, many (if not most) of us would have to go
without water, electricity, computers, move out of the homes we have bought or rented
......etc...... In short, STOP LIVING!!

By the way, this is exactly where the Conservative business corporations have got the 99%
of Americans -- by their nuts -- which the Corporatists every so often squeeze, and the 99%
say "Ouch!" Bernie (and also O'Malley) are the ones who are trying to help get Americans
out of this predicament. Clinton, I think, will continue to maintain the status quo. That's
the way I see our present situation. Do you?

[1monster]

12. Should they have sold a company, that they built by offering an excellent product, for

less than market value? Or are you saying they should not have sold the company at all, despite any desire they may have had about retirement or slowing down?

I, and I'm sure most liberal progressives, have no problem with people who have an idea for a good product, and make a good profit from creating a market for that product. Ben & Jerry got rich the really old fashioned way. They worked hard, smart, and honestly for it.

If they were using that money to skew laws to benefit themselves at the expense of the rest of us, they would deserve your contempt. But simply becoming rich, honestly, is not a reson to disdain antone.

[leftofcool]

11. The only evil corporations are the ones who support Obama and Hillary.

[Uncle Joe]

5. That sounds like a perfect design.

Thanks for the thread, Douglas Carpenter.

[firebrand80]

10. I could be bribed into supporting Bernie

in exchange for a lifetime supply of Ben & Jerry's.

Your move, Cohen.

[HerbChestnut]

15. They do occasionally hand out Ben & Jerry's ice cream at campaign events.

Just saying...

[beam me up scottie]

13. K & R!

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. knr

[George II]

16. Interesting that Ben Cohen epitomizes exactly what Sanders "claims" to be running against....

....a 1%er corporatist who sold his company to a foreign conglomerate.

[vkkv]

17. Sounds Great!! Add in a lot of TRUTH SERUM into it, too!

Bernie-licious ! ! !

Repukes will have to spit it out !!