Free Marketing Advice: Chick-Fil-A, Just Stop  by Randall
Cleveland   Ready? Here it is:  Shut. The hell. Up.
Halloweekend 2009 The debate in a nutshell.  That's it. That's
all it takes. That's all you had to do in the first place! Your
political leanings should have absolutely zero impact on my
desire for a sub-mediocre chicken sandwich (seriously, I don't
get the "oh it's tough to boycott them because it's so
delicious!" argument. I eat TACO BELL and I consider Chick-Fil-A
to be substandard fare). There was absolutely no reason to stand
up and take an arbitrary and meaningless stand on this
particular issue. Was the nation waiting for fast food to weigh
in? No.  You don't get to run a business the size of Chick-Fil-A
without having some business acumen, certainly. Surely one would
realize that even if this is your most vehement belief, the
benefits of trumpeting it from the rooftops are far outweighed
by the potential fallout. Right? If company president Dan Cathy
wants to take on those issues in his perso