DISQUS

VanillaMan · 2 years ago

See what happens when you are out of money? You start doing stupid things like this.

Any official soft drink for Illinois should be an ILLINOIS soft drink company.

CANFIELDS

Sporty41 · 2 years ago

Without reservation the following are first place ties:

1-A) Royal Crown Cola . . . man'o is it good!!

1-B) Sweet Valley (Aldi's) Black Cherry Cola . . . fantastic ice cold on a summer's day!!

Pat Hickey · 2 years ago

Spoken like a Patriot Vanilla Man! However, might I offer - Green River historic and in the 30's & 40's was second only to that four-lettered prduct from Georgia.

http://www.dggpro.com/TheSodaDepot/browse.asp?p...

wrigs · 2 years ago

Either will do on one condition: FILAN AND G-ROD leave once this issue is resolved

vole · 2 years ago

Don't question. Just consume. Be happy and enjoy the corn syrup. If it contributes to obesity and drives up the cost of health care then your the state (your grandchildren) can pay for more of that too.

Amy · 2 years ago

Only Pepsi. I would die before I drink Coke.

zatoichi · 2 years ago

No Jones Soda? If the state goes Coke does it become an ethics violation to bring in a Pepsi can? The SNL "cheeseburga, cheeseburga" jokes will have a huge opportunity here. If the state really goes for this, is the contest for the official state beer coming?

It's a vote for the offical "softdrink" not the official bottler? I prefer MDew but, if I gotta vote C or P, it has to be full strength Coke, not that diet stuff.

ArchPundit · 2 years ago

Pepsi (okay Diet Mountain Dew)

But to show I can bring this back to politics, there is a classic study in political science showing the historical ties between Democrats and Coca-Cola and Republicans and Pepsi (I can't find the site and I have it filed away)

While one's partisan ID is best predicted by parents partisan ID, apparently their drink of choice has more influence on me than their politics of choice.

BBpolNut · 2 years ago

What a stupid thing. Official soda. We have more important issues.

cermak_rd · 2 years ago

Diet Coke! Breakfast, lunch and dinner of champions!

I can't stand regular sodas, they taste like syrup.

Anonymous · 2 years ago

COKE

Fan of the Game · 2 years ago

Coke. It's not as sweet and has more carbonation. Where I grew up in southern Illinois, "Coke" was a substitute for the generic "soda." We'd order a Coke, and the waitress would ask, "What kind?"

My uncle's nickname was RC because he drank so much of that product and kept it stocked in his pool hall. But many in southern Illinois prefer the lemony-lime goodness that is Ski.

As for a state soda, that is the level we have come to in Illinois. Sad.

Bill · 2 years ago

Vernors

i d · 2 years ago

I'm ambivalent. Depends on whether served with say, pizza (pepsi) or by itself (coke). Never diet!!!!! Drink of healthy choice: Hot brewed tea, iced down and sweetened by Splenda.

Crimefighter · 2 years ago

I hope that this isn't the state trying to impose only one brand of soda at the vending machines. BTW, where's Dr. Pepper???

Chitownguy · 2 years ago

Pepsi is nasty... Coke Zero or Diet Coke all the way!

Wumpus · 2 years ago

At the same time they are trying to ban pop sales in schools, this. More doublespeak from the tax eaters. Why not Pimp Juice as the official drink?

leigh · 2 years ago

Diet Coke

Ali Bin Haddin · 2 years ago

This is a gas! Coke will always outsell Pepsi because it is a better bar mixer. Rum and Coke, Jack and Coke, etc. Mixing Pepsi or Pepsi products with alcohol should be a capital crime.

Crockett · 2 years ago

Coke. Will tenants in the Thompson Center basement have to change their soft drinks (like the McDonald's in Vegas casinos that sell Pepsi)?

Ali Bin Haddin · 2 years ago

What happens if Pepsi becomes the official drink and if the Olympics comes to Chicago with Coke as the offical Olympic Soft Drink?

Utility Infielder · 2 years ago

I'm with VM Canfields 50/50.

i d · 2 years ago

Well, if we're talking mixers, let's go with 7up.

Jake from Elwood · 2 years ago

JIF (oh wait there's salmonella in that)

Just the Facts · 2 years ago

(Can't resist the snark) Why doesn't it surprise me that Bill would prefer something unpalatable - Vernors -

Soda sommelier · 2 years ago

Green River, baby! Since prohibition!

Patriot · 2 years ago

Is there really a difference?

Establishment Republican · 2 years ago

At the Billy Goat they would say,

"No Coke. Pepsi."

Way Northsider · 2 years ago

Coke is it!

He Makes Ryan look like a sain · 2 years ago

Either, as long as it has Capt. Morgan, or Jack Daniels in it!!!

paddyrollingstone · 2 years ago

The word is "pop" and RC is the Cadillac of pop.

A Citizen · 2 years ago

CocaCola regular, but really prefer Vernor's Ginger Ale.

Blue Boy · 2 years ago

Canfield's, its a local brand.

Blue Boy · 2 years ago

Canfield's, its a local brand.

NoGiftsPlease · 2 years ago

Go soymilk! Ag-based and good for you! Not to mention delicious.

Little Egypt · 2 years ago

Pepsi - but only because my two older siblings LOVE Coke and I still like to push their buttons. Hello gals!

Tessa · 2 years ago

I grew up in central Illinois and my siblings still joke about drinking "sodie". Give me my Pepsi over Coke any day. It's sweeter, doesn't have the bite. Coke brings back the shine to pennies, just think what it does to your insides. YUCK!

Cat · 2 years ago

Just make sure you wash your hands before you grab the Yoo Hoo!

Huh? · 2 years ago

Og My God! I can't believe there is something that Bill and I agree about.

Vernors for the State soda!

Norseman · 2 years ago

Pepsi

Anon · 2 years ago

Only Pepsi!!!!!!!!!

47th Ward · 2 years ago

Coke for sure. I'd support legalizing it too, with high taxes of course. And only for adults.

pol watcher · 2 years ago

Coke in glass bottles from when I was a kid! The stuff they now sell in cans and plastic bottles is no comparison.

Papa Legba · 2 years ago

Considering a relative of Filan's is a Pepsi lobbyist I guess we know what the official soda will be.

Who cares, Coke is a better product anyway.

BTW. Good choice Bill!!!

Squideshi · 2 years ago

Is this the type of thing Illinois wants to promote?

Concerned Voter · 2 years ago

Pepsi One

Duh · 2 years ago

WHO CARES? Let's get at real state issues! This is another issue related to our light-weight Governor and his hacks. I'm so tired of this, I'm ready to move to another state --- or country. I'm embarrassed! Give it up Rod, No one with any sense should care!!!!!! And this from a true Pepsi (Diet) drinker. What part of "NO GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION" does everyone not get???????

Sporty41 · 2 years ago

Duh - You have obviously not tried Sweet Valley Black Cherry Soda. 10 cents gets you 12 ounces of solid goodness.

I will have to try the Canfield . . . can't beat the Cadillac though. Go RC

Disgusted · 2 years ago

The blind vendor for the building I work in said that 80% of his clientele drink Pepsi. He also said that if an official drink is chosen and pushed, he will go out of business, as will a lot more of his fellow vendors. First the minimum wage was raised, then talk of a gross sales tax and now an "official" state soda. He also said that the chief person behind Coke's push is a cousin of the Governor, whose assistants are the same ilk as our friends Brad and Lon. Same old, same old with Milarod. Will have to be buried with a corkscrew.

charlie johnston · 2 years ago

Wild Cherry Pepsi.

Diego · 2 years ago

TEAM Services (connected naming rights contractor) has the sweetest deal. They get 15% commission.

The Federalist · 2 years ago

I helped put the "Coke" bid together at the U of I Urbana/Champaign IN 1997. It expires June 30, 2007. Due to complaints from small vendors the General Assembly changed the purchasing act to prohibit asking for money when a new RFP was put out. HOW DOES THE STATE GET AROUND THIS????