Thread: Hillary and Wal-Mart

And the damage control begins:

Hillary and Wal-Mart
New York Sun Editorial
January 23, 2008


Of all the attacks that have been leveled against Senator Clinton, one of the cheapest shots has to be that leveled at her by Senator Obama in the debate on Monday night. "While I was working on those streets, watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart," Mr. Obama said.

Mr. Obama has had some inspiring moments in this campaign, but Mrs. Clinton, she did more for the poor by serving on the board of Wal-Mart between 1986 and 1992 than Mr. Obama did as a community organizer in Chicago. Wal-Mart's "Every Day Low Prices," achieved by negotiations with suppliers, economies of scale, and low corporate overhead, let the chain's low-income customers feed and clothe their families for less money.

Wal-Mart has grown from a littleknown Arkansas phenomenon to an international retail powerhouse with 1.4 million employees right here in America. If Mr. Obama is going to get elected president, he is going to find a way to attract voters who work and shop at Wal-Mart, not just left-wing elitists and union activists who scorn the company. Mr. Obama may have missed it, but in his home state of Illinois, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named Wal-Mart its 2007 corporation of the year. Mr. Obama may have missed it, but Wal-Mart was last year named one of the top 50 companies for African American MBAs by Black MBAs magazine. Mrs. Clinton's association with the company is something for which our senator should be not attacked but praised.

http://www.nysun.com/article/69998

We need more debates where the mud slinging happens----that is where we end up finding out all of the dirt!!!!

Wow, a Wal-Mart apologists gets offended by Obama.....Maybe this guy should find out that Wal-Mart drove companies out of business, and depressed wages in the field to the point where consumers had no choice but to shop there.

I actually liked what Obama said. He was actually saying that Reagan sheered off voters from the Dems by playing on the social issues (true IMO). Then he saw those same people lose their jobs overseas while Hillary was working for the company that imports the outsourced products from China.

Went to walmart outside of dallas texas 2 years ago about 11:30 at night-no one spoke english and no one would even wait on me at the register.The floors were dirty and had paper trash lying on them.I found a manager who I told when I got home I would contact walmart and file suit against it for discrimination (there were plenty of cashiers standing around talking that could have waited on me).He instructed them in spanish to wait on me and apologized.I felt like I was in another country where I was not wanted.I know how blacks must have felt when they were refused service in the 1960s.

I've been going to walmart my whole life (practically), since I am from the midwest.

Does anybody else remember when ALL the wal-mart stores had a HUGE sign at the front of the store that gave stats such as:
# of American Jobs created and how many American products were sold?

american products ,etc died with Sam Walton when his greedy kids (who in the long run would have made even more money if they would have stayed on thier fathers course with the lead and poisen food ,etc) were not satisfied with onle being millionares a 100 times more

Originally Posted by DHolmes7

american products ,etc died with Sam Walton when his greedy kids (who in the long run would have made even more money if they would have stayed on thier fathers course with the lead and poisen food ,etc) were not satisfied with onle being millionares a 100 times more

That may very well be true; because when I was a kid, I remember very clearly that there was a strong sense of patriotism at Walmart; that it was very pro-USA and I *think* I recall "Made In America" tags on the shelf next to items. But I could be wrong.

Originally Posted by specsaregood

That may very well be true; because when I was a kid, I remember very clearly that there was a strong sense of patriotism at Walmart; that it was very pro-USA and I *think* I recall "Made In America" tags on the shelf next to items. But I could be wrong.

I believe that you are right. "Made in America" used to be Wal-Mart's motto.....as hard as that is to believe.

Originally Posted by BearFlagRepublic

Originally Posted by specsaregood

That may very well be true; because when I was a kid, I remember very clearly that there was a strong sense of patriotism at Walmart; that it was very pro-USA and I *think* I recall "Made In America" tags on the shelf next to items. But I could be wrong.

I believe that you are right. "Made in America" used to be Wal-Mart's motto.....as hard as that is to believe.

Thanks, because that was 20+ years ago, but I coulda sworn that they used to promote "Made in the USA" all over the place. I do remember for sure that they used to promote "# of American Jobs created" at the front of the stores.

Yea, now Wal-Marts motto is : Hecho in Mexico