View Full Version : Edwards Criticizes Wal-Mart, Then His Staff Asks for Gifts from the Same Chain
KCWolfman
11-17-2006, 06:57 AM
Edwards Campaign Requests to WalMart (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_bi_ge/wal_mart_edwards)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that a staff member for former Sen. John Edwards — a vocal critic of the retailer — asked his local Wal-Mart store for help in getting the potential 2008 presidential candidate a Sony PlayStation 3. Edwards said a volunteer did so by mistake.
Edwards told The Associated Press that the volunteer "feels terrible" about seeking the game unit at Wal-Mart a day after his boss criticized the company, saying it doesn't treat its employees fairly.
"My wife, Elizabeth, wanted to get a Playstation3 for my young children. She mentioned it in front of one of my staff people," Edwards said. "That staff person mentioned it in front of a volunteer who said he would make an effort to get one. He was making an effort to go get one for himself.
"Elizabeth and I knew nothing about this. He feels terrible about this. He made a mistake, and he knows he should not have used my name," Edwards said.
Edwards said the volunteer was "a young kid" unaware of what he called flawed Wal-Mart policies. He called the Wal-Mart statement an effort to divert attention from its own problems.
After Wal-Mart this summer hired Edelman executive Leslie Dach as its public relations director and put him on the company's executive team, analysts said the retailer would likely become more aggressive toward its critics.
Wal-Mart had noted in a news release Thursday that on the same day Edwards was criticizing the company in a conference call with union-backed activists, the volunteer staff member had asked a Raleigh, N.C., electronics department manager to obtain a PS3 for the ex-senator's family.
From Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., company spokesman David Tovar said the person who called left a voicemail at the Raleigh store and identified himself as an Edwards staff member. When the manager returned the call, the staff member again identified himself as working for Edwards, and Wal-Mart said it confirmed that with Edwards' office.
The retailer's news release accused Edwards of not wanting to wait his turn.
"While the rest of America's working families are waiting patiently in line, Senator Edwards wants to cut to the front," the Wal-Mart statement said.
The PlayStation 3 console is set to go on sale Friday.
Edwards, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate in 2004, spoke Wednesday to supporters of union-backed WakeUpWalMart.com on a conference call launching the group's holiday season campaign to pressure Wal-Mart for better labor standards.
In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. "If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out," Edwards said.
I love this last statement. Maybe he needs to hire his 6 year old instead of his current lot of campaigners. Irony - Table for two.
banyon
11-17-2006, 09:17 AM
If you held the republicans liable for the actions of every overzealous staffer, they'd all be under the jail.
http://www.workingforchange.com/webgraphics/wfc/TMW04-27-05.jpg
Mr. Kotter
11-17-2006, 09:17 AM
ROFL
If you held the republicans liable for the actions of every overzealous staffer, they'd all be under the jail...
Yeah, all Reps staffers are over zealous....and most Dems are not.
:rolleyes:
KCWolfman
11-17-2006, 01:18 PM
If you held the republicans liable for the actions of every overzealous staffer, they'd all be under the jail.
Ahhh, the old "he did it first, mommy" defense.
Nice
Ahhh, the old "he did it first, mommy" defense.
Nice
And you regurgitated some Ann Coulter lines...nice.
Chief Faithful
11-17-2006, 01:28 PM
What a wonderful country we live in where you can enjoy the benefits of capitalism no matter what you have to say against it.
patteeu
11-17-2006, 01:42 PM
I didn't realize that Director Tenet had Republican staffers. I wonder if they were there during the Clinton administration too? I bet they were pretty lonely at Langley among the old guard.
KCWolfman
11-17-2006, 01:43 PM
And you regurgitated some Ann Coulter lines...nice.
I have never heard Ann Coulter. But thanks for the assumption.
You seem to do well with assuming and even better with avoiding the topic at hand.
I will try again: Edwards says his six year old son is smart enough to understand why he speaks out against the WalMart corporation, yet Edwards has adult volunteers and employees who aren't smart enough to understand what he is doing. That situation is what we call "irony".
I have never heard Ann Coulter. But thanks for the assumption.
You seem to do well with assuming and even better with avoiding the topic at hand.
I will try again: Edwards says his six year old son is smart enough to understand why he speaks out against the WalMart corporation, yet Edwards has adult volunteers and employees who aren't smart enough to understand what he is doing. That situation is what we call "irony".
I don't disagree with the point you made. What you said to Banyon is just very similar to Ann Coulter's comebacks (characterize the other side as childish). I apologize for assuming you read her stuff.
KCWolfman
11-17-2006, 01:49 PM
I don't disagree with the point you made. What you said to Banyon is just very similar to Ann Coulter's comebacks (characterize the other side as childish). I apologize for assuming you read her stuff.
Damn, you have to stop this apology stuff. It is making me see you as rational.
Apology accepted.
Calcountry
11-17-2006, 01:51 PM
If you held the republicans liable for the actions of every overzealous staffer, they'd all be under the jail.
http://www.workingforchange.com/webgraphics/wfc/TMW04-27-05.jpgThat is just Lewdichris.
Calcountry
11-17-2006, 01:53 PM
I don't disagree with the point you made. What you said to Banyon is just very similar to Ann Coulter's comebacks (characterize the other side as childish). I apologize for assuming you read her stuff.Yeah, and I apoligise for saying you speak for the Demoncrats.
Can we all sing and hug, and hold hands now. Seriously, dudes, you don't want me to play nice, cause that wouldnt' be fun.
When was the last time it was fun to come to D.C.? It has been a long time. You have to have a firebrand like me willing to stir the chit.
banyon
11-17-2006, 02:18 PM
That is just Lewdichris.
Yes it is. Yet that's who Republicans blamed those gaffes on each time.
banyon
11-17-2006, 02:20 PM
Ahhh, the old "he did it first, mommy" defense.
Nice
Except that the instances I posted in the cartoon were far more egregious than the purchase of a PS3, I guess you are correct.
penchief
11-17-2006, 02:26 PM
ROFL
Yeah, all Reps staffers are over zealous....and most Dems are not.
:rolleyes:
Who said that?
penchief
11-17-2006, 02:32 PM
I don't know if anybody else realizes it but this is really petty shit. Let's not forget that our COUNTRY has been dragged and forced down a self-destructive path by republicans. All of us will have to come together to salvage whatever is salvagable at this point. This kind of pettiness leads me to believe that the right-wing and it's advocates are not capable of pulling together if they don't have complete control.
They're too wedded to the politics of personal destruction (smear and fear), IMO.
Mr. Kotter
11-17-2006, 02:43 PM
Who said that?
...If you held the republicans liable for the actions of every overzealous staffer, they'd all be under the jail...
penchief
11-17-2006, 05:07 PM
Are you talking about something that actually happened or are you just speculating? I'm not sure what you're getting at.
Calcountry
11-17-2006, 05:13 PM
I don't know if anybody else realizes it but this is really petty shit. Let's not forget that our COUNTRY has been dragged and forced down a self-destructive path by republicans. All of us will have to come together to salvage whatever is salvagable at this point. This kind of pettiness leads me to believe that the right-wing and it's advocates are not capable of pulling together if they don't have complete control.
They're too wedded to the politics of personal destruction (smear and fear), IMO.I heard she was a real bitch too.
penchief
11-17-2006, 05:25 PM
I heard she was a real bitch too.
Who is she?
So. Did he get the game, or not?
FAX
CHIEF4EVER
11-17-2006, 07:53 PM
I don't know if anybody else realizes it but this is really petty shit. Let's not forget that our COUNTRY has been dragged and forced down a self-destructive path by republicans. All of us will have to come together to salvage whatever is salvagable at this point. This kind of pettiness leads me to believe that the right-wing and it's advocates are not capable of pulling together if they don't have complete control.
They're too wedded to the politics of personal destruction (smear and fear), IMO.
For the last 6 years the left have done nothing but whine and hand wring about the slighest real or perceived beer fart or faux pas by a Republican. What's the old saying? Something about actions and equal but opposite reactions or something like that.......:hmmm:
Ultra Peanut
11-17-2006, 07:57 PM
Pre-emptive strike for '08, eh?
You're gonna need a bigger bombshell than this, dude.
Maybe he impregnated a Ugandan woman, or something? Let's hope so!
alanm
11-17-2006, 09:35 PM
For the last 6 years the left have done nothing but whine and hand wring about the slighest real or perceived beer fart or faux pas by a Republican. What's the old saying? Something about actions and equal but opposite reactions or something like that.......:hmmm:
I think it's "what comes around goes around." :)
beer bacon
11-18-2006, 02:16 AM
First Herm waffles on the whole starting QB thing, and now he can't stay straight with this Wal-Mart shit. Get your shit together Herm!!
banyon
11-18-2006, 08:52 AM
I think it's "what comes around goes around." :)
Yup, fellatio and PS3's = 2,500 Americans, 100,000 Iraqis dead in a war of choice, war profiteering, pedophilic Representatives, letting N.O. drown, and employing torture all over the globe.
Dave Lane
11-18-2006, 09:05 AM
Yeah, and I apoligise for saying you speak for the Demoncrats.
Can we all sing and hug, and hold hands now. Seriously, dudes, you don't want me to play nice, cause that wouldnt' be fun.
When was the last time it was fun to come to D.C.? It has been a long time. You have to have chit like me willing to stir the fire.
FYP
Dave
KCWolfman
11-18-2006, 09:32 AM
Damn, BOTH sides on this thread are sounding like whiny old women.
IT WAS IRONIC. IT WAS FUNNY. Look I will type slowly so you all can understand - I am not bashing for a candidate attempting to receive a 600.00 toy from a company he smashes. I am not pointing out something minor as compared to what the horrid evil baby killing Republicans have done (penchief, do you really believe that tripe you write, and if you do, do you speak that way as well?)
I think it is funny that Edwards says even his six year old son gets it, but his own employees and volunteers are obviously too moronic to understand.
Lighten up, Francis.
KCWolfman
11-18-2006, 09:33 AM
Yup, fellatio and PS3's = 2,500 Americans, 100,000 Iraqis dead in a war of choice, war profiteering, pedophilic Representatives, letting N.O. drown, and employing torture all over the globe.
Letting New Orleans drown?
Oh, you are one of those extremists, eh?
Adept Havelock
11-18-2006, 10:14 AM
When was the last time it was fun to come to D.C.? It has been a long time. You have to have a firebrand like me willing to stir the chit.
Firebrand? ROFL LMAO
More like a wet firecracker, memetrdr.
banyon
11-18-2006, 11:18 AM
Letting New Orleans drown?
Oh, you are one of those extremists, eh?
I don't think you'll fnd me to be extreme, but yes it was hyperbole. Do I think Bush should've done something besides strum a guitar in S.D.? Sure. Do I think he should've single-handedly butressed the levees with his bare hands? Of course not.
Point being, to the post I was replying to, that this is pretty petty stuff compared to the stuff that lefties have been "whining" about that Chief4ever tried to make some sort of equivalency.
CHIEF4EVER
11-18-2006, 02:08 PM
I don't think you'll fnd me to be extreme, but yes it was hyperbole. Do I think Bush should've done something besides strum a guitar in S.D.? Sure. Do I think he should've single-handedly butressed the levees with his bare hands? Of course not.
Point being, to the post I was replying to, that this is pretty petty stuff compared to the stuff that lefties have been "whining" about that Chief4ever tried to make some sort of equivalency.
I didn't try to make ANY sort of equivalency with the Iraq War or Katrina, that is an unfounded statement on your part. I made the equivalency to the overwhelming mountain of ridiculous nitpicking things of minor nature that the left would blow up into Mt Everest every chance they got so they could point their fingers and say "See! See! I told you the Republicans are evil and can't do anything right!". Just look at some of the billions of the threads people like jAZ start even on this board and you will see what I mean. The left have made their living out of sensationalism and they are going to start reaping what they shoveled for the last 6 years. Enjoy.
Bowser
11-18-2006, 02:12 PM
What? Politicians are scumbags? When did this happen?
Who is it that calls Edwards the Breck Girl?
Who is it that calls Edwards the Breck Girl?
Rush Limbaugh calls him that:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/fstack.guest.html
KCWolfman
11-19-2006, 08:08 AM
I don't think you'll fnd me to be extreme, but yes it was hyperbole. Do I think Bush should've done something besides strum a guitar in S.D.? Sure. Do I think he should've single-handedly butressed the levees with his bare hands? Of course not.
Point being, to the post I was replying to, that this is pretty petty stuff compared to the stuff that lefties have been "whining" about that Chief4ever tried to make some sort of equivalency.
I had no idea that New Orleans was a Republican controlled area of Louisiana.
Of course the fact that the mayor and the city council are 100% democrats have nothing to do to smash your doom and gloom portrayal of the evil Republicans. Nor the fact that the same Democrats have lived below sea level since the area was founded and never developed a reasonable plan of action against such catastrophe. Hell, they had better things to spend their tax dollars on like 3 million a year on parades. I don't see New Orleans as a Republican issue. I see it as a huge Democrat f*ck up and a demand from the same f*ck ups that the Federal government fix their problems while making them a "chocolate city".
Yes, your statement was hyperbole, but it was also inaccurate.
banyon
11-19-2006, 08:29 AM
I had no idea that New Orleans was a Republican controlled area of Louisiana.
Of course the fact that the mayor and the city council are 100% democrats have nothing to do to smash your doom and gloom portrayal of the evil Republicans. Nor the fact that the same Democrats have lived below sea level since the area was founded and never developed a reasonable plan of action against such catastrophe. Hell, they had better things to spend their tax dollars on like 3 million a year on parades. I don't see New Orleans as a Republican issue. I see it as a huge Democrat f*ck up and a demand from the same f*ck ups that the Federal government fix their problems while making them a "chocolate city".
Yes, your statement was hyperbole, but it was also inaccurate.
Yeah, keep trying that tired old rag. Feel free to ignore the numerous other times when the Feds have acted without having the Governor send them a permission slip. You're right Bush provided the exact appropriate moral response and level of concern to the situation.
http://www.bustedhearts.net/img/bush_guit.jpg
Yeah, keep trying that tired old rag. Feel free to ignore the numerous other times when the Feds have acted without having the Governor send them a permission slip. You're right Bush provided the exact appropriate moral response and level of concern to the situation.
http://www.bustedhearts.net/img/bush_guit.jpg
I wouldn't have been mad at Bush, but when I saw the interview he gave from on top of that hurricane and told the reporter he was steering the thing towards all the dirty black folks, then I was mad.
KCWolfman
11-21-2006, 02:30 AM
Yeah, keep trying that tired old rag. Feel free to ignore the numerous other times when the Feds have acted without having the Governor send them a permission slip. You're right Bush provided the exact appropriate moral response and level of concern to the situation.
I said the federal government responded appropriately?
No, I said the local DEMOCRATIC party controlled government was lazy, stupid, and morally inept about preparing prior to the disaster. And honestly, whether you like it or not, the statement is true.
Obviously, since the city council has not a single Republican on the ticket, you turn a blind eye to it.
banyon
11-21-2006, 09:04 AM
I said the federal government responded appropriately?
No, I said the local DEMOCRATIC party controlled government was lazy, stupid, and morally inept about preparing prior to the disaster. And honestly, whether you like it or not, the statement is true.
Obviously, since the city council has not a single Republican on the ticket, you turn a blind eye to it.
Yeah, city councilmen and aldermen wield tremendous clout and power when responding to Category 5 Hurricanes. Maybe we should blame the PTA too. :rolleyes:
Again:
Feel free to ignore the numerous other times when the Feds have acted without having the Governor send them a permission slip
Baby Lee
11-21-2006, 09:14 AM
Feel free to ignore the numerous other times when the Feds have acted without having the Governor send them a permission slip.
Feel free to intone that certain nebulous events have happened without establishing them as fact.
KCWolfman
11-22-2006, 12:32 AM
Yeah, city councilmen and aldermen wield tremendous clout and power when responding to Category 5 Hurricanes. Maybe we should blame the PTA too. :rolleyes:
Again:
Ahh, the "we were too small to do anything" excuse. Nice. Of course, they weren't too small to raise 3 mill every year for parades. But of course, parades are much more important than up to date levys and reasonable evacuation plans, aren't they?
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