Stupid and inexperienced campaign scheduling to have Maria do a photo-op anywhere near a Wal-Mart. Nothing for or against Wal-Mart here, just that the chain is perceived as controversial, involved in lots of labor problems, loved by many, despised by many.
Candidates' wives are well advised to appear at schools, day-care centers and other non-controversial places.
Didn't Arnold's advisors figure out the union thugs would dog and heckle her at this event to gain media attention?
Schedule her at a Michael's Crafts or a Dollar Store or sumpin'. The soccer moms shopping there would be in ecstasy.
Leni
Wal-Mart is that "common touch" kind of thing that photo-op makers salivate over. My wife and her family think of Wal-Mart the way some folks do about their church, they visit WM's in every city they go to that has one, sort of like a shrine. Me, I think they sell mostly trashy stuff, but a bit of OK stuff at an OK price.
Just seems to be more political style without substance going on here. I mean, a Kennedy, shopping side-by-side with moms in pink curlers?