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Centrist Democrats betray principles with rote attacks on Wal-Mart(Hillary Clinton sat on board)
Pioneer Press ^
| Thu, Aug. 31, 2006
| Sebastian Mallaby
Posted on 08/31/2006 8:19:34 AM PDT by IrishMike
Once upon a time, smart Democrats defended globalization, open trade and the companies that thrive within this system. They were wary of tethering themselves to an anti-trade labor movement that represents a dwindling fraction of the electorate. They understood the danger in bashing corporations: Voters don't hate corporations, because many of them work for one..............................
To see the difference between then and now, just look at the Clintons. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hillary Clinton sat on Wal-Mart's board; and when Sam Walton died in 1992, Bill Clinton lauded him as "a wonderful family man and one of the greatest citizens in the history of the state of Arkansas." Campaigning in the New Hampshire primary that year, Bill Clinton came proudly to the rescue of a local company called American Brush Co. by helping it become a Wal-Mart supplier.
Times change. Last year Hillary Clinton returned a campaign contribution from Wal-Mart, even though she had no compunction in banking a check from Jerry Springer. The nation's most successful retailer, which has seized the opportunities created by globalization to boost the buying power of ordinary Americans, is now seen as too toxic to touch. But a trash-talking TV host is acceptable.
Clinton is not alone in this. The stiff-necked Joe Lieberman, who holds fast to his principles on the Iraq war, recently abandoned his centrist economic credentials by appearing at an anti-Wal-Mart rally. No matter that Lieberman once served as chairman of the business-friendly Democratic Leadership Council. Now he proclaims his determination "to wake up Wal-Mart and say, 'Treat your workers fairly.' "
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2006; 2008; ahabandjezebel; billingrecords; clinton; congress; election; elections; hillaryclinton; maproom; roselawfirm; senate; vincefoster; wallmart
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Your principles are only as firmly rooted as you see them reflected in your own children.
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WORD.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:19:16 AM PDT
by
IrishMike
(Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Wal-Mart's family friendly core is dead.Nonsense. Soon, the far-right fringers will be reduced to shopping at 7-11. Oh, wait. 7-11 sells Maxim, so I guess they're out, too.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:24:30 AM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Today, we settled all family business.)
To: ARA
Does Wal Mart train its employees how to get public assistance like the left protrays? I don't know, but I doubt it.
Do you have a reference to the left portraying this?
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:26:38 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
To: Brilliant
You're right. I could just as easily have said "ask for the votes of their employees". I stand corrected.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:29:23 AM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
("Ma'am, you don't have to thank us. You just go beat him for us." Soldier to Irey re: Murtha)
To: IrishMike
Making hatred of Walmart a litmus test is the latest piece of suicidal behavior by the rat. It will kill him in rural districts especially.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:48:58 AM PDT
by
jmaroneps37
(John Spencer: Fighting to save America from Hillary Clinton..)
To: sinkspur
I shop where I want. I give preference to companies that still maintain Judeo-Christian values. I put hypocrites at the bottom. For the rest, depends on what they offer me in terms of pricing.
Of course you cannot identify since you and I have different values. So deaden your conscience some more with name-calling. I'm not going to stop you.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:51:14 AM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: sinkspur
And quality. Pricing and quality.
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posted on
08/31/2006 9:53:49 AM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: IrishMike
Sure. Whatever it takes to win is their principle.
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Of course you cannot identify since you and I have different values.LOL!! Yeah, I guess that's true.
I don't believe self-righteous condescension to be a value.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:13:08 AM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Today, we settled all family business.)
To: upchuck
As a Liberal leaning Libertarian, I really wish the Democrats would drop the Wal-Mart issue. They had a sale the other day, 10 cent notebooks and other assorted school supplies. My sister wi th her 5 kids was surely happy about this.
To: jmaroneps37
Making hatred of Walmart a litmus test is the latest piece of suicidal behavior by the rat. It will kill him in rural districts especially.
agreed.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:17:31 AM PDT
by
IrishMike
(Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)
To: Brilliant
Whatever it takes to win is their principle.
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I'm with you there.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:18:19 AM PDT
by
IrishMike
(Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)
To: IrishMike
'Treat your workers fairly.' Why "workers"? Why not "employees"?
Buzz word?
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posted on
08/31/2006 12:00:42 PM PDT
by
Excellence
(Vote Dhimmocrat; you'll look in a burqa!)
To: upchuck
Richard Alarcon was claiming this...
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posted on
08/31/2006 5:54:55 PM PDT
by
ARA
To: IrishMike
I read somewhere "way back when" that Sam Walton donated major bucks to Clintoon both when he was gov and also if/when the 'toon wanted to make a run for president.
Feel free to correct me on that.
I can't recall the source offhand either.
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posted on
08/31/2006 6:01:47 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: ARA
Richard Alarcon was claiming this... Who is he? Got a link or something? I'd like to follow up on this. Thanks!
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:11:12 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
To: IrishMike
Hillary----LIBERAL (also a closet Communist who does not believe in Capitalism)
Lieberman---LIBERAL.
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posted on
08/31/2006 8:14:50 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
(Leftists, the enemy within.)
To: upchuck
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:03:33 PM PDT
by
ARA
To: ARA
Thank you for the link. Now I've got something to work with.
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posted on
08/31/2006 10:25:37 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Q:Why does President Bush support amnesty for illegal aliens? A:Read this: http://tinyurl.com/nyvno)
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