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- stuffya, on 01/31/2008, -11/+143Hillary's interest in unions started when she decided to run for Senate and not a moment sooner. She's an opportunist of the highest magnitude.
At least Obama's core philosophy is principled (much like Ron Paul). Hillary's core philosophy is career advancement.
She can still be stopped. If you cannot vote for Obama, help counter Hillary's lobbyist money by donating:
https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/mai ... - undy242, on 01/31/2008, -5/+69If only all her female supporters would read this story...
- stuffya, on 01/31/2008, -9/+66By the way, WTF is she wearing? I think my Arkansas aunt bought that dress at Wal-Mart back in 1991.
- N3tw0rk, on 01/31/2008, -5/+50Also during this same period, small towns all over America began complaining that Wal-Mart was squeezing out ma-and-pa stores and leaving little burgs throughout the Midwest and South with downtowns that featured little more than empty storefronts. Hillary just stood by. We see where her priorities are.
Also, while Hillary was working for the corporations interests, Obama was doing community service and civil-rights litigation. Obama was a community organizer and led a voter-registration effort in Chicago that added tens of thousands of people to the rolls. He was a civil rights attorney and taught at one of the nation's premier universities.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080116/ap_on_el_pr/ob ...
Hillary has accused Obama of helping a corrupt Chicago businessman with his "slum landlord business." The truth is that Obama had put in five hours of work as a junior law firm associate helping to represent a community organization that had partnered with the businessman. The truth is also that Obama fought slumlords as a community organizer.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/01/24/200 ...
http://www.drudgereport.com/rez.jpg - AriaStar, on 01/31/2008, -3/+35Hilary is only out for Hilary, and no one else. Back then her interest was to make as much money as possible, no matter that the poorly-paid workers were ***** on (which is why I will pay more to go anywhere else - I won't financially support a store that abuses people). And now her interest is best served by suddenly siding with the unions. I don't think that woman has a thought of her own, only to do whatever furthers herself.
- mreal197, on 01/31/2008, -2/+34This in parallel with the news in the Times about Borat-Gate is just a harbinger of things to come. Hillary will wreck Dems chances in 08 if she steals the nomination.
- steelersfan7roe, on 01/31/2008, -3/+33What a fraud.
- stuffya, on 01/31/2008, -2/+30I thought Clinton would clean up on Super Tuesday, but Obama has serious momentum right now.
1. South Carolina Blowout
2. Kennedy Endorsements
3. New Rasmussen poll has him within 3 points in California (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/pol ...
4. 32 million dollars raised in January
5. 170,000 new donors this month, bringing the total to 650,000
I am proud to be one of those 170,000 new donors. This is grassroots politics at it's best.
To those who don't know, Obama does not take money from lobbyists. Hillary Clinton does. That makes his 32 million haul even more staggering. - Hoov, on 01/31/2008, -4/+28How about this little gem...
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Her Senate campaign returned a $5,000 contribution from a Wal-Mart Political Action Committee, although ABCNews.com discovered another $20,000 in contributions from Wal-Mart executives and lobbyists.
Clinton spokesperson Howard Wolfson said, "There is no basis to return" the money.
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What a *****. - nobody7, on 01/31/2008, -7/+29Hillary is the democrat's Bush. Obama the democrats Reagan or JFK if you like. Someone submit an article with a title like that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m--rCZk5qeI
- heartcoldfusion, on 01/31/2008, -3/+25Man, just look at what 20+ years of pure evil will do to a person.
In that picture she looks like a sweet middle-aged lady. Now she looks like the degenerate offspring of Palpatine and a goblin. - UltraMegaFilms, on 01/31/2008, -11/+30Most of her supporters that I have talked to are like Apple fans. They don't want to talk about statistics and numbers. She's just better, more progressive. ***** that *****.
- CTK14A, on 01/31/2008, -1/+19The same Hillary that was President of the Wellesley Young Republicans? No way.
- aimhelix, on 01/31/2008, -3/+20Oh Hillary. I'm glad I never trusted you!
- pjvaughan, on 01/31/2008, -6/+23I find this to be very typical of Hillary. Saying one thing and doing another. I know many unions have decided to support her, but I think this is motivated by what is good for Union Leaders and not the Rank and File. Walmart's anti labor policies are disgusting and I hope Union members know when to break with Union Leaders.
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -3/+19This article
http://www.scragged.com/articles/wal-mart-s-repres ...
explains how Wal Mart pays bribes, sorry, "campaign contributions," to politicians in return for lower taxes. They get representation without taxation because they pay the politicians to pay attention to them. We can't afford to pay politicians to look out for us, so we get taxation without representation. - emehrkay, on 01/31/2008, -1/+15I loved it when Obama shut her up at the debates by bringing this up a few weeks ago.
"While I was out fighting for equal rights, you were serving on Walmart's board" [something like that] - realeskimopimp, on 01/31/2008, -6/+20What a great lieutenant for corporate interests and multinational corporations.
Bow your head in shame if this is our candidate to battle republicans in november.
No matter who wins - America loses. - Coven, on 01/31/2008, -2/+15$25 may not be much, but it is all I can afford at this point. Along with my vote I hope it helps him take NY from her on Tuesday.
- cderry, on 01/31/2008, -9/+19Unions were originally formed for the right reasons...employees were being mistreated. Now I think most unions just give their members an excuse to work half as hard, because they know they'll be backed by an angry mob if they get fired.
- Kenzan, on 01/31/2008, -2/+12Suddenly Obama looks very attractive.
- larsone86, on 01/31/2008, -4/+14Hillary Clinton is loyal only to money and power. It was the case then with Wal Mart, and it is the case now with her campaign contributors. The fact that she brought in more money from lobbyists, PAC's, etc then even any Republican is a good sign of where her commitments lie. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves.
- SovereignGFC, on 01/31/2008, -0/+9...she's not her husband.
- jeyaone, on 01/31/2008, -8/+17She looks and acts like a wal-mart employee.
- lanemik, on 01/31/2008, -4/+13If you'll excuse me, I'm off to make a donation to Obama.
- tattertech, on 01/31/2008, -4/+13How dare she keep quiet when unions wanted to fill their coffers with mandatory fees from Walmart employees (while driving up costs for consumers)!
Some unions do a great deal of good, but at some point, people need to look at the motivations on both sides... - Hess10, on 01/31/2008, -3/+11god she sucks
- brandoj, on 01/31/2008, -4/+12It should be a central idea to the American politic that one person's freedoms end where another's begin. You cannot take from another by force. 'Mom-and-pop" stores have no right to banish Wal-Mart from a particular location under threat of governmental force. Likewise, Wal-Mart has no right to imprison mom-and-pop stores or burn them down. Wal-Mart must be allowed compete in the marketplace just like everyone else - and if they're lobbying the government for special favors that edge mom-and-pop out of the market, that should stop too.
Nothing sinister is going on here. It's easy to demonize Wal-Mart when mom-and-pop stores are going out of business (and there are some pretty loud mom-and-pops out there), but the only complaint that can be voiced is that more people prefer to voluntarily exchange their monies for goods at a Wal-Mart than they do at a smaller store. This is capitalism. - murakume, on 01/31/2008, -4/+12I remember being a part of the Teamsters Union at UPS.. I paid anywhere between 5 to 25 dollars PER WEEK for what? So they could tell me "sorry, can't do much for you besides sign paperwork on your behalf, rape your already small checks in the ass without lube, and make you pick up the slack for our high seniority lazy members."
Yes I'm bitter. - mikealive, on 01/31/2008, -4/+11Yeah ***** Unions! (while half of you bitch about your current jobs and the state of the economy and wonder why you pay so much for health care and wonder why all manufacturing jobs went overseas and why spending is down and the housing market sucks).
***** You Jealous *****! and Hillary - inactive, on 01/31/2008, -0/+7"the degenerate offspring of Palpatine and a goblin"
Priceless. - bridow, on 01/31/2008, -8/+14i will digg anything against clinton :)
- kuzotz, on 01/31/2008, -5/+11nice one. I always love bashing Apple Fans.
- lonnieh, on 02/01/2008, -1/+7i can't say that i disagree with you but who stands up for the employees who are being mistreated?
- zizzo, on 01/31/2008, -0/+5Yes, her husband did do that. She is not him. Just because he may be in the White house, doesn't mean he'll be calling the shots.
- cderry, on 01/31/2008, -0/+5Don't be so sure. I know many people I went to school with and work with that have never voted but say they will register to vote...just to NOT vote for her. I think she has waaaay more haters than supporters.
The dems shoot themselves in the foot if she gets the nomination. Heck, 90% of the women in this country who stay at home I bet watch Oprah. They'd vote for Obama before Hillary just because of her backing of him. - Kschreck, on 01/31/2008, -3/+8Hillary is a corporate boughten candidate. My money is for Obama.
- boonesfarm, on 01/31/2008, -1/+6I wonder how Walmart employees react when oh-so-enlightened socialists tell them they shouldn't work there. People choose to work at Walmart - people choose to shop at Walmart. Union props show their selfishness when they piss and moan about Walmart and other companies who choose not to deal with unions
- Vorsuc, on 01/31/2008, -0/+5I think the 'point' is not so much good/evil more her inconsistent nature. She flips, flops and beaches herself wherever the money and the attention lie. I'm pretty sure 8 years of that is enough for now.
- mochaman, on 01/31/2008, -4/+9Ultimately you judge by the results and evidently nothing changed during Hillary's tenure to make things better for women and for labor. Moreover they (Bill and Hillary) have continued to maintain close ties with management despite their blunt assault against unionized labor. She can say whatever she wants to get elected now but this goes to show poor judgment because Walt-Mart's policies have hurt wedges for the middle class.
- sleepwalkers, on 01/31/2008, -3/+7Higher wages? Seriously?
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 02/01/2008, -0/+4Hillary's a huge douche, this news is older than cel phone technology.
Unions have played a critical role in American history, BUT owadays they're basically big clubs for people who haven't yet been diagnosed with mental retardation, or are in the closet about it.
Like to be manipulated? Don't like facts? Find personal/skill development tedious? Work union.
If you think I'm wrong, you haven't been in enough union shops. American unions need to focus on China. - hollyminkowski, on 01/31/2008, -1/+5OMG .. she looks like Granny on that old Beverly Hillbillies show :-)
http://www.bookofjoe.com/images/m_27.jpg - rz8472, on 02/01/2008, -2/+6Are you kidding> Wal-Mart workers start at $7.50 an hour; thats $5/hour less than I make when I'm interning, and I'm a Dependant. Think for a moment; if you give everyone complete "freedom" as you say, the strong will invariably use that freedom to repress the freedoms of the weak. And repression is repression, whether it be done by the government or a large multinational corporation.
If anyone wants to sell stuff at Wal-Mart, they REQUIRE them to move manufacturing facilities to China. That alone is justification to despise them, not to mention the employment of illegals, locking employees inside stores to work longer hours, deliberately understaffing stores to force employees to work extra hours for no pay (there is no overtime), the busting of unions, and paying a wage that one simply cannot live on. Many of these things are simply ILLEGAL, not to mention that many of Wal-Mart's manufacturers are violating the pathetically weak CHINESE labor laws because they want the price margins to be so high.
If you want a class act, look at Costco. CEO Jim Sinegal has decided to pay his workers $16+/hour and pay 92% of their healthcare while still generating a good profit. And that's because he makes the running of his business as efficient as possible on the operations side. Paying employees sub-poverty wages is for petty, weak-minded people who can't see any other way to cut down overhead. - inactive, on 01/31/2008, -4/+8What did you expect. She is a useless *****. Just imagine the image she is giving this country about female leaders. She is being used as the tool she is. She even lost the support of N.O.W. because they see through her! She is ***** ugly too!
- AriaStar, on 01/31/2008, -1/+5You mean feminists who care jack ***** about the rights of anyone but themselves? They'll only care about the female workers at WalMart. I'm a woman myself and still saying this.
- wolfegh, on 01/31/2008, -1/+5Yeah, HER HUSBAND did. NOT Hillary. She will say whatever you want to hear to get elected. She has no principles and cannot be trusted. OBAMA '08
- fyngyrz, on 01/31/2008, -3/+6yes, and not only that, but health insurance as well. One of my kids works there, she does quite well. She's not a part-timer, but she's not management, either. For the work, which is basically putting boxes on shelves, being a cashier, that sort of thing, they pay quite well. And they are stable, have a decent health care plan, and deliver a very useful employee discount.
There is no inherent right to double or triple the price of something and resell it. That's the bottom line. Walmart brings huge buying power to the table and they use it to pare prices down to the minimum possible. I have never, ever had a problem with the quality of a Wal Mart purchase.
Let the mom and pop stores either die, or find a niche they can work in. That's a perfectly normal part of commerce. - my8bird, on 02/01/2008, -0/+3No one said its the governments business to keep Walmart out of places. What we are saying is that Hillary was complicit in these dealings that there is no way to expect that she will behave better as president.
- emehrkay, on 01/31/2008, -0/+3http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8999310214 ...
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