Clinton AND Bush Sr GIVING FREE ADVERTISING TO WALMART!

[Chicago Democrat]

On the backs on the misery of New Orleans. On CSPAN!


:puke:

[diplomats]

1. I think they've given at least $15 million

[OneTwentyoNine]

3. They can afford to off of the backs of their poverty wage workers...

Thats what sickens me most about corporations like Walmart and others. They don't want to pay the help shit,don't want to pay for health care,they threaten to fire if you mention a union.

But.. their so quick to put on their "we want to help" BS PR crap always coming off like a decent,caring business. Its a farce....

[OneTwentyoNine]

2. Didn't see it but.....

Does Bill Clinton SPEND the GD night at Bush's house? Jesus...those two are joined at the hip anymore.

[magnolia]

4. Apparently...

...Walmart has offered jobs to anyone who was previously working in any kind of store. I guess Walmart will make sure that they continue to live in the manner in which they have become accustom....poverty.

That wasn't nice of me. Walmart giving people jobs is a good thing.

[Coyote_Bandit]

5. Don't Forget

Hillary used to be on Wally World's borad of directors.

[leetrisck]

6. Don't forget now, don't forget now - I will never forget

that Bill Clinton was a great President. Giving comes from those who want to give it and Wal Mart is giving it. Do you imagine the people will turn it down? Anything from Enron-or is all to the lawyers. Hillary was on the Board while Bill was Governor - WalMart is a Republican organization. Long ago Wal-Mart worked hand in hand with Bill Clinton (Sam Walton) to buy from the people of AR to sell to others. What they did later is what they did later.

[Miss Chybil]

7. Don't take Wal-Mart money! Let the victims suffer on principle!

The stuff I'm reading on DU these last few days in nearly as disgusting as the lack of government response. Don't feed hurricane victims hamburgers! Don't buy them water at Wal-Mart! Give me a FUCKING break.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

8. I can multi-task.

I can accept the money that mall-wart is giving, recognize what crap employers they are, wish they would give more (they can easily afford it), recognize they've made their money off the backs of workers', recognize that they're probably doing this for PR purposes, applaud many, many firms that are giving, & wish that Clinton & poppy didn't feel it necessary to give such a high five to mall-wart & not to the others. Of course, mall-wart probably told them they wanted public recognition or no funds.

I wouldn't put it past them.

No one has said not to take the money. If they have, I wish you would provide a link. It's them being singled out at the press conference.

[blondeatlast]

10. Again, as below, I loathe Wal-Mart--but this is a PR move on Clinton

and HW's part--it's peer pressure.

They WANT public displays of commercial generosity. We may be disgusted (I am), but it's an effective tool to open up pockets and off-shore accounts.

I've done fundraiaing myself and know exactly what the game is here.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

13. here's a partial list of companies that have donated.

Did Clinton or poppy mention any of these? If they wanted to put pressure on other firms (& I can believe it would be effective) wouldn't one of these companies work as well?

Costco for one is donating. A good, blue company. In another thread, someone posted that John Grisham had donated 5 mill. If Grisham can donate 5 mill all by his lonesome, I'm sure the robber baron waltons can give more.

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[blondeatlast]

9. I loathe Wal-Mart as much as anyone and have for years.

That being said, I'm not going to nitpick here. Aid is aid.

Right now, they are a good source for sanitary supplies and appear to be offering them.

Right now they are diapering a baby and offering a band aid and Neosporin to a 5 year old exposed to sewer water.

I have plenty of contempt for them to last me through the next few years. For now, I'm suspending it.

[fujiyama]

11. True

but they did give the aid and like any corporation they want it made known.

Personally, I'm no fan of Wal Mart, but sincerity doesn't matter as long as something is being done and they are giving something.

Plus in a way, it's shaming others to give more as well.

[jpgray]

12. They're doing a nice job helping out

It's the least they can do, but at least they're doing it. That doesn't change my everlasting hatred of them and my constant wish for their removal from all neighborhoods post haste.

[LittleClarkie]

14. I shopped there during the campaign for HQ

Yes friends, we were drinking Walmart water. The horror.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

15. I saw a small part of it. Hey why not "use"

Walmart to the extent possible if we can?

President Clinton was saying that nobody else is as widely something or other, so Walmart was in a unique position to give temporary jobs.

[Andromeda]

16. It was a trade-off for a very large donation

to the relief effort. I believe it was $15 million.

[Andromeda]

17. Oh, the horror of drinking water

from WALMART. How dare they!

The very idea of WalMart giving money to the relief effort. What is this world coming to? <sighing loudly>

[windbreeze]

18. and just think of the TAX BREAKS

WalMart will get for having done so....(not looking any aid given to those people in the face, but reality IS reality after all)and let's not forget, if everyone questions why SR and Clinton are joined at the hip lately...they are both part of the big picture..NWO..Bilderbergers..Council on Foreign Relations..part of the upper crust of society....etc., etc......
windbreeze