Target Apologizes For Political Donation To Group Supporting Anti-Gay Candidate

[laughingliberal]

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The head of Target Corp. apologized Thursday over a political donation to a business group backing a conservative Republican for Minnesota governor, which angered some employees and sparked talk of a customer boycott.

Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel wrote employees to say the discount retailer was "genuinely sorry" over the way a $150,000 contribution to MN Forward donation played out. Steinhafel said Target would set up a review process for future political donations.

MN Forward is running TV ads supporting Republican Tom Emmer, an outspoken conservative opposed to same-sex marriage and other gay-rights initiatives that have come before Minnesota's Legislature.

Steinhafel said the contribution from the corporate treasury to a political effort, which until this year wasn't allowed, was designed to support Emmer's stance on economic issues. Ads run by the group were focused on budget policy, not social issues.

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/05/target-apologizes-for-pol_n_672167.html

[blondeatlast]

1. When you buy a candidate, you buy the WHOLE candidate.

Good news--maybe that'll make Target and other large corporations think twice before exercising their "citizenship."

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