You Made Me Love You!
You made me love you
I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to do it
You made me love you
and all the time you knew it
I guess you always knew it.
You made me happy sometimes, you made me glad
But there were times, Dear, you made me feel so bad
(McCarthy/Monaco, You Made Me Love You)
Hey! Let's all get on the anti-Wal-Mart bus and bash Hell out of that big evil big box retailer! I wanna be president! Of the US of A! Really, I have chops for it. I ran as the vice presidential candidate once before. So I can hop on this bus, right?
Well, that worked for John Edwards up until now. Right up until he asked Wal-Mart to get him a PlayStation 3.
I just got a hilarious Wal-Mart press release. Looks like the handsomest Senator has fallen victim to the siren song of low, low prices. Heaven forfend (emphasis mine)!
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Nov. 16, 2006 – Just like the millions of Americans who turn to their neighborhood Wal-Mart for their holiday shopping needs, Wal-Mart announced today that former Sen. John Edwards is seeking to be one of the first to get a Sony PlayStation3, one of the most coveted holiday gift items this Christmas season.
Yesterday, a staff person for former Sen. Edwards contacted a Wal-Mart electronics manager in Raleigh, North Carolina to obtain a Sony PlayStation3 on behalf of the Senator's family. Later that night, Sen. Edwards reportedly re-told a homespun story to participants of a United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union-sponsored call about how his son had chided a fellow student for purchasing shoes at Wal-Mart.
Surely you can't mean this John Edwards, who was "on the campaign trail again, this time against Wal-Mart?"
Make no mistake here. Edwards is a lightweight and has zero chance of getting the nomination. But more importantly, you are seeing a concerted effort from Camp Hillary to take out all the opposition real early. Hence this release from (Arkansas-based) Wal-Mart. You know, Billary's old haunts. And the concerted effort to neuter Obama's run before it even gets started. This is part of a campaign already in gear.
Not that Edwards didn't walk right into it. Face first. Because he loves those low prices when he isn't railing against them.
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Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » This Video Game Is A Riot — Friday, 17 November , 2006 @ 6:35 pm
By TC@LeatherPenguin, Friday, 17 November , 2006 @ 4:28 am
Two Words: Silky Pony.
If there is anyone in the political universe who more deserves the moniker “Rube!” I can’t think of the person.
By Anchoress, Friday, 17 November , 2006 @ 10:45 am
I’m so glad you wrote this. Yes, it seems completely obvious to me that this is one more horses head in the bed. Lots of dems seem to be finding them these days. Hillary’s got her folks working.
By Arlo, Friday, 17 November , 2006 @ 1:31 pm
I don’t know how Edwards ever stayed in the race last time with that story about him saving himself almost $300,000 in Social Security taxes by incorporating his law firm so that his take wouldn’t be a salary. Its legal but it sure doesn’t look like integrity from someone who campaigns on “the poor.”
A lot of people on dailykos, etc. think “the poor” is a great campaign issue. I don’t.
“Wake Up, Walmart” is another stupid issue. Why a guy with at least $50 million personal fortune needs to save money on a Playstation is beyond me.