FC Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 “Former Sen. John Edwards [recently spent] an hour at the Manchester [New Hampshire] Barnes & Noble... promoting his new book. We find his choice of venue very interesting. In Manchester, the local Wal-Mart store sits right behind the Barnes & Noble. It has more floor space, a parking lot several times the size of Barnes & Noble’s, and is easier to access by car or public transportation. But Edwards would not be caught dead inside a Wal-Mart. Saying that the company pays its employees too little, Edwards has embarked on an anti-Wal-Mart crusade. He instructs his staff members and all Americans not to shop at Wal-Mart... So naturally Edwards is holding his book signing at Barnes & Noble instead of Wal-Mart. Which is too bad for his anti-low-wages campaign, because in Manchester Wal-Mart pays hourly employees more than Barnes & Noble does. The Barnes & Noble where Edwards will hawk his book pays $7 an hour to start. The Wal-Mart that sits just yards away pays $7.50 an hour. Oh, the humanity!... Edwards [brought] business to a retailer that pays wages he thinks are so immorally low that they should be illegal. Meanwhile, right behind him, thousands of Granite Staters [support] a business that pays an Edwards-approved starting wage, but which Edwards wants everyone to boycott. Asked back in January what he thought would be an appropriate minimum wage, Edwards told The New York Times, ‘My view is it should be $7.50 an hour, and I can make a great argument for it being a lot higher than that.’ Seven-fifty an hour? Why, that’s what Wal-Mart pays! And without a federal mandate, too. Unfortunately, people who want to support a company that pays at least $7.50 an hour cannot go to Wal-Mart to buy Edwards’ book and then take it over to Barnes & Noble for him to sign it. Wal-Mart doesn’t carry it. Wonder why.” —New Hampshire Union Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doble Troble Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Edwards is a self-promoting, power-hungry former ambulance chaser who's popularity I cannot understand. He stands for whatever will get him elected and he's desperately looking for a cause and if can't find one will manufacture something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted November 30, 2006 Report Share Posted November 30, 2006 Someone wrote that he channeled the spirit of a dead baby to win a case. karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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