Why isn't the media calling Obama on his wife's RECENT connections with Walmart?

[MoonRiver]

He criticized Clinton for working for Walmart 15 years ago, yet HIS WIFE recently worked with the same firm!

Walmart was the MAJOR company Michelle Obama's company, Treehouse Foods Inc. did business with.

:wtf:

This is hypocrisy at its worst and needs to be revealed through the MSM.

http://bluenc.com/michelle-obama-and-wal-mart

[thoughtcrime1984]

1. She worked for a pickle company that had WM as a customer

This has been hashed out many times. Do you not pay attention?? She DID NOT work for Wal-Mart.

[Kittycat]

2. I'm sure pet rock is paying attention. Just trying to see if it's lied about enough times - maybe

it will stick.

[MoonRiver]

3. Did you not read my link?

"But the real reason I oppose him is his wife's deep connections to WAL-MART. Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times published an article about this highly controversial connection in May. According to Sweet, Michelle Obama is no longer connected to the company. But this was not a decision Michelle Obama made on her own volition. Following the lead of her husband's vague campaign, Michelle Obama quit the company that ties her deeply to WAL-MART. According to Lynn Sweet,
>
> Michelle Obama resigned Tuesday from the board of TreeHouse Foods Inc., a Wal-Mart vendor, eight days after husband and White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said he would not shop at the anti-union store.

I guess Obama's attempt to pander to AFL-CIO union voers in Trenton, NJ, created a conflict with one of the Obama family's sources of income."

[Garbo 2004]

20. She didn't work for Walmart, not employed by the "same firm" as Hillary as you claimed in OP.

Why make demonstrably false claims?

[protect our future]

26. Didn't you guys get the memo? Our marching orders?

We're supposed to be boycotting pickles. I am finding it very difficult to give up my Claussen's Bread and Butter Slices, but I must obey.

[karynnj]

70. She was on the board of the pickle company

If THEIR labor polic is bad, that is an issue. If it's not, then there is no problem. Is every company that sells a substantial amount of their product to Wall Mart bad? What of the people who sell to the companies that sell to Wallmart. Not to mention who supplies WallMart with electricity, telephone service ....


HRC was ON WallMart's board.

[pampango]

5. Ahh, it's all about getting the s--t slung in the title of the post.

It doesn't matter whether there is any substance to go with the title.

[Little Star]

29. Did you or any one else down thread bother to read the article?

You may learn some things if you do. Very informative and thanks to the op.

[thoughtcrime1984]

38. None of this garbage makes a whit of difference to me

You are already decided as well, I presume, so we know where the motivation lies.

[thoughtcrime1984]

41. Nice slanted article

2 minutes of my life I can't get back.

[kelligesq]

37. correction: Walmart was THE MAJOR COMPANY her firm worked with

:banghead:

[LittleClarkie]

51. And Hillary's connection was board of directors, correct?

(puts hands out like a scale)

Pickles... board of directors... pickles... board of directors...

Not exactly the same weight, are they.

[HeraldSquare212]

4. Are you saying they are both at fault? nt

[MoonRiver]

6. Actually I think neither are at fault.

But Obama attacked Hillary on her employment 35 frigging years ago with Walmart, yet his own wife has deep connections with the same corporation.

It's the hypocrisy!

[William769]

7. Shouldn't that be...

"It's the hypocrisy stupid!"?

[MoonRiver]

14. Yeah, but I don't like to get that snarky.

But I almost typed it. :D

[Horse with no Name]

11. Not to mention that the Walmart of 35 years ago is not the same as the Walmart of today

remember "Made in the USA"...etc.
Walmart in the early days was technically a big box store, but it had many more moral business practices than the Walmart of today.

[MoonRiver]

18. Good point!

But I don't fault anybody for taking a job they need, even at Walmart. I do fault the hypocrisy of Obama for criticizing Hillary for what his own wife was doing!
:mad:

[Chomskyite]

30. You might want to read Sam Walton's autobiography

Made in America. He would not have been appalled in the least by Walmart's support of Red China and its ferocity toward attempts to organize unions.

[Horse with no Name]

43. 35 years ago

No matter what he would or wouldn't support...Walmart was not the global giant nor did it have the power to smash competitors.
Whatever the dreams of Walton were...at that point in time...it's potential had not been realized.
I grew up in Arizona and didn't even know what a Walmart was until I moved to Texas in 1978.

On edit: I am NOT defending the business practices of Walmart, just saying that 35 years ago it WAS a different company, either by flaw or by design and it IS possible that a young attorney would not know about it's predatory business practices considering that it was in it's gestational stages.

[Barack_America]

8. Because they were totally inconsequential compared to Hillary's ties...n/t

[Bluebear]

9. .

[TwilightZone]

10. Slight correction:

Hillary was on the board from '86 - '92. So, technically, it was 15 years ago.

That doesn't affect your underlying assertion, of course.

[ccpup]

12. actually she only left 9 months ago

[thunder rising]

13. I think the WIFE of a Presidential candidate is not THE Presidential candidate

Hillary lying about her roll at WalMart is much more to the point.
Like if she lies about that will she continue to lie about our need to bomb Iran?
Will she continue to lie about or need to remain in Iraq?

[Auntie Bush]

28. Don't you think you've beaten the "Hillary is a liar" meme to death?

Every time you disagree with Hillary you guys call her a liar repeatedly. However Obama is just mistaken and needs to explain/spin the correction. Hillary = liar-----Obama = spinner. Yeah right!

[joeybee12]

33. Good, so according to your reasoning, Bill Clinton can do and

say what he wants to, since it's ok for Michelle Obama to do the same.

Thanks for clearing that up!

[earthside]

15. Flat UNTRUE!

Even according to the very one-sided article you linked to, Michelle Obama was on the board of directors of TreeHouse Foods -- a completely separate company.

TreeHouse does indeed do business with Wal-Mart ... but so do electric power companies, telephone companies, trash companies and thousands of vendors and suppliers.

It is not necessary to lie ... did you even read the article you linked to? Did you even Google TreeHouse Foods to check your allegation?

Michelle Obama did NOT work for the same firm (Wal-Mart) until 2005.

Sheesh.

[TommyO]

16. Obama's wife received a paycheck from Wal-Mart?

[Yael]

17. She represented a company that sold fucking pickles. She wasn't on the board

Damn people -- pick your battles.

[Bluebear]

25. Fucking pickles . . . .

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080117/480/ca4c34eed0a64609adba844cfba85ddd/

[Yael]

27. Somebody had to

Might as well have been you.

:D

[kelligesq]

40. No Yael, o's own site says she was director on board...

http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:jixgf28i3QAJ:blogobama08.blogspot.com/2007/05/michelle-obama-leaves-treehouse-board.html+Michelle+Obama+%2B+board+of+directors&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us

and announces her recent resignation....very recent

[Barack_America]

45. Hillary sat on the board of Wal-Mart...the whole pickle, if you will.

Michelle sat on the board of a company that sold them pickles.

You can't possibly equate the two.

[Yael]

48. That isn't even a dill chip in the scheme of things

Maybe some sweet relish on the hotdog sold at the stand in front of the building next door to a walmart, but thats about as close as I can get.

[Barack_America]

49. A fleck of relish, if you will. Nothing more...n/t

[Yael]

52. They haven't discovered the mustard conspiracy yet.

Just wait until that hits.

:hide:

[Yael]

46. I missed where she was in a leadership/director role for Walmart

Dear Lord -- if I was responsible for the strategic direction of every company that was a CUSTOMER of ours I wouldn't know whether to shit or go blind.

Have a dose of reality -- on me.

Really.

[pdxmom]

19. That company sells pickles to Wal-Mart, Kroger's and various food

service vendors, such as McDonald's. What a freakin' stretch. This is out of control.

[rateyes]

21. Michele Obama sat on the board of Wal-Mart? Is that the

ridiculous assertion you are making? Are you saying she worked for Wal-Mart? Nice try. Not buying this lie.

[RufusTFirefly]

22. I honestly wonder how some of you can sleep at night.

Peace.

[MoonRiver]

23. Oh please

:eyes:

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[jillan]

31. Thank you for this. I did not know.

what a joke this campaign has become.

[Chomskyite]

32. Nice try

Hillary is not at all my preference. Nor is Obama. But you're equating working for a company that has Walmart as a customer to sitting on Walmart's board. That's ridiculous and you know it.

[MoonRiver]

42. She resigned to keep the Walmart controversy away from her husband and his political ambitions.

Michelle Obama was connected with Walmart and made a good living through that connection. Same as Hillary Clinton.

IT'S THE OBAMA HYPOCRISY.

[Barack_America]

47. Not the same! Hillary sat on the board and said nothing while Wal-Marts union-bashing...

...policies were presented to her. You want a scandal? There's your scandal.

Michelle worked for a company that sold pickles.

If you think that those are of the same consequence, you are a fool.

[mckeown1128]

76. No she resigned to help take care of their children...

while her husband is out campaigning long hours to help our country. I would like proof that she quit the pickle company to help end the pretend controversy...do you have a link to that.

[johnnydrama]

44. hmmm

Wait, Al Gore's on the board of director's of Apple. Wal Mart sell's ipods.

So Al has to quit?

[Barack_America]

50. I think that an honor suicide may be more appropriate.

I'm kidding of course.

This is ridiculous. I can't believe that people think this is even worth mentioning considering Hillary's Wal-Mart ties.

[Occam Bandage]

34. Hillary worked for Wal-Mart. Michelle worked for a company that made pickles.

Wal-Mart bought some of Michelle's company's pickles. That isn't quite the same.

[sniffa]

36. Wait, wait, wait.

Laura Bush is involved now? :wow:

[Occam Bandage]

39. She's a made woman.

[sniffa]

35. It's part of the vast right wing conspiracy

That's why.

[Raine]

53. Cause Michelle Obama is not running for office. nt

[MoonRiver]

54. With all respect, do you not understand how hypocritical his attack on Clinton was?

His own wife was deeply involved with Walmart and yet he criticized Clinton for her employment many years ago with Walmart. Pot meet kettle?

[Sulawesi]

55. Deeply involved? She sold them pickles.

[Occam Bandage]

56. "Deeply involved?" Wal-Mart bought some pickles from them. Many other companies did, too.

[MoonRiver]

58. Walmart was her company's BIGGEST customer.

Did you read my link? Here's a snippet if you failed in that regard:

"The company, which supplies retail grocery chains with pickles, nondairy powdered creamer and other products, said Wal-Mart was its largest customer last year, according to an SEC filing."

[Occam Bandage]

59. Does that conflict with what I said? Wal-Mart, Kroger, and several other stores bought pickles.

Being married to a woman who worked for a company that sold Wal-Mart (among other stores) some pickles is not exactly the same as actually sitting on Wal-Mart's board.

[MoonRiver]

60. You must be real dense.

If Obama and his wife had the kind of principles they talk about, and criticize Hillary Clinton for not having, they would not have wanted Michelle to be connected with that "evil" company Walmart. Any other explanation for his attack on Clinton is direct evidence of HYPOCRISY.

[Occam Bandage]

61. Michelle wasn't connected to Wal-Mart except by the most desperate leaps.

Michelle worked for a company that, among many products and many clients, sold Wal-Mart some pickles. That isn't exactly the same as sitting on Wal-Mart's board.

[MoonRiver]

62. WALMART WAS HER MAJOR CUSTOMER.

Please, your desperation is pathetic.

[Occam Bandage]

63. ...yes. Wal-Mart, among other companies, bought pickles from her employer.

Wal-Mart happened to buy more pickles than any of the other companies did. Again, not exactly the same as working for Wal-Mart, to say nothing of sitting on their board.

Wal-Mart buys iPods from Apple. Al Gore is on Apple's board. Is Al Gore "connected to Wal-Mart?"

[MoonRiver]

64. Walmart was her company's MAJOR customer.

dictionary.com definition of "major"

–adjective
7. greater in size, extent, or importance: the major part of the town.


Check it out!

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/major

[Occam Bandage]

65. Yes. That is what "happened to buy more pickles" means. I'm glad you've figured out a dictionary.

[MoonRiver]

66. OMG, I can hardly believe you.

This is about Michelle Obama making megabucks from her association with Walmart and you desperately try to keep the conversation focused on pickles. :crazy:

[Occam Bandage]

67. Her "association with Walmart" was that she worked for a company that sold pickles,

and Wal-Mart bought some pickles. It's not exactly convincing.

[MoonRiver]

68. "some" pickles??? LOLOLOL!

WALMART WAS HER COMPANY'S MAJOR CUSTOMER! Or did you not read my dictionary.com definition of "major?"

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Occam Bandage]

71. Yes. Some pickles. Wal-Mart bought more of her employer's pickles than any other store did.

That is not the same as her sitting on Wal-Mart's board. Apparently your only argument is to point out that "major" means "major."

[Yael]

77. You must have the patience of Job, my friend

I would have jumped off a bridge 3 posts ago.

:toast:

The Great Michelle Obama Pickle Conspiracy.

I couldn't have written this one if I tried.

[Occam Bandage]

78. Yes, Picklegate clearly is the greatest issue of the times.

[Barack_America]

57. Hillary sat on the board of Wal-Mart. She failed to speak out against their union-busting policies.

With all due respect, this is MUCH more damning than selling Wal-Mart pickles. Selling Wal-Mart pickles does not = deep involvement. Sitting on their board of directors, on the other hand, is as deep as you get.

But you go ahead and try to spin it otherwise.

[Garbo 2004]

73. By that logic any Co. that sells to Walmart is "deeply involved" w Walmart. Mocha Mix = Walmart? nt

[karynnj]

69. She did not work for Wall Mart

[earthlover]

72. Hillary did not "work for Walmart" she was on the friggin board of directors!@

What part of that is difficult for the Hillary Herd to grasp? HUH?

As to Mrs. Obama, she worked for a supplier to WalMart, not exactly the same as being on the Board of Directors of WalMart.

What's even more pathetic is HOW Hillary got the plum job at Walmart. PS...it wasn't available for those without connections....

[teleharmonium]

74. sold to "worked with"

reading is fundamental !

[Evergreen Emerald]

75. double standard

ignore everything Obama--he is AWESOME

Exaggerate everything Clinton: ITS ALL CLINTON'S FAULT.

[Jim Sagle]

79. Because it's OK if you're a Republican.