Tuesday, November 28, 2006

John Edwards screws himself up AGAIN!

JLF's Jon Sanders has the details.

Noteworthy:

"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. … 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.'"


Keep it up, John Boy. You're doing just fine......

15 comments:

  1. This must be breaking hearts down at the N & R. They had an above the fld A1 article on Sunday about the Breck girl that had NO news worthiness and was nothing but a free political ad. Barf !

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  2. The guy is an empty suit who speaks fine words of no consequence.

    What do the "progressives" see in him?

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  3. Edwards can make a great argument for just about anything.

    It's standing behind the argument de jour that he has trouble with.

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  4. so, you're saying he's "doing just fine"?

    does that mean he's doin' a heckuva job?

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  5. oh, and do you want to that whole "average salary" and maybe compare benefits thingy between the two companies, because that might be a little more honest?

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  6. "oh, and do you want to that whole "average salary" and maybe compare benefits thingy between the two companies, because that might be a little more honest?"

    Why don't you do it for us, and report back here?

    I think you might be surprised.

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  7. the great wal-mart lie has been to tell america that they're average salary is more that ten bucks an hour. well, that's averaging ALL the salaries in the co., from Lee Scott down to the associate they hired an hour ago.

    Now, who is being dishonest?

    And what about all the lawbreaking (fines from labor department from everything to making associates work off the clock to having underage associates operate dangerous machinery)?

    Does the book chain break the law as much as Wal-Mart? Is it okay for Wal-Mart to break the law because they do so much good for America?

    just wondering

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  8. Anal-non-e-mouse,

    The bidness of America is bidness. So if you hate Wal Mart you hate America. Hint take your tie dyed butt to some socialist workers paradise and wallow in the rationing on your living wage.

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  9. "....well, that's averaging ALL the salaries in the co., from Lee Scott down to the associate they hired an hour ago."

    When you factor that out, it's $9.67 per hour, hardly the stuff of "sweatshop" labor people like this poster and John Edwards would like us to believe.

    But why let the facts get in the way of a good sound bite for a lefty agenda item?

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  10. And by the way, folks....you might as well sign your regular blogging names to your posts here.

    You're not fooling anyone.

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  11. "When you factor that out, it's $9.67 per hour, hardly the stuff of "sweatshop" labor people like this poster and John Edwards would like us to believe."

    Factor in how much Walmart employees pay for their own health care and yes, it does approach sweat shop conditions. Have you worked in a Walmart? Do you know how much they pay for their health insurance? Do you know the turnover rate of Walmart employees? Its quite high and the health insurance is a joke.

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  12. "Have you worked in a Walmart?"

    No. Have you?

    WalMart treats its employees better than many other retail employers.

    The fact they are a favorite whipping boy for people like John Edwards and others who share his world view doesn't change that.

    The average American consumer is not concerned with your particular WalMart agenda. Employee wages and benefits do not drive the decision on where the public spends their consumer dollars.

    There are plenty of things WalMart deserves to be criticized over, but employee pay and benefits are not one of them.

    Narrow minded tunnel vision agenda driven critics like you and Edwards always seem to focus on the wrong items.

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  13. Let me help you out, anonymous. Here are some valid reasons for not liking WalMart.

    Your reason is not among them.

    Excerpt:

    "Are there any "good" reasons to not shop at Wal-Mart? We have been given plenty of "bad" reasons by the likes of not only New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Sojourners magazine, but also our friends at Chronicles and The American Conservative magazines, who are parroting the far left. According to them, Wal-Mart destroys jobs, puts mom & pop operations out of business, is anti-union, pays low wages, exploits its workers, practices predatory pricing, destroys small towns, is too big, sells too much junk, doesn't provide health insurance to all of its employees, and, when all else fails, buys too much from "Red" China.

    This is all bunk, of course, but still, "good" reasons can be given for not shopping at Wal-Mart, just like "good" reasons can sometimes be given for not doing business with any company or shopping at any particular store. Ultimately, however, these "good" reasons all come down to personal preference. There are no universal norms that can be applied here."

    Advice for the WalMart critics:

    "Whatever your reason, if you don't like Wal-Mart, then don't shop there and don't work there. And if it makes you feel better, don't live in any town that has a Wal-Mart store. Just don't expect us to do likewise."

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  14. "All of this is bunk of course."

    Are you on crack? Evidently you are.

    Yes, I have worked at a Walmart and I can tell you it is not all roses and candy. The health insurance cost is extremely high, and the turnover rate is as well.

    So before you go spouting Krugman or whomever, maybe you should get a little humility and go work there before you try to tell others what its like.

    As far as not shopping there, I do not. And now, neither do the people of San Diego. Smart lot.

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  15. You want me to list the minimum wage/low wage jobs I worked as I was coming up?

    Been there, done that.

    Do NOT be so presumtuous as to lecture me on that subject.

    As far as this goes:

    "Yes, I have worked at a Walmart and I can tell you it is not all roses and candy. The health insurance cost is extremely high, and the turnover rate is as well."

    Nobody said it was easy.

    Yet they never seem to lack for people who want to work there.

    Why is that?

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