Guest guest Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 > > We must stop Wal-Mart’s outrageous behavior now. > > As you may remember, late last year Wal-Mart formed > its own right-wing front group to try and defend the > company. Wal-Mart called the group, Working > Families for Wal-Mart, even though it had no working > families, was funded directly by Wal-Mart, and is > being run out of the same office as their public > relations war room. > > Since then, this group has recruited a cadre of some > of the dirtiest and most extreme right-wing > operatives with ties to Karl Rove, the New Hampshire > phone jamming scandal and the Swift Boat Veterans. > And, following Karl Rove’s playbook, Wal-Mart’s > operatives immediately launched attacks against > leading Democrats and even launched a website > personally attacking WakeUpWalMart.com staff. > > But, yesterday, Herman Cain, one of the steering > committee members of Wal-Mart’s front group and a > well-known right-wing commentator, completely > crossed the line in a column he wrote by describing > Democrats who are standing up, on behalf of working > families, and asking Wal-Mart to be a responsible > corporation as “Hezbocrats.” > > Mr. Cain’s attempts to associate great leaders like > Senator John Edwards, Senator John Kerry, Senator > Joe Biden, and others with Hezbollah is > inflammatory, ridiculous and an insult to every > American leader who has stood up and said America’s > largest employer, Wal-Mart, should be responsible > and pay a living wage and provide affordable health > care to its employees. > > Please join us in calling on Wal-Mart to immediately > apologize to the American people, denounce Mr. > Cain’s remarks as outrageous, and ask Mr. Cain to > resign from Wal-Mart’s front group: > > http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/hezbocrats/ > > Unfortunately, Mr. Cain’s remarks come right on the > heels of another embarrassing incident for > Wal-Mart’s front group when Ambassador Andy Young, > the former chairman of Working Families for > Wal-Mart, was forced to resign for using derogatory > statements to defend Wal-Mart’s business practices. > > As some of you may recall, Ambassador Young insulted > Asian-Americans, Jewish-Americans and Arab-Americans > in trying to defend Wal-Mart’s business practice of > putting small businesses out of business. > > Both Andy Young’s remark and Herman Cain’s column > are a disgusting display of how the politics of > personal destruction now runs rampant through > Wal-Mart's right wing war room. The tactics of > Wal-Mart’s steering committee members are unbecoming > of the corporation, leading Wal-Mart down a very > dangerous path, and insulting to every American who > believes in affordable health care for all, > corporate responsibility and living wages. > > Please join us in immediately calling on Wal-Mart to > apologize to the American people, denounce Mr. > Cain’s remarks as outrageous, and ask Mr. Cain to > resign from Wal-Mart’s front group: > > http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/hezbocrats/ > > The good news is, while Wal-Mart suffers from these > embarrassing incidents and their first profit > decline in more than a decade, our campaign to > change Wal-Mart is gaining tremendous momentum as we > travel around the country on our 2006 Change > Wal-Mart, Change America national bus tour. In just > the last few weeks, the tour has been featured on > the front page of the New York Times, ABC World > News, the Washington Post and countless other media > outlets. > > With over 256,000 supporters all across America, we > hope Wal-Mart will use these two incidents as an > opportunity to shut down its pointless attack group, > end its association with these right-wing > operatives, stop its misguided attacks against so > many Democratic leaders, and realize that only > through real positive change will Wal-Mart become a > better company. > > Thank you for all that you do, > > Paul Blank <br> > http://wakeupwalmart.com > > P.S. Here is the New York Times article talking > about how Democrats are unifying around our campaign > for corporate responsibility, health care for all > and living wages. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/washington/17dems.html?_r=1 & hp & ex=1155873600 & e\ n=5886f4d7ff9af0fc & ei=5094 & partner=homepage & oref=slogin > > P.P.S. Here is Mr. Cain’s most outrageous remark, > “The Hezbocrats, armed with nothing more than > Katyusha-grade class warfare rhetoric, descended > upon Iowa earlier this month determined to take down > Wal-Mart, a company they consider the nation’s > largest capitalistic oppressor of the proletariat.” > You can read the whole insulting and inflammatory > article here: > > http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/HermanCain/2006/08/22/hezbocrats_attack_wal-m\ art > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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