Mitchman's Blog

They have finally surfaced and just in the nick of time for Super Tuesday, the Wal-Mart Tapes.  These tapes, released this week from a small Arkansas based production company hired to video tape the Board of Directors meetings for Wal-Mart.  Senator Hillary Clinton served on the board of directors for Wal-Mart from 1986-1992 in which time here husband, Former President Bill Clinton was governor of the state that served as headquarters of Wal-Mart, Arkansas. 

There a few interesting points to be made here.  Hillary has gained the support of many union organizations around the country; it helped her win the state of Nevada’s primary a few weeks ago.  It is no secret that Wal-Mart has been anti-union from the very beginning.  The have squelched numerous employees from forming a union within the company and even terminating employees for talking about unionization, characterizing those employees as traitors to the good of the company.   Why was Hillary not fighting for her scared unions then, she was collecting a paycheck and stock dividends from the company, why not improve conditions of the employees as well?

Second, this “Buy America” campaign was a joke.  President Clinton and wife say they spearheaded the "Buy America" campaign during her tenure on the board.  It has now been revealed that almost 50% of the products were produced in third-world countries and an American label was then placed on the merchandise.  According to the Clinton camp they had no idea any of this was happening.  They were under the impression that this merchandise was being made and manufactured state side.

What about the environmentally friendly Wal-Mart of today.  President Bill Clinton was ready to defend his wife’s board of director’s position the day before the South Carolina primary saying that she worked to make the company more environmentally friendly.  He stated that Wal-Mart sold more energy-efficient light bulbs then any other retailer.  That’s like saying I give to charity by dropping my left over pennies in that jar on the counter at a gas station labeled, "Need A Pennie, Take a Pennie".  They are the largest retailer in the country.  By pure volume, they would sell more energy-efficient light bulbs.  Nice try Bill, but no cigar (no pun intended there by the way).

Well, this is just another blow to Hillary and her campaign for the presidency.  Tonight she will square off with Obama  in the first debate without John Edwards (he dropped out yesterday) and the last before Super Tuesday.  I know I will be tuning in, will you?  Until next time America….YOU KNOW THE DEAL, KEEP IN REAL!