At Manchester, New Hampshire's Union Leader online we read:
Former Sen. John Edwards is to spend an hour at the Manchester Barnes & Noble tonight promoting his new book. ...You can read the rest of the article here.
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.
"Wal-Mart makes plenty of money. They need to pay their people well," Edwards said at a Pittsburgh anti-Wal-Mart rally in August.
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. ...
Two questions: Are people who know Edwards really surprised to learn he's holding his book signing at Barnes & Noble?
And don't you think most of those people are already asking themselves: "I wonder who John will blame for this one?"
To get the answer, let's keep an eye on the Union Leader's site.
2 comments:
Well, John, I'm still waiting for all the responses from your many letters to parties responsible for slandering the lacrosse boys, asking for a little detail into their, (shall we be generous as describing it as,) thought process. Are the letters pouring in? As for Edwards, his silence on the Duke Hoax tells me all I need to know about this North Carolina Democrat-- Nifong is his good buddy, main man. sic semper tyrannis
The article was interesting in that Edwards's stated "I did not tell anyone not to shop at Walmart just that places like Costco pay more and give part-time workers health benefits". Costco charges to join and everything is in bulk so you end up spending so much more, however for someone as rich as Edwards that is probably not an issue.
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