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Whovian

(2,866 posts)
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:07 PM Nov 2012

Home Depot Founder: Retailers Who Don't Support GOP "Should Be Shot" Filed under OMFG!

This is what Home Depot's founder Bernie Marcus said on a conference call yesterday:

"If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not spent money on this election, if he has not sent money to Norm Coleman and these other guys," Mr. Marcus said, apparently referring to Republican senators facing tough re-election fights, then those retailers "should be shot; should be thrown out of their goddamn jobs."

It's nice to know Home Depot supports the death penalty for not supporting their politics. The coming EFCA fight is going to be bloody.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/home-depot-founder-retail_n_144863.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

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Home Depot Founder: Retailers Who Don't Support GOP "Should Be Shot" Filed under OMFG! (Original Post) Whovian Nov 2012 OP
Home Despot ItsTheMediaStupid Nov 2012 #1
Home Depot - Hatin' the gays from way back. nt justiceischeap Nov 2012 #2
Norm Coleman? Is he back? Beaverhausen Nov 2012 #3
Yeah that baffled me cyglet Nov 2012 #7
That confused me too, but it looks like the article is from 2008 Bjorn Against Nov 2012 #8
Home Depot is the Walmart of home improvement stores gollygee Nov 2012 #4
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #5
Lowes isn't any better donation-wise according to shop your politics... kerouac2 Nov 2012 #6
Thanks so much for this link, very useful sasha031 Nov 2012 #13
Archives... FieryLocks Nov 2012 #37
Wow, kerouac..this is a Surprise! "amazon leans Blue".. Cha Nov 2012 #35
how accurate? jd142 Nov 2012 #44
That was four years ago. And fortunately, Norm Coleman is now a has-been. Brickbat Nov 2012 #9
Bernie Marcus' net worth = $2.3 billion jsr Nov 2012 #10
I only go into Home Depot for one thing ... to use their bathroom Raine Nov 2012 #11
That is why I won't go to Home Depot for anything. southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #12
Home improvement stores cyglet Nov 2012 #14
The best thing that ever happened to HD was Bernie's retirement jmowreader Nov 2012 #15
Exactly, jmowreader. When I read the OP I didn't recognize Cha Nov 2012 #36
The article is in the OP is from November 19, 2008. 2008 -- 2008 -- 2008 -- 2008 -- 2008 :) n/t Tx4obama Nov 2012 #16
Norm Coleman is not even running Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #17
Fuck Home Depot. eom City Lights Nov 2012 #18
Home Depot CO-FOUNDER Floyd_Gondolli Nov 2012 #19
I didn't know that. Good to know about Blank though. Whovian Nov 2012 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author oswaldactedalone Nov 2012 #20
Glad my money goes to Lowe's instead. tarheelsunc Nov 2012 #21
and anyone who works for Home Depot or any other retailer who votes for Romney should be shot. n/t Hamlette Nov 2012 #23
Bernie Marcus is an asshole. xfundy Nov 2012 #24
I thought Arthur Blank was the founder? Thrill Nov 2012 #25
Blank is the co-founder with Marcus and an Obama supporter banned from Kos Nov 2012 #31
So, I guess I'll be adding Home Depot Le Taz Hot Nov 2012 #26
Dementia is a sad disease. RagAss Nov 2012 #27
He made a similar statement 4 years ago PlanetBev Nov 2012 #28
The OP article WAS from 4 years ago. BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #30
Consider me a boycotter of Home Depot mick063 Nov 2012 #29
I like ACE because it's actually a local owned franchise SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #34
I like them too, the minute I go into the store they ask if I need help Raine Nov 2012 #42
I prefer Jimmie Johnson anyways.. no big loss... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #32
What is the point of posting articles that are 4 years old? grantcart Nov 2012 #33
extension of your murderous logic: salin Nov 2012 #38
This guy will be the first to go Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #39
Lets just call it what it really is: CEOs gone wild!! Initech Nov 2012 #40
Fair fight? Their guns versus our guillotines? Festivito Nov 2012 #41
Not the first time this clown has said stuff like this. Egnever Nov 2012 #43

cyglet

(529 posts)
7. Yeah that baffled me
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:15 PM
Nov 2012

since, um, Al Franken beat him and Al's not running for re-election this year.

kerouac2

(1,495 posts)
6. Lowes isn't any better donation-wise according to shop your politics...
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:14 PM
Nov 2012

According to shop your politics:

Lowe’s - Republican
20 year Donations :
Democrat : 32% Republican : 65%

Home Depot - Republican
20 year Donations :
Democrat : 33% Republican : 67%

Link:
http://shopyourpolitics.com/?s=home+depot&submit=

Bummer because I like Lowes...

sasha031

(6,700 posts)
13. Thanks so much for this link, very useful
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:27 PM
Nov 2012


there use to be a site, buy blue, not sure what happened to it.

Cha

(319,086 posts)
35. Wow, kerouac..this is a Surprise! "amazon leans Blue"..
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 09:40 PM
Nov 2012

which is way nice for me.. Shop your Politics, Indeed!! that's what I like to do..I live on an Island, though..and home despot is all that's available. We have good ol Costco, though!

Aloha Airlines is Democxratic which is more than Southwest, Delta, and Continential can say.

http://shopyourpolitics.com/amazon-com.html

jd142

(1 post)
44. how accurate?
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 10:38 AM
Nov 2012

I have yet to find a site that is both current and does a quick sanity check. A lot of the anti-Rush sites haven't been updated since 2008 or 2010. Shop your politics has donations from 2008, so doesn't reflect any change that might have happened in the past 4 years.

They also need to do a quick sanity check on their ratings. If you saw a company that sent 99% of its donations to democratic causes, you'd think that was great. Too bad Shopyourpolitics gives that rating to 20th Century Fox. That's right, same organization whose parent runs Fox News. While the Simpsons may be liberal, Fox as whole is not.

What is really needed is a site that:
-- Is current, numbers and ad buys no more than 6 months old.
-- Has a human do a check on the numbers. 20th Century Fox should not be listed as a democratic company. Not until the Murdoch family gives up complete control and Fox News is no worse that CNN.
-- Makes a distinction between an actual sponsor and a company who buys ads to be run at any time. A different site listed Toyota as a Rush sponsor. Their examples where 5 ads that were verified to have run on a specific station during Rush within the past week. Great! But no. These were generic national ads. You had to read closely to find that out, but even then it didn't answer the question of intent. Did Toyota just tell their advertising agency to buy ads during the top 10 shows in the market or did they specifically ask to be run during Rush? My suspicion is the former, but without a lot of legwork there's no way to tell.

I'm not picking on SYP specifically. I was trying to find out if Angie's List is still a Rush sponsor and eventually just gave up. Every site I found was dated to 2008 or 2010. Even the pages created this month referenced numbers from two years ago.

Another example. Do I shop at Lowe's because they initially sponsored that American Muslim TV show or boycott them because they caved in to protests? They should only cave to *my* protests gosh darn it.

Raine

(31,179 posts)
11. I only go into Home Depot for one thing ... to use their bathroom
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:19 PM
Nov 2012

when I'm on a drive and need a pit stop break. I'll say that, they have good bathrooms.

cyglet

(529 posts)
14. Home improvement stores
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:29 PM
Nov 2012

all conservative bastards (see also Menards threads...).

Pick your poison, I guess.

jmowreader

(53,194 posts)
15. The best thing that ever happened to HD was Bernie's retirement
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:30 PM
Nov 2012

The worst disaster was the asshole they replaced him with.

Cha

(319,086 posts)
36. Exactly, jmowreader. When I read the OP I didn't recognize
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 09:44 PM
Nov 2012

the guy's name as the one I seem to remember who was all racist on Pres Obama.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
16. The article is in the OP is from November 19, 2008. 2008 -- 2008 -- 2008 -- 2008 -- 2008 :) n/t
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:40 PM
Nov 2012
 

Floyd_Gondolli

(1,277 posts)
19. Home Depot CO-FOUNDER
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 06:46 PM
Nov 2012

The other co-founder is Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons and a Democrat.

The author of this piece should have known that.

Response to Whovian (Original post)

Hamlette

(15,556 posts)
23. and anyone who works for Home Depot or any other retailer who votes for Romney should be shot. n/t
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 07:06 PM
Nov 2012

xfundy

(5,105 posts)
24. Bernie Marcus is an asshole.
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 08:27 PM
Nov 2012

I met him when I worked in one of his stores, while in college, in HD's early days.

Someone above said HD is like Mal-Wart. It's true. They forced thousands of family-owned hardware stores out of business. Many stayed in business, though, because the minimum-wage earners at HD couldn't tell customers jack shit about how to accomplish their projects, repairs, etc. In the early days, they employed pros in different areas, construction, plumbing, etc., but I guess they cost too much.

In the early days, all employees had to go in at 7am on Saturdays to learn about their products, promotions, etc., and employees who excelled got badges, redeemable for stock. I had maybe four, I don't recall, but I was one short of getting a share of stock. Today, Home Depot is staffed by people who are, like most, desperate for work, but without the knowledge even of their own store's departments.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
26. So, I guess I'll be adding Home Depot
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 08:36 PM
Nov 2012

to my boycott list. It's OK, I didn't like 'em anyway.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
34. I like ACE because it's actually a local owned franchise
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 09:38 PM
Nov 2012

the one near me has pretty much everything and you don't have to wander the store for an hour trying to find what you need. It's a little more money but well worth it.

Raine

(31,179 posts)
42. I like them too, the minute I go into the store they ask if I need help
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 02:47 AM
Nov 2012

finding anything.

salin

(48,958 posts)
38. extension of your murderous logic:
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:07 PM
Nov 2012

I want your money (spend at my stores), but I want people of your political persuasion to be killed.

How grotesque. Fortunately I live in an area with plenty of competitors to Home Depot.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)
39. This guy will be the first to go
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:10 PM
Nov 2012

These guys are rattling our cage. It's only a matter of time.

Festivito

(13,891 posts)
41. Fair fight? Their guns versus our guillotines?
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 01:10 AM
Nov 2012

We'll tell them we're sending them to a beautiful valley with a hologram cover.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
43. Not the first time this clown has said stuff like this.
Sat Nov 3, 2012, 03:15 AM
Nov 2012

He was a big bush supporter as well. He held rallies for shrub during bushes last run.

He is a tool and I avoid HD like the plague.

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