WalMart Pushing Nader Petitions

[ItsMyParty]

Just a note and I have to sign off. Today I went to WalMart and there was a table set up right in front of the entrance doors. A woman was asking people to sign a petition to get "independent candidateS (plural) a chance to be on the November ballot. Well, of course, no real American would deny someone a chance to run..correct?? There were a number of people signing the petition.

I walked up with a big smile and said "is this for Ralph Nader"?? She beamed and handed me one of the 20 or so forms on the table and said "yes, this one is for Nader". I said "no thank you, I'm not a Nader supporter NOR a Republican". Several people left the table when they realized what was happening. I began to walk away and then thought better of it.

I went back and asked her who the other petitions were for. She kept saying "to get independents on the ballot". I said "there is no such petition because you have to have specific names." I kept pushing her and demanded to know who the others were for. Bottom line--when it was over, they ALL were for Ralph and they had his named buried on the first page which was like 10 ten pages back on each clipboard.

But the thing that totally pissed me off because I've been to WalMart to set up tables for school money raising events, etc. is that you CANNOT just slap a table up in front of the store. You have to have the management's permission. They are pushing the Nader petitions and the Nader people are not honest enough to tell you who these petitions are for!!! I ran into an assistant manager and let it fly. He gave me a Teresa look--you know "shove it" but with a "f--ing bitch" chaser.

[NMDemDist2]

1. glad you called them on it

but why were you there shopping ??

hubby and I boycott the Walton family stores. Not only do we hate their politics, their products are shabby. Sure the prices are low, but there is some truth to the old saw "You get what you pay for"

[Cha]

2. Good for you, honey! Almost makes me want to go to

walmart which I have previously banned from my life and see if there is any of this nonsense at my local store..they wouldn't dare!


walmart is definetly in the bush column..greedy assholes.

This is what it's gonna take ..for all of us to speak out when we encounter a situation like this. You have my heartfelt thanks.

Like walmart freakin' cares about nader or Democracy..they are doing their part to get the bushole elected...they wish.

[MichiganVote]

3. The repub's did this in Michigan too. I boycott any store that did

[Bozita]

4. Michigan Repugs collected 43,000 sigs for Nader

[MichiganVote]

6. It pissed me off. Beyond politics and pure extortion

[Frances]

5. Walmart helped elect Elizabeth Dole the senator

in North Carolina in 2002.

They sent out booklets advertising their products. On the cover was a picture of Dole in front of an American flag and there was a story about her inside.

This was against the campaign rules, but Walmart claimed they printed up the booklet before Dole decided to run. So Dole got all of this free PR and there were no penalities for her or Walmart.

[RebelYell]

7. Doesn't make sense to me

Nader is SO anti-corporate....and this was Walmart???

[Bozita]

8. Repugs view Nader votes as uncounted Kerry votes

It's an insurance policy for their real choice.

[RebelYell]

10. Walmart, Michigan.....

....I get it. EVM's, repub absentee ballots and purged voters in Florida. 2000 all over again. It worked once, right? The second time will be a cake walk.

Can someone tell me why we put up with this?

Edited typo

[blueblitzkrieg]

9. this is now Reason# 23202321 why I'll never shop at Wal Mart n/t

[susanna]

12. Reason 23202321?

Sheeee-oooot. It's 99,999,999 for me. :-)

[Radical Activist]

11. Wal-Mart won't allow Voter Registration at its stores

at least none of the stores in Arkansas will allow it. I'm involved with a voter registration drive and all the store managers said they were told not to allow it. This includes 9 different Wal-Mart stores in central Arkansas that all gave the same response.

[alfredo]

14. It's a national policy now.

They won't even let you drop off registration cards for the employees.

[Myra]

13. Why were you shopping at WalMart?

They're as big a problem as Ralph Nader.
And they wouldn't be such a big problem if they didn't have customers supporting them.

They're a cancer on the planet.

[BiggJawn]

16. Uh, maybe because she doesn't make $175,000 a year?

like most "Middle-Class" people.
Maybe she hasn't a Costco within 75 miles, like me.
Maybe because she realizes that if she boycotted everything a "Good Liberal" is supposed to boycot, she'd be trying to run a household on mud, sticks, roadkill and old tin cans?

[theHandpuppet]

15. WalMart-- the poster child for sweatshops everywhere

Ralph must be really proud.

BTW, thanks for posting this. You should send a copy to every news outlet you know!

[Bozita]

17. If there's a corporate policy against this, Bensonville might want to hear

... about it.

Do you really think that this was an act of rogue management?