WalMart donates 5K to Tom Delay AFTER indictment. Sign Petition to WalMart

[sundancekid]

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS KIND OF IN YOUR FACE "pay-to-play politics" ???

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As if corruption at the highest level of our government isn’t bad enough, it turns out Wal-Mart actually gave Tom Delay money 2 days after he was indicted. That’s right. Wal-Mart made a $5,000 contribution to support Tom Delay’s politics 2 days after his indictment.

For a long time, we have known Wal-Mart’s policies are morally corrupt, but now we know Wal-Mart’s politics are politically corrupt too. But, this time, we are going to do something about it. Wal-Mart should ask Tom Delay for its contribution to be returned immediately.

Sign the online petition calling on Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to insist Tom Delay return that Wal-Mart’s contribution today.

http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/delay/

Wal-Mart has recently become a key player in "pay-to-play" politics. Wal-Mart’s corporate PAC donated more than $2.7 million to federal and state candidates in 2004, with nearly 80% of Wal-Mart’s campaign contributions going to Republican candidates.
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more at http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/

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[maximovich]

1. kick (nt)

[Orrex]

2. Something to consider

Was the $5000 contribution initiated following the indictment, or was it in the works before the indictment came down? Many companies, for example, generate payments of this type on a scheduled cycle: alternating Wednesdays; first business day of the month; etc.

Is it possible that this contribution was already underway? That would seem mildly less sickening than donating after the indictment.

Of course, donating to DeLay in any case is insane, so...

[Sparkman]

11. Does it matter?! What idots if they can't review harbor'g new criminals!

[Orrex]

13. It was stupid to donate to DeLay with or without the indictment, but...

Do you recognize a distinction between the end result of a process already set in motion versus a course decided, planned, and executed following the indictment? I think that there's a real difference.

Additionally, he's indicted but not yet convicted. I am overwhelmingly confident that he committed the crimes of which he's accused, but he's innocent until proven guilty, is he not?

[Sparkman]

43. Cops have policy to "saddle perps" with anything for their past deeds...

and so a carrear crook, like Tom Delay or Alphonse Capone, long ago lost their "innocence", in the eyes of the law.
The U.S. had abandoned literal adherence to any written journals or statutes just after the pilgrims landed, don't you agree?? Punishments were inversely proportional to rank and status and wealth.
So to afford the elite parliamentary and legalistic privileges denied to us ordinary folk seems like aristocratic Europe or Royal Far-East dynastic societies.

[bigluckyfeet]

42. Kick

hard

[Ferret Annica]

31. Oh please, they are responsible for their actions

Besides, a note from Wally's Mom is a better excuse for criminal contributions to a wannabe felon.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Done.

[shaniqua6392]

4. Done. And kicked.

And forwarded to all on my email list. I sure am glad I never shop at that crappy store. I would be really upset if I had given them any money so that they could in turn give it to a crook.

[cyberpj]

5. Done.

[stillcool]

6. done n/t

[mzteris]

7. kick

[brook]

8. done n/t

[LincolnMcGrath]

9. kick

bump

[converted_democrat]

10. Done....n/t

[Acryliccalico]

12. Done

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[mom cat]

14. Done...nice fetch!

[femrap]

16. signed and forwarded...n/t

[oregonindy]

15. This is why I rail on you who shop at walmart!!!!!! you are supporting

them that support the bush/nero junta.....

dang you might as be sending in a check to Delay yourself.

[Orrex]

18. You drive a car, right? You use plastic, right?

Hell, you might as well send a check to Cheney yourself.

Condeming the average low-income shopper for buying at Wal*Mart is no different from shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to the impoverished. The fault lies not with those who have no choice but rather with those who are in a position to force their choice upon others.

Certainly blame Wal*Mart and the well-funded politicians enabling its abhorrent practices, but it's a mistake to kick the person who can't afford to shop anywhere else.

[oregonindy]

19. nice try...but I choose to drive a bio-diesel with fuel I buy from

a local co-oop. I have been steadily making myself self suffiecient over the years and paying a little extra to support my locally owned and run stores. I try not to buy consumerism crap and try very hard to only buy stuff I need that is made in the US and by companies that I support.

[Orrex]

21. Okay, that's you.

But everyone else in the country who doesn't drive a biodiesel is supporting Cheney, right? That's no different from the "supporting Wal*Mart = supporting DeLay" argument, which is to say that they're both equally bogus.

You use the internet, I presume? How do you access it? Does your computer have plastic components? Who's your internet provider?

I applaud your efforts to Buy American, but the condemnation of up-against-the-wall consumers is simply a distraction from the actual problem.

We're on the same side of this issue, but we appear to see the targets differently.

[oregonindy]

22. so how bout we join forces and find positive ways people

can make intelligent choices as to where there money goes and what they support.

Its disempowering to sign a petition against walmart for sending money to delay and then go give them your money when you buy something. which message do you think walmart is going to listen to?

The money message...thats all that matters to them.

[Orrex]

24. Well, Wal*Mart certainly won't care about the petition

They net over $5 billion annually! Any petition that doesn't result in visible damage to the bottom line will be ignored outright, if it even hits their radar in the first place. It would be like deciding along with a dozen of your friends not to patronize McDonalds. Do you think they'd even notice? McHell no.

It will be futile to attempt to damage Wal*Mart by steering a miniscule number of potential consumers to some local competitor, and it will likely harm the consumers in the process.

Better to work toward a change in legislative policy to ensure that Wal*Mart's destructive practices are curtailed in a decapitation strike, so to speak. Otherwise, you're just trimming the giant's toenails.

[oregonindy]

23. walmart health insurance for their workers......

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/24/13323/572

[Rainscents]

17. Kick and done!

[Ksec]

20. done and I could care less whethetr it was before or after indictments

THEY donated to the most corrupt politician in America.

[grace0418]

25. I say let Wal-fucking-mart make their contributions, and then have

to explain themselves when the fucker is in jail.

[FreedomAngel82]

26. Ugh!

How disgusting.

[Deja Q]

27. Money is ethics. Money is life. Money is power. Don't forget it.

:kick:

In God's reality, money is none of the above.

[Laurab]

28. Done and kicked n/t

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[texpatriot2004]

29. I'll tell the Mart of Darkness to stop donating to criminals. nm

[Lowell]

30. Kicked and Recommended

I haven't shopped there in years and I doubt they listen to anybody. They are too busy figuring how to screw their employees and buying everything from China.

[Tsiyu]

32. Done and kicked again

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[DanCa]

33. Done and thanks for the link

[Wind Dancer]

34. Done!

Thanks for posting, I didn't know about this site.

[Joe Chi Minh]

35. Since companies are now natural persons,

couldn't they be convicted of guilt by association? Aiding and abetting an Accused person awaiting trial? Something like that?

[sarcasmo]

36. Like I need another reason to boycott this place. Kicked

[corbett]

37. No, I Can't Believe It

I am pro-labor and pro-environment, which means that I already hate Wal-Mart but the temerity of this move on their part stunned me.

Thanks for sharing the link!

[BamaBecky]

38. done

[Mr_Spock]

39. Why anyone would shop at WalMart is beyond me...

They aren't going to see a penny of my hard earned money ever again. Been 18 months and counting :D

[sundancekid]

40. kick for the evening crowd ... and thanks for your support DUers

LET'S KEEP THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE SOME MORE, OK???

[Gloria]

41. Done and kicked!