Obama, Wal-Mart and hypocrisy-- Michelle on board with Treehouse

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Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject Obama, Wal-Mart and hypocrisy
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4153353#4153353
4153353, Obama, Wal-Mart and hypocrisy
Posted by ccpup on Tue Jan-22-08 08:04 AM

after his little slap at Clinton for serving on Wal-Mart's Board years ago and for being a "corporate attorney", it occurred to me that he may have just made a strategic error. So, after wracking my poor tired brain, I remembered this:

Michelle Obama leaves TreeHouse board

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TreeHouse’s largest customer is retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and the company paid $26.2 million in total compensation in 2005 to then-CEO Sam K. Reed. Both have drawn media and political note, given Sen. Obama’s criticism of Wal-Mart and corporate pay practices.

Ms. Obama was paid about $50,000 a year to be on the TreeHouse board, plus stock options.

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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=25090&seenIt=1

the article is from May of 2007. Mrs. Clinton left Wal-Mart's Board in 1992.

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1. Note to Obama: Hire some better political consultants

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject Note to Obama: Hire some better political consultants
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2741209#2741209
2741209, Note to Obama: Hire some better political consultants
Posted by Laura PackYourBags on Tue Jan-22-08 08:07 AM

Obama,

You are falling into her trap, big time. She's going to continue to dig up some obscure issue
to get you off message. To rile you up. To put you on the defensive!

How much better it would have been, when she brought up the slum lord dig for you to have laughed it off, very briefly explained, and calmly moved immediately to "See, this is the kind of politics I want us to move beyond, the petty digs. I want us to focus on the big things that matter to the country..." In other words, do not dignify the petty issue by getting upset and defensive. Just use the rest of the time on getting your real message of hope and change out there.

It was also very dissappointing that you are not bring up the fact that by all polls I've seen, Clinton is very unpopular with Republicans. This dovetails very nicely into your message about expanding the coaliton to include Indys and moderate Republicans. A broader coalition can not be built and the democratic agenda can not be advanced, when most Republican would rather die than vote for a Clinton.

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2. Topic subject I'm seeing some incredible spin in here about Wal-Mart and Hillary

Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject I'm seeing some incredible spin in here about Wal-Mart and Hillary
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4154828#4154828
4154828, I'm seeing some incredible spin in here about Wal-Mart and Hillary
Posted by JVS on Tue Jan-22-08 10:47 AM

It tells me that her people are scared.