I thought Democrats were the party of the average guy? Here is a newsflash; Wal-Mart is the average guy’s store. It’s has everything that middle-class families need. Sure their stores can be dirty and you might have to fight for the last loaf of bread with some elderly midget with tourettes syndrome, but Wal-Mart’s prices are the best out there. It’s no surprise that 80% of people who have never shopped at Wal-Mart voted for John Kerry in the last election. These people file into IKEA stores and shop at Nordstrom’s and discuss how horrible it is to see the filthy peasants lined up outside the local Wal-Quaeda. What is this disease that makes people think things are always horrible? When the LA Times runs an editorial discussing how crazy this topic is, it’s time for a reality check.
One reason the Democrats may have a tin ear on this subject is demographic. Certainly most of the party’s urban liberal activists are far removed from the Wal-Mart phenomenon. The retailer has thrived mainly in small towns and exurbs, which is one reason a Zogby poll found that three-quarters of weekly Wal-Mart shoppers voted for President Bush in 2004, and why 8 out of 10 people who have never shopped at Wal-Mart voted for John Kerry. Denouncing the retailer may make sense if the goal is to woo primary activists, but it’s a disastrous way to reach out to the general electorate.
[...] in the United States are damaging the eduction. There’s a growing movement among the crazy anti-Walmart crowd to unionize the place. Such a move would simply bleed the company dry and another company would [...]