When It Comes to Playstation 3 John Edwards Likes Wal-Mart
To add to my Wal-Mart kick this afternoon is the retailer “praising” former Senator John Edwards for shopping there:
Just like the millions of Americans who turn to their neighborhood Wal-Mart for their holiday shopping needs, Wal-Mart announced today that former Sen. John Edwards is seeking to be one of the first to get a Sony PlayStation3,
one of the most coveted holiday gift items this Christmas season.Yesterday, a staff person for former Sen. Edwards contacted a Wal-Mart electronics manager in Raleigh, North Carolina to obtain a Sony PlayStation3 on behalf of the Senator’s family. Later that night, Sen. Edwards reportedly re-told a homespun story to participants of a United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union-sponsored call about how his son had chided a fellow student for purchasing shoes at Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart welcomes Sen. Edwards to visit his local Wal-Mart store and explore the extensive line of home electronics as well as the Metro7 line shoes for men and boys.
The Company noted the PlayStation3 is an extremely popular item this Christmas season, and while the rest of America’s working families are waiting patiently in line, Senator Edwards wants to cut to the front. While, we cannot guarantee that Sen. Edwards will be among one of the first to obtain a PlayStation3, we are certain Sen. Edwards will be able to find great gifts for everyone on his Christmas list – many at Wal-Mart’s “roll-back prices.”
When you’re a one-time Vice-Presidential candidate, Senator, and big-time trial lawyer you get the impression you can get what you want when you want it by having a staffer name drop. I don’t expect to read reports of John Edwards sitting outside his local Wal-Mart waiting for the Playstation 3 to go on sale like everyone else. And who’s the one always going off about “two Americas?”
Some call it gall. I call it limousine liberal hypocrisy.
Unless someone actually gets in line–and at this point it’s probably pointless–or is willing to play a game of eBay inflation this is as close as he’ll get to a PS3. Sorry, John.
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