Friday, March 10, 2006

Clinton Quiet About Wal-Mart Ties

The AP reports:
With retail giant Wal-Mart under fire to improve its labor and health care policies, one Democrat with deep ties to the company — Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton — has started feeling her share of the political heat.


Clinton served on Wal-Mart's board of directors for six years when her husband was governor of Arkansas. And the Rose Law Firm, where she was a partner, handled many of the Arkansas-based company's legal affairs.

Clinton had kind words for Wal-Mart as recently as 2004, when she told an audience at the convention of the National Retail Federation that her time on the board "was a great experience in every respect."

But in recent months, as the company has become a target for Democratic activists, she has largely steered clear of any mention of Wal-Mart. And late last year, Clinton's re-election campaign returned a $5,000 contribution from Wal-Mart, citing "serious differences with current company practices."
All of sudden Hillary thinks Wal-Mart has changed its corporate practices! How are the "current company practices" any different then when Hillary sat on Wal-Mart's board of directors?? We'd like to here an answer on that one.Maybe Hillary could hire Anthony Pellicano to deal with the media on this issue.