Wal Mart Sucks! But she'll take their bucks

Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry is counting not only on the financial support of his wife, but her moral contributions as well. But he might wish that she'd be a tad more circumspect with her pronouncements. Therese Heinz Kerry, is taking an active part in the Kerry presidential campaign, so her statements become public record and with that subject to public ridicule.

And nobody can hold up the public figures to ridicule better, than Matt Drudge. His decidedly anti-Democratic party website, has produced a bit of an embarrassment for the Kerry's.

Last Week Therese was on the stump, making speeches and addressing the fine women of the Democratic party. Her cause, the ever increasing foothold of the Wal Mart chain of stores. She is not pleased with the effect that they have on small town America. Said Mrs. Kerry, "Another thing that drives me crazy, and I hope I don't offend anyone here, is WAL-MART," Mrs. Kerry told a group of Democratic women activists at a luncheon in St. Paul last Tuesday. "They destroy communities."

Not bad, something that would make John proud, touching the soul of the heartland. A nice way of relating to many of the small business types in the Party, that may have suffered at the hands of the retail monster chain. Makes you think that despite their wealth the Kerry's might actually have some sympathy for the "little guy and gal".

Except, Drudge has had it leaked to his website that Mrs. Kerry is the proud holder of 1 million dollars of Wal Mart stock, purchasing much of it in 2002. She's made a modest dividend return from her retail investment, nothing huge but still every penny counts these days.

While she may be entitled to her opinion that the company "destroys communities", she could have mentioned that it certainly helped to top up her bank account.