Edwards is Farked this morning with a story about how his staff tried to convince a local Walmart to get them a PS3 early. Unfortunately for Edwards, the Walmarters remembered that Edwards is anti-Walmart. This is heads-up PR by Walmart, who then gets to craft the following release and get publicity.
They're very good at this:
Quote:
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."
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It's pretty much a non-story for Edwards, who can clearly claim it was the staffer's doing, but it's a funny turnaround nevertheless. Meanwhile
PS3s are $1421 at Walmart. Good god.