I turned on the convention tonight convinced that we need to get behind Clinton

[mercuryblues]

42. You are seeing the things

that her supporters have known. Why they were rightfully upset when her experience was ignored. Why we were upset when people said she was cold hearted. Why people insist on saying Bill is the only reason she is where she is. She is her own woman. Not perfect, human. Sure she has taken jobs that seem calculating, like on the board of Wal-mart. What everyone excoriates her on is that she didn't push for unions.

What is not mentioned is that she pushed WM to hire and advance more women, and they did while she was a board member. They reverted back to their old ways when she left.

She also used her position on the board for access to the big wigs. She convinced Walton and others to support a tax program needed to overhaul the edu system.

she also worked on environmental issues. She convinced the board to make some changes. Like recycling motor oil, skylights to cut down on electricity and a few more.

Did she do this all by herself, no. She worked with others to get it done. You also have to remember that this was the early 80's to the 90's. She was the 1st and only female board member for WM at that time. (another was hired around the time she left.) WM has always been anti-union.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/us/politics/20walmart.html?_r=0

A special team at Wal-Mart handled those activities, but Mr. Walton was vocal in his opposition to unions. Indeed, he appointed the lawyer who oversaw the company’s union monitoring, Mr. Tate, to the board, where he served with Mrs. Clinton.

During their meetings and private conversations, Mrs. Clinton never voiced objections to Wal-Mart’s stance on unions, said Mr. Tate and John A. Cooper, another board member.

“She was not an outspoken person on labor, because I think she was smart enough to know that if she favored labor, she was the only one,” Mr. Tate said. “It would only lessen her own position on the board if she took that position.”

She used her position to do a lot of good. Yet is raked over the coals for not getting WM unionized. Know what I do about Clinton, I am reasonably sure she learned a lot on how corporations fight off unions and use it.