Well Charles, I understand about Wal-Mart employees not getting the best benefits and all.

Re the aloof, out of touch meme…I can’t stand cotton blend bed linens. Something about the poly stuff just makes me miserable. So, I buy 100% cotton bed linens. I can get those at Wal-Mart. On the other hand, I don’t need those 18,000 thread count sheets! I’d be sliding all over the place! LOL! I dunno. If our elite class is that out of touch with the majority of working Americans, who need to watch every dollar spent, then there is definitely a disconnect somewhere.

In my home parish of St. Bernard in Louisiana, we have had no type of department store since Katrina. Wal-Mart did not reopen nor K-mart or Sears. To buy household goods such as linens, sporting goods, pots/pans, etc. we have to drive 30 miles across Lake Ponchartrain to Slidell LA. Or, go across the Miss. River to the West Bank of Jefferson or across New Orleans to Jefferson Parish.

Wal-Mart is rumored to be reopening in the parish sometime in the spring. I assure you that people of all income levels will be shopping there to avoid the 60 mile round trip commute for household goods or similar items.

Obama is Whole Foods. Palin is all Wal-Mart.

I am getting sooo tired of the Wal-Mart comments.

I shop at Wal-Mart. Not for everything. I don’t buy meat there, but I will buy cold-cuts. If I save 5 or ten cents per can for canned veggies compared to Winn-Dixie or Publix, that’s my savings. If you are shopping for electronics, most of the time Wal-Marts are the lower end of a line. However, if I’m looking for a less-expensive type of electronic I’ll save money over Best-Buy.

I’ve never understood this idea of Wal-Mart being so low-class. I know a lot of lower-income people shop there but you can still get good items and save money. BTW, they have organic foods also.

On the issue of McCain’s health; give me a break. How many times has he had follow-up exams and they say there are no issues with the melanoma. Just another b.s. thing.

In fact, from what I can recall of earlier polling (Charles, maybe you have data along these lines) the percent of voters who feel McCain’s age is a problem is dropping, or at least was before the convention.

One problem I have with Brown’s suggested tactic is that at this point, if the contest really were Palin v Obama, she very well might win. Her popularity is pretty huge. So planting the thought McCain might die in office would only boomerang.

I thought it was Republicans who were heartless.

And, I agree with Palomino, this business of assuring us that McCain WILL die in office is horrifying.