John Edwards

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====A NICE HELPING OF THANKSGIVING CROW ====
: Opinion from the Pgh Tribune-Review in November, 2006
In culinary news last week, executives at Wal-Mart found that revenge indeed is a dish best served cold. And John Edwards, the former Democrat North Carolina senator, discovered that turkey is a much easier bird to digest than crow.
Edwards was forced to eat lots of the latter after admitting that an unnamed staffer dropped Edwards' name at a Wal-Mart while trying to obtain a new PlayStation 3 for the likely 2008 presidential aspirant and 2004 vice-presidential candidate.
Demand was so high for the PlayStation 3's release that people across the country camped out for days in front of stores so they would be first in line when it went on sale.
The attempted string-pulling wouldn't have been nearly as embarrassing for Edwards were he not a frequent, vocal critic of Wal-Mart's treatment of its employees.
Nor would Edwards have been nearly as red-faced had he not been publicly criticizing Wal-Mart the very day his assistant contacted a Wal-Mart electronics manager in Raleigh trying to land a PlayStation 3.
While the aide tried to get Edwards the PlayStation, Edwards was on a national conference call with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama supporting a union-backed anti-Wal-Mart campaign known as Wakeup Wal-Mart.
During the call, Edwards related how he and his son had chided a fellow student for purchasing shoes at Wal-Mart.
A suitably chagrined Edwards later told the News & Observer of Raleigh that the aide "made a mistake by using my name. He was simply trying to help."
A Wal-Mart release regarding the incident characterized it thusly: "While the rest of America's working families are waiting patiently in line, Sen. Edwards wants to cut to the front."
Despite such unbecoming conduct, the retailer extended an olive branch to Edwards.
"Wal-Mart welcomes Sen. Edwards to visit his local Wal-Mart and explore the extensive line of home electronics, as well as the shoes for men and boys," the statement said. 
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