Wal-Mart best symbolizes America; Clooney favored over Obama: poll finds

Monday 28th September, 12:05 PM JST

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bamboohat at 05:26 PM JST - 28th September

George Clooney is the man to trade places with for a week?

Think about it. I've seen many of my female students swoon at the mere mention of his name...
skipthesong at 05:44 PM JST - 28th September

Never lived in a city where Wal-Mart was the big guy? Where the heck do you live (or have lived)? Maybe not in America!" Please tell me where in New York City, I lived in Queens and Manhattan, is Wal-Mart? I don't count NJ nor LI because I hardly ever drove. Tell me where is one in Miami as I originally from there; again, within PT distance. And then find me Wal-Mart in Chicago, the real Chicago.

Now, let's get off this low class crap and start talking about Armani.
skipthesong at 05:45 PM JST - 28th September

"there is no way Cloonet beat out Obama" I can't resist... Yes, way!" Sarge, I can't resist. At least Obama can pass for a Latino....
seijichuudo9sha at 06:05 PM JST - 28th September

I can't believe Walmart beat out ACORN.
hudagree at 06:49 PM JST - 28th September

Not surprised at all about Wal-Mart. Based in small town in rural area and now largest retailer in USA. Another e.g. of dreaming big rooted in USA psyche.
skipthesong at 07:50 PM JST - 28th September

I can't believe Walmart beat out ACORN." OMG, that's got me laughing and crying..... see, I've given to ACORN in the past. I feel like a sucker now.

Walmart is bad for America! Cloony, c'mon. I'm tired of actors being praised... waiters one day, millionairs the next.
smithinjapan at 08:12 PM JST - 28th September

I think people are confusing whom it is they like with wanting to trade places. Well, okay... Clooney I can see, but no one in their right mind would want all the headaches Obama inherited and has to deal with.

Not surprised Walmart won.
skipthesong at 08:56 PM JST - 28th September

Not surprised Walmart won." A win for Walmart is a win for China!
cow76 at 09:04 PM JST - 28th September

Half the respondents of a new poll say taxing the richest Americans by at least 50% is a great idea When you get down to it, most people are socialists. The term has been demonised so they don't identify themselves as such, but break socialism down to its base policies, ask people if they agree or not and you'll find that most people qualify as lefties.
seijichuudo9sha at 10:26 PM JST - 28th September

The Clooney fans need to see this is what I think.He can't compare with Obama's awesomeness. http://vimeo.com/6747788
TheQuestion at 10:49 PM JST - 28th September

When you get down to it, most people are socialists. The term has been demonised so they don't identify themselves as such, but break socialism down to its base policies, ask people if they agree or not and you'll find that most people qualify as lefties.

Thats a falsity and you know it. Socialism is not merely the taxation of the upper class. It's government control of the factors of production and their distribution among industries. Most Americans are unequivocally against that.

People wanting to tax the rich is not so much a desire for economic/social equality as it is an angry populace wanting to 'stick it' to the people they feel responcible for their current sad situation. That in itself is not socialistic in nature, which is supposed to be a genuine desire for people to be equal in terms of property, capital, and other economic means.

I would rather allow people be left to their own devices with absolutly no help whatsoever. In Detroit there are a whole lot of people that would rather collect welfare than activly look for a job because nobody is willing to pay them what they were making before being laid off. That's just lazyness and I find it despicable.

Heck, when I got fired from my firm I made a call to the man I worked for in college and played the reposession game for a few months until I got a job similar to the one I lost, albeit not as well paying as my origional one.

A politician taking bribes is considered by far the greater sin (chosen by 37% of the respondents) when stacked against extramarital affairs (just 2%).

Huh...considering how much more coverage extramarital affairs get over the taking of bribes in the media I'm actually kind of surprised at that one.
zurcronium at 11:08 PM JST - 28th September

Clooney is more liberal than Obama . . . the country is just running away from the failed republican agenda and the angry haters who lead the effort.

Sarge, you do not want to tangle with JayZ. Remember what happened to the Notorius Big.
Sarge at 12:11 AM JST - 29th September

"Wal-Mart"

I hear when the President of China was visiting a Wal-Mart, he turned to the manager of the store and asked "Don't you have anything not made in China?"
grafton at 12:31 AM JST - 29th September

“respondents chose Wal-Mart as the institution that best symbolizes America today”

Wal-Mart, always known for being cheap and nasty & now known as the “institution that best symbolizes America”. Now doesn’t that say a great deal about Americans today?

Now if you think the rest of the world had a downer on the US before, think how bad that is going to get when Wal-Mart really get into overseas expansion?
4thEstateDotCom at 09:28 AM JST - 29th September

Clooney! Walmart!

It's Vanity Fair survey, not that anyone here is much interested in keeping a little perspective...