Time for the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart's Electioneering

Cross-posted from DailyKos; by thisisnotanexit When the news broke earlier this month that Wal-Mart started organizing its store supervisors against Barack Obama and other pro-worker candidates who support the Employee Free Choice Act, there was widespread outrage - and rightly so. According to the Wall Street Journal: "The meeting leader said, 'I am not telling you how to vote, but if the Democrats win, this bill will pass and you won't have a vote on whether you want a union,'" said a Wal-Mart customer-service supervisor from Missouri. "I am not a stupid person. They were telling me how to vote," she said. Yikes! This obviously raises a lot of questions, but let's start with two I want to specifically address: Is this legal? And what is Wal-Mart afraid of? But before we begin - more than 25,000 people have already signed a citizen petition to the Federal Election Commission asking for an investigation into Wal-Mart's electioneering. Can you add your name to our letter? Read the full blog post and add your comments...