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Target Corp. Shills for Emmer (alerted by guppiecat; thanks for the heads-up!)

Through an PAC named Minnesota Forward, Target Corporation, Polaris, Hubbard Broadcasting, and other corporations, have begun running television ads supporting Tom Emmer, the teabagger-like GOP candidate for Minnesota Governor. Emmer has called for cutting restaurant server wages to lower than minimum wage, and has praised Arizona's immigration law.

Source: New Corporate Money Enters Minn. Gov. Race

I agree with guppiecat (or at least I infer from guppiecat's post) that such a move leaves a progressive with little alternative but to boycott Target (as well as the other companies involved in Minnesota Forward PAC). At least this progressive.

The timing is oddly serendipitous, as someone else on my friendslist just yesterday heaped praise upon Target. I too have turned to the chain, specifically as the not-Walmart choice for general merchandise. I guess, for me, it's Meijer & Kmart from here on out.