I still stand by my statement that pundits are some of the worse people in the world.

Only if he actually asked the staffer to reserve it for him, which seems very unlikely given the stories that've been published so far. In other words, the "typical ruling-class behaviour" bit is misplaced. However, the larger point about Wal-Mart and the bought and paid for union rhetoric of certain politicians has a degree of merit to it.

@MechaCrash

Yep, someone: as in all the someones who were able to blow $600 of disposable income on a PS3. As in the average American wage-earner.

How many of those things are in living rooms hooked up to TVs, and how many are sitting in a corner awaiting a winning eBay bid?

Reason isn't a Republican site. it's libertarian. Criticisms of Wal-Mart go far beyond them nto paying enough wages, though, there's also the issue of preferential treatment in emminent domain cases and illegally making their workers work off the clock, both things libertarians are normally opposed to.

Wow, a laizes faire magazine ragging on a Democrat? Wonders never cease... Clearly, the fact that some people are willing to spend $600 on a video game system proves, without a doubt, that there is no widening poverty gap and everything is just perfectly hunky dory in America. After all, "somebody is making money in America."

And nevermind the fact that flat panel TV's are dropping below the $1000 mark because supply has outstripped demand, and companies can't afford to slow production and sit on excess parts...no, clearly Wal-Mart is "leading the way," fighting to provide flat-panel entertainment to a broader audience.

I'd be fine if they wanted to call Edwards a hypocrite for spending $600 on a PS3 instead of donating it to the poor...they'd sound like petty retards but that'd make more sense then using the PS3 to try and support a Libertarian's economic policy. Actually, since this whole thing happened because some idiot staffer made a valiant attempt to kiss his boss's ass...maybe they should have just kept their mouths shut.

@Dylan
The last line of that article wasn't written by Dennis. Everything in the grey text with the bar on the left is quoting the article by Jeff Taylor.
On the article itself, it's really trying to blame Edwards over nothing. I don't think Edwards having an apparently not too bright aide makes him a hypocrite.