Article: Off message; SEN. OBAMA SEES NO HYPOCRISY IN HIS WIFE'S POST AT A FIRM THAT DOES BUSINESS WITH WAL-MART.(News)(senator Barack Obama)(Michelle Obama- TreeHouse Foods Inc. )

Byline: Greg Hinz

Barack Obama made national headlines last month when he loudly enlisted in the campaign to get Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to treat its workers better.

The Chicagoan who would be president-maybe-told members of a union-backed coalition that they have "a moral responsibility to stand up and fight'' the big retailer. "The battle to engage Wal-Mart and force them to examine their own corporate values and what their policies and approaches are to their workers . . . is absolutely vital,'' the Associated Press quoted the U.S. senator as saying.

I share the sentiment. Companies that pay top execs tens of millions a year while squeezing ...

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