One of the most outspoken Wal-Mart slammers over the past few years is former VP wannabe, John Edwards. Yes, the same John Edwards who creeped us all out with his awkwardly cozy relationship with John Kerry two years ago.

Edwards hates Wal-Mart:

"We want every single consumer in America, every person in America, to know that if they walk into a Wal-Mart, that first of all their tax dollars are subsidizing Wal-Mart employees. Their tax dollars are helping provide health care for Wal-Mart employees, because Wal-Mart's not doing it. Their tax dollars are going to provide housing and food stamps for Wal-Mart employees," Mr. Edwards told a crowd of 400 at Hill House. "What is wrong with this picture?"

And Edwards, like every other Democratic politician in this country, is a hypocrite:

Mr. Edwards was himself once an owner of Wal-Mart stock. He sold it during his presidential bid two years ago.

Bit wait, it gets better:

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that a staff member for former Sen. John Edwards -- a vocal critic of the retailer -- asked his local Wal-Mart store for help in getting the potential 2008 presidential candidate a Sony PlayStation 3.

Of course, John Edwards denies that the guy who works for him was … uh, working for him. In a bumbling explanation that would make John Kerry look competent, Edwards offered:

"My wife, Elizabeth, wanted to get a Playstation3 for my young children. She mentioned it in front of one of my staff people," Edwards said. "That staff person mentioned it in front of a volunteer who said he would make an effort to get one. He was making an effort to go get one for himself.

"Elizabeth and I knew nothing about this. He feels terrible about this. He made a mistake, and he knows he should not have used my name," Edwards said.

And, in fine liberal style, Edwards is teaching his kids to be little elitist snobs, too:

In the call, he repeated a story about his son Jack disapproving of a classmate buying sneakers at Wal-Mart. "If a 6-year-old can figure it out, America can definitely figure this out," Edwards said.

Of course, if that six year old's PS3 had come from Wal-Mart … well, that would have been altogether different, wouldn’t it?