I'm glad I never shop at Target. But I'm afraid I feel the elections are all bought and paid for by lobbyists/corps already. Sorry Barbra.

Ms. Streisand, I applaud you for taking on this issue. If I may I'd like to give you a few hints as to what you have taken on here:

The big problem with stores like Target, Walmart, is that they have profited greatly from the so-called 'free trade' deals put forward mostly by the Republicans (Reagan and both Bushes were huge on 'free trade'): This is where we make trade deals with China, Mexico, Central America, that allow groups like Target and Walmart to sell products produced under near slave-labor conditions, with very low enviromental standards, AND-

also that undercut the efforts of organized labor in this country to gain decent wages and benefits for workers here in America.

And that is not all that is wrong with these 'free trade' deals (that are not at all free in truth).

The sad fact is though that all too many of the 'mainstream' Democrats have caved into the Republicans when it comes to these 'free trade' deals.

Don't be mad at me for pointing this out, but look at the relationship between Sam Walton (a 'far right Republican' himself) of Walmart and Bill Clinton (and he is far from being the only one to 'work for the enemy' here).

People like Tom Emmer are just a symptom of the problem: To stop Target and their kind from continuing to ruin the economy with their dirty deals with our government, you've got to go at the trade deals themselves, not just one individual.

Two unimpeachable liberal sources of what I tell you here are Michael Moore (his very first movie deals with this very subject, and it's superb) and Dennis Kucinich; the latter being perhaps the liberal Democrat (imho) of the most integrity and honesty on the issues.

Thank you and keep up the good work.

Customers do care and now you have caused me to be an EX-customer. In the year 2010 you cannot support an Anti-gay political candidate. Did you not do all your homework and know what you were contributing to? Very Sad. I will no longer shop in target. You have now really become a Target. Yvonne Y.

Dear Ms. Steisand,I appluad your courage and dedication to be a voice in America. I have used my voice to eliminate poverty, stopped Joe Camel Campiagns in CA schools with a law I helped write, took soda out of schools with a law I helped write, and now I am on a charitable mission to combat obesity.My business agenda is thus:
In 1958 (7) Caucasion Men formed the International Council of Shopping Centers, the organization is still controlled today by most of the business descendents. This organization is directly responsible for creating much of the poverty in America in inner and urban cities. I have created a formula to combat poverty in America and have thus far created 90,000 jobs in inner and poor communities. We are about to launch our event in Wash DC. I have the support of Clintons, and over 4,000 Mayors in America. :Please join me by contacting me at the above email. May God bless you, and continue to guide you in peace. PS> I started out with an internship in the CA State Leg. at 15, left home and was homless while traveling the state during my internship. I did not have family, and have never had debt.just an FYI what the human spirit is capable of when utilizing the brain, heart, and ambition.

Jackball - First off. She's allowed to speak her mind. She's a powerful influence, and was totally correct. Second, don't even dare insult this woman. That's going down a road you do NOT want to be on, my friend. This is a fansite. Not a hate site. Take your negativity somewhere where people might care, and take your fascist self far away from a position like this one. You're setting yourself up for trouble.

To Yvonne Y.

The 'anti-gay' aspect of this is just a subterfuge to hide the larger issue.

This is actually about another crooked 'free trade', so that certain 'fat cats' can get fatter exploiting cheap, near slave labor, conditions in other countries, while unemployment rises here at home.

The Conservative Republicans who are the biggest champions of these kind of dirty deals need a scapegoat to distract attention from themselves; that is why they are so intent on 'buying' the likes of Tom Emmer and the hard-right rhetoric of paranoia against gay rights.

What I'm trying to get through to Ms. Streisand and other like-minded liberal activists is that what Target and Walmart and the others of their ilk are doing, by 'buying' political support, stinks even without the 'anti-gay' propanganda and agenda.

And the sad fact is that all too many 'mainstream' Democrats themselves have let Target and Walmart run roughshod over our economy with these deal of theirs.

What's ultimately behind how Target, Walmart, and others similiar, have further corrupted the political process is why our economy is faltering, much more so than entitlement programs, and efforts towards universal health care, and adequate government regulations, or even welfare programs; and certainly much more so than full civil rights for gays in all fifty states.

In effect, this Target-Tom Emmer deal, figuratively speaking, is the tip of the iceberg that is sinking the 'Titanic' U.S. economy.

It's even worse, far worse, than it might first appear to you.

We need for more liberal Democrats to fight against it and say-'we are not going for it' anymore.

I ask to be allowed one more comment on this topic:

Ms. Streisand, this is not an isolated incident, and it's a lot more then just Tom Emmer's repugnant attitudes towards gay rights.

It's about how the Conservatives have used the political system to corrupt our trade policies. This is the real, main, reason, why the U.S. economy is in such bad shape; not liberal programs, and government regulations favored by liberals (contrary to what Rush Limbaugh and his kind would have people believe).

Here's a positive example of how a liberal of power and influence should handle the issue of free trade:

Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks coffee: Free trade allows his company to import coffee and offer it at a fair price, while allowing them to still turn a good profit.

The crucial differences between Howard Schultz and Starbucks, and Sam Walton and Walmart, and the people at Target and their deal with Tom Emmer, is that Howard Schultz is not hurting the U.S. economy by his use of free trade:

We grow very little coffee in the U.S., so Americans don't lose jobs over it; and, in this instance, free trade actually helps keep the price down for Americans.

What's more, Starbucks is especially good at encouraging 'fair trade'; that the coffee we import is often equated with fair prices paid to coffee growers in other countries.

Starbucks and responsible trade polices with a strong liberal and progressive sensibility that is sensitive to all the people involved, and not just to maximize profits at the expense of most of the people involved, is the example we need; not the Conservative Republican version of trade favored by Walmart and Target, with little or no regard to the standard of living of both American workers and workers in coffee growing countries (such as Colombia).

Bill Clinton should never himself have 'gotten into bed' with Sam Walton, and Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi themselves shouldn't be supporting the very same trade deals as those proposed by George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Karl Rove; the latters having lied about this almost as much as about the Iraq war.

This is a lot bigger than just Tom Emmer, but it maybe a good place to start and turn it around.

We should not stop there though:

Even more Democrats have to come around to doing the right thing here.

We need liberal Democrats to lead in this, not follow.