Talk:William Milliken

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Endorsement of John McCain[edit]

The article states that Milliken endorsed John McCain for President in 2008, but withdrew the endorsement after McCain began to "attack" Barack Obama. This requires explanation. Obama was McCain's opponent in the political campaign, and politicians typically "attack" their opponents, so why would this be a legitimate ground for which Milliken, nominally a Republican, would withdraw his endorsement of another Republican? Is Milliken a closet Democrat? Or is Milliken just old and senile?John Paul Parks (talk) 12:49, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 09:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Public service?[edit]

This from the article:

Milliken was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the second child in a family devoted to public service.

So they donated their time? They never got a paycheck or engaged in any corrupt activity? Are all people who work for the government service providers? If I worked for Atari did I "serve" the stockholders? The idea of "public service" was formerly that you were giving up vastly bigger income potential in order to "serve" the public. It was a kind of "devoted", selfless, career martyrdom. I think that concept is seriously anachronistic, if it ever was legitimate. Dynasteria (talk) 09:11, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution[edit]

Text and references copied from List of defunct department stores of the United States to William Milliken, See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:17, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]