I think there would be plenty of support for the poppy sales if the VFW decide to hold their fund raiser on a future date, especially given the attention that this has drawn. Perhaps Shaw's would even be willing, given the circumstances, to post a notice about a future poppy sale on their facebook page.
I do not understand the claim regarding the 'liberal controlled' powers that be having anything to do with this or exactly who you are characterizing as demented, vile, or ignorant. Shaw's management? Given Shaw's community involvement and outreach, they do not appear to be demented, ignorant, or vile. Since it is Shaw's company policy not to allow any group to solicit in their foyers, they are neither being discriminatory nor showing favoritism. It might be helpful for Shaw's corporate spokesperson to comment on the rationale behind this policy; I am willing to bet there is a good reason for it that has nothing to do with pushing the liberal agenda.
Taking into consideration that inclement weather may be a factor, I think a better approach by vets would be to not be so inflexible that they could not reschedule their fundraisers if need be. If not, perhaps they could staff the event with a mix of younger and more senior vets, so that the old-timers would not be over-burdened if the weather got bad. They could even enlist some non-vet volunteers from local schools or youth groups to give these gentlemen breaks as needed.
The best thing may be to consider this simply a lesson learned to improve planning for the future and reschedule the fund raiser for the near future (the week prior to Independence Day would be ideal since there would be a lot of patriotically-minded traffic passing through Shaw's). The worse thing would be to incite animosity between VFW and Shaw's; both do good for the community and it would be unfortunate to see an end to this partnership.
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