Posted on 10/09/2008 9:01:46 AM PDT by kingattax
If a recent poll found that almost 75 percent of America's top business leaders felt that a McCain presidency would be disastrous for the nation, with some even stating that his proposals if enacted would bankrupt the country in three years, do you think media would have reported it?
Probably every hour on the hour until every American had heard about it, right?
Well, on Wednesday, with the nation in the middle of what is being regularly portrayed as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Chief Executive magazine released its survey of 751 CEOs finding that 74 percent fear "an Obama presidency would be disastrous for the country."
Some CEO's went so far as claiming "[Obama's] programs would bankrupt the country within three years, if implemented"
Chief Executive magazine’s most recent polling of 751 CEOs shows that GOP presidential candidate John McCain is the preferred choice for CEOs. According to the poll, which is featured on the cover of Chief Executive’s most recent issue, by a four-to-one margin, CEOs support Senator John McCain over Senator Barack Obama. Moreover, 74 percent of the executives say they fear that an Obama presidency would be disastrous for the country.
“The stakes for this presidential election are higher than they’ve ever been in recent memory,” said Edward M. Kopko, CEO and Publisher of Chief Executive magazine. “We’ve been experiencing consecutive job losses for nine months now. There’s no doubt that reviving the job market will be a top priority for the incoming president. And job creating CEOs repeatedly tell us that McCain’s policies are far more conducive to a more positive employment environment than Obama’s.”
“I’m not terribly excited about McCain being president, but I’m sure that Obama, if elected, will have a negative impact on business and the economy,” said one CEO voicing his lack of enthusiasm for either candidate, but particularly Obama.
In expressing their rejection of Senator Obama, some CEOs who responded to the survey went as far as to say that “some of his programs would bankrupt the country within three years, if implemented.” In fact, the poll highlights that Obama’s tax policies, which scored the lowest grade in the poll, are particularly unpopular among CEOs.
Despite the poll's findings, from what I can tell, even though this study was disseminated by PRNewswire, it has garnered very little mainstream media attention.
Think that would be the case if these business leaders were so negative about McCain's economic policies?
No, I don't either!
no MSM attention ? i'm shocked
No wonder the market is tanking.
Myself, I believe that 74% of CEO’s are disastrous for the nation.
Well those guys better get off their as**es and get out the “troops” for McCain....or they will end up as Government Workers in the re-education camp.
Only 74%?
I bet the other 26% still believe they can make money by financing subprime mortgages and speculation in flipping houses.
CEOs clearly understand it. About 45% of the American people understand it.
Unfortunately, unless another 5% of the American people wake up in the next four weeks, we are headed for financial Armageddon.
100% of small business owners feel the same way
and we are about to find out.
I thought we weren’t supposed to like CEOs, and to never believe what they say??
Of course that’s one of the reasons...you can trackt he decline of the market to the hour Obama pulled away. It always happens. When Dems go up in the polls the market tanks..but this year not a peep about it. That’s why I think the Dems manipulated this to happen this month. Pray, pray, pray for our once great country.
That’s what I was thinking -
if McCain was ahead by 4 or 5, would the market continue to slide as it is?
Indeed, if Obama is elected we will probably see MANY, MANY small businesses go under.
MSM response: Clearly, 74% of CEOs are RACIST! OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
It’s beyond sickening.
They get appointed as CEO because the board of directors thinks they have the experience and knowledge to guide the ship of the corporation.
IE, they know what they’re talking about, or they wouldn’t be there.
In less time than Obama has been running for president, the rest of America will know how big a mistake they’ve made, if they elect this radical. Carter will seem like a losing game of Monopoly compared to how bad things will get under the heal of Obama.
All of them?
I think we’ve seen that a great many CEOs either don’t know what is best for their corporations or they don’t care because they have their golden parachutes strapped on. As a group, CEOs don’t have any credibility with me. I’d be more impressed with a survey of small business owners. Does anyone know of one?
I believe 75% of CEO’s and OBAMA are bad for the nation, and yes, no wonder the market is afraid..
There’s a discrepancy here - the title and article in the link says it’s Obama that would be disastrous, but the excerpt here says it’s John McCain.
No. Only 74% of them.
All communist/socilaist governments collapse this way.Russia was a rich country, with lots of resources, so it took 80 years to run it into the ground. We are not.Our economy is bankrupt, and our resources have been declared off-limits by the very people who will support this regime. The only bright spot here is that there isn't the money left to run a socialist country on for very long. Hopefully it will be short.
listen to talk radio, lots of small business owners are calling in their complaints......they like McCain and are afraid of Obama.
Read it again. It proposes a hypothetical and asks if the media would report it if it were McCain.
Don't confuse the vast majority of CEOs with the small minority that run companies that do not build things, create things, make things, or service things.
Don't confuse the vast majority of CEOs with the small minority that run companies that makes money of manipulating markets and gaming the system.
Don't confuse the vast majority of CEOs with the small minority that run Wall Street companies, support Obama and Dems financially by more than a 2 to 1 margin. These are the CEOs who worked with Washington to create the financial crisis. Check the campaign donations by employees of the big Wall Street firms at Huffington Post and you'll find they are overwhelmingly Democrat. After all, it's easier to buy a congressman than compete in the market. It's cheaper to buy senators than to buy market share.
Another thread today shows 4-1 support for McCain amongst "job creators".
No, not all of them. That’s what “samples” are for.
Zero knows NOTHING.
Zero is only an empty suit puppet.
WHO IS PULLING HIS STRINGS?
The rejection of free enterprise and capitalism by some on this site is kind of shocking. CEO can be up to no good,but a vast majority are not overpaid and do keep their stock holders, employees and customers best interests in mind.
It would be interesting to survey the top 2000 public companies officers against the contribution list and see where they send their contributions, but most of the financial companies that have gone down were known as Rats.
“I think we’ve seen that a great many CEOs either don’t know what is best for their corporations or they don’t care because they have their golden parachutes strapped on. As a group, CEOs don’t have any credibility with me.”
bump
But they are only saying that because they know that The One is coming for them!
He’ll steal from them so that the “middle class” can take that money from these evil, greedy people that create all the jobs in this country. /s
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!! They get appointed because it's "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours".
Wow... First we need to examine the prime directive of major corporate CEO's, There is plenty of good and current information which has been made available over the last few years.
Tax Policy Center:
Obama’s tax plans would cost the U.S federal government nearly $900 billion in his first term, and increase the national debt by $3.3 trillion over ten years.
That’s right, thanks
Best case scenario, we are taken over from within, perhaps by a military coup and manage to survive and rebuild over the course of many years.
Worst case, our Islamo-fascist enemies see how vulnerable we are, attack en masse, and wipe us completely off the map.
Under any scenario, it is tough to imagine our Democracy surviving for much longer once we institute the Socialist government Obama is promising.
Did anybody pick up on the headline said obama and the first paragraph said McCain?
26% believe placating the envious complaining masses will allow them to keep their wealth. It’s appeasement. It’s why Soros wants to see all the poor hoi polloi stoned on pot.
That is the money quote for me in terms of why we can still have hope on election day regardless of the polls. There very well could be a large number of people, some may call it a "silent majority", who may not be enthused enough about McCain himself to answer a stupid poll when called, but will have no problem at all voting on election day and making sure that Obama does not totally hose the country.
No, they’ll just give more money to their corporation’s charitable funds, money which will in turn be funneled to groups like ACORN to get out the um “votes” for Obama. Idiots.
OK OK... I give...
They DON’T know what they’re talking about,
and an 0bama election will be GREAT for our country.
(/sarc?)
I see........... then 26% of them(CEO's) are MORONS..
or worse democrats..
The Obama Effect is causing the markets to tank. Why invest money when BO will take it from you to buy some bum a house?
These same CEOs will give lots of money to their local incumbent congressmen and senators, who will likely be Democrats or RINOs who are only too happy to pass legislation favorable to the CEO’s organization that also happens to include more hidden funding for groups like ACORN. Gotta love out political system these days.
I like the current reduce taxes, spend more plan. The out come is more transparent, predictable and they cant hide our money when there isn't any.
Honestly, it doesn't take a CEO to know that Obama wants to destroy America. It only takes a rational mind.
Ignorance is bliss...they say.
And there's the problem..........
Interesting on the infestation of socialism here on FR. Does not look good for the future of our country.
The MSM doesn’t want to talk to high achievers.
They are more interested in the homeless guy drinking cheap lager who agrees to go on camera and make a fool of himself.
And the other 26% are either idiots or in Obama's earmark pocket.
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