Posted on 07/06/2004 5:49:31 AM PDT by HowardLSmith.ô¿ô
Tom Donohue, head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has made a public vow: If John Edwards is chosen as John Kerry's running mate, the chamber will abandon its traditional stance of neutrality in the presidential race and work feverishly to defeat the Democratic ticket. "We'd get the best people and the greatest assets we can rally" to the cause, he says.
Other business leaders in Washington have been less public and less precise, but no less passionate. Reviewing the candidates in the Democratic primaries earlier this year, a Fortune 100 chief executive who is active in Washington told me that Mr. Edwards, the North Carolina senator, "is the one we fear the most" -- more than John Kerry, more than Dick Gephardt, more than Howard Dean.
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Get out there and tell them what you really think!!!
Interesting news!
Kerry/Edwards - the anti business ticket.
'bout time.
Only good news if they take action!!!
They can and will be bought off.
A weasel and an ambulance chaser... great combo!
An oily, glib, smooth, wealthy trial lawyer will be seen by many as someone who should not get near the presidency.
Great Visual - Put them both in "whining" car racing after an ambulance!!!
Ok, business "elite"; start opposing.
Yup. It happed with Hillarycare. GM and Ford were the first to wimp out.
Give me a break. The "Business Elite" would have taken on Kerry regardless of who he picked.
Normally, they give to both sides and stay on the sidelines so as to not make enemies and profit no matter who wins.
This is terrific news and perhaps neutralizes the already anemic union clout.
I don't think so. There is no amount of money or favoritism that could make up for what businesses lose each year in defense of frivolous lawsuits and the occasional jackpot justice.
I agree that victims need to be compensated, but that compensation must bear some rationality to the actual harm, i.e. causation. Punitive damages are also important to teach wrongdoers a lesson, but when those damages are so egregious and bear NO rationality to the harm, they serve no purpose other than to line the pockets of the lawyers. That is exactly how John Edwards made his dough. He took advantage of his clients and flim flammed juries into awarding obscene amounts of money. Who really gets harmed? The corporations that have to lay off workers in order to be able to pay John Edwards, err, I mean the punitive damages. (Or, even worse, the Doctors who just decide to chuck their practices instead of putting up with that shyt.) Then, to top it all off, this p.o.s. walks around the country talking about two Americas. Yah John, the America that works for its money and you, who steal it from them via jackpot justice.
The current administration has been trying to curb the trial lawyers and their 'rape the country' attitude.
These billions in 'settlements' is one of the worst thing that has happened to amerika since the socialsists made their biggest assaults against our republic, thanks to Herbert Hoover and FDR! they are becoming a war chest for the next war on amerika by the Dems!
Frankly, I can't pretend to have any sympathy for the "cheap labor", pro-outsourcing globalist views of the WSJ editorial page.
Those words are spoken like union thugs...or someone jealous that there are those that can make vast amounts of money through a 'better idea'?
Business Elites are the ones that pay most of the bills, friend. The Chamber is made mostly of small entrpreneurs, from plumbers to chiropractors. I own four businesses, and have built every one of them from zilch, with hard work, and a lot of sweat. I have lost everything through bankruptcy, and regained what I lost, many times over. I did it in America, the land of opportunity!
I cannot understand why a conservative would have such problems with a Business owners, that they think the reference should be made as an expletive! Maybe you should try starting a business, and see how long your little nest-egg lasts!
Good luck on pulling that off.
I have been on boards of directors in two different chambers of commerce now, and I can tell you they have been infiltrated, no, infested with left leaning individuals. A significant number of members in the chambers come from EDUCATION, not commerce. College chancellors, higher-ups from local high schools, local social services people, and Dem party operatives who happen to be in business, all seem to be disproportionately invited.
I don't think my conservative bent was well known when I got invited to be on the board, it is now. I resigned my position because all they could talk about was what the chamber could do to foster PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, specifically bringing an AMTRAK-like train corridor to the area, which I saw as pouring more taxpayer money down the drain.
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