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.
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