[Callahan]

Hey NC Freepers. I saw a fawning 60 Minutes story on the guy who owns SAS. Where's he put his money? The press coverage was way to favorable for a Republican.

[dwilli]

I never heard of the man until last night. I missed the first few seconds and missed the name of the town name where his hq is located. The man is making money and doing right with his employees. We will see what happens if some contracts dry up and he starts losing money. Guess where the first cutbacks will be.

[TC Rider]

Hey NC Freepers. I saw a fawning 60 Minutes story on the guy who owns SAS. Where's he put his money? The press coverage was way to favorable for a Republican.

My recollection is that Goodnight and company were big supporters of Edwards.

SAS sets a liberal standard around here with onsite daycare, gay benefits, etc, etc.

[dwilli]

Even did a web search and couldn't find his company's web site.

[Constitution Day]

Jim Goodnight is a Republican.
If you check opensecrets.org, you will see:

Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
GOODNIGHT, ANN B CARY, NC 27513		6/10/2002	$1,000	McConnell, Mitch
GOODNIGHT, ANN B CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE	6/8/2000	$1,000	Shuster, Bud
GOODNIGHT, ANN B CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE/DIR./COMMUNITY RELATI	1/28/2002	$1,000	Etheridge, Bob
GOODNIGHT, JAMES CARY, NC 27513		4/16/2001	$1,000	Myrick, Sue
GOODNIGHT, JAMES CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE	2/12/2002	$1,000	Smith, Robert C
GOODNIGHT, JAMES CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE	6/4/1999	$5,000	North Carolina Republican Executive Cmte
GOODNIGHT, JAMES CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE/PRESIDENT	9/13/2001	$5,000	North Carolina Republican Executive Cmte
GOODNIGHT, JAMES DR CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE	12/3/2001	$1,000	Dole, Elizabeth
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H CARY, NC 27513		6/10/2002	$1,000	McConnell, Mitch
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H CARY, NC 27513	S A S INDUSTRIES	6/28/2000	$80,000	RNC/Repub National State Elections Cmte
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H CARY, NC 27513	S A S INDUSTRIES	6/28/2000	$20,000	Republican National Cmte
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H CARY, NC 27513	SAS INDUSTRIES	6/25/1999	$1,000	Bush, George W
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE	6/8/2000	$1,000	Shuster, Bud
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE	11/29/1999	$1,000	Ward, Jess
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE/CEO & PRESIDENT	2/22/2002	$1,000	Etheridge, Bob
GOODNIGHT, JAMES H MR CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE/CEO	12/17/1999	$500	Bush, George W
GOODNIGHT, JIM CARY, NC 27513	SAS INSTITUTE INC./CEO	12/3/2001	$1,000	Hayes, Robin

2002 cycle data downloaded from FEC on September 9, 2002. Date of request: October 14, 2002

The only Dem name that jumped out at me was Rep. Bob Etheridge.

[Phantom Lord]

Mr. Goodnight runs one of the best companies on the planet and SAS is regularly voted the best company in America to work for. It would be difficult to impossible to bad mouth him and get away with it. He is loved by his employees.