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Kerry's New Friends: Fox News, The New York Post, and the Weekly Standard
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| occrider |
Wtf?
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Support for Kerry can even be found inside what is viewed by many as the quintessential conservative company, News Corp (NWS ). Kerry supporters include Peter Chernin, president of the media giant that owns Fox News, The New York Post, and the Weekly Standard.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily..._0404_db038.htm
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| Q5echo |
| welcome to crazy world |
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| tiesto14 |
I have read the NY Post every morning for the past 12 years.
And they HATE John Kerry...he is bashed more now then Clinton ever was. I have maybe seen a handful of positive Kerry articles in the Post...and they are usually small dinky ones that people pass by.
If they support him, they have a funny way of showing it... |
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| JM |
| quote: | Originally posted by tiesto14
I have read the NY Post every morning for the past 12 years.
And they HATE John Kerry...he is bashed more now then Clinton ever was. I have maybe seen a handful of positive Kerry articles in the Post...and they are usually small dinky ones that people pass by.
If they support him, they have a funny way of showing it... |
i'm curious... who do you support ?
>JM< |
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| tiesto14 |
| quote: | Originally posted by JM
i'm curious... who do you support ?
>JM< |
I support Bush on the war, but not on much else....I am not voting this year to be honest.... |
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| JM |
| quote: | Originally posted by tiesto14
I support Bush on the war, but not on much else....I am not voting this year to be honest.... |
cool cool :)
>JM< |
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| imokruok |
The main reason for a slight shift in corporate support has to do with one word: certainty. Businessmen hate uncertainty; they pay billions of dollars to predict the future and reduce risk.
After 9/11, terror threw a big cog into the wheel of certainty, and certainty is further "threatened" by the pro-active nature of Bush's foreign policy. I personally agree with the President and his administration that huge changes needed to be made in the way America acts in its foreign policy and military action. However, since we haven't handled ourselves this way before, no one knows what to expect next.
Support for Kerry comes from the correct observations that the US will return to the old way - the "9/10" way - of doing things if he is elected. We'll debate endlessly at the UN, and we'll tailor our operations overseas to the point where they're completely benign, to the point where every ally has had every possible say in how we conduct ourselves. Just look at who he's planned to put on his foreign policy team. A mix of ex-Carter and Clinton era functionaries.
This may be ineffective foreign policy in the new 9/11 era, but it brings a lot of certainty for businessmen who need to make decisions on an international level. |
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| DaveSZ |
Wall Street and the economy in general both tend to fare better under Democrats anyways (with the exception of Reagan's second term).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5474580
I remember reading somewhere that W Bush would be firmly placed between his father and Eisenhower based on his economic numbers.
I'll try to dig that up.
Anyways, here are the comments of the COO of News Corp:
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(from email)
One of the most powerful voices we heard from at the roundtable yesterday was that of Peter Chernin, President and COO of News Corporation and CEO of the Fox Group. Here is some of what Peter had to say:
"The deficit is just plain bad for the country and bad for business. I don't think you can fight two wars, one internationally and one domestically, and at the same time cut taxes for the wealthy.
The next issue is health care. I think improving health care and supporting health care is not only good public policy, it's also good business policy. Health care costs are choking American business -- clearly small businesses -- but also big businesses like my own where health care costs tend to rise by double to triple the rate of inflation.
Third is help for small businesses. Small businesses are the job creation engines of America. And I think the Kerry-Edwards plan, which calls for a tax credit for the creation of new jobs and helps share the burden of health care costs, will be a real boost to small businesses."
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| LiquidX |
| Maybe we'll have a surplus and live like proper americans once again! :D |
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