My copy of Fortune magazine arrived a couple of days ago with a full-cover spread of a meditative John McCain next to the inscription "How I'll Fix The Economy." Below that is this note: "The candidates talk about what they'll do to get America rolling again."There's not much question about Fortune's preference for president.
About McCain, Fortune writes "As a maverick Senator, he took pride in just saying no to everyone's wish list. But as a presidential contender, he's become a tax cutter and defender of mortgages." Well, the last part may be true, but the "maverick" bit is right from the McCain playbook.
About Obama, Fortune says: "He slammed big companies and free trade in the primaries, But Barack Obama insists he just wants to show corporate America some tough love." Huh?
Bloggers around the country have responded to Fortune's paean to McCain. Liberals claim that McCain's notion that Islamic extremism is the great threat to our security is an indication he knows nothing about the economy and wants to turn the election into a referendum on national security.
Conservatives tend to agree with McCain's assessment of the terrorist threat and play down his lack of economic knowledge.
We rant and rail much about the power of the corporate entities, and perhaps their perfidy has become extreme in recent years, but this country has always been ruled by the corporate elite and the corporate elite has always beat up the common man - except when the union movement was vital and strong. Today, corporations are feeling the power as the unions are weak shadows of their former selves and the peon is once again at the mercy of those at the top who really don't give a damn about anything except money and power.
So it isn't surprising that Fortune magazine strongly favors McCain. Under McCain, those with fortunes, leaders of the corporate world will move ahead unimpeded as they seek even greater fortunes and more power. And McCain, assuming he's a nice boy, will end up amply rewarded if by nothing more than the plaudits of the power-brokers he aimed to please.
You can read numerous opinions and comments on the Fortune article here.
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Vote early and often, as they used to say in Chicago, Obama's home state.
Bob Poris
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