Reply #3: I think you figured it out. Where do you work, Wall street? [View All]

[rgbecker]

Personally I don't think the shareholders are going to do a thing about making any decision about who gets supported by the corp. Just look at how the present votes go for board of director, auditors etc.

As for worrying about how their clients or customers might feel about the corp backing a candidate, just look at how worried exxon/Mobil is about their wacko propaganda about climate change. Even the bedding company, sleep number, seems to have no hesitation about advertising and paying for Rush Limbaugh's crap. People can make no judgment about what they are hearing and who is actually making the claims. There is another current post about the power of propaganda/advertising showing there is little freedom of weeding out the lies from the political discourse. That also explains the crazy Brown victory in Mass. I've talked to a few who voted for him, and they are clueless on where he actually stands.