HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) — The Democratic Party is giving two prominent business leaders speaking roles at the party convention: CarMax co-founder Austin Ligon and Costco co-founder Jim Sinegal.
A party official says the businessman will make the case for why President Barack Obama should keep command of the U.S. economy. Their selection aims to put a dent in Republican Mitt Romney’s assertions that he is best equipped to help businesses prosper, in part because of his private sector experience.
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Just a guess,but one might check for recent no bid gov. contracts being award to these two upstanding business leaders or watch for them appearing on one of many worthless boards or commissions or as a Ambassador to some Carbibbean Island if he manages to steal the election.It’s not the frist time for our conman in chief!When running for Ill.Sen. his biggest donor recieved a no bid contract for the State of Ill.software bus. after his election{a position he may have been at least legally quailfied for}.Proablity where those Utube vids came from,run up to his Ill Sen run,where he was telling the truth” I was born in Kenya”Around the same time he was trying to make a living as a writer of autobiography fiction,where his liteary bio said born in Kenya{Sure it’s now called a typo,and I’m a monkey who wrote the Bible by just pecking on keys}.I wonder if he’s figured out his Blackberry has a vid feature or is hackable yet?One think about Mr. Transparent ,like most criminals he leaves lots of evidence and misjudges his own abilty to stay ahead of the law!