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Costco co-founder Jim Sinegal argues the President’s policies have helped the economy.
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Welcome back to -- everybody you know excessive politician -- he's here to our business represented now by my count this is Mike got to be very rough -- Not violated due to the number we added -- the Republican Tibet today that could just be.
You know just the way it normally goes -- business -- -- you wanna poll almost always died in the Republican Party.
Not so the Democratic Party that's out across the board but I.
I think it's a kind of a general truth.
But that doesn't mean business sisters are not represented here I caught up early with Costco co-founder -- -- is a powerful.
Democratic speaker at big Barack Obama's -- and he's very proud to be here it cannot just as a corporate citizen.
-- -- 1990 nervous.
Well little apprehensive obviously you wanna make sure you gotta write and then I have -- an -- problem with the vision.
And so reading teleprompters diseases thanks for -- that the of the past finally -- -- the -- -- the teleprompters ridiculously tough to do office.
-- that could I ask you what is your message going to be here at this convention.
-- that what I think President Obama has made things better.
In the last four years.
Since he's been president that things are clearly better than they were four years ago as you've no doubt about that all the Republicans is bad it's ridiculous things are worse.
We're still down net number John junior colonel that's historical revisionists.
Talking like that you have to remember that in October and November of 2000 and they things were pretty ground.
And.
Do you think -- debates and at this came up.
The president answering.
You are better off even though 52% of Americans feel they're worse -- than in one Capitol Hill Pope.
You think the president's -- good standing stick.
I believe so I believe all of us including myself -- many instances have a tendency to focus more on the recent history of where things around.
And I don't know that that's inconsistent with the way you would think Americans would feel about things at the moment.
They wanna see more progress the president wants to see more -- and so.
Think that we're all working towards a sample lessons.
With the exception and -- your pretty big bulk -- name here on the not a lot of business as represented here certainly on the -- On the speaking charts a lot in Republican and Republican Convention last week.
I don't know what that means but from my view to goodness.
Means it's a different point of view of you know that's what makes you think you're against the business spring when it comes to appoint -- I don't knows I don't know that that's necessarily the case I think we -- are looking for the same types of things were looking for long term growth we're looking to.
Develop our businesses on the positive approach.
How we think we can get there is of course the difference and I think we all have the same thing -- both -- work.
What's best for the nation and national interest.
Finally and you gotta get -- and try to capitalists come under I would say attack -- questioning at this convention and a lot of folks saying.
It doesn't always do good.
Now we -- from the Staples founder last week in -- that it did him a lot of good.
And did a host of other companies lot of good some of these speakers originally had urged the president to dial back the criticism.
Of private capital.
-- -- -- -- Well it's difficult for me to knock the system it's been pretty good demand -- but but I think there -- different ways to get there and I think there have been some abuses and I think we should be.
Adult enough as a society to deal with those abuses and -- about -- not supposed to.
A lot of rhetoric.
Was your idea -- by the way just curious thing -- -- to have everything.
In such large sizes and fruit loops would be a 500 pound box if you -- do it reviews you have to get five pounds.
Is that euros do we want it should be very satisfied that pat pat pat -- All right out that was did is -- -- he's gonna be our speaking very shortly in the Costco.
Co founded.
