Well, here's another one for the "Obama can't do anything right" file.
While our president is taking a pounding from the left for his handling of the debt ceiling negotiations--being called a closet Republican and a corporate tool on a minute-by-minute basis--casino mogul (and self-described "Democrat") Steve Wynn unleashed a torrent of abuse in a conference call with investors. Wynn's complaint? President Obama is a "socialist" who has big business "frightened to death" with his "weird political philosophy."
Here's a partial transcript of Wynn's remarks, courtesy of USA Today (bolding is mine):
"Everybody complains about how much money is on the side in America. You bet.
And until we change the tempo and the conversation from Washington, it's not going to change. And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the president.
And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, 'oh God, don't be attacking Obama.' Well, this is Obama's deal, and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America.
The guy keeps making speeches about redistribution, and maybe we ought to do something to businesses that don't invest or holding too much money. We haven't heard that kind of talk except from pure socialists.
Everybody's afraid of the government, and there's no need to soft peddling it, it's the truth. It is the truth. And that's true of Democratic businessman and Republican businessman, and I am a Democratic businessman and I support Harry Reid. I support Democrats and Republicans.
And I'm telling you that the business community in this company is frightened to death of the weird political philosophy of the president of the United States. And until he's gone, everybody's going to be sitting on their thumbs."
According to CNN, Wynn Resorts actually "did quite well in the second quarter." During the same call, Wynn reported earnings of $122 million or 97 cents per share.