Re: Rove, Gillespie Slam Obama for Spreading 'Baseless Lie' Over Foreign Contribution
the ny times already kicked this can last friday
it's laughable
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/politics/09donate.html
A closer examination shows that there is little evidence that what the chamber does in collecting overseas dues is improper or even unusual, according to both liberal and conservative election-law lawyers and campaign finance documents.
In fact, the controversy over the Chamber of Commerce financing may say more about the Washington spin cycle — where an Internet blog posting can be quickly picked up by like-minded groups and become political fodder for the president himself — than it does about the vagaries of campaign finance.
Organizations from both ends of the political spectrum, from liberal ones like the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the Sierra Club to conservative groups like the National Rifle Association, have international affiliations and get money from foreign entities while at the same time pushing political causes in the United States.
In addition, more than 160 political action committees active in campaigning have been set up by corporations that are based overseas, including military contractors like B.A.E. Systems and pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research service.
Such groups, which collectively have spent hundreds of millions dollars on political causes to advance their agenda, are required by law to ensure that any foreign money they receive is isolated and not used to finance political activities, which would violate a longstanding federal ban. The Chamber of Commerce says it has a vigorous process for ensuring that does not happen, and no evidence has emerged to suggest that is untrue.
ah, but evidence is not required, explains axelrod on cbs sunday:
asked by bob schieffer how he justifies his ACCUSATION that the coc is using foreign money to "steal our democracy," as the glitzy
DNC ad states explicitly, the axed adviser came back: "no one can, bob, i can assert anything i want"
Chamber financing attacks continue - Washington Times
stuff of star chambers and show trials
baucus (who will be irrelevant after nov 2) suggests sicing the irs on em
senator stuart smalley, who won rather funkily himself in MN, threatens action on the floor
the tv critic for the baltimore sun found such cavalier accusations of criminality, with no compulsion on the part of the accusation tossing CHIEF EXEC to offer anything more than a mere supposition of evidence, the equivalence of mccarthyism
Z on TV: Democrats' attack ad sets new low for midterm mud - TV show critic David Zurawik on the show business, culture and craziness of television - baltimoresun.com
no wonder bob schieffer came back with the LOL-able retort: "is that all you got?"
which---all you got?---is becoming, by the way, the entire campaign for CA governor---one side says jobs, the economy, housing, borders, energy taxes (ab32), central valley water...
the other demands w4's
this party in power simply has NOTHING it can campaign on, 3 weeks and a day before the plebiscite
it can't talk bush cuts, tax the rich
it certainly doesn't want to discuss afghanistan
it can't pronounce stimulus, it's desperate to redirect attention from last friday's jobs report
middle east peace talks, global warming, comprehensive immigration reform, dadt---all non starters
it can't blame bush anymore
well, it can, but it just doesn't work, so unleaderly-like, at this point
obamacare is an albatross
this shamelessly baseless attack on gop money, which is outpulling its opposition SEVEN TO ONE, reveals two things:
1. the party is desperate for something to campaign on
2. and, even at that, THIS ONE's a LOSER
it's pathetic
all that remains is---quit whining, buck up, stop sulking, get over it, you're the dullest audience i ever talked to
this quickness to accuse DOMESTIC opposition, completely devoid of cause, reminds us of the FOX NEWS WAR, waged for a weekend by white house press liason anita dunn, whose favorite philosopher is mao
equally baseless, equally harmful---to the accuser
it's like the time autin goolsbee, brought in to replace the outta-here peter orszag, ACCUSED the kochs of not paying corporate taxes, when the white house chair of economic advisers should not have access to citizens' private records
oblivious obama simply does not understand american politics, how it's played and won, he ACTS like an alien
instead, the
DNC runs an ad stating explicity that IT APPEARS the united states CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is using foreign money to steal our democracy
what president so openly and emptily assaults the COC?
based on IT APPEARS?
unbelievable
you guys are gonna get your clocks cleaned in 3 weeks and one day
you dearly deserve it