Obama continues attack on Chamber of Commerce [View All]

[TomCADem]

Source: Washington Post

The White House intensified its attacks Sunday on the powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its alleged ties to foreign donors, part of an escalating Democratic effort to link Republican allies with corporate and overseas interests ahead of the November midterm elections.

The chamber adamantly denies that foreign funds are used in its U.S. election efforts, accusing Democrats of orchestrating a speculative smear campaign during a desperate political year.

President Obama, speaking at a rally in Philadelphia, said "the American people deserve to know who is trying to sway their elections" and raised the possibility that foreigners could be funding his opponents.

"You don't know," Obama said at the rally for Senate candidate Joe Sestak and other Democrats. "It could be the oil industry. It could even be foreign-owned corporations. You don't know because they don't have to disclose."

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/10/AR2010101004009.html?hpid=topnews

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Kudos to Obama for calling out the Chamber of its efforts to initiate Corporate Coup 2010 through record setting amounts being spent on elections with much of it untraceable and unregulated due to the Roberts' court decision in Citizens United.

Heck, Karl Rove is even allowing corporations to make tax deductible politicle donations through his 501(3)(c) organizations.

Finally, the Chamber does not even include the millions being funneled into astroturf groups like Freedom Works, which has run both right wing and left wing astroturf campaigns.