U.S. Chamber of Commerce launches ad attack on Boxer

[alp227]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Washington —
The nation's largest business organization launched a multimillion-dollar advertising attack in California on Wednesday night on U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, part of a nationwide effort targeting vulnerable Democrats.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce began running ads in San Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno and Sacramento, where Boxer's Republican rival Carly Fiorina has shown strength. The first round of ads castigates Boxer's record on jobs and the environment.

The Chamber would not say exactly how much it plans to spend on the race. But the ads, which will be combined with a major push to identify and contact business-friendly voters, reflect the aggressive political strategy that the nonprofit business lobbying group will employ this year in an effort to stymie what it considers the anti-business thrust of the Obama administration.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-chamber-boxer-20100909,0,4709509.story

[ProudDad]

1. Not surprising -- the capitalist pigs have carte blanc now...

Thanks to that fucker Kennedy and Citizens United the corporate states of usamerika are revealed for the capitalist death machine it is...

Of course, Obama is about as "anti-business" as Harvard Law School... :puke:

[dhill926]

2. let 'em spend...

gonna end up being a waste of money.....

[DinahMoeHum]

3. USC of C head Tom Donohue has NEVER worked in the for-profit

private sector or for a corporation:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.verini.html

(snip)
Oddly, while Donohue casts himself as the voice of business, he has never worked for a corporation or any kind of for-profit concern—only for trade associations, nonprofits, and the federal government.
(snip)

[druidity33]

4. all too often

the COC is the enemy.....

sad, that is.

K&R

[mopinko]

5. why is a not profit targeting a candidate?

i guess i have been asleep to all this stuff, but the chamber is non-profit, the heritage foundation is non-profit. is suppose all these assholes are.
i have been a member and officer in many non-profit groups. we were always very careful to stick to issues, and not help candidates. sometimes even taking that farther than necessary, just to keep our noses clean.
but i guess when you are huge, and half the government is in your pocket, you can do what you please.

[No Elephants]

8. Excellent question.

[Heywood J]

6. From my understanding,

"San Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno and Sacramento" translates to Republican, Republican, Republican, and somewhat Democratic. Seems like it would be a waste of money to attack Democrats in Bakersfield and Fresno, but let them waste it.

[KakistocracyHater]

7. there is no US Chamber of Commerce, there's a Foreign Labor Chamber of

Commerce.........they sure don't support made in USA