China Makes Its Big Move Into U.S. Politics Through The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

[Joanne98]

The nefarious U.S. Chamber of Commerce has turned itself into a funnel for cash from the worst international actors on the planet, actors willing to ante up millions of dollars to get easily manipulatable Republicans into office. As we pointed out, before, China is willing to spend whatever it takes to make John Boehner Speaker and to insert stooges like Ron Johnson and Roy Blunt into the Senate. Yesterday CQPolitics reported that the Chamber has more than doubled its spending on political attack ads since Tuesday. Their foreign-financed attack ads are aimed primarily against Paul Hodes (D-NH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Joe Sestak (D-PA), Robin Carnahan (D-MO), Alexi Giannoulias (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Charlie Crist (I-FL) and in support of Republicans who enthusiastically support trade policies which ship good-paying American jobs to low wage hellholes like China.

This week President Obama warned that the Chamber's use of foreign money in their election strategy is undermining American democracy. "Just this week, we learned that one of the largest groups paying for these ad regularly takes in money from foreign corporations. So groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections. And they won’t tell you where the money for the ads come from.

"So this isn’t just a threat to Democrats. All Republicans should be concerned. Independents should be concerned. This is a threat to our democracy. The American people deserve to know who’s trying to influence their elections. And if we just stand by and allow the special interests to silence anybody who’s got the guts to stand up to them, our country’s going to be a very different place."

More than a few Democratic candidates, though, obviously not the reactionary Blue Dogs who the U.S. Chamber is also showering with yuans and rubles-- Frank Kratovil (MD), Glenn Nye (VA), Travis Childers (MS), Jim Marshall (GA) &, obviously, Bobby Bright (AL)-- are shouting "foul." And yesterday Joe Sestak went on the attack on one of the worst of the GOP candidates who is aiding and abetting China's economic aggression towards America, Pat Toomey who "admitted that he would side with China at the expense of American workers on a bill aimed at preventing China from manipulating its currency." Sestak pointed to an Associated Press report showing that Toomey "opposes the bipartisan legislation, placing him in radical opposition to every U.S. House member from Pennsylvania." Toomey has long opposed "Buy American" campaigns and in his book, Road To Prosperity, a crazed right-wing screed written for him by a Club For Growth staffer, he calls "buy America language" an "unfortunate tendency."

“Congressman Toomey finally broke his silence but only to let Pennsylvanians know that he continues to favor China over American workers. More and more jobs are being sent overseas every day. Rather than force China to play by the rules, Congressman Toomey wants to take away all safeguards that protect American jobs,” said Sestak spokesman Jonathon Dworkin.

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2010/10/china-makes-its-big-move-into-us.html

[gateley]

1. I hope this gets HUGE coverage in the mainstream media - enough so mom and

pop can learn about it on their local 6pm newscast.

[Kablooie]

4. But the same forces that take foreign cash may have the power to clamp down on the new corps.

[ps1074]

7. Right

:rofl:

Nothing to see there, move on.

[HughMoran]

2. There is no other organization that runs more hate ads locally than the Chamber

I despise those sleazy liars more than any other - I hope they are finally destroyed by these latest revelations.

[DirkGently]

3. But it's not subversive when conservatives do it!

[WCGreen]

5. Fucking Traitors....

Plain and simple...

[bigdarryl]

6. If this kind of shit don't get democrats to the polls and vote I'm afraid nothing will

in fact EVERYBODY regardless of party should be voting in protest against this

[Sheepshank]

8. Communism at the hands of the Republicans?

You thought Corporations were already too involved and too gregarious is shaping the political agenda? just wait. Millions upon millions already flowing. And the latest...foreign money. Can you even imagine what foreign orgnaization would like to see in terms of international trade laws?

Even moreso today, I'd like to see sweeping finance laws addressing campaign funding.

So, for how much longer is the Right going to point their finger at the Left, to divert attention while opening up the political doors to the types of foreign agendas that are in contradiction to the Constitution? But it's about capitalism, no?...self regulating, everything, anything goes?

[harun]

11. They are all for Communism for the rich. Look at the finance articles lately

you will see right wing finance writers writing about how they are loving Chinese government intervention in certain business's as well as when the Federal government is doing it. They love it, they want to invest in the companies the governments are turning in to successful monopolies.

Their commune is alive and well, it just helps the riches amongst us, or if you are very valuable to a big Corporation. If you are not in those camps, you are cheap labor for them. A simple model.

[flamingdem]

9. GOP - Made in China nt

[golfguru]

10. Both parties are corrupted by China

http://goldseth.com/?p=6

We need very strict laws to prohibit outside interference.
But just like the HCR bill, the politicians will side with
campaign cash over people's interest.

[Odin2005]

12. TREASON!!!

:grr: