The Manchurian Candidates
I have been reading several articles about how the corrupt SCOTUS decision in citizens united has opened the doors to foreign money and governments buying our elections.
According to legal experts consulted by ThinkProgress, the Chamber is likely skirting longstanding campaign finance law that bans the involvement of foreign corporations in American elections.
In recent years, the Chamber has become very aggressive with its fundraising, opening offices abroad and helping to found foreign chapters (known as Business Councils or “AmChams”). While many of these foreign operations include American businesses with interests overseas, the Chamber has also spearheaded an effort to raise money from foreign corporations, including ones controlled by foreign governments. These foreign members of the Chamber send money either directly to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, or the foreign members fund their local Chamber, which in turn, transfers dues payments back to the Chamber’s H Street office in Washington DC. These funds are commingled to the Chamber’s 501(c)(6) account which is the vehicle for the attack ads…
The money comes from Bahrain, Dubai, India, Russia, Egypt, China, and many other countries that have the same commitment to democracy as our Republicans do: NONE.
here’s more, via Susie, describing how the US Chamber of Commerce has worked hand-in-glove with the Chinses Communists to outsource good American jobs to China’s… shall i call them factories or slave labor camps?
Among the many lies told by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently, chief Chamber lobbyist Bruce Josten said that his organization’s foreign affiliates, called AmChams, are only “comprised of American companies doing business abroad in those countries.” In fact, the Chinese AmCham is comprised of Chinese firms like Northern Light Venture Capital; the AmCham in Russia is comprised of Russian state-run companies like VTB Bank; and, the AmCham of Abu Dhabi is comprised of UAE state-run oil companies.
The ties between the AmChams and the U.S. Chamber are deep. In addition to sharing staff members, the Chinese AmCham has worked closely with the U.S. Chamber and the Chinese government to sponsor a series of seminars in America to teach American businesses how to outsource jobs to China (called the China Grassroots Program).
“Separately from their relationship with the AmCham affiliates, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce receives direct foreign donations to the same 501(c)(6) political account the Chamber is using to run an unprecedented $75 million attack ad campaign against progressives.”
So remember: if you vote for PA’s Pat Toomey, you’re not voting for “the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being you’ve ever known in your life”, you are voting for the Chinese Communists and the corrupt Russian Oligarchs. If you vote for Tom Corbett, the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being you’ve ever known in your life, you’re actually voting for the Egyptian Islamist dictatorship.
Let us call these traitors to America what they are: they are Manchurian candidates, and they do not have America’s best interests at heart: they intend to send your jobs to China while overturning our most cherished American rights. Don’t let them do it: vote for Democrats. Flawed as they are, they want you to have a job, health insurance, and to protect the American Dream.
