The Infidel
EVIL CONSERVATIVE
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What accusation would that be?
Do you ever pay attention to the news?
The Obamanoids have accused the Chamber of Commerce of using foreign money for political donations. They have not offered a shred of evidence. Even CBS is not buying this nonsense"
By Sunday, the president was backing off the charge, and David Axelrod was asked about it by a skeptical Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation.”
“They do spend heavily on politics,” Schieffer said of the chamber. “But this part about foreign money. That appears to be peanuts, Mr. Axelrod. I mean, do you have any evidence that it’s anything other than peanuts?”
Axelrod was defiant, suggesting the chamber is lying and the New York Times report was inaccurate.
“Well, do you have any evidence that it’s not, Bob? The fact is that the chamber has asserted that, but they won’t release any information about where their campaign money is coming from, and that’s the core of the problem, here,” Axelrod said.
Schieffer closed with a devastating question for the Democratic strategy guru.
“I guess I would put it this way. If the only charge Democrats can make three weeks into the election is that somehow this may or may not be foreign money coming into the campaign, is that the best you can do?”
Schieffer on Axelrod’s Chamber Attacks: Is that the best you can do? | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment
Nor is the New York Times buying it:
In two campaign stops Thursday, Mr. Obama invoked what he portrayed as a specific new example, citing a blog posting from a liberal advocacy group as he teed off on a longtime adversary, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, over its political spending.
“Just this week, we learned that one of the largest groups paying for these ads regularly takes in money from foreign corporations,” Mr. Obama said. “So groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections.”
But 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.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/politics/09donate.html?_r=1&ref=eric_lichtblau
So Scheiffer says "it's peanuts" and that proves they dont spend foreign money in elections? Um what?
The NY Times says from your quote "there is little evidence that what the chamber does in collecting overseas dues is improper or even unusual". And that proves they dont spend foreign money in elections?
Can you explain how either of those statements prove that no foreign money is used in elections? I'm curious to hear it.
Why on earth should they have to prove that are'nt doing anything wrong?
Prove your accusation or SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Pay attention in class .... you claim to be "close captioned".... read it out loud, that might help
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