For the Record… Democrats Take in Twice as Much Foreign Money as Republicans
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, October 18, 2010, 5:44 AM
Less than two weeks ago Barack Obam warned that “groups that receive foreign money” are a “threat to our democracy”:
OBAMA: 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.
Now here’s the truth.
Democrats take in twice as much foreign money as Republicans.
HotAir reported
Over the weekend, some Democrats began questioning the White House strategy of demonizing third-party groups for potentially using foreign-raised money in political messaging. Now we know why. Apparently, the shrieking over foreign influence was yet another case of projection:
Democratic leaders in the House and Senate criticizing GOP groups for allegedly funneling foreign money into campaign ads have seen their party raise more than $1 million from political action committees affiliated with foreign companies.
House and Senate Democrats have received approximately $1.02 million this cycle from such PACs, according to an analysis compiled for The Hill by the Center for Responsive Politics. House and Senate GOP leaders have taken almost $510,000 from PACs on the same list.
There’s more… Brad Woodhouse, who is engineering the campaign to hit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for not fully disclosing its donor list, and for using this mystery money to fund attack ads on Democrats in an election year, himself used to run a PAC that did not fully disclose its donor list, and that used this mystery money to fund attack ads on Republicans.
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neomom commented:
OK, most of us already knew that. My question is, how do we get this information out to the NON-blog obsessed public? It needs to be a National story with a National campaign. RNC? RNC? Bueller? Bueller?
wolf t. commented:
Who is the real, high priced political ” whore” call-boy? Obama, anyone?
Andreas K. commented:
I know!
It’s… uh… Bush’s fault!
jomojava the infidel commented:
All part of being “citizens of the world”.
kansas commented:
I knew Obama was confusing democracy with Democrat.
RickZ commented:
Projection: For Democrats, it’s a feature not a bug.
Joanne commented:
People who use foreign monies to fund their campaigns always accuse others of the same. It is like all thieves believe everyone steals. Obama coming out accusing the right after his 2008 campaign did not filter out foreign contributions is just a slime tactic. Obama is a liar and deceiver, and he has no shame.
Joanne commented:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/graham-obama-is-taking-over-mo.html
“CNN: STATE OF THE UNION – Axelrod: There’s a reason groups don’t disclose
White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod renewed the Democratic argument against outside groups’ non-disclosure of donors, saying, “If people don’t disclose, there’s a reason.” Axelrod said that the conservative-aligned group American Crossroads will spend “probably over $100 million” by Election Day. He said that Democrats “believe deeply in disclosure,” hammering congressional Republicans for opposing disclosure legislation and pushing back against the notion that Democrats are focusing on disclosure because they don’t want to talk about the economy and other issues. Axelrod also defended the administration’s stance against extending the Bush-era tax cuts, arguing that the cuts would be “the least stimulative tax cut we could give.”"
“”If people don’t disclose, there’s a reason.”"
That’s right Axelrod, so why doesn’t Obama disclose the names and amounts of those who donated to his campaign, and why does Obama not disclose his long-birth certificate, passports, college and university records, school records – anything at all? Because there is a reason – you said it, dumb*ss.
kansas commented:
That’s right Axelrod, so why doesn’t Obama disclose the names and amounts of those who donated to his campaign?
Because he doesn’t have to. Nanana booboo. Hey, look over there. It’s a right wing nut job.
Valerie commented:
This is how it’s done. Nail them, then publish the results with answers to all the classic questions: who, what, when, where, how and why.
Ahhhh!
Harrison commented:
Figures. Excellent post.
bg commented:
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odd how everyone but them & their MSM
cohorts knew that to be a matter of fact..
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Lightwave commented:
Why do you think the liberal media is so eager to spike the story?
To protect their masters, and themselves, of course. Gotta love those big ad buys powered by money from China.
bg commented:
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Democrats Take in Twice as Much Foreign
Money as Republicans.. hah, that’s not all..
fyi: the old news is, Dems are the new party of the rich, not
to mention the oil barons round these here parts.. shhhhh!!
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AuntieMadder commented:
Pamela Geller has reported on this at her blog, Atlas Shrugs, since the 2008 campaigns.
bg commented:
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re: [There’s more… Brad Woodhouse, who is engineering the campaign
to hit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for not fully disclosing its donor list, and for using this mystery money to fund attack ads on Democrats in an election year,]
shouldn’t that be “alleged”??
re: [himself used to run a PAC that did not fully disclose its donor list,
and that used this mystery money to fund attack ads on Republicans.]
has that been proved??
[disclaimer: i realize both are most likely true in
spades, but you know how Dems can twist things..]
ps: i want to know if Obama intends to go after
the Legal Industry aka: Shyster Lawyers, etc??
[disclaimer: actually, i fully expect him to, especially since both he and Michelle surrendered their licenses under dubious circumstances, not to mention he's more or less revealed his intent to establish universal laws aka: sharia compliant via his choice of representatives..]
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Ginger commented:
Here’s one of Barry’s doners and what I understand it was more then once.
Mr. Goodwill
Employer: Loving
Profession: You
Gave: $17,375.00
Austin TX
Militant Conservative commented:
Obama cannot even get the type of government we have correct. WE ARE A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC.
Democracies slide into socialist states, or is that what you want?? powder is dry.
JoeS commented:
The Liberal newspaper, The Hill, has two stories in the same blog section of the paper.
First one criticizing Republicans for “taking foreign money” @ 9:59 am
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/124553-axelrod-continues-democrats-offensive-on-chamber-donations
Second one reporting that Democrats have taken double the amount Republicans @11:32
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/124565-democrats-have-raised-1-million-from-foreign-affiliated-pacs
How stupid can the liberal press be? Don’t they even read their own blogs?