Lately the news has been buzzing with the Obama admin claim that the US Chamber of Commerce is using foreign funds to run anti-democrat ads. They have provided no evidence, only allegations. Its a "prove you are not doing it" situation, a version of guilty until proven otherwise...Democrtas are playing w fire here.
Back in the Clinton presidency ...(from Wiki)
“Chinagate” was a Department of Justice investigation that found the People's Republic of China tried to influence domestic American politics during the 1996 federal elections.
The issue first received public attention in early 1997, with news that a Justice Department investigation had uncovered evidence that agents of China sought to direct contributions to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in violation of U.S. laws regarding foreign political contributions.[1] The Chinese government denied all accusations. Twenty-two people were eventually convicted of fraud or for funneling Asian funds into the United States elections, and others fled U.S. jurisdiction.
The plan, according the Senate report, instructed Chinese officials in the U.S. to improve their knowledge about members of Congress and increase contacts with its members, the public, and the media. The plan also suggested ways to lobby United States officials.
Ultimately, Justice Department prosecutors secured the conviction of several fund-raisers for various offenses. John Huang served 500 hours of community service and paid a $10,000 fine. Johnny Chung served 3000 hours of community service. Charlie Trie served four months of in-home detention. Maria Hsia served 90 days of home detention and paid a $5,300 fine. Indonesian billionaire James Riady was fined $8.6 million. Ernest Green served three months home detention. Michael Brown served 150 hours of community service and paid a $5000 fine. In all, the Justice Department task force secured criminal convictions against 22 people by 2001. Several of these were associates of Bill Clinton or Al Gore.
Merely ONE example too ! These fools are so arrogant as they holler at every event and Axelrod on the Sunday shows. Pot calling the kettle black. As Axelrod begins Campaign 2012 Obama each word will bite him in the rear. DNC has lost big money donors. They have lost MSM bias. They are whiners. Everything the complain about THEY DO !! This is maddening but great strategy for success Nov 2nd. What about the economy ? Jobs ? All that crap u passed ? 130 trillion in debt to foreign entities ? Ah heck ,,, no we blame & point fingers. Take 2 back. Or a few trillion give or take a few. Thanks Canice. Been heated up about this for days myself. It is pure garbage.
ReplyDeleteLook at the Obama Presidential campaign. The money raked in from foreign sources for t-shirts and memorabilia was exponentially higher than the actual amount of merchandise they sold
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard details about the China connection before. As berleigh said, if you want to know what the democrats are doing, just listen to what they accuse their enemies of doing.
ReplyDeleteWhen Obama is making all these accusations without evidence, can it be considered defamatory or libelous?
There haven't been any investigations for the last two years, because all of congress is democrat controlled. I wonder what might happen if the Republicans can get control of the house?
Karl Rove has some interesting thoughts on Foreign Money influencing elections.
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