Here’s the latest Think Progress moonbattery
We documented three different ways the Chamber fundraises from foreign corporations: (1) An internal fundraising program called “Business Councils†used to solicit direct, largely foreign contributions to the Chamber, (2) Direct contributions from foreign multinationals like BP, Siemens, and Shell Oil, and (3) From the Chamber’s network of AmCham affiliates, which are foreign chambers of the Chamber composed of American and foreign companies. The Chamber quickly acknowledged that it receives direct, foreign money, but simply replied, “We are not obligated to discuss our internal procedures.†Instead of providing any documentation or proof to demonstrate foreign money is not being used for electioneering purposes, the Chamber launched an aggressive media strategy to first, attack ThinkProgress with petty name-calling and second, to confuse the media by highlighting the Chamber’s relatively minor AmCham fundraising, which the Chamber says (also without documentation) totals “approximately $100,000†from all 115 international AmCham chapters. The Chamber and the media largely ignored ThinkProgress’ revelation about the Chamber’s direct foreign fundraising to its 501(c)(6) used for attack ads.
Let’s see:
- Shell Oil donated $22,000 to House Democrats and $3,000 to Senate Dems during the 2008 election cycle.
- Obama was the biggest recipient from BP in 2008
- Siemens gave $100,ooo to House Dems and $30,000 to Senate Dems.
Now, obviously, Think Progress is confused about the fact that foreign companies operating on American soil are allowed to donate. But, hey, would you expect unhinged leftists to understand business?
If you go down the list, you find the same thing: companies that operate on American soil, and donating to both Republicans and Democrats.
