Obama Calls Americans for Prosperity a ‘Problem for Democracy’ (Again)
- Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:59pm by
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In his continued condemnation of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United campaign finance ruling, President Obama once again suggested Thursday that the national grassroots organization Americans for Prosperity may be just a front organization covering up big corporations and foreign interests threatening American democracy–a claim the conservative group has vehemently denied.
During a town hall-style event with young voters hosted by MTV, the president was asked about the tea party’s validity. “They have every right and obligation as citizens to be involved in this process,” the president said. However, he noted that “there is an awful lot of corporate money being poured into these elections right now,” being spent on negative campaign ads
“If you’re in a battleground state right now, you are being bombarded with negative ads every single day and nobody knows who’s paying for these ads. They‘ve got these names like ’Americans for Prosperity,‘ or ’Moms for Motherhood.’ Actually, that last one I made up,” he laughed. “They’ve got these innocuous-sounding names and we don‘t know where this money’s coming from. I think that is a problem for democracy,” he concluded, suggesting that the groups might be Big Oil or Big Insurance companies unhappy with federal regulations on their industries.
This isn’t the first time the commander-in-chief referenced AFP, a group that boasts 1.6 million members across the country. Obama specifically engaged in a similar attack on the group in early August during a DNC fundraiser in Austin, Texas:
Right now all around this country there are groups with harmless-sounding names like Americans for Prosperity, who are running millions of dollars of ads against Democratic candidates all across the country. And they don’t have to say who exactly the Americans for Prosperity are. You don’t know if it’s a foreign-controlled corporation. You don’t know if it’s a big oil company, or a big bank. You don’t know if it’s a insurance company that wants to see some of the provisions in health reform repealed because it’s good for their bottom line, even if it’s not good for the American people.
A Supreme Court decision allowed this to happen. And we tried to fix it, just by saying disclose what’s going on, and making sure that foreign companies can’t influence our elections. Seemed pretty straightforward. The other side said no.
They don’t want you to know who the Americans for Prosperity are, because they’re thinking about the next election. But we’ve got to think about future generations. We’ve got to make sure that we’re fighting for reform. We’ve got to make sure that we don’t have a corporate takeover of our democracy.
On October 12: “And one of the most frustrating things is that these ads, when they run, the names of these groups are all really innocuous sounding, right? There’s Americans For Prosperity and Moms For Motherhood. I made that one up. (Laughter.) But you get the idea.”
On October 7: “They’ve got these innocuous-sounding names like Americans for Prosperity, or the Committee for Truth in Politics. (Laughter.) Or Moms for Motherhood. (Laughter.) I made that last one up. (Laughter.) But you wouldn’t know. (Laughter.)”
Again on October 7: “It could be the oil companies. It could be the insurance industry. It could be Wall Street. You don’t know. Their lips are sealed. The floodgates are open, though. And almost every one of these independent organizations is run by Republican operatives. They’re posing as nonprofit, non-political groups. They’ve got names like “Americans for Prosperity,” or the “Committee for Truth in Politics,” or Moms for Motherhood. Actually, the last one I made up. (Laughter.)”
On October 1: “They have these innocuous names like “Americans for Prosperity,” or “Americans for Apple Pie.” (Laughter.) “Moms for Motherhood.” And you look back, and it’s like the Wizard of Oz — you look behind the curtain and there’s some Republican operative, and it’s insurance companies or the banks or all the folks that were fighting change.”
On September 28: “You’ve all seen the ads. Every one of these groups is run by Republican operatives. Every single one of them — even though they’re posing as nonprofit groups with names like Americans for Prosperity, or the Committee for Truth in Politics, or Americans for Apple Pie. (Laughter.) I made that last one up. (Laughter.)”
On September 22: “Millions of dollars being spent by groups with harmless-sounding names, Americans for Prosperity, the Committee for Truth in Politics, or Moms for Motherhood. (Laughter.) I made that last one up. (Laughter.) But they pose as non-for-profit, social welfare and trade groups. Every single one of them, virtually, is guided by seasoned, Republican political operatives. None of them will disclose who is paying for these ads. They are spending tens of millions of dollars against Democratic candidates without telling the American people where that flood of money is coming from. You don’t know if it’s coming from big oil or insurance companies. You don’t even know if it’s coming from a foreign-controlled corporation.”
On September 20: “That’s the biggest problem that we have all across the country right now. We’ve got great candidates who are taking their case directly to the American people, but they are being drowned out by groups like Americans for Prosperity. Nobody knows who they are. Well, we know who they are — but nobody knows where the money is coming from, and they certainly don’t appear on those ads.”
Again on September 20: “They’re doing it right here in Pennsylvania — millions of dollars being spent. And the names always sound very benign — it’s Americans for Prosperity, Committee for Truth in Politics, Americans for Apple Pie. (Laughter.) I made that last one up. (Laughter.) None of them will disclose who is paying for these ads. You don’t know whether it’s some big financial interest; you don’t know if it’s a big oil company or an insurance company. You don’t even know if it’s foreign controlled.”
On September 16: “Millions of dollars. And the groups are benign-sounding: Americans for Prosperity. Who’s against that? (Laughter.) Or Committee for Truth in Politics. Or Americans for Apple Pie. Moms for Motherhood. I made those last two up. (Laughter.) None of them will disclose who’s paying for these ads. You don’t know if it’s a Wall Street bank. You don’t know if it’s a big oil company. You don’t know if it’s an insurance company. You don’t even know if it’s a foreign-controlled entity.”
The Obama White House and congressional Democrats have been making these claims for more than a month now and, despite the media pointing out there’s not a shred of evidence to back them up, they continue to wrongfully accuse groups like AFP — and, more recently, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — of having shadowy foreign donors.
Meanwhile, Americans for Prosperity has dismissed the President’s remarks as “shrill, desperate attacks.”
The President is losing on the issues. Americans continue to be disenchanted with Obamacare, his uncontrolled spending habits, and vain attempts to pass an energy tax. This is why thousands of new activists continue to join Americans for Prosperity every day. President Obama can continue his attacks but that won’t change the fact that November is coming.
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Comments (181)
outwest
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:33pmDoes he do anything besides shooting his mouth off and golfing?
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:31pmYou know, when this guy was elected, I said “He is not my President!!” I just didn’t realize at the time that I was clairvoyant!!! After 2 years it is perfectly obvious that he is just a President for the far left liberals or socialists or whatever. After watching him out on his campaign tour for this election, and watching him continuously pit one group of people against another………he is only President to the 25-30% Left……….for the other 60+% of us, we are enemys of the state to him!! If we are ever going to pull this nation back together, it is going to be after this ship has sailed into the night!!!!!!!!
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:23pmWe’ve all seen how democratic His one-party rule is.
Report Post »Obama believes He is Democracy.
Thus, He is the one in danger.
conservativeme
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:23pmROFL – the Republicans have flipped one of the Dems own methods against them . . . and the Dems can’t stand it . . . . WAAAAHHHHHH . . . LOL
Report Post »AnotherAmericanVoice
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:22pmI think I would be more worried that Mister Obama thinks he is the persident of a democracy and not of a REPUBLIC he may want a democracy but he hasn’t got us there yet. Now as for where the money is coming from so it is wrong to except money from forgein interest that might pressure law makers into doing things in there interest. But selling off American companies to Forgien Interests that’s ok ?
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:22pmBy the way, Mr. President, Just what all do we NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU???????
Report Post »choice4freedom
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:19pmWhy don’t we play an equal game here and call him a racist bigot for asking the same kinds of questions that us conservatives have been asking of him and his progressive buddies for a long time?! To which, of course, they have never answered! And the case is stronger against him!
Report Post »wpwilder
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:04pmSwitching ‘prosperity’ with ‘socialism’ should keep him happy…
Report Post »CITIZENUSA
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:55pmAll you need folks is the finger that pushes the button in the booth!!
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:50pmI stick by my analogy of POTUS and the slimy two-bit lawyer with the razzle-dazzle in Chicago! Can’t you just see Hussein instead of Geer!
Report Post »OneVoiceFor America
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:50pmObama’s got bigger problems now. Michelle was soliciting for votes in a polling place. Not allowed. And as for disclosing, let’s disclose who funded ACORN, just to mention one of the organizations that illegally signed dead people up to vote for their Messiah. His nose ought to be longer than Pinocchio’s. And to lie to little kids is the lowest thing there is. Remember November and vote conservative.
Report Post »OneRepublic4us
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:54pmI honestly think it’s his ears that grow instead of his nose. It‘s a shame they don’t work!
Report Post »BRAVEHEART
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:42pmObama acts like a little toy you wind up with a key, when you let it go it whines like a little girl for three weeks. Its amazing how whinney little progressive sissies get when you expose their communist agenda!
Report Post »GnomeChomsky
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:37pmHow has he lied about Americans for Prosperity? This is not a grassroots movement as you claim. It is largely funded by Koch Industries, the second largest privately owned company in the US. The Koch brothers have granted millions to AFP and the Cato Institute (whose surely unbiased research we just heard in the previous article) and numerous other far right organizations.
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:50pmHe has lied by suggesting they are funded by shadowy foreign intersts. Perhaps you should read the article before flapping your keyboard. Reading is fundamental….
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:53pmWhat‘s most amusing about Obama is that he’s the poster child for shadowy foreign contributions. His campaign was infamous for disabling the security features on their contribution website, so as to permit every contribution of $200 or less to go absolutely unidentified.
So you could buy gift cards at WalMart, and then give them to Obama. You could contribute from all over the globe, in complete anonymity. Obama was the trailblazer in shadowy foreign contributions. And now he’s the trailblazer for the Guinness Book Record as “Human with the least amount of shame”.
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:57pm“The Koch brothers have granted millions to AFP and the Cato Institute”
I’m unclear that giving money to Cato or AFP makes one guilty of anything. Perhaps you should expand on exactly what donating to institutions who live off of…well, donations…is somehow unusual or suspect?
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:36amGnome, I notice you always throw out the same liberal BS and then run away when you are corrected, you’re a typical lefty coward. Have a good day.
Report Post »GnomeChomsky
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 1:12pmNo, unlike you I have a life and dont sit at the computer until 2:30 in the morning, so if I dont respond to someones post it is because i’m no longer on the computer and dont bother responding the next day because it is unlikely to read like this one probably wont.
Report Post »Star Spangled
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:36pmSo why doesn’t he lead by example and tell us where ALL his money comes from ? ( lol )
If there were any truth to what he was saying wouldn’t that be the way to go ?
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:35pmDoes the president honestly think we are all that stupid? If all of thei were just a “Bad Joke” that would be one thing. Unfortunately this is about our country. One that I and millions of others have fought for. I am increasingly offended by this *******. ( Sorry for the wording but sometimes there isn’t a better way to get a thought across!!)
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:48pm“Does the president honestly think we are all that stupid?”
Of course, every liberal does. Their worldview is predicated on the belief that “we the people” are a bunch of ignorant sheep to be herded to slaughter. Which, of course, is a thoroughly accurate assessment of every civilian liberal….as evidenced by them *being* liberal.
Unfortunately, Obama and his ilk believe their own propaganda. They think most people are liberal, when in fact only 20% of people are.
Report Post »JRAGWEED
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:19amYes, he is a Marxist through and through. He really does believe that what he’s doing is right. And that we are stupid if we do not agree. That is the danger we are in. There just might be enough morons in this country to keep him and his followers in power!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:27pmRight now all around this country there are groups with harmless-sounding names like Center for American Progress, Moveon.org, Daily Kos, Huffington Post, STORM, NOW, LaRaza, LULAC, NAACP, Organizing for America , who are running millions of dollars of ads against Republican candidates all across the country. And they don’t have to say who exactly the Center for American Progress are. You don’t know if it’s a foreign-controlled corporation. You don’t know if it’s a big oil company, or a big bank. You don’t know if it’s a insurance company that wants to see some of the provisions in health reform reinforced because it’s good for their bottom line, even if it’s not good for the American people.
Report Post »————–
Hussain is pointing his finger , he must be covering up something. Again
Dang the guy is predictable
OneRepublic4us
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:46pmEvery time he starts the razzle-dazzle bit (this is from the movie Chicago and very fitting) I start looking for another right removed or government take over of another industry too. I think he might just be a little miffed that the puppet master Soros isn’t footing the bill to support the liberals and he actually has to do some work!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:41pm@ OneRepublic4us
Obama pointed his finger at McCain’s birth – certificate , but coveredup his own documents.
Obama pointed his finger at McCain’s medical history, but covered up his own records.
Obama pointed finger at McCain’s campaign funding, but covered up his foreign financiers.
Obama pointed his finger at Palin’s education, but covered up his own Harvard and Columbia records.
Obama pointed his finger at Palin’s work as Governor, but covered up his dealings with ACORN.
Obama pointed his finger at Goldman Sachs, Fannie, Freddie, Citibank, BP etc but covered up the money they gave to him.
Obama pointed his finger at Jan Brewer but covered up the money LaRaza paid into his coffers.
Obama points to Fox News being hostile but covers up for the fluffernutter media which services him.
Obama points his finger a TEA partiers calling them racists and bigots, while hoping no one notices his associaltions with terrorists and racists .
Now the one who has been the mansourian candidate, who bows to the Saudi king while being a puppet to Soros , whose gramma in Kenya goes on hajj with a bunch of people , all paid by the saudi king, then the same gramma leads a delegation to meet Qaddafi , worries that someone might be involved with foreign money.
Report Post »The guy who is funded by SEIU and AFL-CIO is bothered about AFP ?
( I=International)
roninshaman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:41pmCheezwhiz, I was thinking the same thing. The Center for American Progress sounds great, just like being progressive sounds like it should be a good thing. Who doesn’t want progress, right?
It only gets ugly when you peal back the surface to see the money and propaganda generating megalomaniacs like George Soros and Al Gore behind the scenes. We’re not in Kansas anymore.
Progress is defined, by these thugs, as total government control over the citizens of America.
Report Post »No Thanks! If necessary, we WILL fight another war to make sure that doesn’t happen.
chazman
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:25pmAll I can say is VOTE, PEOPLE!! God, two more years of this idiot …
Lock and Load right now …
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:23pmThe Prsident is supposed to be the smartest one the US has ever had. Should‘nt he know that you can’t use the same joke over and over and over and over in this day and age of technology.He is like the annoying drunk guy at the bar that forgets he told a joke but you have to hear it again because it is the funniest thing he ever heard. Give it a rest Mr. President.
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:16pmLMAO! Right on Blacksmith, I guess you lose your imagination along with your ability to think for yourself at those higher learning ‘youth indoctrination centers’.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:34pmThat’s why he has to be the one that laughs at his own jokes first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:28amHe’s reading it all anyway, the guy can’t take a dump without his teleprompter telling him to push and pinch. LOL.
Report Post »jacquecustard
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:22pmThe guys a walking, talking joke !
Report Post »Donald
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:22pmVote….Vote….VOTE
Report Post »Freidenker
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:33pmParticularly in Chicago.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:20pmEVIL – is the only way to describe him. Since when he is concerned about honesty and transparency- WOW – I am so impressed!
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:13amI’m not…he talks about “where’s the money coming from?” How about from people who are fed up with this Prez. Obama doesn‘t know where the money’s coming from and America doesn‘t know where he’s coming from; we simply can’t follow his lead.
Report Post »Claude
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:20pmThe Progressives must lie. To speak the truth is to be relegated to the trash heap. Maybe he doesn’t even know he is dissimulating the actions of the people. Either way he is abhorrent and needs to be replaced.
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:58amI don‘t know how much longer America’s going to listen to this moron.
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:06amAlso, did anyone notice how there was laughter?
It’s like they are saying to us – ha ha America we won and you lost so we get to hijack this nation and radically transform it into a pile of dung.
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:14pmSo Obama has lied to the CHILDREN! HOW LOW CAN HE GO? What a disgrace this man is, has he no shame? This Alinsky loving, never waste a crisis Progressive will do anything to push his Socialist Agenda. Government Indoctrination is what I call this and again shame on him.
Report Post »We need to ban together like the Dems do, on moveon.org, and all those left wing blogs…We need to boycott, send emails, make phone calls and dontate, but most of all get out the VOTE in your areas.
Call the Republican party where you live and volunteer to make phone calls the week before the election…Thats what the Dems do, get young people involved too. Texting is very important, suggest that to your headquarters… Obama has that at the bottom of all his ads on TV, he tells them to text him and gives them a number…
Prospero
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:22pm“Obama has that at the bottom of all his ads on TV, he tells them to text him and gives them a number”
Sort of like free heroine. Mostly children text. Children don’t vote.
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:11pmWe don’t even know if Obama has stopped beating his wife….
w4jle
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:53pmObama raped and killed a girl in 1990.
VanGrungy
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:00pmTIDES FOUNDATION INFO
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/10/14/u-s-foundations-against-the-oil-sands/#more-6315
Report Post »WISEPENNY
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:32am@ W4JLE
Report Post »Can you prove that totally crazy accusation?
JGP
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 7:32am@ Wisepenny. Too use Axlerods logic; Can you prove he didn’t.
(I think it was Axlerod that said that about the Chamber of Commerce)
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 8:35amI’m sorry but you one liner is totally inappropriate here – you are using the politics of personal destruction and its not cute – I think everyone should report your post as not relative to the discussion. http://wp.me/pYLB7-eD
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Posted on October 15, 2010 at 4:10pm“foreign interests threatening American democracy”
Is that so — Mr. Soetoro (Kenyan national, AKA Barry Obama, AKA Barack Hussein Obama)?
[from the saloon stage]
Report Post »LILI VON SHTUPP: “Hello, cowboy. What’s your name?”
cowboy TEX: “Tex, ma’m!”
LILI VON SHTUPP: “Texmam? Tell me, Texmam, are you in show business?”
cowboy TEX: “Well, no …”
LILI VON SHTUPP: “Then why don‘t you get your fwiggin’ feet off the stage?”
-Blazing Saddles
snowleopard3200
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:08pmHere we go again with Mr Obama, Americans for Prosperity and the Tea Party – to him the great twin evils of the universe. Well, he wanted a revolution and to fundamentally change america, looks like he is getting his wish, just not the way he expected it.
America is rialed up, and soon to deal with the problem via the voting booth.
http://www.artinphoenix/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
Report Post »AmericanPatriot01
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 9:41pmOK lets turnt he tables on this one. Let’s see them go public about the funding behind “center for american progress” and some of the organizations that paid for his campain! We are talkingabout a man that won’t even release the donors that paid for his “Ivy League” education. Who is it that is backing him to the toon of over 700 Million dollars!!
If the allegations you are publicly making are legit mr obama, then so are the questions about your financial backers, ALL OF THEM!!!’
Glen beck exposed a lot of it already but you, my president, have yet to answer any of the allegations made about you. Oh yea, thats right, your grunt dog, Alena Kagen, got those lawsuits thrown out of court or dismissed so we don’t have an answer. What are you hiding mr. obama, the truth?
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:09pmAhhhhh, negative ads, like the one where that dude steals some lady’s purse?? If I say ‘pot meet kettle’ would that be racious? lol Hey Barack, your HYPOCRITE’S showing again.
Report Post »Compete or Lose
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:23pm.
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WOW What a crybaby!
Obama didn’t have a problem when it was his campaign was the beneficiary of unknown source donations 2 years ago. Why is it OK for Democrats (Liberals) but not for Republicans(Conservatives)??
This man needs to support one rule for everyone.
Here is an idea–you can only contribute money to a political candidates campaign if you can vote for the candidate–eg registered voters eligible to vote for those candidates. That would mean that Californians couldn’t donate money to New York candidates. If someone not associated with the campaign wants to buy advertising during the campaign season, that is fine but they must pay for equal time for opposing views–so in states with 3 candidates (eg Florida Senate race) the cost to run an ad would include the funding for an equal time for the other two positions. FAIR AND BALANCED!
No corporate donations to candidates since corporations cant vote–no union donations to candidates since unions don’t vote.
It would shrink the money in campaigns!
RGS
Report Post »LONGLEGGEDMACKDADDY
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:27pmYo those cat drawins be mad stupid
LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:33pmWhy do you keep picking on the cat drawings? If Snowleopard enjoys drawing and sharing more power to him! I think you must secretly like the drawings very much <); p
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:39pmi think maybe Mr. Obama don’t consider George sorros and all the ““grassroot ”“ organizations that he funnels money through ””"”“ foreign ””"”" oh yeah, don’t forget about all the foreign unions that send millions of dollars over here for their campaign funds. i guess that don‘t count because it helps him or maybe he can’t believe that we the people can come together and fight for our country. i pray that we can return our country back to the people. i know that with GOD’S help and pray, that we can make a difference so please “”“PRAY ””“ and then ””“VOTE””"”
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:51pmIt is kind of funny that the “I” in SEIU stands for INTERNATIONAL! As in other countries around the world.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:53pmEver notice that with Obama,
Report Post »everything conservatives do is a danger to “ democracy ”
He is never concerned about the dangers to our “ REPUBLIC” ?
It seems his defination of democracy is much different than what we the people define as democracy.
When he says democracy , he means regimes like Castro and Chavez and Hamas. These are the democracies he aspires for in USA.
So naturally the US constitution and the part about “ republic” is hostile to his agenda
cheezwhiz
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:59pm@ LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Report Post »Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:51pm
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Barack Hussain Obama,
the candidate who gave campaign speeches in Berlin and London !!
commonsenseguy
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:08pmi guess George Sorros and all the “”“grass roots””“ company”s that he owns don’t count as foreign money. oh yeah, don’t for get about all the foreign unions that funnel money over here.
Report Post »maybe MR OBAMA sould not throw stones at his glass house. they don’t believe that we the people can stand up for freedom,much less donate enough money to vote all of them out of office. please people, remember what is at stake!! “”"“ our freedom””" that for hundreds of years many of great Americans have fought and died for. WE MUST VOTE ALL
OF THESE CLOWNS OUT OF OFFICE,AND NEVER FALL A SLEEP AGAIN, FOR THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS TO HIGH. so people get out and VOTE and never forget the price that has all ready been paid for our freedom, and the price that will have to be paid to keep our freedom. pray every day and ask god for forgiveness for our sins. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS GREAT COUYNTRY.
LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:11pmYeah, I wonder, when they get their One World government, who will get to be in charge? I think that situation would quickly deteriorate.
Report Post »jamye
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:11pmWe sort know some of the 2008 dem backers, wasn’t there a chinese worker that had 46 donors living in his 1 bed room apt, and he only made 10,000 yr. how about the hillary charity that bought ads for hillary, and the donors contribitated to the charity in New York, what was that indonesian businessman who feld the country to avoid tesifing. what about soros is he an american ?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:23pmjamye
Report Post »Posted on October 14, 2010 at 11:11pm
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Hillary’s illegal alien Chinatown patrons, and her Iranain bundler, and another Chinese fund-raiser . And how about those saudi contributions to the Clinton (ahem ) library which are still anonymous……
WISEPENNY
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:24am@ LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Report Post »You are talking to a bully. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdRYy-YSWC4&feature=related
awakeandalive2
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 2:57amWhy must people call our country a democracy, not a republic. It is getting more and more irritating. Learn your history people.
Report Post »Maybe because republic is part of republican…?
NotWaiting4Godot
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:39amAmerican’s For Prosperity???
What ever happened to Halliburton? Is it no longer on the Democrat’s A-list?
Report Post »briar t
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 7:23amThey just don’t want your thugs camping and yelling on their doorstep
Report Post »DonMill
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 7:47amI only hope the polling place is a peaceful place without any groups harassing the voters….ie South Philadelphia and the new black panthers shouting racial slurs……too intimidating.
Report Post »sickofitall
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 9:13amMMMMMWHAAAH! Pathetic whiny a**ed liberal babies. He’s all upset now that America is waking up to the nefarious agenda of the Progressive/Liberals and that they can’t raise the kind of record breaking campaign funds like he did through his secret and dubious sources.
Report Post »It‘s the funding that’s funneled through these Progressive and Socialist organizations that needs to be investigated. It is after all these groups that openly promote the destruction of America from within. The majority of the 700+ Million donated to Obama’s campaign was from sources that vehemently hate America seek to overthrow our Constitution and Republic.
HKS
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:20amThe foreign money and influence is sitting in the white House. Liberals are easy to read, just watch which mud they are slinging and you got what there up to.
Report Post »ILFarmer
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 12:07pmcan’t the same be said of Democrats and Republicans getting their money from Big Business? I mean…look at George Soros for example.
Report Post »tmcmaster
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:12pmFox News, Americans For Prosperity, the US Chamber of Commerce… All evil and worthy of destruction… Islamofascism, Marxist Socialism…? Not so much.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:12pmFrom his perspective he is correct. Someone should tell him that we live in a Republic, if he wants a democracy he should go see his buddy Hugo.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:25pmI don’t believe George Soros is acting alone. I think he is part of a bigger machine. You can do the research on who that might be.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:01amThis is going to end up being the biggest story from this whole political season – it is not going to go way and potentially could get someone sent to jail! http://wp.me/pYLB7-fg
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