The ‘U.S.’ Chamber Of Commerce Likens Obama To Qaddafi, Threatens White House

[marmar]

from AlterNet:




The ‘U.S.’ Chamber Of Commerce Likens Obama To Qaddafi, Threatens White House


Earlier this month, the White House floated the possibility of an executive order to require “companies seeking government contracts” to disclose contributions to groups that air political ads. And a few days ago, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission to demand rules mandating donor disclosure.

The move by the White House has been met with a fierce denunciation by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which ran one of the largest ad campaigns using secret corporate money in the midterm election last year. In an interview with the New York Times, Chamber executive Bruce Josten compared President Obama to Muammar Qaddafi, claiming that the Chamber will fight the order with the same resolve as military leaders currently bombing Libya:

The lobbyist, R. Bruce Josten, said in an interview that the powerful business bloc “is not going to tolerate” what it saw as a “backdoor attempt” by the White House to silence private-sector opponents by disclosing their political spending.

“We will fight it through all available means,” Mr. Josten said. In a reference to the White House’s battle to depose Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, he said, “To quote what they say every day on Libya, all options are on the table.”

The Chamber’s threat is not idle talk. As ThinkProgress exclusively reported, the Chamber’s lawyers recently met with a group of military contractors to devise a potentially illegal plot to sabotage liberal critics, including Change to Win, Chamber Watch, MoveOn.org, and even ThinkProgress. The plan included an effort to use fake online identities to hack computers and submit false documents to progressive groups in a bid to discredit the Chamber’s perceived political opponents. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/572606/the_%E2%80%98u.s.%E2%80%99_chamber_of_commerce_likens_obama_to_qaddafi%2C_threatens_white_house/

[SpiralHawk]

1. Why does the C of C (R) hate America?

Why is the C of C in the pocket of foreign corporations determined to undermine America?

What's up with that shit?

[otohara]

2. Anti-American Lobbying Firm

I once called to ask how many jobs they were responsible for being shipped overseas -

CLICK....

How rude.

[freshwest]

3. Someone needs to set up a robocall system to ask them and see if they'll answer.

[SpiralHawk]

7. That's right. The C of C (R) has been facilitating the 'offshoring' of our Jobs

How stanky is that?

[rfranklin]

4. who the fuck does that guy think he is?

under Bush such a threat would have resulted in a jail term.

[Scuba]

5. Keep exposing these asshats. Was it Osama bin Laden funnelling all that money...

...through the Chamber? British Petroleum? The Columbian Cocaine Cartels?


What are they hiding?

[glinda]

6. Kick