Romney Accepts One Million Dollar Bribe From Foreign Powers On Behalf Of GOP

[onehandle]

Earmarked to influence who we bomb or who we don't bomb.
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JERUSALEM—Mitt Romney raised more than $1 million at a campaign fundraiser here on his way out of Israel.

At least 40 donors paid between $25,000 and $50,000 apiece to attend a breakfast with Romney at a hotel—including Las Vegas casino magnet Sheldon Adelson, who has contributed more than $20 million to Republicans and conservative super PACS so far this election cycle. Of that total, $10 million went to Restore Our Future, a political committee backing Romney's bid for president.

Romney has made a concerted effort to woo Adelson, who contributed millions to a super PAC backing Newt Gingrich's presidential bid during the GOP primary. The two men met privately when Romney was in Las Vegas in late May. On Sunday, Adelson, along with other top Jewish donors to the campaign, scored prime seats to a speech Romney delivered in the Old City. During Monday's fundraiser, Adelson scored a seat right next to Romney at the head table at the breakfast.

Romney's finance event marked the first time a presidential candidate has raised cash in Israel. The campaign accepted contributions only from American citizens—since candidates and parties are blocked from raising cash from foreign sources. Romney's fundraiser comes just days after he raised more than $2 million at a finance event in London.
The proceeds went to the Romney Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee between the Romney campaign, Republican National Committee and several state parties.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-brings-1-million-israel-fundraiser-075809859.html

[jillan]

1. I find this so f*cking disturbing on so many levels. Have I just been naive???

Or have other Presidential candidates traveled to foreign countries with the intention of raising money?

To me, it makes me ill to think that they are not even hiding that foreign money is bribing a Presidential candidate.

The second part of this that makes me want to scream is because if Romney is successful in buying the election, and governors are able to suppress the vote.... Arab countries will hate us even more because of his position on Israel... and I say this as someone that was raised Jewish.
If the US becomes even more pro-Israel at this moment in time, at the same time the rw wackos are spreading their vitriol towards all muslims, aren't we just asking - begging for WWIII?

It seems like everything the republicans do and say will make us less safe. All they want to do is piss off other countries in the world - and take money to do so.

Romney cannot get elected.

[LeftishBrit]

2. Detestable as Adelson is, he is American.

The fundraising in the UK and Israel has been directed at rich American expats, not from Brits and Israelis who cannot donate to American campaigns (if they could, I'd have donated whatever I could to Obama!)

As regards the bribe, certainly: American campaigning, and increasingly British campaigning too, seems to be heavily dependent on what is essentially just legalized bribery.