Where is the TRANSPARENCY The GOP always scream about????

[DearAbby]

Where is the TRANSPARENCY The GOP always scream about????

The largest attack campaign against Democrats this fall is being waged by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a trade association organized as a 501(c)(6) that can raise and spend unlimited funds without ever disclosing any of its donors. The Chamber has promised to spend an unprecedented $75 million to defeat candidates like Jack Conway, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Jerry Brown, Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA), and Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA). As of Sept. 15th, the Chamber had aired more than 8,000 ads on behalf of GOP Senate candidates alone, according to a study from the Wesleyan Media Project. The Chamber’s spending has dwarfed every other issue group and most political party candidate committee spending. A ThinkProgress investigation has found that the Chamber funds its political attack campaign out of its general account, which solicits foreign funding. And while the Chamber will likely assert it has internal controls, foreign money is fungible, permitting the Chamber to run its unprecedented attack campaign. According to legal experts consulted by ThinkProgress, the Chamber is likely skirting longstanding campaign finance law that bans the involvement of foreign corporations in American elections.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/05/foreign-chamber-commerce

Transparency in government is only for when Democrats are in charge, Transparency on who is purchasing our Representatives is none of your business I suppose.

[DearAbby]

1. Kick

This sheeeyit chaps my ass. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT CONGRESS!

[gratuitous]

2. Transparency for thee, not for me

It's the Republican way, doncha know. When they say that people need to make sacrifices for the national good, they're far away from any mirrors. When they say that it's in the interests of national security to make people take off their shoes at the airport, they're not talking about their Florsheims. When they say it's absolutely vital that the government have unlimited power to eavesdrop on telephone calls and internet traffic, they're not talking about their precious and personal private communications.