Posted on 10/13/2010 12:06:28 PM PDT by Qbert
Tuesday afternoon, I spoke with Bruce Josten, executive vice president for government affairs at the US Chamber of Commerce, about the White House pressing the Chamber to release its donors list, after President Obama seized on a ThinkProgress report suggesting that since some Chamber money comes from foreign multi-nationals and foreign-based Chamber affiliates, foreign money may be being spent on the Chambers political ads.
[Snip]
TAPPER: But why not just settle the dispute by opening your books?
JOSTEN: I've explained to you, we're not going to subject our contributors to harassment, to intimidation, and to threats and to invasions of privacy at their houses and at their places of business, which is what has happened every time there's been disclosure here.
[Snip]
A year ago when we ran issue ads across this country, hundreds of them, against the patients protection and affordable care act, citing the CBO report, citing the Center for Medicare Studies--Services report, the companies that got divulged publicly were harassed, were intimidated.
TAPPER: How?
JOSTEN: The outside allies of this administration, the SEIU, the AFL-CIO, HCANN - Health Care Action Now network and Moveon.org, all combined and coordinated protests at those companies, at the CEOs' homes in some cases, as they did here with us. And they began a proxy campaign, through outside groups, the Center for Political Accountability, and another group, Walden Asset Management. This is a game, ok? And they like to play that game out. So it's clear that the game here is to harass and intimidate.
[Snip]
It led to death threats. It led to physical violence, vandalism and economic reprisals from against those people and their homes...
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...
(Read the whole interview, it's long, but the excerpts only cover minor snippets of what's going on here)
BINGO!
The goal is to cajole the C of C into handing over the list so that the Regime can harass all who are on the list.
Hey Tapper, ask Obama to disclose his donor list as well. You know, the list from when he was campaigning.
Tell em they can have the donor list when we can Zero’s college records, his birth certificate, and his mothers visa records....
Damn. And this is on ABC...
Obama and his Chicago thugs may have tried to strongarm the wrong group.
Just tell them you will see them in court.
Jake Tapper has been turned to “our side”?? Wow, what does he think he is doing to his career by exposing truth at his hour? Amazing.
Still say their are those who could be and should be turned, if we would just quiet down and listen for the sound of a falling tree or two.
Well, OF COURSE THEY DO....
But first, Obama should release the Donor lists for his campaign and:
Obama-For-America
Americans for Healthcare NOW
VoteVets
ProjectVote
MediaMatters
BigOilMoney.org
Center for American Progress
Media Matters
Etc,etc,ad.
HYPOCRITES WITHOUT A CLUE....
If he gives up his list for 2008. Also where does all the Move-On money come from? Just SORO’S 100% OR FROM OTHERS?
This guy had enough guts to tell the reporter the absolute truth about the thuggery of the left. No backing down, no bending over in the name of political correctness. I wonder what he would charge to give LESSONS at republican get togethers?
The irs will audit everyone that donates.
LLS
I’d be much more interested in seeing Hussain’s college transcripts, or his thesis. If he ever even graduated, that is.
I seriously doubt that Tapper has seen the light and suddenly become honest. I would support the “broken clock” theory or simply assume that he is sick or something.
I doubt this will last.
Tell em they can have the donor list when we can Zeros college records, his birth certificate, and his mothers visa records....”
ALSO: ALL the donor lists of NObama’s campaign- which went on for over 2 1/2 years.
This is another double standard.
Republicans have to tell everything in the recipe.
Democrats just want to sell the recipe for a profit.
ABC News inadvertently shedding the light of day on Obama’s thugs and the politics of terrorism?
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