Friday, October 08, 2010

'Toontime: Midterm Blues

[credit: John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune]
Wackydoodle sez: "And I ain't a votin'."
[original post deleted by cyber attack]
US Person has been forced to reconstruct his original text after Persona Non Grata was hit by an embedded script that deleted his post. Fortunately there are new developments in the story since his posting early this morning Pacific time. Forty-fur responded to stories on the 'net revealing the huge amount of cash that is being spent by pro-corporate organizations like the US Chamber of Commerce at a speech in Maryland.  According to ThinkProgress, a progressive blog, some of the money could be coming from foreign businesses. The blog mentioned the oil rich Arab country of Bahrain as a source since foreign business membership fees are commingled with money spent for domestic political advertising. The business lobby said previously it would spend $75 million or more on mid-term campaigns. The influx of anonymous money has been facilitated by the Supreme Court's horrendous decision in the Citizens United case. The third ranking Democrat in the House said that the Chamber's activity will be investigated after the election on November 2nd.