Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:06 AM

Galraedia (2,567 posts)

John McCain: Mitt Romney Super PAC And Others Receiving Foreign Cash

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain said in an interview posted online Friday that "foreign money" was helping fellow Republican Mitt Romney's presidential hopes and singled out one of his ally's most generous supporters.

McCain, the GOP's 2008 presidential nominee, suggested casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's $10 million contribution to a pro-Romney super PAC was a conduit for Adelson to use profits from properties in Macau to shape American elections. McCain also criticized the Supreme Court ruling that allows individuals and corporations to make such unlimited donations to nominally independent political action committees.

"That is a great deal of money. And, again, we need a level playing field and we need to go back to the realization that Teddy Roosevelt had: that we have to have a limit on the flow of money and that corporations are not people," McCain said in an interview with PBS' "NewsHour".

The comment about corporations was at odds with Romney, who last year told a heckler at the Iowa State Fair that "corporations are people, my friend." Romney's critics seized on the comment as proof the wealthy candidate favored businesses over individuals.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/15/john-mccain-mitt-romney-super-pac_n_1601110.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
John McCain: Mitt Romney Super PAC And Others Receiving Foreign Cash (Original post)	Galraedia	Jun 2012	OP
Refreshing. He's not reluctant	marybourg	Jun 2012	#1
Ennnnhhhhmmmmm uhhh hmmmmm...	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#2
Does anyone remember when Senator Obama visited some other countries in 2008.	SoutherDem	Jun 2012	#3
foreign aid?	Dan	Jun 2012	#5
Your right	SoutherDem	Jun 2012	#9
He might also have noted that	FightingIrish	Jun 2012	#4
Now, that would mean one of our SCOTUS is an idiot lie-passing fool.	Festivito	Jun 2012	#6
I agree with everything he said here. He tried campaign finance under Bush and it went nowhere.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#7
To quote an old line	DonCoquixote	Jun 2012	#8
Any politician receiving money from outside the US	magic59	Jun 2012	#10
Alito said this wouldn't happen	Mz Pip	Jun 2012	#11

Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:15 AM

marybourg (2,203 posts)

1. Refreshing. He's not reluctant

to deviate from the party line. He does the same on state issues. Too bad for the country that there's so few of them who do.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:17 AM

Scootaloo (5,838 posts)

2. Ennnnhhhhmmmmm uhhh hmmmmm...

Sorry, can't agree with that. The phrase "money coming from foreign sources" really does center around that money coming from -primary- sources; i.e., actual foreigners. In this case we have an American who owns a business abroad and makes money off of it. That really IS a different thing. That's simply a form of trade. And while I'm with McCain that there's too much money in politics (with an asterisk 'cause he never saw a check he didn't like in 2008...) his specific point is badly made.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:18 AM

SoutherDem (2,151 posts)

3. Does anyone remember when Senator Obama visited some other countries in 2008.

he was adored. This really pissed off the Republican and they call foul for other countries influencing our elections.

Now, foreign money is possibly being used to support a Republican and it is fine.

I am so tired of the double standard. When will this country wake up?

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Response to SoutherDem (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:41 AM

Dan (743 posts)

5. foreign aid?

something like our nation has done and probably continues to do - in an attempt to influence their national politics?

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Response to Dan (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:41 AM

SoutherDem (2,151 posts)

9. Your right

But we also do it with weapons.

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Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:34 AM

FightingIrish (2,354 posts)

4. He might also have noted that

All of Adelson's money comes from suckers.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 01:08 AM

Festivito (12,281 posts)

6. Now, that would mean one of our SCOTUS is an idiot lie-passing fool.

But, they do have some nice robes.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 01:27 AM

freshwest (31,286 posts)

7. I agree with everything he said here. He tried campaign finance under Bush and it went nowhere.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 01:53 AM

DonCoquixote (5,617 posts)

8. To quote an old line

"when treason doth prosper, none dare call it treason."

And consider the threat China is, these folks deserve to be sent to Gitmo.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:45 PM

magic59 (429 posts)

10. Any politician receiving money from outside the US

is committing treason and is un-American. Worse then spying.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:50 PM

Mz Pip (23,799 posts)

11. Alito said this wouldn't happen

I rmember him mouthing "Not true" when Obama criticized the CU ruling and pointed out that it would bring about foreign money into campaigns.

Of course it would happen. So many of our corporations have tentacles in foreign countries. It's a no brainer that CU wouldn't open the floodgates of foreign money.

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