The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a.k.a. the Chamber of Republicans, spent $4 million on the 2004 presidential race. They're spending over $50 million on 2012 race, and they annually spend more than that on lobbying efforts. Where the Chamber was once a gentlemanly, reasonable advocate for general business interests, today's version is strictly a far-right political attack dog.
Their #1 target this year is Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. They're just getting warmed up, but the U.S. Chamber has already run anti-Brown TV spots over 5500 times across Ohio. Each one is a cartoonish, fact-challenged, tour-de-falsehood.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce obviously has tons of money to spend, and counts among its members most of corporate America. Yet the Chamber refuses to disclose exactly who those members are and where their funding comes from. It's the Chamber of Horrors!
When it comes to political advertising, here's Buster's short list of liars, propagandists, and pandering spin artists. Anything sponsored by these outfits is guaranteed to be horseshit:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
American Crossroads/Crossroads GPS/etc. (Karl Rove)
Americans For Prosperity (the Koch brothers)
Freedom Works (Dick Armey)
60Plus.Org (the pharmaceutical industry)
America's Health Insurance Plans/AHIP (the health insurance industry)
The American Petroleum Institute
Anything from the oil/gas/coal industries
And many others too numerous to mention. All these folks hold the truth in extremely high regard, which is why they use it so sparingly.
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