Who Couldda Guessed?

Well the word is out. The secret unveiled. The truth exposed. Who would have guessed it. It comes as a great shock to nearly everyone. The Chamber of Commerce is partial to conservative flavors. The C of C prefers vanilla and chocolate. As opposed to chocolate chip or caramel walnut. That's right. The Chamber of Commerce is a full fledged member, in good standing, of the Republican Party. That's not to suggest that the all members of the Chamber are conservative. It doesn't even suggest that the majority are Republican. Just that the big money the Chamber receives is from conservatives who are apparently highly interested in having only Republicans win office. It must be so. According to a new rule, organizations that run negative attack ads and who claim to be issue advertisers must expose their donors. So the Chamber plans to change over, to claim they are candidate advertisers, who still won't have to announce who their sponsors are. Now that would not necessarily suggest they are partisan, except that there is very nearly no Democrats that they support.  Now you may wonder why, if many members are not conservatives, as the claim goes, then why haven't all these progressive members demanded the Chamber support more Democrats. It would appear that those members, mostly small business owners, don't contribute as much as major corporations. And after all, isn't it a truism that in politics, money talks? Well if corporations are people, then surely money must be able to talk. Now please don't misunderstand me, I don't have a problem with anyone or any organization wanting to support anyone they choose. Left or right. What I do have a problem with is anyone or group being allowed to give money secretly, and in any amount, for the purpose of supporting or attacking anyone. It just doesn't strike me as an American approach to fairness. I guess fairness isn't part of politics. I guess lies are.