Mitt Romney Hong Kong Fundraiser Planned For Thursday
Source: huffington post
WASHINGTON Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plan a campaign fundraiser for him Thursday in Hong Kong as U.S.-China trade friction becomes an issue in the White House race.
Romney supporters already have raised more than $385,000 for him in Hong Kong, a world financial center that has been administered by China since Britain turned it over in 1997.
Romney accuses China's government of trade, currency and intellectual property abuses, and says President Barack Obama has failed to confront Chinese officials as the abuses worsened.
Obama supporters say the administration has stood up to China and accuse Romney's former firm, Bain Capital, of aiding the shift of American jobs to China.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/mitt-romney-hong-kong_n_1917044.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)He is coming off the campaign trail to fly to Hong Kong?
wow, just wow
Desperate
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,814 posts)n/t
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)- And I can't wait to see the fund-raiser video!!!
K&R
...hilarious.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I'm not up on campaign finance laws but I don't think foreign nationals can contribute. Still, it doesn't look good.
DavidL
(384 posts)Contributions must come from Americans, not foreigners or foreign corporations.
Of course, If I were Chinese, or French or whatever, I could slip you $2000, and you could write a check on your American bank account.
Just saying, hard to enforce
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Well...WTF?
Talk about your grand opportunity to plan all the sleazy, slimy, dirt, crooked tricks you want, with no one around!
jonesgirl
(157 posts)Seems China is fed up with Romney and the Republican Party too.
Now I have a better understanding why Romney just attacked Obama about China. Romney did it so he wouldn't look like he's the only one putting pressure on China.
Romney is poison and a manipulator.
One other note; China doesn't have intellectual property laws. I read an article last year that said there are many fake Apple stores there, selling fake Apple products. I can't remember where I read it though, it could have been from Yahoo!.
Romney is poison
DavidL
(384 posts)was not going to be in the USA but in Paris for a fundraiser?
That was quickly retracted and corrected within a couple hours, but Rove actually thought Obama was going to Paris for a fundraiser on the 4th of July.
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/07/02/12527474-where-obama-wont-be-on-the-4th-of-july?lite
Suji to Seoul
(2,035 posts)the election think Rmoney is a pile of dog shit.
Have fun in Xiang Gang there, Skippy.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and in your case the Presidency is one of them