Pat Donahue is the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  The Chamber is at the forefront of the wacko free trader movement that dug our $800B trade deficit hole, is outsourcing America, and turning us into a net food importer.

Donahue is upset about some top tier presidential candidates' "anti-business" rhetoric. But what is "business"?  Is it Monsanto and Wal-Mart?  Is it domestic manufacturers?  Is it family farm corporations? 

The U.S. Chamber would say they are pro-business, meaning all businesses.  But that's not true.  They work for, and are controlled by, the multinationals that no longer have allegiance to America.  They work for trade and economic policies, and corporate welfare, that benefits their gaming the system at the expense of the vast majority of U.S. businesses.

But the rhetoric of those who are pro-U.S. and pro-citizen must be nuanced.  They are not "anti-business" or "anti-corporation" though the terms are sometimes used.  They are working for the vast majority of businesses that depend upon America being sound economically, democratically, and environmentally.  The sound bites should make this clear.  The rhetoric should be tightened to close the routes of attack.

The Chamber will apparently spend $60M and be active in 140 congressional districts to beat up on the candidates they don't like.  Presidential candidates opposed by Donahue include Huckabee, Obama, Edwards and maybe Clinton.

"We plan to build a grass-roots business organization so strong that when it bites you in the butt, you bleed," chamber President Tom Donohue said.

The Chamber is arm in arm with the Club for Growth, another covey of wacko free traders.  This is Donahue when he is scheming for revenge.

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