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The president himself has received $543,219 from Swiss banking giant UBS AG,<ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638</ref> a foreign banking corporation which was later fined a record $780 million for its part in helping the rich evade U.S. income taxes.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6910350&page=1</ref> Columnist Ruben Navarrette warned the pitfalls of playing the "foreign card" is

The president himself has received $543,219 from Swiss banking giant UBS AG,<ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00009638</ref> a foreign banking corporation which was later fined a record $780 million for its part in helping the rich evade U.S. income taxes.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6910350&page=1</ref> Columnist Ruben Navarrette warned the pitfalls of playing the "foreign card" is

{{Cquote|both offensive and dangerous. It exploits people's fears of the unknown and appeals to the [[prejudice]] that many of us feel toward those who are different. It also fuels ugly nativist instincts that -- once unleashed -- can do real damage....Democrats know this better than anyone ... The [[Barack Obama birthplace controversy|birther]] movement, which suggests that Obama was actually born in Kenya and thus not eligible to serve as a president, is all about playing the foreign card...<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/10/20/playing_the_foreign_card_107647.html</ref>}}

{{Cquote|both offensive and dangerous. It exploits people's fears of the unknown and appeals to the [[prejudice]] that many of us feel toward those who are different. It also fuels ugly nativist instincts that -- once unleashed -- can do real damage....Democrats know this better than anyone ... The [[Barack Obama birthplace controversy|birther]] movement, which suggests that Obama was actually born in Kenya and thus not eligible to serve as a president, is all about playing the foreign card...<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/10/20/playing_the_foreign_card_107647.html]</ref>}}

Commentator [[Charles Krauthammer]] called the unfounded attacks on the Chamber of Commerce a baseless [[McCarthyism|McCarthyite]] smear,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZm0qZnk5N0&feature=related</ref> while columinst Jacob Sullum wrote,

Commentator [[Charles Krauthammer]] called the unfounded attacks on the Chamber of Commerce a baseless [[McCarthyism|McCarthyite]] smear,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZm0qZnk5N0&feature=related</ref> while columinst Jacob Sullum wrote,

{{Cquote|[[Obama]]'s attempt to discredit his opponents by linking them to sinister outsiders reminds us that neither major party has a monopoly on [[xenophobia]]. To some extent, crying "foreigner" reflects the president's desperation in the face of the [[Democrat]]s' looming midterm losses.<ref>''[http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/13/logical-farce Logical Farce: Obama's wild attacks on "foreign money" reek of desperation,]''  

{{Cquote|[[Obama]]'s attempt to discredit his opponents by linking them to sinister outsiders reminds us that neither major party has a monopoly on [[xenophobia]]. To some extent, crying "foreigner" reflects the president's desperation in the face of the [[Democrat]]s' looming midterm losses.<ref>''[http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/13/logical-farce Logical Farce: Obama's wild attacks on "foreign money" reek of desperation,]''