I would like to quote from this editorial. The answer. at least on the strength of the hearings so far. is straightforward: foreign money is worse only because it is not American. And two meanings can be read into that. One is xenophobia: that centuryold American fear of little yellow mercenary men. scurrying round now at the behest of a newly menacing power on the world stage. And the second meaning is that foreign money provides a convenient distraction. While It is being comprehensively Investigated. with CIA men parked behind screens and giant blowup charts of the destinations of Mr.
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Fear of "little yellow mercenary men" being controlled by a foreign power.