Must read: Ken Timmerman on Obama’s unreported campaign donations
posted at 1:15 pm on October 1, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Via Andy McCarthy, who sets an example I’ll follow by keeping his own commentary short to get you to read the whole thing. To be clear: Obama’s not required by law to identify contributions of less than $200. But given that (a) McCain does it voluntarily, (b) The One claims to be all about a new, transparent politics in Washington, and (c) his campaign is famously powered by small donors, it’s a tad curious that most of the names of people who’ve dropped a little north of $222 million on him in small contributions remain known only to him and his campaign.
Especially when some of the ones who have been identified look like this:
In a letter dated June 25, 2008, the FEC asked the Obama campaign to verify a series of $25 donations from a contributor identified as “Will, Good” from Austin, Texas.
Mr. Good Will listed his employer as “Loving” and his profession as “You.”
A Newsmax analysis of the 1.4 million individual contributions in the latest master file for the Obama campaign discovered 1,000 separate entries for Mr. Good Will, most of them for $25.
In total, Mr. Good Will gave $17,375.
Following this and subsequent FEC requests, campaign records show that 330 contributions from Mr. Good Will were credited back to a credit card. But the most recent report, filed on Sept. 20, showed a net cumulative balance of $8,950 — still well over the $4,600 limit.
The fact that the campaign itself is reporting a cumulative balance in excess of the legal limit means they know, or should know, that they’ve got more money on hand than they’re supposed to have. And like McCarthy says, it’s only because “Good Will” was so stupid as to use the same phony identity for all of his donations that he crossed the $200 reporting threshold in the first place. A smart, determined fraudster would have used multiple identities.
But the fun doesn’t end there. Remember that phone bank in Gaza? Combine it with the Economist feature I linked yesterday on the “world electoral vote” and consider the implications:
Until recently, the Obama Web site allowed a contributor to select the country where he resided from the entire membership of the United Nations, including such friendly places as North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Unlike McCain’s or Sen. Hillary Clinton’s online donation pages, the Obama site did not ask for proof of citizenship until just recently. Clinton’s presidential campaign required U.S. citizens living abroad to actually fax a copy of their passport before a donation would be accepted.
With such lax vetting of foreign contributions, the Obama campaign may have indirectly contributed to questionable fundraising by foreigners.
Why would The One be so negligent about his standards knowing that, at the very least, it creates an appearance of impropriety? Because, dummy: He knows big media’s not going to press him on it. And with that, I’ll keep my promise and send you off to dive in.
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We can make a big deal out of this (which it is), but the MSM will avoid it.
We need Palin or McCain to bring this up during the debates to get any kind of attention.
jencab on October 1, 2008 at 1:20 PM
And he gets away with this, how?
Forget about big media – what about FEC, IRS, FBI the whole alphabet soup of government authority?
Many other faux pas that they pull are no way near as worrisome as outright in-your-face law-breaking.
My head is going to explode. Where’s the Tylenol?
tru2tx on October 1, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Well, we know Olberninny will be all over this.
AubieJon on October 1, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Gotta go run check the NYT, LA Times,etc. to read up on this.
BRB
CSMBigBird on October 1, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Yes we can launder donations from “citizens of the world.”
The Race Card on October 1, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Any reporting under the Newsmax banner will be dustbinned by the MSM, unless it gets to Jake Tapper, it seems like.
hippie_chucker on October 1, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Si se puede.
The Race Card on October 1, 2008 at 1:24 PM
AP speaks truth to power.
CanadianGuy on October 1, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Rumor has it he also got a number of donations from “Sum Dum Gai”.
Oh wait, those were donations by individual followers of the Messiah. My bad.
IrishSamurai on October 1, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Wonder what names Soros has been using.
petefrt on October 1, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Pamela Geller over at AtlasShrugs has been doing plenty of work along with her readers.
World wide donations in question even from the Gaza Strip.
Lots of stupid stuff in the mix
CommentGuy on October 1, 2008 at 1:26 PM
The most scary part of all this,
is what else is out there that has
yet to be uncovered!!!
canopfor on October 1, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Well, other politicians have been sited for not disclosing information, taxes, contributions, etc I don’t see why he isn’t sited and made to show who is sending what.
upinak on October 1, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Who cares?
Obama could pull a stack of A-bomb secrets from under his podium in the middle of the debate, walk over and hand them to Kim Jing-Il, and the MSM would gush, “Look how generous he is.”
___________
RJGatorEsq. on October 1, 2008 at 1:27 PM
And the shell game continues.
Let’s call it what it is. Organized deception.
fogw on October 1, 2008 at 1:28 PM
That’s what he meant by change. He takes his contributions in change.
EconomicNeocon on October 1, 2008 at 1:30 PM
This was reported in The Sun back in Winter time I beleive. Obama and Ron Paul both got huge money from overseas in small donations. Paul made “Occupied Palestein” a country to choose from to donate to him.
jp on October 1, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Proof of what? We are all “world citizens”. Didn’t anyone listen to BHO’s speech at his campaign stop in Berlin?
progressoverpeace on October 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Obama is Mr. Transparency.
MayBee on October 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM
The freedom given Osama Obama to skate on every rule, regulation and/or act of simple decency or honesty has long ago stopped being funny.
I’m beginning to think he is better suited for a jail cell than the White House.
And the MSM will be right there with him, unless they escape as “unindicted co-conspirators.”
We are in such incredibly deep dung at the moment. I’d like to have some faith that the American people will figure this stuff out, but how can they?
MrScribbler on October 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM
this is basically a huge scandal, violation of US Sovereignty and all that….and Obama will get away with it. Public will never be informed, etc.
jp on October 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM
This combined with the voter registration fraud going on in Ohio is just insane…and scary.
DCJeff on October 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM
When the MSM removes all doubt they are just as corrupt as the politicians they emulate then our way of life is threatened in ways never before seen. The jounalists worship their god,Joseph Goebells, while Obama and his brainwashehed legions worship Saul Alinsky. It is so obvious what is going on that it is embarrassing.
volsense on October 1, 2008 at 1:32 PM
I have no doubt that it is rigged. They have a few rich people out there that donate as much as they want over the internet with fake information.
‘Mr. Good Will’. . . the audacity. Find more stuff like this and get it into the media. . . it is the ONLY chance McCain has.
ThackerAgency on October 1, 2008 at 1:32 PM
This is true, I’ve been able to see right through him all along
jp on October 1, 2008 at 1:33 PM
What!?! The Messiah is involved in fraudulent campaign procedures!?! Say it isn’t so!
It’s not like this is a consistent pattern that spans his entire political history and has gone woefully unreported and has not been investigated by anyone or anything. I am sure that this is a simple misunderstanding and it’s all a mistake made by some unaffiliated volunteer, or something. /sarc
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Ken Timmerman is obviously a racist.
Corruption seems to be sop for this sob (Othuga).
Obama really, really makes me sick. His sychophants are almost as vile and disgusting.
Plus: He likes terrorists and racists!
(Did I mention that he’s black? Cause that’s why he’ll lose if he loses, right? Right.)
VolMagic on October 1, 2008 at 1:33 PM
So what Rich Liberal in Austin Texas could “Mr. Good Will” be?
jp on October 1, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Probably Mr. Good Will, Doodad Pro, and a whole bunch we’ll never know about because these were the generics used when ideas for names were run out.
i.e. Abraham Lincoln would be too obvious, right?
Marine_Bio on October 1, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Come on, folks. The rules don’t apply to the one.
Vashta.Nerada on October 1, 2008 at 1:35 PM
“what about FEC, IRS, FBI”
that is the salient point — screw the networks, they’ll just actively hide it — where’s one competent field agent who can actually run an investigation; i.e. where’s the next young rudy g.??
Buckaroo on October 1, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Hence, we reap the fruits of universal sufferage.
progressoverpeace on October 1, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Soros for sure.
The scary thing is, what else? What are they willing to cover up in the media once he’s elected to protect him and their liberal movement? And make no mistake, this is not just a MSM push to get Obama elected, this is a manufactured liberal movement, just like it was a media manufactured conserative meltdown. Not that we were without Republican Politicians who got dirty, but they protect all of theirs. Jefferson was caught with 90g in his freezer and we’re still waiting.
hawkdriver on October 1, 2008 at 1:35 PM
I’m afraid it might be enough to swing Ohio for Obama, and Ohio may just be enough to swing the election for him too.
petefrt on October 1, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Obama
TruthBrute Squad to announce racially motivated, slanderous attacks in 5, 4, 3, 2…This is clearly a set up by Karl Rove and other Bush operatives, working for the McCain camp.
/sarc
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 1:36 PM
fixed…
CC
CapedConservative on October 1, 2008 at 1:36 PM
McCain Camp? Are you reading/listening?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 1, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Because all those agencies are salivating over Jan. 22, 2009 when their powers will expand over the rest of us, all thanks to The Dear Leader Obamassiah.
rbj on October 1, 2008 at 1:37 PM
This has been known about since August, thanks to Atlas Shrugs tremendous work on it. You think the MSM could spare one of the scores of dumpster divers they sent to Alaska to look into this.
michaelo on October 1, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Ron Paul?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 1, 2008 at 1:37 PM
McPalin must make this a huge issue.
indythinker on October 1, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Forget the FEC.
Harry Reid has effectively nuetered this toothless group.
It has been obvious for a year or more that Soros is using illegal contributions to fund this beatification
Amazed on October 1, 2008 at 1:39 PM
Gallup Daily: Obama 48%, McCain 44% NEW
October 1, 2008
The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update of registered voters finds Barack Obama at 48%, and John McCain at 44%, marking a slight (TRY CUTTING THE LEAD IN HALF)narrowing of the race from the 8-point margin Obama held earlier this week.
joepub on October 1, 2008 at 1:39 PM
OT: Jake Tapper is asking for submissions of comments that were deleted from his website that didn’t have URLs and weren’t defamatory.
He says an outside company monitors the comment section for ABC.
MayBee on October 1, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Forget the media going to investigate or report on this.
Where are the Republican Party lawyers? Why are they not challenging this? Why are they not reporting these violations to the FEC?
——–
To file a complaint with the FEC:
http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/complain.shtml
The trouble is by the time they get around to do anything about it, the election will be over….and forgotten.
albill on October 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Wow. That’s impressive. Kudos to Tapper.
Slublog on October 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Boring. Unless Obama is caught on film bashing in the skulls of seals, the MSM will continue covering up for him.
I was going to use children but the left do not get angry at children getting murdered.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Pamela Gellar at Atlas Shrugs has been writing about this for weeks. How do they track t-shirt sales and other campaign shwag?
goat on October 1, 2008 at 1:42 PM
The freedom given Osama Obama to skate on every rule, regulation and/or act of simple decency or honesty has long ago stopped being funny.
Yep, it’s entered surreal territory, the protection racket surrounding Odevil has become quite the creepshow.
You can only imagine what is really there to find if a halfway decent effort were made by more than a few blogs or online magazines. We’re being sold a clown dressed in a business suit by a bunch of other clowns.
Bishop on October 1, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Memo to McCain people:
It’s time for scorched earth campaigning. Enough of the high road, it hasn’t worked and it’s been being spun as low road attacks for months anyhow.
Release everything:
- Hamas terrorist contributions
- William Ayres
- Tony Rezco
- Parallels between Wrights speeches and Obama’s books and speeches
- Franklin Raines
- Jim Johnson
- ACORN
- Earmarks to Michelle O’s hospital and corresponding pay raise.
- Hanging Gardens of Obamalon
- Dodd, Frank, et al and their role in Fanny/ Freddy
Name names, McCain. You promised. Time to make good. Obama’s new housing damn well better be a Fed prison.
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM
That’s a needle in a haystack proposition in Austin.
Fletch54 on October 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM
I read that Obama still hasn’t refunded the Hamas money.
Topsecretk9 on October 1, 2008 at 1:45 PM
“Slublog on October 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM”
i think jake is the only honest guy left at a network …
/hope he can go on to even bigger and better things after nov. …
Buckaroo on October 1, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Other contributors …..
Kenny Foolum
Betty Lyes
Willie Savus
Lyon Donor
X. Pectin Paybak
fogw on October 1, 2008 at 1:45 PM
I wonder if any of these people are on the list.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 1, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Ven vill you Republicans shtop vorrying about ze contributions to Hussein’s campaign? Ve luv him herrre in Deutschland.
sdd on October 1, 2008 at 1:49 PM
That’s my question, as well. How far is the media willing to go for this guy? Will anything end their devotion?
Slublog on October 1, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Obama received $15,000 from a Proctologist named “Seymour Butts”? That doesn’t sound right.
Mr. Wednesday Night on October 1, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Scorched-earth speaks of retreat, I prefer “Human Wave Assault”; throw everything you have at the enemy including the clerks, cooks and messengers.
Don’t give Oschmuck ten minutes peace, when he thinks he’s held the line on one attack, smash into him with another from the other side. Overwhelm him with a blizzard of ads, hits, commercials, denunciations and anything else you can find.
If you’re going to lose, you might as well go down swinging with both fists, who knows you might just connect and knock his ass out.
Bishop on October 1, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Does Fred Baron have offices in Austin? Ya know…Edwards endorsed Obama and ‘ol Fred has proven to be a very good friend.
I live just outside Austin. If anyone can provide details on this transaction, I will happily help to investigate.
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 1:50 PM
I bet he gets a ton of money from America haters across the globe.
You would have to hate America and all it stands for, to support that crooked bastadge.
TheSitRep on October 1, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Works for me. Human Wave Assault until Nov. 4th. Scorched earth after, regardless of the outcome.
I am so f**king sick of Obama’s criminal behavior.
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Obama won’t be defeated by ‘technicalities’, just like his birth certificate.
If it is going through court, we won’t see the end of it (a second time). Also not fair for the winner (McCain/Palin).
Sir Napsalot on October 1, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Texas – Austin
701 Brazos Street, Suite 650
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 852-5920
(800) 946-9646
Fax: (512) 852-5922
Yep.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Ack! Not that it seems to matter, Rush just had a clip of Mac saying he’s not concerned about Gwen Iffil, that he expects her to be fair and balanced.
I don’t know, McCain seems to be ready to embrace every last kook over on the left without preconditions. Perhaps he doesn’t have the fire to win this job.
Bishop on October 1, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Why should McCain bring this up now? This looks tailor made for 527 ads in the last week of October, 1st week of November which is right around the time the 40% incompetents who still hadn’t made up their mind begin paying attention.
420sniper on October 1, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Boy are you out of touch… they would simply point out that the poor seals were rabid and Senator Obama had the courage to save them from their suffering…
CC
CapedConservative on October 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM
No Slu it won’t, they have pinned their entire existence on this election.
If the One doesn’t win, they are pretty much toast (no creditability=no readers/watchers).
If they can push him into the White House, they win everything, in two years they will be the only voice heard in America.
Guaranteed.
ChrisM on October 1, 2008 at 1:56 PM
His Law firm?
Dewey, Cheatem and Howe…
Just wanted to join the fun
joepub on October 1, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Works for me. Human Wave Assault until Nov. 4th. Scorched earth after, regardless of the outcome.
I am so f**king sick of Obama’s criminal behavior.
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Now all we have to do is convince Mac to actually do it, which is starting to seem unlikely unless he has some big scandal to throw at Obacon in the next few weeks.
I try to console myself with the idea that an Odoofus Presidency would expose more of his shit, but I think the media fortress surrounding him would only grow thicker and higher.
Manlyrush might be right, there might be a national movement coming down the road, one that may not exactly be completely peaceful.
Bishop on October 1, 2008 at 1:57 PM
I imagine that a good chunk of the money that ends up in Obama’s campaign accounts, when it began its life, had portraits that “didn’t look like the other presidents on the American currency.” A lot of monarchs–kings and queens–I’m guessing.
RBMN on October 1, 2008 at 1:58 PM
McCain could use that craptastic law with his name on it to bash Teh One over this.
“My friends, I’ve worked hard in a bipartisan manner to get the money out of politics. Senator Obama has blatantly disregarded the law as it relates to campaign donations. If we cannot trust him to raise campaign contributions ethically, what makes you think he will govern the nation ethically. The choice is clear.”
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 1, 2008 at 1:58 PM
The left has finally found our Achilles heal.
We are going to allow the left to moderate a debate with a woman that will profit from an Obama win.
We are going to allow Obama to fraternize with terrorists and black liberation leaders, squelch free speech, intimidate his opponents and take all the money he wants from anywhere he can find it.
All because our weakness is not being called warmongers, greedy capitalists, people that hate the earth and children…but racists.
We rather lay down and die rather than be called racists.
They know it, and they are exploiting our weakness.
Dorvillian on October 1, 2008 at 1:58 PM
And thats where the corruption starts, why the need for the big rallies? Why the need for the name drives and the big voter registration drives?
To get the names and addresses so that wealthy doners bundle and dispense send money incognito in the names of people who don’t even know.. in money increments less than $200 that go unreported..
Maybe you gave $195 to Obama in your name as a gift from George Soros and you don’t even know about it.. They got your name and address off the internet.
Whats stopping them from just using a phone book?
Obama and his refusal to take public financing is corrupt.
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Meet my 1:49 PM post.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 1, 2008 at 1:59 PM
I didn’t think of that angle.
He really can do no wrong in their eyes.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM
follow the money…
We need an experiment, one I can’t afford.
Simply put up a series of contributions using the same credit card, with different names, and ensure the aggregate amount is above the legal limit for donations.
If, next month, those contributions show under different names, as I suspect they will… it prooves that they database is only set up to track by name, not by Credit Card number… which means you can give as much as you want, as long as its below the $200 threshold to trigger having to give this info to the FEC… no info? no reason for an investigation to get the credit card numbers.
Hmmm… could this be considered WIRE FRAUD?
Romeo13 on October 1, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Where is McCain on this stuff? Has he already tossed in the towel? It sure seems so and I’ve got to say this – the Republican party itself is just sickening in it’s gutless refusal to start throwing dirt, naming names and fighting for America!
rigdown on October 1, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Obama and his refusal to take public financing is corrupt.
Chakra Hammer on October 1, 2008 at 1:58 PM
It’s all coming together now, isn’t it?
When you have a dopestick nominee who brags about wanting to be a citizen of the world, what else can you expect?
You thought Clinton’s use of the WH was corrupt, if Obarfy gets elected you ain’t seen nothing yet/
Bishop on October 1, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Exactly. Probably illegal, definitely fishy, would hound McCain from now til eternity no matter what and it doesnt matter a whit.
Dash on October 1, 2008 at 2:04 PM
I want this stuff looked into now, so at least the facts are out in the open. Widely out in the open.
What I really, really don’t want is for Obama to get into office and have a bunch of special investigations threatened as a political tool against him. I’m tired of that.
That’s one huge reason I want the press to do it’s job. I want voters to make an informed decision now, and I don’t want this ammunition in someone’s back pocket for later.
MayBee on October 1, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Having lived in Ohio many years ago, I am sure the unwashed ignorant masses there will prove robotic in their Democratic voting duties.
Ugh. It’s all so sickening.
Go here:http://www.faithfreedom.org/obama.html to read more about the psychology behind narcissists. It’s an interesting read. I have suspected this parallel all along & am happy to see someone else (a psychologist no doubt) echo the same fears.
Badger40 on October 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Well those little kiddies sang about how he was going to change the world and rearrange it so I guess this is just one of the phases of “rearrange”.
Well El Rushbo is speaking about this! Thanks Rush. Rush doing the job the McCain camp will not!
And dittos to atlas. Pamela has been ringing this bell for a good while now.
freeus on October 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Rush doing this story as we “speak”.
carbon_footprint on October 1, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Would it be too much to hope for an arrest warrant for the One for wire fraud be the October Surprise?
*smacks forehead*
Of course not.
tru2tx on October 1, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Quick check the list for these other questionable donors:
Hope Change
Ken Dew
Ray Sist
Fallow D. Money
Karin Much
Mani Pulate
Steele Ballot
bloggless on October 1, 2008 at 2:13 PM
RE: Jake Tapper is asking for submissions of comments that were deleted from his website that didn’t have URLs and weren’t defamatory.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/a-note-about-co.html?cid=132979647#comment-132979647
Check out the one submission someone submitted.
It is his comment where he is asking why pro-McCain comments are being deleted….and guess what they did – deleted that comment. And he has proof – screenshots!
From Tapper`s comments:
“Here is one of them with three images stitched together:
http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deletedsw1.jpg
It shows me asking why all the pro-McCain comments are deleted. Then someone else replies. Then both remarks are deleted. All done within 2 minutes after the initial posting.”
albill on October 1, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Wow, I could sign up right now, and get FOUR different credit cards, with no background check… and load it from another credit card.
Money Laundering 101.
Romeo13 on October 1, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Either Obama was aware this was going on and was purposely subverting the election laws of this country
OR
Obama was unaware it was going on and it’s another example of how he shouldn’t use how he runs his campaign as an example of what a great executive he is.
Either way, it seems like this is something that should be exposed more prominently.
I will refrain from holding my breath on that one.
JadeNYU on October 1, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Yuppers. I am confident that we are in for VERY bad days ahead, regardless of the outcome of this election.
If McCain wins, anyone in or near a major city better be prepared for race riots beginning even before McCain can make his acceptance speech. Picture the Rodney King riots spread across the entire country and lasting through Inauguration Day… where they will restart with new vigor.
If Obama wins, it will take longer. Conservatives (as evidenced by this campaign season) simply do not move fast and hard. I figure that there will be an uneasy silence until the end of January; then the dirt will finally start to come out. Impeachment hearings on Obama, Dodd, Pelosi, Reid, etc. by the end of 2009. While were waiting… mark my words… there WILL be another terrorist attack on US soil while Obama flounders with the failing economy. It will come either around Feb., when the imminent heating oil shortage/ overall oil price spike hits or after Memorial Day when gas prices go go through the roof.
Think about Dem policy and put it together for a moment:
- No short term energy proposal and an outright ban on short term solutions
- Withdrawal from Iraq, escalation in Afghanistan (shift billions from Iraq to hundreds of billions in Afghanistan without a real plan… see Russia vs. Afghanistan for details and fall out)
- Legitimacy and open doors to corrupt dictatorships and terrorist regimes/ supporters
- The bail out will bankrupt the coffers and inevitably fail by Spring since it does not address the problem and only offers paper-thin, window dressing treatments of 1/3 of the most insignificant symptoms. Gov’t and pseudo-Wall St. are corrupt and broken… and we are absorbing their debt while giving them nearly a trillion in cash.
- Republican’s will be a feeble, castrated minority with absolutely no leverage to stave off anything.
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM
We have assumed that Obama was bought and paid for. $25 at a time? Not likely. The smarter donors used dozens or hundreds of different donation names. We could only find out who they are based on credit cards. It would also be interesting to see if some of the “legitimate” donors happened to get the same amount of money that they “donated” paid to them by someone ineligible to donate.
Buford Gooch on October 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Top notch community organizer that nice young black man is, I tell ya.
Brat on October 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM
AP speaks truth to power.
CanadianGuy on October 1, 2008 at 1:24 PM
what? is this supposed to be sarcasm?
max1 on October 1, 2008 at 2:24 PM
We might as well throw Pelosi’s PAC payments to her husband in with this mess.
Damiano on October 1, 2008 at 2:24 PM
I think America’s enemies have come home to roost. Why do they get away with this?
bloggless on October 1, 2008 at 2:27 PM
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