Obama campaign returns $200,000 donation from fugitive’s family
Brothers Carlos and Alberto Rojas Cardona, who live and work in Chicago, began raising money for the Obama campaign and the Democratic national committee last year, the New York Times reported, adding that neither had a history of making political donations.
Their brother Juan José Rojas Cardona, also known as Pepe Cardona, jumped bail in Iowa in 1994 and disappeared, fleeing drug and fraud charges in the US, the paper said.
“More than 1.3 million Americans have donated to the campaign and we constantly review those contributions for any issues,” the Obama campaign spokesman, Ben LaBolt, said in an email…
The New York Times cited Obama campaign officials as saying that most of the donations came from the Cardona brothers themselves and other relatives. The campaign was identifying other donations, believed to total less than $100,000, that were bundled from other people, the newspaper said.
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Thugs support thugs.
Schadenfreude on February 7, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Now all they have to do is research whether their other givers such as Poo Diddly, Sam Francisco, Harley D. Avidson, and Rice-a-Roni actually exist.
Bishop on February 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM
When he starts giving backmonies from Bill Ayers, that’ll be news.
ConservativePartyNow on February 7, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Wonder if they bother with anyone, who isn’t an American, finding out who gave them money?
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letget on February 7, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Either they returned their money or gave them gift certificates to Guns R Us…
right2bright on February 7, 2012 at 1:05 PM
Jazz already blogged this on the front page.
CorporatePiggy on February 7, 2012 at 1:15 PM
Any lefty who touts “campaign finance reform” while supporting this corrupt POS is a fraud.
Walter Sobchak on February 7, 2012 at 1:38 PM
I beg your pardon.
moo on February 7, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Bet they returned it as a check with a preprinted envelope for O’s new Superpac included as a hint.
Betenoire on February 7, 2012 at 2:57 PM
TEST
JOE BIDEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. A Play is One Mercifully Brief Act.
Vice President Joe Biden stands at the lectern, making introductory acknowledgements.
JOE BIDEN
(reads from notes)
uh, uh… Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States is here!
Joe? Stand up, Joe, let ‘em see you!
(double-take, realizes gaffe)
Oh. God love you, what am I talking about?
(to himself, aloud)
I tell you what, you’re making everybody else stand up, pal.
Thank you very, very much. I tell you what–
(to audience)
— stand up for Sheriff Joe! Thank you, pal. You can tell I’m new.
(to self again)
Good to see you, buddy. Thank you. Thank you.
de rigueur on February 8, 2012 at 9:13 PM