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Swimmer27
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Who is Obama?
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9/11/2008 4:25:25 PM
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> This made the hair on the back of my neck stand up when I read this.
> We MUST not let this election go the way the Democrats are trying to
> get it
to
> go. Things look a little more encouraging since Sarah Palin came on
> the scene, but this scares the h__l out of me!
>
> After having read the last sentence in this report, it occurred to me
> that the NY Times maybe finally realizes that the only way they stay
> in
business
> is because of the freedom of the press, guaranteed by the blood and
> tears
of
> countless young American defenders and their families!
>
>
>
> Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished
> commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page in
> 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the paper's Washington
> bureau since 1986. She has covered four presidential campaigns and
> served as
White
> House correspondent. She also wrote a column, 'On Washington,' for The
> New York Times Magazine. Born in Washington D.C., Ms. Dowd received a
> B.A.
> degree in English literature from Catholic University (Washington,
> D.C.)
in
> 1973.
>
> WHERE DID OBAMA'S MONEY COME FROM???????
>
> By MAUREEN DOWD
>
> Published: June 29, 2008
>
> OBAMA'S TROUBLING INTERNET FUND RAISING
>
> Certainly the most interesting and potentially devastating phone call
> I
have
> received during this election cycle came this week from one of the
> Obama's campaign internet geeks. These are the staffers who devised
> Obama's internet fund raising campaign which raised in the
> neighborhood of $200 million so far. That is more then twice the
> total funds raised by any candidate in history and this was all from
the
internet campaign.
>
> What I learned from this insider was shocking but I guess we shouldn't
> be surprised that when it comes to fund raising there simply are no
> rules
that
> can't be broken and no ethics that prevail.
>
> Obama's internet campaign started out innocently enough with basic
> e-mail networking , lists saved from previous party campaigns and from
> supporters who visited any of the Obama campaign web sites.
>
> Small contributions came in from these sources and the internet
> campaign staff were more than pleased by the results.
>
> Then, about two months into the campaign the daily contribution intake
> multiplied. Where was it coming from? One of the web site security
> monitors began to notice the bulk of the contributions were clearly
> coming in from overseas internet service providers and at the rate and
> frequency
of
> transmission it was clear these donations were 'programmed' by a very
> sophisticated user.
>
> While the security people were not able to track most of the sources
> due
to
> firewalls and other blocking devices put on these contributions they
> were able to collate the number of contributions that were coming in
> seemingly from individuals but the funds were from only a few credit
> card accounts
and
> bank electronic funds transfers. The internet service providers (ISP)
they
> were able to trace were from Saudi Arabia , Iran , and other Middle
> Eastern countries. One of the banks used for fund transfers was also
located
> in Saudi Arabia
>
> Another concentrated group of donations was traced to a Chinese ISP
> with a similar pattern of limited credit card charges.
>
> It became clear that these donations were very likely coming from
> sources other than American voters. This was discussed at length
> within the campaign and the decision was made that none of these
> donations violated campaign financing laws.
>
> It was also decided that it was not the responsibility of the campaign
> to audit these millions of contributions as to the actual source
> (specific credit card number or bank transfer account numbers) to
> insure that none
of
> these internet contributors exceeded the legal maximum donation on a
> cumulative basis of many small donations. They also found the record
> keeping was not complete enough to do it anyway.
>
> This is a shocking revelation.
>
> We have been concerned about the legality of 'bundling' contributions
> after the recent exposure of illegal bundlers but now it appears we
> may have an even greater problem.
>
> I guess we should have been somewhat suspicious when the numbers
> started
to
> come out. We were told (no proof offered) that the Obama internet
> contributions were from $10.00 to $25.00 or so.
>
> If the $200,000,000 is right, and the average contribution was
> $15.00,
that
> would mean over 13 million individuals made contributions? That would
also
> be 13 million contributions would need to be processed. How did all
> that happen?
>
> I believe the Obama campaign's internet fund raising needs a serious,
> in depth investigation and audit. It also appears the whole question
> of internet fund raising needs investigation by the legislature and
> perhaps
new
> laws to insure it complies not only with the letter of these laws but
> the spirit as well.
>
> IS IT RIGHT FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO HAVE AN INVESTMENT IN WHO BECOMES
> OUR NEXT PRESIDENT??? IF YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS, PLEASE PASS
IT
ON.
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