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The end of campaign finance reform
Betsy's Page —
... What we see in this election is that contributions don't really cause "corruption" and that we don't really want the government deciding who has spoken too much and who has not spoken enough. If Obama's fundraising shows us the emptiness of the arguments for campaign finance "reform," he will have done us a great service, in spite of himself. Of course, those laws are still in effect for this election. And there does seem to be something fishy going on in how the Obama campaign, as Scott Johnson reports , seems to have turned off the verification safeguards on accepting credit ...
Obama shrugged
Power Line —
... Over the weekend the New York Post invited us to write a column on the issue. Today the Post runs my column under the heading "Dubious donations." Thanks to the Post's Bob McManus, Mark Cunningham and Eve Kessler for their interest in and care with the piece.. ...
DUBIOUS DONATIONS for Obama
USS Neverdock —
The New York Post reports. "But the Obama campaign is running a system that complicates the discovery of "something wrong." It has chosen to operate an online contribution system that facilitates illegal falsely sourced contributions, illegal foreign contributions and the evasion of contribution limits. " Just a preview of the illegal activities Obama and his cronies will get up to if elected. And with the left wing media in their camp no one will report it. Labels: ...
Obama scammer update
The Corner on National Review Online —
... for The Washington Post that goes to great lengths not to mention that the Obama website disabled the basic security features that are the default settings for most online retailers. And Scott Johnson (of Powerline) gets to grips with the real issues in America's newspaper of record . Meanwhile, last week a reader made a donation to the Obama campaign under the name "Adolfe Hitler" (Don't ask me why the "e") of "#1 Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany", charging it to his Mastercard and is now getting welcome-to-the-big-change emails: Dear Adolfe, Thanks for joining this ...
New York Post Finally Calls Obama's Donation Scam "Fraud," Notes Intentional Disabling of AVS
Ace of Spades HQ —
New York Post Finally Calls Obama's Donation Scam "Fraud," Notes Intentional Disabling of AVS Why has a newspaper finally mentioned this? Because the article is written by a blogger, Powerline's Scott Johnson. Posted by: Ace at ...
Obama’s Web Site Invites And Welcomes Donations Fraud … McCain’s, Not So Much
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
DUBIOUS DONATIONS: BAM’S WEB SITE INVITES FRAUD
By SCOTT W. JOHNSON - (NYPost)
Barack Obama has proved the greatest fund-raiser of all time by a long shot. His campaign has raised more than $600 million - $150 million in September alone. But the campaign has also failed to adopt standard protections against fraudulent giving.
The average contribution to Obama in September was just under $86. And federal law only requires the disclosure of identifying information for contributions in excess of $200. Campaigns must keep ...
Obama Campaign Website Invites Fraud
Say Anything —
... Gee, why would a Presidential campaign that has rejected public funding and thus is desperately in need of constant infusions of cash in order to stay afloat want to invite fraudulent contributions? ...
Obama Shrugged: The Website
Power Line —
... We continue to receive reports of dubious (i.e., illegal) donations to the Obama campaign. Yesterday Mark Steyn reported the contribution of ...
Dreams From His Aunt
Power Line —
... delighted to cite these people as evidence of his humble beginnings -- that is what I mean by using them as props -- he is not so delighted to consider them as part of his family? Is that not at least a potentially useful insight into the character of this man about whom we know so little?"
Ann Althouse defends Obama and quotes the Bible.
At NRO's Corner, Mark Steyn opened yet another window on the story -- a window with a view to Obama's dubious donations:
The London Times story of Barack ...
Dreams From His Aunt, part 2
Power Line —
... : "By definition, if you donate to Barack the Good, you must be one of his loyal subjects. They should make it a requirement of the citizenship test." Allluding to a subject close to my heart, Mark added: "By the way, the argument that giving money to Obama is ipso facto proof of citizenship also clears up any question marks over those donations by 'A Hitler' and 'S Hussein.'" ...
Obama’s Illegal Immigrant Auntie Moves Back To Taxpayer Subsidized Housing
Say Anything —
... This is amazingly illustrative of Obama’s attitudes toward personal responsibility. This aunt, who he once described as being close to his heart, is living in poverty in this country and is on the verge of being deported. Has Obama, her nephew, reached out to her? Has he tried to ease her suffering by giving her someplace better to live than public housing? He’s certainly a man of means. He could do something to help (not in an official capacity, but certainly as her beloved nephew), but has he? ...
