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John Galt
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Shouldn't bogus Obama donations be at least as much of a story as Palin's clothes (the latter currently a front-page story in the New York Times)? ...
William Who? Doodad What? Never Mind All That, Sarah Palin’s Got a New Outfit!
The Sundries Shack —
... . I don’t think you’ll learn thatJohn Galt of Ayn Rand Lane was able to successfully contribute to the Barack Obama campaign but not to John McCain’s. ...
Re: Who is John Galt? And Saddam Hussein?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Kathryn, the reader who discovered that the Obama campaign accepts fraudulent donations also emailed me (unfortunately, while New Hampshire's Third World Internet service was down again). I was interested in the subject because I also have an online credit-card operation over at my website (obviously a little smaller than Senator Obama's), and so I looked into what our CC processing requires. In order to accept financial donations from "John Galt" and "Saddam Hussein", whoever runs the Obama website would have to modify the default security checks required by their merchant ...
On Obama's bogus campaign contributions vs. Sarah Palin's clothes
Hyscience —
... : "Shouldn't all those bogus Obama donations be at least as much of a story as Sarah Palin's clothes (the latter currently a front-page story in the New York Times)?"
And just how is it possible that the Obama campaign could receive donations from fictional people and places? Taking this question a step further, how is it that the media give him a total pass while choosing to attack Sarah Palin's clothes? What am I missing here? ...
On Obama's bogus campaign contributions vs. Sarah Palin's clothes (Update: Issue gaining traction)
Hyscience —
... "Shouldn't all those bogus Obama donations be at least as much of a story as Sarah Palin's clothes (the latter currently a front-page story in the New York Times)?" ...
“Mainstreaming corruption”
protein wisdom —
– Or, “It Ain’t Against the Law if a Majority Says It Ain’t.” Call it civil disobedience. Or, if you prefer, electoral nullification.
It’s a Democrat thing. You wouldn’t understand.
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“John Galt” donating to Obama this year too, apparently
Hot Air » Top Picks —
“John Galt” donating to Obama this year too, apparently posted at 12:50 pm on October 23, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly I’m ripping the content straight from Powerline . Ace actually had the story last night , but it was only a single source; PL claims in an update that other readers have replicated the experiment. Quote: I went to the Obama campaign website and entered the following: Name: John Galt Address: 1957 Ayn Rand Lane City: Galts Gulch State: CO Zip: 99999 Then I checked the box next to $15 and entered my actual ...
Tested And Replicated!
Right Wing Nation —
This explains a lot.
I’ve read recent reports of the Obama campaign receiving donations from dubious names and foreign locales and it got me wondering: How is this possible?
I run a small Internet business and when I process credit cards I’m required to make sure the name on the card exactly matches the name of the customer making the purchase. Also, the purchaser’s address must match that of the cardholders. If these don’t match, then the payment isn’t approved. Period. So how is it possible that the ...
Obama Campaign Credit Card Fraud
Little Green Footballs —
... I’m not aware of any online payment gateways that would allow a web site to disable security checks for name and address, but I’m not certain that it isn’t possible. Any LGF readers with experience in online payment systems are invited to chime in.
UPDATE at 10/23/08 12:45:23 pm:
Ace has more: Obama Campaign Finance Fraud Gains Traction.
UPDATE at 10/23/08 12:46:01 pm:
And more at Powerline: Power Line - Who is John Galt? ...
Obama’s Fraud
PoliGazette —
... It is becoming increasingly clear that one of the major reasons Senator Barack Obama was able to raise many millions for his campaign is that he enables supporters to donate more than the limit established by U.S. law. Additionally, the ...
The Obama campaign: A material weakness in internal controls
TigerHawk —
As a chief financial officer and student of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley law, I have both a practical and a philosophical interest in "internal controls" over financial transactions. It fascinates me that one presidential campaign -- John McCain's -- appears to have adequate internal controls in place to prevent purely fraudulent campaign donations, and the other -- Barack Obama's -- does not . Is it out of line to wonder whether his campaign's casual regard for controls will extend into Barack Obama's White House? 1 Comments: "his campaign's casual regard for controls" > ...
The Obama Campaign's Massive Credit Card Scandal
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... would appear to be over the $2,300 limit. Scott Johnson reports that tests of the Obama website confirm that all security validation is disabled. I went back to the Obama site and made three additional donations using the names Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers, all with different addresses. All the transactions went through using the same credit card. I saved screenshots of the transactions... I tried the exact same thing at the McCain site and it didn't allow the transaction." Change! Obama campaign website accepted foreign campaign donations In May of this ...
What did Della Ware?
Power Line —
Yesterday we noted the Obama's campaign's acceptance of credit card contributions made via the Internet under false names and addresses in "Who is John Galt?" Many readers wrote to confirm the experiment conducted by our reader under the names John Galt, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Bill Ayers at obviously phony addresses.
At the same time, the contributions of "John Galt" and all the rest were rejected without fail by the McCain campaign. How could this be?
Mark Steyn and many readers (thanks to all) wrote to explain that the Obama campaign has chosen to reject, and the McCain campaign has chosen to ...
While Obama Commits Largest Campaign Donations Fraud In History... Media Focuses on Palin's Clothes
Gateway Pundit —
The Media Is Dead. Palin calls herself a frugal shopper when at home While the mainstream media continues their non-stop attacks on Governor Sarah Palin over her clothes- clothes that were bought for her and her family to campaign in and that will be returned, auctioned off or given to charity after the campain- The Obama Campaign has just committed the largest election donation's fraud in history. By turning off their Address Verification System, or AVS, at the Obama website, the Democratic candidate was able to raise a record ...
CARNIVAL OF THE INSANITIES
Dr. Sanity —
... much? But perhaps they'll eventually be blown away. Always support a woman's right to shoes! 10. Pidgeon Paranoia. And speaking of psychosis...the hate gets out of hand. Really! 11. Some have the "pro" vs "anti" -American criteria all figured out! (they think) 12. Existential panic? We always knew it was junk. Their reporters probably feel narcissistically ungratified. 13. Who is John Galt? Move along, there's no story here. The evidence always seems to ...
Obama shrugged
Power Line —
Last week we explored the fundraising practices of Barack Obama's online credit card donations in "Who is John Galt?" and "What did Della Ware?" New York Times reporter Michael Luo took a look at the story for the Times's campaign blog in "Obama's online site accepts more fakes," but missed the heart of the story.
Over the weekend, National Journal posted Neil Munro's "FEC rules leave loopholes for online donation data." Munro compared the two campagns' acceptance of online donations and reports that Obama legal chief Bob Bauer essentially admitted that the Obama campaign does not compare credit card numbers ...
Obama’s online money-grubbing continues: Can John Galt still donate?
Michelle Malkin —
... for the first time in a long time. Our success required unprecedented resources, and our the Democratic National Committee played a major role on the ground efforts that generated record turnout up and down the ticket. Please make a donation to the DNC to help fund the efforts it undertook in 2008. I reported to you on an insider’s observation that he had “never seen such flagrant disregard for online security as I have seen on Obama’s Website and ACTBLUE (DNC PAC).” Will John Galt get to donate again? Try it.
Who says conservative bloggers don’t do reporting?
Michelle Malkin —
... experience after taking the initiative to dig up an academic paper at UCLA written by Barack Obama’s father. The Politico then e-mailed Ransom requesting that he send them the full document — after which, it promoted a front-page story on its website touting the find while trashing Ransom. The thanks you get. Veteran investigative reporter Ken Timmerman did yeomen’s work on Barack Obama’s credit card donation fraud. Ace of Spades , 24Ahead , Power Line , and Mark Steyn ( more ) followed up with more original ...
