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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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