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Posted on 11/11/2008 9:29:50 AM PST by Species8472
The Federal Election Commission is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaign’s record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of questionable donations and accounting that had the McCain campaign crying foul.
Adding insult to injury for Republicans: The FEC is obligated to complete a rigorous audit of McCain’s campaign coffers, which will take months, if not years, and cost McCain millions of dollars to defend.
Obama is expected to escape that level of scrutiny mostly because he declined an $84 million public grant for his campaign that automatically triggers an audit and because the sheer volume of cash he raised and spent minimizes the significance of his errors. Another factor: The FEC, which would have to vote to launch an audit, is prone to deadlocking on issues that inordinately impact one party or the other – like approving a messy and high-profile probe of a sitting president.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I am speechless.
I tell ya ... nothing is going to surprise me anymore. It’s been ONE WEEK since Election Day and I’m so sick of Obama already.
Let me guess, because he’s B-L-A-C-K, and to question him would be R-A-C-I-S-T.
“Like the fella said, ain’t that a kick in the head!”- Dino
Unfair, is he not investigated for anything!
Public financing is dead.
If the tables were turned and McCain had been victorious with hundreds of millions in shady campaign money, the Democrats in congress, even if they were in the minority, would be screaming about “no one is above the law” and “culture of corruption.” And the media would be picking up every screaming voice and amplifying it from every orifice.
But because their favorite candidate won, it’s like “hey, that’s cool.”
Obama is gonna love you. When he makes you penniless you won’t have anything to say.
And yet, Palin’s campaign clothing budget was Breaking News ad infinitum.
Audit? I don't think so!
How’s that McCain-Feingold thing working out, John?
And FEC analysts over the course of the campaign have written more than a dozen letters to Obama singling out hundreds of contributors for whom the campaign either didn’t supply adequate information or from whom he accepted donations exceeding the $4,600 limit. -Snip
Obama Admin will never EVER be investigated. IT will run the typical democrat shenanigans and the media will turn a blind eye or treat any scandal with kid gloves before letting it die on the vine.
as I have constantly typed, THE FIX IS IN.
ping for later
why are you speechless???
this is the EXACT type of thing that the GOP has let the rats get away with time after time after time....
they should be screaming from the top of Capital Hill about this 24/7- demanding an investigation...but they won’t...
just like they should have been screaming 24/7 to demand an investigation into jim johnson/harold raines/fannie mae...but they didn’t...
then they wonder why they get their clocks cleaned in elections...give me a break....
McCain should never have taken the federal funds once Obama opted out. He and Sarah (mostly Sarah) were raising huge amounts in the last couple months.
Truer words were never spoken.
Not surprised.
Libs are above the law - expect it to only get worse. :D
Well now, there’s a real shocker!
Get ready for another one. Now that Obama’s been elected, look for the “birth certificate and eligibility” issue to be aborted as well.
Afterward, look for the “unsavory associations” problem to go away (= completely ignored).
Power has its advantages (as long as you’re Democrat).
McCain faced an overwhelming Obama fundraising machine: While McCain accepted public financing and was limited to spending $84 million during the general election, Obama declined public funds and raised a record-breaking $640 million. National and state Democratic parties also outstripped Republican spending, hiring five to 10 times more paid staff than Republicans in swing states.
Un-friggin’-believable!!!
I hope that Rush, Hannity, O’Reilly, Savage, Hewitt, Malkin, etc., etc. raise a HUGE stink.
It is bad enough that the sack’o’shiite is going to be the President without having to prove that he’s a natural born citizen, AT LEAST audit the campaign!!!!!
“Heaven forbid we “embarrass” the Lord High Master Obama.”
That would be heresy. The Lord High Master would be most offended.
I HOPE the Republicans have learned a valuable lesson and will never again use public financing.
What a price they/we have paid for public financing!
Anyone with 'half-a-brain' knows that there will be serious consequences (and a big price to be paid) for anyone involved in questioning the vindictive Hussein Thugocracy in any way, shape or form!
If you're a government employee and you want to destroy your career--being involved in something like this is a sure way to do it!!!! What government employee in their right mind would take a chance like that?
Time to get Newt as the RNC Chair to go after this! McCain needs to tell the FEC to pound sand — it they don’t investigate both then I wouldn’t cooperate.
FEC investigates in the primary when no federal financing is involved so why not now? I know, you are not allowed to investigate Obama because it might seem racist. What a crock!
IMAGINE THAT!!!!
public financing was never a conservative idea
as Gomer Pile would say..”Surprise Surprise Surprise”
It is becoming increasing clear that Obama, and those that have been grooming him for this day, did their homework. From the missing birth certificate to the financing of his campaign, to how they would handle his associations with radicals and terrorists.
Two words have firmly planted themselves in the forefront of my brain; “trojan horse”.
All I can do is shake my head in bemusement. It is obvious that the rule of law is pretty much dead. The application of law is fast becoming a thing of caprice, expediency and oppression. This all depends on just who is the potential target of course. And this is only the beginning. Just wait until Hussein and the rats in congress get the judges they want on to the bench. And don’t count on a filibuster to do anything. I doubt there will be 41 votes and even if there are I doubt that the rats will balk at retooling the senate the rules to make the filibuster impotent.
Just another example of McCain’s idiocy for accepting public financing.
After all, look at how much time, effort and public discussion has already been spent on Sarah Palin’s clothes?? Campaign auditing and campaign transparency was finished with the investigation into that outrageous campaign spending and incredibly important issue. /s
“FEC analysts over the course of the campaign have written more than a dozen letters to Obama singling out hundreds of contributors for whom the campaign either didn’t supply adequate information or from whom he accepted donations exceeding the $4,600 limit. -Snip “
Oooh, someone wrote dozens of strongly worded letters. Where do I get a “FEC analyst” job like that??
In other words, you can break as many campaign finance laws as you want as long as you don’t take any taxpayer money??? That’s outrageous. That means that foreign people and foreign governments can finance the people of their choice with no ramifications.
I deal with SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) controls daily (is 80-85% of my life) in the business world... I/we have to follow the law... the “Chosen One’s” campaign should do same in political world.
Makes sense. Having the taxpayer pay for campaigns is stupid. Obama just did what McCain should have done...raise as much cash as possible. The problem with Obama is he hides the sources.
The only campaign finance rule needs to be all cash needs to be tracked back to a source and published online within 24 hours. Any violation of this rule means you give that donation time 10 to the federal government to help pay back the social security system. And anyone that reports a violation that is proven gets to take 10% of the amount of money misreported.
Didn't stop the FEC from auditing Bush/Cheney in 2004 as a sitting President!!!
Enough time, effort and public discussion has already taken place with the investigation into the money spent on Sarah Palin's "CLOTHES GATE". /s
If that doesn't highlight the incredible stupidity of McCain and the Republican Party nothing does.
And then to think that McCain tried to make a campaign issue out of that? That just showed his stupidity AGAIN.
LIKE ANYONE CARED!
Somebody come up with a pithy bumper sticker for this one. Let’s make it equally embarassing for him to not be audited.
As it should be. It was a farce from the beginning.
Not a surprise. Harry Reid has refused to bring up Bush’s nominees for the FEC for the past year. The FEC currently lacks a quorum.
As soon as Obama is enthroned, the Senate will doubtless appoint three or four left wing tools to the vacant positions, and the FEC will be his loyal servant.
Customarily, there are slots for both parties on the board of the FEC, but I’m sure Obama will throw that custom out, and I doubt whether the Republicans will have the guts to block it—assuming that by that time they haven’t stolen enough of the remaining senatorial elections to have a filibuster proof majority.
LOL! “My friends...have I told you about McCain/Feingold and CFR? No? Well let’s have a discussion...or 10 townhall meetings...”
Idiot.
He accepted it because he wasn’t sure he could get anyone to support him behind closed doors.
We were screwed either way with McCain and Obama knew it.
Don’t forget - the Russian mafia hacked Obama’s web site. They’ve got the data on all the doners. Like I said before - he’s in for a long string of blackmail efforts - most likely compromising national security to ward off impeachment.
I’m really not sure obama CAN be embarrassed.
Yep, and I got me a new tagline.
Hey, what Palin is wearing is very important..I cant think of anything thats more important than what Palin is wearing. (HEAVY sarcasm)
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