Posted on 06/10/2008 1:09:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are in the midst of a fundraising binge, and it appears there is nowhere the two White House hopefuls won't go in search of dough. Next week, the Obama campaign will hold two fundraising events in China. The candidate himself won't be making an appearance. Instead, guests at the Bejing home of David Brooks, a Coca Cola executive there, will hear from two senior foreign policy fellows from the Brookings Institution who advise the Obama campaign, Ivo Daalder and Phil Gordon. If the June 17 appearance does not satisfy, American expatriates in China can hear the two foreign policy experts opine at an event on June 19 in Shanghai hosted by Ted Hornbein, an executive a Richco, a company that manufactures electronic components for cell phones and the like. No rules prohibit fundraising abroad, so long as the donors are American citizens. And a number of the 2008 presidential contenders engaged in overseas fundraising during the past 16 months. McCain, for instance, held a March 20 luncheon at Spencer House -- the neo-classical home built for an ancestor of Diana, the late Princess of Wales -- "by kind permission of Lord Rothschild OM GBE and the Hon. Nathaniel Rothschild." But Obama appears to have collected the most funds from overseas, at least $1.6 million, according to Federal Election Commission records. (McCain raised $196,000 from donors living abroad, the records show.) While McCain's contributions are centered largely in London, with a handful from Bermuda, the Obama funds have come from addresses as eclectic as Kabul, Dubai, Palermo, and Sydney.
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Ping and bump
They used to hang traitors.
Is it illegal to campaign for and accept foreign monies?
No surprise there...
How nice of Hillary to give B. Hussein her old contributors’ list. The U.S. ex-pats will write checks, but Hillary’s gang of Chinese contributors will be the ones with brown paper bags full of cash.
The Chinese Military will be there. Just a token donation, you see. Obama would give them our info for free.
As I read it, these are Americans living abroad. That wouldn't be illegal.
No surprise here America was sold out a long time ago. I am surprised at the Coca-Cola reference. I may have to stop my 40 year addiction in lieu of tea.
Although it will be at the house of an expat...you can bet that the hat will be passed around beyond that. Probably will get to know some of that former Clinton insiders circle down at COSCO and other interesting Chinese places.
Although it will be at the house of an expat...you can bet that the hat will be passed around beyond that. Probably will get to know some of that former Clinton insiders circle down at COSCO and other interesting Chinese places.
Why doesn’t Obama raise Chinese money the traditional Democratic way, through Indonesian intermediaries? Oh well, at least Barry—as Maureen Dowd calls him—won’t be there personally.
-Wm Tate,
http://www.atimelikethis.us/
Not Chinese tea, I hope!
-Wm Tate,
http://www.atimelikethis.us/
“Obama Campaign Plans Fundraisers in China”
With his credentials he should be doing his fundraising in Muslim countries. (What do I know — he may be doing it already)
Where has this guy been lately?
This should be stopped no matter the party. It’s far too dangerous.
plus unspecified donors via Rezko.
Agreed.
Bubba: "We're going to be "the most ehtically / morally", Administration (White House) In American History (or words to that effect) 
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