Posted on 07/17/2008 10:59:42 AM PDT by Winged Hussar
Two or three months ago, Republicans’ biggest fear was that Obama’s sophisticated Internet network would raise enough money to overwhelm McCain with limitless funds for advertising. Barack Obama believed this as well, as shown by his decision to reject Federal funding (and spending limits) for his campaign.
The following E-mail from David Plouffe now reports, however, that McCain’s admittedly more primitive fundraising system is outperforming Obama’s system. It also suggests that disgruntled Obama supporters are closing their wallets and purses to further solicitations. Potential explanations include spreading scandals about Obama’s methods of raising money or its equivalent–including Internet lotteries of questionable legality along with misuse of tax exempt church resources–and his campaign’s sanction of anti-Semitic, misogynist, and racist hate speech along with actual libel at My.BarackObama.com.
...We reported previously that Minnesota law enforcement officials complained to the Obama campaign about its use of an arguably illegal Internet lottery to raise money for the campaign. Not only that, the correction (allowing people to enter a drawing for an expenses-paid trip to the Democratic National Convention without donating money to the Obama campaign) that the campaign promised to Minnesota’s authorities was at best cosmetic and perfunctory. The campaign is still sending out highly deceptive E-mails that contain all the elements of a lottery.
...It therefore comes as no surprise that Barack Obama’s own supporters are waking up to his and his campaign’s “ethical challenges” and are slamming shut their checkbooks, wallets, and purses in response to David Plouffe’s appeals.
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Poor Osama. Undermined again!
buyers remorse
“The campaign is still sending out highly deceptive E-mails that contain all the elements of a lottery.”
Dear friend,
I will bring you change, hope and more change, more hope and free things and more change.
You send me more money, I love you long time.
Obama
Caveat emptor.
Maybe many of his contributors were more interested in knocking out Hillary! than they were in electing Obama.
But then again, maybe they’re spending their extra money on lottery tickets (their 401-L contributions).
The unwashed masses are ticked about his FISA vote and are withholding their Cheetos money.
ping
CNN crawler and WaPo this afternoon showed Obama just raised $52 million dollars in June.
I don’t think there’s any shortage of people willing to spray BHO with the money hose.
If BHO loses, it won’t be due to lack of funds. It also won’t be due to John McCain’s charisma.
Thanks to the vile Political Correctness bs in this country, the Obamination has gotten by with whatever his advisors have told him to do.
Now that bs is out in the open, and those days are over. He can holler racism when he is exposed to vile or wrong actions now or in the past.
His free PC ride is coming to a rapid halt.
I signed on to the Democrat e-mail list just so I could see what was going on with them. Of course, I have not contributed any money to them and never would. Here’s what the latest e-mail sent out to those on their list says:
” We have some good news today, and it’s all thanks to supporters like you.
In the month of June, the DNC raised approximately $22 million — our best month of the year by far.
This is a stunning achievement, and it’s to your credit. People like you heard the call, and thousands have answered it.
But we’re facing opponents with staggering resources at their disposal. The Republican National Committee finished June with nearly $68 million in the bank.
We can’t stop now. We’re counting on you to help us close the gap.
Please make a donation of $5 now to keep building our momentum and bring about the change this country so desperately needs:
https://donate.barackobama.com/ourjunenumbers
The DNC does not accept donations from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs.
But John McCain and the RNC have no such standards, and together they raised nearly $100 million in June. Add to that the huge checks brought in by shadowy outside groups, there’s no telling how much our opponents will spend on attack ads.
They’re not backing down, and neither can we. Only by working together can we fight back against the massive funds they’re raising from special interest PACs and Washington Lobbyists.
It’s up to you. Take a moment now and strengthen our movement for change:
https://donate.barackobama.com/ourjunenumbers
We’re fighting for Democrats up and down the ballot and in every state. That means competing in a lot of battlegrounds that have not traditionally been successful for Democrats. Our 50-state strategy is working — but we need your support to keep the momentum going.
It’s going to take all of us working together to defeat John McCain and the Republicans, and we can’t do it without you.
Thanks,
Tom McMahon”
McCain raised $22 million.
And Obama has a fundraising problem?
Re: “Obama raised $52 million in June. McCain raised $22 million. And Obama has a fundraising problem? “
David Plouffe says he has a fundraising problem, so let’s tie that statement in with the scandals. :-)
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