Secret, Foreign Money Floods Into Obama Campaign

Newsmax.com ^ | Monday, September 29, 2008 9:23 PM | Kenneth R. Timmerman

[Portrait of a Lady]

More than half of the whopping $426.9 million Barack Obama has raised has come from small donors whose names the Obama campaign won't disclose.

And questions have arisen about millions more in foreign donations the Obama campaign has received that apparently have not been vetted as legitimate.

But because of Obama’s high expenses during the hotly contested Democratic primary season and an early decision to forgo public campaign money and the spending limits it imposes, all that cash has not translated into a financial advantage — at least, not yet.

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee began September with $95 million in cash, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

The McCain camp and the Republican National Committee had $94 million, because of an influx of $84 million in public money.

But Obama easily could outpace McCain by $50 million to $100 million or more in new donations before Election Day, thanks to a legion of small contributors whose names and addresses have been kept secret.

Unlike the McCain campaign, which has made its complete donor database available online, the Obama campaign has not identified donors for nearly half the amount he has raised, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).

Federal law does not require the campaigns to identify donors who give less than $200 during the election cycle. However, it does require that campaigns calculate running totals for each donor and report them once they go beyond the $200 mark.

Surprisingly, the great majority of Obama donors never break the $200 threshold.

“Contributions that come under $200 aggregated per person are not listed,” said Bob Biersack, a spokesman for the FEC. “They don’t appear anywhere, so there’s no way of knowing who they are.”

[hedgetrimmer]

Kenyans4obma.com helped out in 2004, 2005.

[mouse1]

Resume of: B HUSSEIN OBAMA

1.) COLB
Proven fake by more than one source
2.) Sketchy childhood
We know some details - Lots of gaps - muslim?
3.) College thesis has vanished
Was it anything like Michele’s?
4.) Overseas travel
Pakistan? Why? On what passport?
5.) Law records
What cases did he represent?
6.) Senate records disappeared
What was he trying to hide?
7.) Associations
Rev Wright, Ft Flager, Ayers, Rezko, Davis, Michele etc.
8.) Senate voting record
That speaks for itself
9.) SCOTUS
Who would his choices be?
10.) Proven Liar
11.) Inexperience
12.) Racist, Sexist, Radical, Marxist views

THIS IS THE TRUTH FOLKS!!

Oh, and for all who think the birth certificate is a dead issue, follow the link.....

http://www.usafricaonline.com/barackbama08usafrica.gif

[Lady Jag]

All of the above and more

[Plutarch]

Were this McCain...we know the rest.

[Gilbo_3]

Surprisingly, the great majority of Obama donors never break the $200 threshold.

Ali akbar $199; Ali muhammed $199; Ali muhommed $199; Ali Hussein $199...DUH !!!

campaign finance reform lollololol

[hinckley buzzard]

Been saying this for months. He is an agent of foreign interests. I never bought the story of millions in contributions from little people before he even announced or hit the front pages. He appeared out of nowhere with a full-fledged national organization and 100 million bucks in the bank, and nobody in the media even blinked.

[hiredhand]

Have you read about the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 yet? There's an interesting tidbit in there about the amount that Fannie Mae contributed to Obama-Osama-YoMamma and WHO was running it when they did!

[yazoo]

“More than half of the whopping $426.9 million Barack Obama has raised has come from small donors whose names the Obama campaign won’t disclose.”

I guess I don’t understand campaign laws. I thought the names had to be made public.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

In a letter dated June 25, 2008, the FEC asked the Obama campaign to verify a series of $25 donations from a contributor identified as “Will, Good” from Austin, Texas.

Mr. Good Will listed his employer as “Loving” and his profession as “You.”

A Newsmax analysis of the 1.4 million individual contributions in the latest master file for the Obama campaign discovered 1,000 separate entries for Mr. Good Will, most of them for $25.

In total, Mr. Good Will gave $17,375.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

the fix is in in Ohio

vanloads of "voters" being trucked around as we speak

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks LucyT:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2052529/posts?page=2521#2521
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2052529/posts?page=2526#2526

[nw_arizona_granny]

Bump.