Posted on 10/15/2008 2:51:35 PM PDT by Lets Roll NOW
The following is an email I got from the Obama campaign. I think they are getting people to donate a small amount and then adding illegal money to thier donation to make it look like all this money is coming from average Americans.
Obama Campaign Email
You need to see some of the offensive attacks we're up against. I just recorded a short video on my laptop about John McCain's negative ads.
In the remaining 21 days, we need to be ready to respond to smears like these -- and worse.
We need to show that our supporters will fight back against the McCain campaign's low road tactics. That's why our goal is to bring 100,000 new donors into this movement before midnight on Friday, October 17th.
That means in your state we need 1,000 new donors to step up this week.
Now is the time to make your first donation. This is your last opportunity to partner with a previous donor who will match every dollar.
Your donation of $5 becomes $10, $25 becomes $50, and $50 becomes $100 when it's matched by a fellow supporter. Watch the video and double your impact by making a matched donation today.
John McCain and his allies want smears and lies to drive this election.
That must be because the McCain campaign knows they don't have good answers for the issues that matter to ordinary people in your state -- like the economy, health care, and ending the war in Iraq responsibly. And they've flatly stated that if they talk about the economy, they will lose.
Instead, they keep coming up with new, outrageous attacks that are even more offensive and baseless than the ones before.
The issues facing our country are too important to let our next president be determined by petty political tactics.
Help reach the goal of 100,000 new donors this week. You can provide the vital resources needed to fight back against these attacks and show John McCain that there's a cost to his 100% negative campaign.
Double your impact today with a matched donation. Make your first donation to help bring the change we need on November 4th:
https://donate.barackobama.com/match
We've already seen the cost of eight years of failed policies.
With just 21 days left, we have to show John McCain the cost of ignoring the real issues and focusing on false, negative attacks.
Thanks,
David
David Plouffe Campaign Manager Obama for America
They want to keep the donations small so that they don’t have to reveal the “mystery donor’s” name!
It looks odd. Who is doing the matching? Every time that I have ever been solicited about matching money, it was clear who was doing the matching and there was always a limit to how much would be matched.
Here, it is "previous donors" and "fellow supporters". That's an odd formulation: which previous donors and fellow supporters have volunteered to match apparently unlimited contributions? I haven't seen anything like this before.
You got the link to the video?
Like who?
Ping.
BINGO! As in “previous” donors who have already contributed their legal limits. This way, they can say that YOU contributed, not the limited donor.
Brilliant. And totally illegal.
Not that illegality is anything new for Obambi.
RNC has done something similar but they NAMED who is doing the matching..... Cornyn, Kyl, etc... no big money non-politico person. My guess is this matched funds is coming through channels from Soros.
Send it to the SEC, Drudge, Hannity, local McCain offices...this is so illegal.
That’s a really, really, really good question, fanfan.
BUMP!!
We can, and will, stop them.
*HUG*
Here is the link to the video
I was expecting more info about the matching..seems kinda shady if you ask me.
Sounds illegal.
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