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McCain: Obama cash will lead to scandal
Yahoo! News/The Politico ^ | October 19, 2008 | Kenneth P. Vogel

Posted on 10/19/2008 2:34:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

John McCain suggested that his Democratic rival Barack Obama’s record-shattering fundraising haul will lead to scandal in their presidential race and future races, and he hinted that there may already be funny business going on with Obama’s legions of small donors.

Obama announced Sunday morning that he pulled in $150 million in September, which McCain described on “Fox News Sunday” as “completely breaking whatever idea we had after Watergate to keep the cost and spending on campaigns under control. First time, first time since the Watergate scandal. And I can tell you this: that has unleashed now in presidential campaigns a new flood of spending that will then cause a scandal and then we will fix it again. But Sen. Obama has broken it.”

The Republican senator from Arizona was referring both to Obama’s reversal on a pledge to participate a system that gave McCain’s campaign $84 million in taxpayer money but limited his spending to that amount, and also to recent news reports highlighting over-the-limit contributions to Obama given in under-$200 installments from previously undisclosed small donors. Some were fictitious and had listed names such as “Doodad Pro” and “Good Will.”

Federal election rules only require campaigns to report the names, addresses and occupations of donors when they have given more than $200 — and more than $200 million of Obama’s total fundraising haul is from such small contributions.

“We know that when you have unlimited amounts of money — in this case $200 million unreported — and there’s already been stories of people who have made small contributions multiple times and all that.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; bo; campaignfinance; cfr; democrat; democrats; donors; election; elections; fundraising; leftwingconspiracy; mccain; mccainfeingold; obama; palin; ratcrime; scandals; votefraud; voterfraud; watergate
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To: jmax

“Bet if they compared those so-called small donors ($5 & &10) to the A.C.O.R.N. rolls, they would be a match...even Mickey Mouse and the Dallas Cowboys !!!!!!!!!! A deeper check would then lead to Soros, et al.”

Bingo!!!!! TwoFer.


21 posted on 10/19/2008 3:00:41 PM PDT by oiler (Reagan Republicans Unite!!!!! "Not gonna forget. Not gonna forgive." I'm MAD TOO Palin/Jindal 2012)
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To: randita
Blacks would not permit it.

Heck....Dim whites wouldn't let that happen. They will be soooo afraid of the threats of violence, Obama will have carte blanche to do whatever he wants. And he knows it.

22 posted on 10/19/2008 3:01:37 PM PDT by Osage Orange (" I did not have radical relations with that man, William Ayers. " -Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: TNCMAXQ
Money isn't corrupting the system now...that a Dim is getting millions of $$$'s more than the Pubbie.

Oh how I hate the MSM / DBM.......

23 posted on 10/19/2008 3:05:14 PM PDT by Osage Orange (" I did not have radical relations with that man, William Ayers. " -Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: PhiKapMom
There is no way in heck......anything will come of it.

Especially if Obama is elected......

24 posted on 10/19/2008 3:07:12 PM PDT by Osage Orange (" I did not have radical relations with that man, William Ayers. " -Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
John McCain suggested that his Democratic rival Barack Obama’s record-shattering fundraising haul will lead to scandal in their presidential race<

Obama wins there is no scandal
25 posted on 10/19/2008 3:07:21 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: Sola Veritas

This also fits well with Tomans 1. Obama approves of the behaviors God condemns.


26 posted on 10/19/2008 3:07:51 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: Army Air Corps

I haven’t forgotten it


27 posted on 10/19/2008 3:08:19 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: AmericaUnited

sometimes we need a reminder


28 posted on 10/19/2008 3:09:13 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama given in under-$200 installments from previously undisclosed small donors. Some were fictitious and had listed names such as “Doodad Pro” and “Good Will.”

Federal election rules only require campaigns to report the names, addresses and occupations of donors when they have given more than $200 — and more than $200 million of Obama’s total fundraising haul is from such small contributions.

Obama is sure exploiting this large loophole....

29 posted on 10/19/2008 3:10:39 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: realcleanguy
Yes, he is a hater of God, and of the life that is GOd's most precious gift.

God is (in Obama's mind) what stands between Obama and ultimate supremacy.

Actually, Obama is somewhat like a clever version of Puzzle the Donkey, which makes one ask the question, "Who then is Shift the Monkey?"

30 posted on 10/19/2008 3:31:27 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: Lexinom

LOL, Yep, who is the monkey?


31 posted on 10/19/2008 3:34:07 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: My Favorite Headache

Seems to me Mr McCain got hoisted on his own petard.


32 posted on 10/19/2008 3:36:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: realcleanguy

Tomans?


33 posted on 10/19/2008 3:37:10 PM PDT by OKSooner (We are Joe the Plumber.)
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To: OKSooner

Romans, my bad


34 posted on 10/19/2008 3:52:31 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: realcleanguy

That sounds like the entire Democratic party!


35 posted on 10/19/2008 4:20:03 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: SlapHappyPappy
"They have already proven that numerous small donations are coming from people who lie at very least about their address, and in many cases are using clearly fake names. And they were donating small amounts that added up to $15-20k."

Who gets all this money? It can't be returned, so does Obama still have it? Is it in ESCROW? IF NOT, WHY NOT?????

36 posted on 10/19/2008 4:41:16 PM PDT by cookcounty (CAC scandal: Obama and Ayers: Education DEformers in Chicago.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder how much McCain could have raised? Not sure if it wold have matched Obama or not, but it would have been a lot more than he has now...


37 posted on 10/19/2008 4:43:40 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: realcleanguy

You always post excellent Scripture references, timeless. How do you survive California?? Glad you do regardless.


38 posted on 10/19/2008 4:51:11 PM PDT by brushcop (We remember SSG Harrison Brown, PVT Andrew Simmons B CO 2/69 3ID KIA Iraq OIF IV)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t know if McCain actually knows anything but he is observant and if he reads any blogs he is aware of what is important and what’s being discussed.

Heck, I did a short Google this morning looking for Obama’s 1981 NYC address and the NYC address of the Weathermen around that time and found a plethora of information.

He does have a LOT of really good friends in Washington DC who are watching his back. So he could know something is amiss.

Obama found the loophole in McCain’s law and has abused it. But then, he thinks he is above the law, anyway.

All Hail, Caliph Obama.

It is NOT going to happen but I believe this year is the last year of a two party system. REAL Democrats need to kick these Socialists out of OUR Party.


39 posted on 10/19/2008 7:31:27 PM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (All You Need is Money [Soros] and a Candidate Who Can Be Coached to Look Sincere [Obama]. A. Huxley)
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40 posted on 10/19/2008 8:51:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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