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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“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.
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.
Oh how I hate the MSM / DBM.......
Especially if Obama is elected......
This also fits well with Tomans 1. Obama approves of the behaviors God condemns.
I haven’t forgotten it
sometimes we need a reminder
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....
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?"
LOL, Yep, who is the monkey?
Seems to me Mr McCain got hoisted on his own petard.
Tomans?
Romans, my bad
That sounds like the entire Democratic party!
Who gets all this money? It can't be returned, so does Obama still have it? Is it in ESCROW? IF NOT, WHY NOT?????
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...
You always post excellent Scripture references, timeless. How do you survive California?? Glad you do regardless.
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.
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