Posted on 10/29/2008 8:05:05 AM PDT by Scythian
Fox had an interesting story on this morning. Obama's campaign does not have AVS turned on for it's credit card processing on donations (AVS = Address Verification Service). So, in reality, there is no name validation or address verification tied to his donations, and a ton of money is pouring in from Europe and elsewhere. They can just type in anyname they want to, Fox listed some of the names, Adolf Hilter, William Ayers, Yogi Bear, and so on. Basically, the Obama campaign has put the US Presidency on his own EBay and Europe and others are saying "Okay, we would like you to win, here's some money". A large percentage of his money is coming from outside of the US and he knows it. I run a business that does online sales, trust me, nobody runs with AVS turned off, you would end up with 95% fraud if you did.
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b) Because the ends justify the means
c) Because Obama’s water-carriers in the msm will never reveal the scam to the public
d) Because although it violates the spirit of fair election, it is “technically legal”
The FEC or other appropriate agency could check this one easily. The are not doing so that I can see. You are right, we are Lawless.
Two thoughts:
1) I heard a few days ago that BHO’s contributions had gone down drastically and suddenly! Maybe someone found the spigot open and closed it. If so, he’s busted.
2) At the rate he was raising money, maybe that was why the whole government was worried about the credit crisis - all the credit card companies were going to go broke. LOL!!!
Every dime he gets should be subject to the same scrutiny as the GOP. Time is up. After the election is too late. Once he gets in with a Dem Congress it is over and we don’t come back.
OBAMA LIED, DEMOCRACY DIED
The Democratic Party needs to know that the American people will soon realize what a sham this all has been & they will be held accountable. History will not forget their treachery.
They are selling their souls for the sake of greed; they are spitting into the faces of the men and women who are fighting right now to keep America free. The brave and patriotic men and women who have lost their lives for America’s freedom are truly weeping in their forever slumber as we strive to fight such evil. We can’t give up!!
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The commies know it is money well spent on a fellow Komrad.
“But R. Rebecca Donatelli, who handles online contributions for the McCain operation and the RNC, said security measures have been standard in the GOP nominee’s fundraising efforts throughout the campaign. She said she was “flabbergasted” to learn that the Obama campaign accepts prepaid cards.
“Yes, a gift card would go through the same process as a regular credit card and be subject to our same back-end review,” the Obama campaign said in its response to questions about the use of such cards.
Campaign finance lawyers said there is a long history of debate within the FEC about how to ensure that donors use their own credit cards.
Election lawyer Brett Kappel said the FEC has never grappled with the question of cash cards. “The whole system is set up for them to accept the payment, then determine whether it is legal or not. And if it’s not, send it back. That’s what the statute requires,” he said.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/28/AR2008102803413_pf.html
Excatly, it’s a outright travesty but it’s no secret everything except protection of the citizenship is for sale in America.
A damning article: www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/10/adolf_hitler_donates_to_obama.html
SON OF A HILLARY!!!!! No wonder he rejected matching funds - his friends in Europe and the Mideast are funding his campaign!
McCain HAS to make a big deal about this! He and Palin should both mention this, the Khalidi tape and the wealth redistribution/Joe the Plumber issue in EVERY speech.
Forget the FEC, McCain should privately AND publicly demand that the Justice Dept. immediately investigate this.
So, why should we elect this SOB? Oh yeah, now I remember:
1) He’ll redistribute your hard-earned wealth;
2) He’ll disarm the military and unilaterally negotiate with terrorists and dictators;
3) He’ll take everyone’s guns;
4) He’ll have his minions smear even a “lowly” plumber, just because the guy had the cajones to ask an inconvenient question; http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/10/021908.php
5) He has contempt for the Constitution, and will nominate only judges and justices who think that their “enlightened” opinion is the law of the land;
6) He’ll tell you how large your house can be and what kind of car you can drive; and, best of all,
7) He knowingly takes donations from anyone - including foreigners and terrorists, including domestic contributions in excess of the federal limits, despite knowing that this is utterly against the law - because winning is ALL that matters.
Folks, all of this crap is happening WHEN HE HAS NO POWER!!! Consider what he’ll do when he has all of the power and resources of the government in his pocket, with a compliant Congress to give him anything he wants!
Obama is the only candidate for President that I have ever seriously feared. He terrifies me - I now am beginning to understand how my relatives must have felt in Russia during the Revolution and in Europe as Hitler rose and began enslaving nations.
We have GOT to stop this guy!
Only 91 Replies on what I think is the most important thread on this election, if selling out the presidency to foreign powers isn’t enough to garner interest and begin investigations I don’t know what is, we truly have no power, who represents us? who do we call? who will take up our cause?
It’s in Yen.
You win the "DUH" award...for the day!!
I’m just praying .......... really really hard.
...and then you woke up.
Do you really think that Nancy Pelosi and her ilk would even THINK of the word "Impeachment" in a sentence that didn't also include "George Bush?" It simply won't happen, any more than we'll ever see That One's COLB from Hawaii (which likely indicates that his birth was in Kenya) or the Khalidi tape.
America, 1776-2008. You will be desperately missed by those who love you.
“Only 91 Replies on what I think is the most important thread on this election, if selling out the presidency to foreign powers isn’t enough to garner interest and begin investigations I don’t know what is, we truly have no power, who represents us? who do we call? who will take up our cause?”
Listen, I am going to say something that sucks but is true:
No one is going to pick up our cause until 1/2 the citizenship realizes that Democrats are horrible politicians. The last time Democrats had close to this much power was the 1970’s. Almost a full decade before the American public as a whole got a clue. Pain is the catalyst.
The AVS response comes back from the processor simultaneously with the authorization number. There is no reason check it on the “back end”. It just raises your transaction costs.
Do not underestimate the power of the ‘Vast Right Wing Conspiracy’.
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