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Checks stolen from Obama’s campaign headquarters in Chicago
Sun Times ^
| 9-19-12
| Stefano Esposito
Posted on 09/19/2012 9:54:39 PM PDT by STARWISE
Updated: September 19, 2012 11:47PM
Three checks sent out from President Barack Obamas campaign headquarters in Chicago have been stolen a total of $50,000, according to a TV news report and police are investigating.
Three checks we sent to vendors made it into the wrong hands, and after learning of this, we notified the police, said Obamas Midwest press secretary, Ben Finkenbinder in a written statement. Were pleased that theyre dealing with the issue swiftly, and dont expect this to have any impact upon the campaign.
The Obama campaign would not confirm the total amount of the checks but FOX Chicago News reported campaign staffers called police Wednesday to report a theft of about $50,000 in checks intended to pay for campaign expenses.
Obamas headquarters are in the Prudential Building, overlooking Grant Park, at 130 E. Randolph. Asked about the Obama campaign theft, Chicago Police would only confirm that they are investigating a theft in the 100 block of East Randolph.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; chicago; obama; theft
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Hmmmm ..
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:54:45 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
To: RedMDer; trisham; TheOldLady; musicman; vox_freedom; JoeProBono; The Cajun; FReepers; All; ...
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:55:38 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: STARWISE; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
Party this weekend, good job boys!
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:56:35 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: STARWISE
Peeps redistributing 0’s stash.
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:57:09 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Soli Deo Gloria!)
To: STARWISE
Not stolen, redistributed.
To: STARWISE
Oh so THAT’s how the money came to be spent on cocaine and a male prostitute.
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:59:13 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: STARWISE
Bank of Riyadh or Caracas?
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posted on
09/19/2012 9:59:13 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: STARWISE
That explains the mysterious first class airplane ticket to Chicago I got in the mail this evening.
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:00:01 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong!)
To: STARWISE
The money is probably some kind of pay-off, and they’re just claiming it is stolen money.
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:00:29 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: STARWISE
They just stiffed some vendors. When will people learn that democrats don’t have to pay bills.
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:02:53 PM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(The Clintons seem to be very afraid of obama. Do they owe him their souls?)
To: STARWISE
Haha! I hope these get cashed in Burkina Faso or somewhere similar. Props to whoever got a hold of them.
To: STARWISE
Campaign with dogs, wake up with fleas.
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:03:08 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(RAGE MONKEY RULEZ!!!)
To: STARWISE
They couldn’t pay the bill, so they lied! What’s new.... This will put off whomever they owe this $50,000 to. Hey, it’s in the mail but it got stolen. Dems lie!
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:04:18 PM PDT
by
jcsjcm
(This country was built on exceptionalism and individualism. In God we Trust - Laus Deo)
To: STARWISE
Just a bunch of people following Obama’s philosophy of redistribution of wealth..they are going to take that cash and spread it around just like Obama said
To: STARWISE
Pssssssssst, it may have been an inside job.
ROTFLM'OBAMA'O
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:09:46 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: ElkGroveDan
Yessiree! When they start turning on the bozo, they will handle him Chicago style...they'll rob and strip him blind, pick his bones and you will THEN see him for the truly INVISIBLE creature he always was.
This I pray. Amen.
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:13:17 PM PDT
by
itssme
To: STARWISE
I tried to cash one but it bounced.... /S
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:15:55 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: STARWISE
Why did this make the paper?
First of all, we're talking checks, not cash. Nothing happens until the thief tries to cash the checks.
Second, how much is $50k to the Obama campaign? In 2008, he went through about three quarters of a billion getting elected.
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:21:35 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: The Cajun
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posted on
09/19/2012 10:23:07 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: Terry Mross
" Dog ate my homework "
and "somebody stole the checks"
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