Posted on 05/20/2002 2:26:35 AM PDT by cgk
A day in the life of the McKinney fundraising apperatus. One very lucrative day in particular:
AHMED, WASEEM - LAS VEGAS, NV 89117 - CENTER FOR LUNG DISEASES/PHYSICIAN - 9/11/2001 - $250
ALAMOUDI, ABDURAHMAN - FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041 - AMERICAN MUSLIM FOUNDATION/PRESIDENT - 9/11/2001 - $1,000
ALAMOUDI, ABDURAHMAN - FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041 - AMERICAN MUSLIM FOUNDATION/PRESIDENT - 9/11/2001 - $2,000
ALKEBSI, ABDULWAHAB - POTOMAC, MD 20854 - ISLAMIC INSTITUTE/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - 9/11/2001 - $700
ASHQAR, ABDELHALEEM - ALEXANDRIA, VA 22310 - HOWARD UNIVERSITY/PROFESSOR - 9/11/2001 $250
AWAD, NIHAD - WASHINGTON, DC 20003 - CAIR/DIRECTOR - 9/11/2001 - $500
BAIG, KHALIQ - LAS VEGAS, NV 89123 - 9/11/2001 - $500
BUSHNAQ, YASER - FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041 - SELF EMPLOYED/COMPUTER CONSULTANT - 9/11/2001 - $500
CHOWDHRY, BASHIR - LAS VEGAS, NV 89120 - 9/11/2001 - $500
CHOWDHRY, SHAHEEN - LAS VEGAS, NV 89128 - 9/11/2001 - $250
FAREED, ATIF - HENDERSON, NV 89015 - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES/PILOT - 9/11/2001 - $1,000
HAIKAL, OSAMA - HENDERSON, NV 89014 SELF/PHYSICIAN - 9/11/2001 - $500
HASAN, FAISAL - FAIRFAX, VA 22032 CARFAX/GOVT. RELATIONS - 9/11/2001 - $600
IBRAHIM, HASSAN - CENTREVILLE, MD 22020 - 9/11/2001 - $1,000
IRANI, RAY - LOS ANGELES, CA 90077 - OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP. - 9/11/2001 - $1,000
JABRI, SABAH - SAN DIEGO, CA 92130 - N/A/RETIRED - 9/11/2001 - $250
MIRZA, YAQUB - HERNDON, VA 20170 - MAR JAC INVESTMENTS INC./PRESIDENT - 9/11/2001 - $500
MONIB, AHMED - LAS VEGAS, NV 89106 - 9/11/2001 - $250
OMEISH, MOHAMED - FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041 - AMERICAN MUSLIM FOUNDATION/VICE PRESIDENT - 9/11/2001 - $500
QAZI, SAYED - LAS VEGAS, NV 89107 - QAZI MEDICAL CORPORATION/M.D. - 9/11/2001 - $1,000
SALEH, YOUSEF - SPRINGFIELD, VA 22151 - 9/11/2001 - $300
Mrs Kus
As a former congressional campaign committee treasurer myself, I *do* know how this data is gathered. It is the burden of the campaign committee to gather up all the contribution details and submit them on a quarterly basis to the FEC. If the campaign committee fails to submit these within the deadline period, the committee can be found in non-compliance and would be subject to heavy fines, violation of the law, etc. If there is any MISSING information from a donor (address, contributor's occupation), it is the burden of the campaign committee to file an amended report with said information included.
The information available on-line at the FEC's own website (from which OpenSecrets.org gleans its information) is simply a SCAN changed into a .pdf of those exact same forms submitted by the candidate's campaign committee. In other words, if there was any falsifying to be done, it'd happen at the campaign committee level.
She is backed by my step-sister who lives in Atlanta. She is the most ignorant step-sister I have!!!
Net net - your right about Cynthia, and I'm right about my step-sister. She's not even a good cook!
Finally, someone who knows. So does this McKinney business stink to the high heavens, or am I just nuts?
And yes, this donor list REALLY smells to high heaven.
There is no greater evidence of pure evil than this statistic right here.
Thanks, Bob.
That's it? The honor system?
What stops them from underreporting, overreporting, changing names, etc?
ML/NJ
So far, they have not done so, since the information is no doubt undeniably true and factual.
Go here and do the search in FEC for yourself.
OK, never mind. I'll go ahead and post the shortcut link here for Filings by "Cynthia McKinney for Congress" - C00256354.
This is the report (HTML version) in question which noted the contributions in the Sept. window. This is the downloadable version.
Sadly, I lack the advanced math degrees with which to connect these unruly dots. I give up. Why did Rush stop talking about Foster??
Rush stopped talking about Foster because he began a show talking about a report that Foster had been killed at some apartment used by the Arkansas folks and then dumped at FMP. This was the "Smiek Johnson" (SP?) rumor apparently confirmed by Senator Moynahan's office. By one o'clock Rush was already reporting that this report wasn't true, or at least well founded. It didn't matter. Jeff Cohen's FAIR (sic) group took out full page newspaper ads and grabbed whatever free time he could demagoguing Rush and his credibility. Rush was very much on the defensive, and was forced to issue his own point by point response to Cohen's ad.
The connection to this discussion is that it is dangerous to repeat reports or data of questionable veracity because it is difficult to anticipate how use of such material will be used against us. In the Foster case, it doesn't matter that he didn't commit suicide as Rush was suggesting, just that he repeated a rumor about where Foster was killed which was not well documented (but still might be true). I'm not sure, but Rush might tell you that this incident was the most serious politcal threat his show has faced since it began in 1988.
ML/NJ
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