Posted on 10/02/2008 4:07:44 PM PDT by Amityschild
Just how much in donations from foreign countries is pouring into the Obama campaign coffers is a question one FEC auditor would like to have answered. The problem is that evidently, his bosses at the FEC are refusing to move on the charges which would almost certainly require them to ask the Justice Department and the FBI to look into the matter. This would, their reasoning goes, take on the appearance of a "criminal investigation" and would impact the coming election.
The anonymous investigator (who won't reveal his name for fear of retribution) says that "I can't get anyone to move. I believe we are looking at a hijacking of our political system that makes the Clinton and Gore fundraising scandals pale in comparison. And no one here wants to touch it."
The American Spectator's Washington Prowler writes:
The analyst, who declines to be identified for fear of retribution, says that on four different occasions in the past three months, he sought to open formal investigations into the Obama campaign's fundraising techniques, but those investigations have been discouraged. "Without formal approval, I can't get the resources I need, manpower, that kind of thing. This is a huge undertaking." And the analyst says that he believes that campaign finance violations have occurred.
The Obama campaign has already had to deal with several FEC complaints about fraudulent donors and illegal foreign contributions, and the FEC says it has no record that those complaints have been resolved or closed. As well, the Obama campaign has been cagey at times about the means by which it has made its historic fundraising hauls, which now total almost $500 million for the election cycle. The Hillary Clinton campaign raised questions about the huge amount of e-retail sales the Obama campaign was making for such things as t-shirts and other campaign paraphernalia, and how such sales were being tracked and used for fundraising purposes. While the profits of those items counted against the $2,300 personal donation limit, there have always been lingering questions about the e-retail system.
"The question has always been, if you buy a $25 t-shirt and you go back to that purchaser eight or nine times with email appeals for $200 or $500 donations, and you have people donating like that all the time, at what point does the campaign bother to check if the FEC limit has been exceeded?" says a former Clinton campaign fundraiser. "There are enough of us from the 1992 and 1996 and 2000 races around to know that many of these kinds of violations never get caught until after the election has been won or lost.
Obama was forced to return $33,500 to a pair of Palestinian brothers who bought T-Shirts on the campaign's website - a clear violation of FEC rules and the law. The campaign claims to have returned the money but the brothers deny they have received a refund. There have also been numerous questions about other donations that appear to come from the Middle East - not surprising given Obama's connections to Tony Rezko (whose Middle East connections are mindblowing), Nadhmi Auchi, and other wealthy Arabs who might see an Obama presidency in a favorable light.
Then there was the curious case of a supposedly home grown video that was produced by a PR firm in Los Angeles owned by a huge, left wing, French media conglomerate. The money for the film and for the PR firm evidently came from Europeans.
There is little doubt that foreigners are licking their chops at the prospect of an inexperienced, naive, weak American president who will subsume American interests and cater to the whims of the UN while deferring the big questions to the Europeans. This isn't even taking into account Obama's strange policy toward Israel (where he says one thing but all his advisors say exactly the opposite) and the belief among Muslims that because he grew up in Indonesia, he will not be as forceful in prosecuting the war on terror.
There are dozens of reasons foreigners are pulling for Obama to win. There is little doubt that money from overseas is pouring into the Obama campaign.
And it is a dead certainty that the FEC won't do a damn thing about it until after the election.
Hat Tip: Ed Lasky
HOWEVER, I have done some digging and have found that IN FACT the campaign did not return ANY of this money. They have reported credit card chargebacks (oh really?) and have PURGED the transactions that were donations from the Edwan brothers (Monir, Hosam & Osama) of Rafah, Gaza Strip from their database. I did keep a backup of the original transactions, but if you query the FEC site now, Monir results in 0, Hosam results in $891 (hey guys...still illegal) and Osama is just gone.
imperative read
yes,but as president of the world,,its OK,they do love him so,all the things he will do for them,,geesh,,they should be allowed to vote worldwide,too.Seriously they investigate Pres. Bush every 2 minutes,,,surely they can investigate the few dozen or so potentially illegal doings of the big o
Ping!
Funny, we expect 19 year-olds to walk point in Fallujah, but we let an investigator jeopardize the integrity of the election process the 19 year-old is fighting to defend over fear of losing his government job?
BETWEEN THE ILLEGAL DONATIONS AND THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE ISSUE
MAYBE TIME TO FREEP THE FEC
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E-mail Washington, DC 20463
oig@fec.gov
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Makes sense. He campaigned overseas.
YES! I don't save links like many of you do but I read an article here or on Drudge about foreign countries sending cash over the telephone using credit cards!
All illegal and large amounts being transfered. I'm sure others here know more about that.
We are watching America be stolen. Bush will not tell the AG to direct the Justice Dept to do anything about it.
Well, yes, I suppose a credible accusation of criminal conspiracy might "impact" the election. As it ought to.
The fix is in, folks.
All of our enemies — foreign and domestic — are supporting Obama.
Thanks, potlatch.
Pinging to potlatch’s #10.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2096186/posts?page=10#10
In a word, "DUUUHHHH!!!"
Now if anybody will actually DO anything about it!!!
Yes. Powers ignore it I know not why.
it would be ridiculous for Mideast Husseins and Al Qaeda Husseins not to give money to a Hussein for American President.
Especially Barack who said Muslim call to prayer was the most beautiful thing he's ever neard.
No, really. It's nothing.
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