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RNC to Demand FEC Audit of Obama Campaign

October 05, 2008 4:59 PM

The Republican National Committee announced today that on Monday it will file a fundraising complaint with the Federal Election Commission against the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., charging the Democrat has accepted illegal donations from foreigners as well as contributions that exceed the $2,300-per-person federal limits from American citizens.

Obama's campaign has raised almost $460 million so far, and almost half that has been raised by small donors contributing less than $200. RNC chief counsel Sean Cairncross today noted in a conference call that questions have arisen about those smaller donations, which by law the campaign is not required to disclose.

Newsweek reported over the weekend that FEC auditors have asked the Obama campaign about a number of contributors whose contributions seem to violate campaign laws, such as "Good Will" of Austin, Texas, who listed his occupation as "You" and his employer as "Loving" and gave more than $11,000 total in $10 and $25 increments. Another questionable donor, "Doodad Pro" of Nunda, N.Y., gave $17,130 in similarly small increments.

"The Obama campaign has a track record of accepting these," Cairncross said.

He also said that "the Obama campaign has accepted contributions from foreign nationals and has knowingly done so through at least its failure to reasonably investigate where all this money is coming from." The RNC will ask the FEC to audit these smaller donations.

Earlier this year the Obama campaign returned more than $30,000 from Monir and Hosam Edwan, two Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip who said that they'd purchased Obama 2008 T-shirts in bulk from the Obama campaign Web site.

The Obama campaign responded to the RNC conference call by pointing out some of the McCain campaign's past fundraising issues.

"Because of campaign finance issues, John McCain has had to return over $1.2 million to donors who potentially violated the law with their contributions," said Obama spokesman Bill Burton in a statement. "We look forward to a thorough investigation into whether John McCain’s campaign has returned all of the money it raised from foreign nationals, as they have admitted McCain-bundler Harry Sergeant has done. Without accepting a dime from the Washington lobbyists or corporate PACs that have funded John McCain's campaign, our campaign has shattered fundraising records with donations from more than 2.5 million Americans. We have gone above and beyond the transparency requirements by disclosing our bundlers and the levels of contributions they raise."

McCain's campaign in August returned more than $50,000 in contributions raised from one single family in California by Mustafa Abu Naba’a, a Jordanian national and business partner of a Harry Sargeant III, finance chairman of the Florida Republican Party.

asking them to provide more details about their small donors. The McCain campaign agreed to do so, but the Obama campaign rejected the request.

Burton acknowledged that "no organization is completely protected from Internet fraud" but added that "we will continue to review our fundraising procedures to ensure that we are taking every available to step to root-out improper contributions."

In June, a host of good government groups wrote to the McCain and Obama campaigns asking them to provide more details about their small donors. The McCain campaign agreed to do so, but the Obama campaign rejected the request.

- jpt

October 5, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (238)

User Comments

This is a very sobering indictment especially since most ecommerce software has several checks (such as Billing ZIP check and CVV check) turned ON by default when solutions are newly installed. Web site/revenue managers would have to make a conscious decision that they want these checks turned off and would have to change software settings (pretty easy) to do so.

Posted by: Ron Robinson | Nov 18, 2008 3:36:52 PM

I have to laugh at all you o-bomb-a sheep. you call sarah to inexperienced well take a good look at what those with experience have done. we need a fresh unsoiled start in the white house. lets get rid of all those libral senators, lets put into place background checks before elections so we no who these people really are. I am sure when the people in chicago put o-bomb-a in as senator they had no idea of his real agenda an beliefs.

Posted by: susan | Oct 28, 2008 11:53:30 AM

I AM A MCCAIN SUPPORTER BUT I HAVE A QUESTION AN MAYBE SOMEONE CAN ANSWER IT. O-BOMB-A REFUSES TO SUBMIT HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY FIND OUT HES NOT A AMERICAN CITIZEN. DOES HE GET THROWN OUT AN BIDEN BECOMES PRESIDENT?

Posted by: susan | Oct 26, 2008 7:11:13 PM

Waldvogel added later in the message: "He has given up on our State? What a total and complete crock of crap


That's just silly. They are not wasting too much resources in a state that looks like it isn't going to be successful, they have to put their energy somewhere it is going to do the most good. The idea that backers who want either a republican or democrat in office would stop trying to get the one they want into office because of that is ridiculous. They will try to do whatever it takes to get the person in office that they feel will benefit them and their families the most, just common sense.

Posted by: Dave | Oct 7, 2008 4:02:30 PM

John McCain has so many houses he can't keep count.

Posted by - Randy

Typical liberal mentality, little liberal polly parrots repeating things they've heard other uninformed liberals saying because they have nothing of value to say. You can ask thousands of investors that buy land and houses for investment purposes and they won't know how many either. But you don't want to admit the obvious, you'd rather say things like that.

Posted by: Joe | Oct 7, 2008 3:51:07 PM

Republicans are a bunch of scammers and spammers.

Americans, real Americans, are better than that! Posted by common sense

It's the democrats that have so many dead people voting for them in elections, that's the ultimate spamming their bud.

And as far as what real Americans are better than,they are better than having terrorists friends like Barack Hussein Obama does and having them contribute to his election fund.

They don't buy their homes through money laundering with the help of a convicted slum lord like Barack Hussein Obama did.

They aren't members of a churh for 20 YEARS with a racist pastor who is a black separatist and hates America and talks of a black run America like Barack Hussein Obama did and then try and tell the people that you didn't know who they were or what they believed in after 20 YEARS of sitting in their church like Barack Hussein Obama did.

They don't bad mouth their own country on foreign soil while trying to be liked by everybody but real Americans like Barack Hussein Obama did.

The list goes on, but it seems your name doesn't fit you, because you seem to not have any sense at all if you believe any of that BS you spouted.

Posted by: Dave | Oct 6, 2008 7:34:19 PM

As follow up. If we look historically total control by the Republicans was bad (President Bush, "W"). The last time the Democrats controlled both the Presidency and Congress (excluding 1st two years of Clinton, when the American people bounced the Democrats out of Congress for their stellar performance) our country was at least as bad off and most would say worse off (President Carter).

Under President Carter and the Democratically controlled Congress, with many of the same plans Sen. Obama espouses today, a good mortgage rate was 14%, unemployment exceeded 10% and gas lines were every where not just in areas effected by hurricanes. Thanks, but I'll take dividing the power between the parties and making the goverment work for ALL Americans not just the Right or Left anyday.

Posted by: Jeff | Oct 6, 2008 1:46:33 PM

Electing Sen. Obama will mean change, we will spend his tenure giving into every left wing ideologoy out there and his Presidency would be at least as bad as the current Presidency. As for me, I am voitng for Sen. McCain because I think dividing the power in Washington between the two parties best serves all Americans and not just the Right or Left.

Posted by: Jeff | Oct 6, 2008 1:39:35 PM

I just do not understand Americans... A person [terroist] by the name of Osama Bin Liden attacked the United States with the United States own aircrafts and killed thousands and thousands of us, and now the Americans are voting for someone by the name of Obama Hussein Barack, that really bothers me. Another thing, Obama is a good and fast talker and he is stating what people want to hear, because we are all vulnerable now. Something about him is not right!

Posted by: Senoria Land | Oct 6, 2008 1:36:56 PM

The U.S. is currently sending Pakistan 10 Billion Dollars EVERY month. The original agreement was that the troops would be able to gain more access into the country. JM stated in his debate that BO doesn't understand ... you just can't cut off those funds. Now, when Bin Laden and his followers attack the U.S. the next time ... Please understand that the U.S. funded that attack. The Pakistani government did not hold up to their end of the bargain and now they are being paid on the hope that they will let the U.S. in once the environment is appropriate. For all of the JM supporters, the U.S. gov't just passed the bailout pkg ... JM says he's going to cut taxes. If he cuts taxes ... how does the deficit get paid. BO tax plan to 'simply impose taxes on the segment of America that does not pay taxes'... will make the difference in your average dollar being worth .38 cents and .98 cents. To those who can relate to JM ... I didn't make 160 million dollars last year. Of course he wants to cut taxes ... his tax plan favors the extremely wealthy. I could go on and on ... I suggest that you research ... check credible sites like factcheck.org and then decide. I will state that to suggest that a U.S. senator is a domestic terrorist really shows the incompetence of the McCain party. McCain should speak more with his pitbull and align their concerns. I know she's feeling like a million bucks, (sarah palin)because she did better than expected. But she still hasn't gotten the courage to do an 'unscripted' interview. She will not talk to reporters, that is because she has no clue of what's going on. In the words of one of the rep. party chairs ... 'Please do not allow the findings of the investigation be made public ... as they could cause irreparable damage.'

Posted by: Nicole | Oct 6, 2008 1:26:49 PM

I believe Mr. McCain when he says "the fundamentals of his campaign finance reports are sound."

Posted by: ricky | Oct 6, 2008 10:25:38 AM

Well all I can say is that Obama is very familiar with how to work the finical market. Look at his ties with ACORN and explain to us why Obama is not part of the problem with the economy today? Oh I guess since he helped get us into this crisis we should put him in the White House to solve it? Real shame the press has given Obama a free ride on anything he's done bad in the no to distant past and the American people have bought it hook-line-and-sinker. Guess if Obama does get into the White House it will make for some more good press stories as he tears down this county.

Posted by: Gary | Oct 6, 2008 8:40:53 AM

Just to P.O. the RNC, I'm gonna go ahead and max out my donation to $2300 for Obama this morning.

Posted by: Clint | Oct 6, 2008 8:10:32 AM

It wouldn't surprise me if McCain's campaign gave money to the Obama campaign using false identities just so they could launch this attack.

Republicans are a bunch of scammers and spammers.

Americans, real Americans, are better than that!

Obama/Biden 08!

Posted by: Common Sense | Oct 6, 2008 8:08:49 AM

After reading this, I decided to make another small contribution to BO. To the RNC - thank you for reminding me! I hope you have fun auditing me, and others, well into the next year - we'll be having fun working toward change!

Posted by: Drew | Oct 6, 2008 7:54:45 AM

The horror stories of the 0bama "fund raising," particularly taking foreign funds has been a subject of blogs for months. Since the MSM won't cover any negative 0bama news, the blogs and the RNC have to do it for themselves. First we defeat 0bama, then we try to reclaim an impartial press. COUNTRY FIRST.

Posted by: beebop | Oct 6, 2008 7:11:56 AM

John McCain has shown through his past actions that he has absolutely no concern whatsoever for the wellbeing of middle-class Americans. When taking that into consideration, just how do you think he will handle the current financial disaster our economically battered nation is in today? For an answer to that question, one must look to the past, specifically McCain’s disgraceful involvement in the Keating Five savings-and-loan scandal that decimated our economy, not to mention millions of hard working American’s life savings, in the late 1980’s.

Even though he was absolutely disgraced publicly and the Senate Ethics Committee admonished him for his deplorable actions, John McCain still continued his fervor for rampant deregulation that caused the cascading savings-and-loan collapses in the late 1980’s and the current credit crisis destroying our economy today.

Millions of honest, hard working Americans had their life savings wiped out when one savings-and-loan after another went down because of the criminality of repugnant swindlers such as Charles Keating. Charles Keating is a convicted felon who greedily defrauded millions out their life savings, while at the same time he donated more money to John McCain’s campaign than any other contributor in the nation. And what did John McCain do when he learned of Keating’s arrest? He illegally tried to use his power and influence to keep his good friend and single largest campaign contributor out of jail.

McCain’s involvement as the key figure in the Keating Five scandal is a window into his past, present, and future disregard for middle-class Americans.

Posted by: jack | Oct 6, 2008 4:42:04 AM

The consortium behind Obama is simply seeking to infiltrate the highest ranks of the American society with the target to have the force to contain the people (their own sovereignty with the sovereignty being the law). Be warned – He is not who he seems to be. Let’s all ask to know the “real” Obama.
Peter

Posted by: peter link | Oct 6, 2008 3:47:08 AM

How a McCain/Bush/Schmit/Rove campaign would Change a Light Bulb

How many members of McCain/Bush/Schmit/Rove campaign does it take to change a light bulb?

1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;

2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;

3. One to blame American Voters for burning out the light bulb;

4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs;

5. One to give a One Trillion dollars to Wall Street for the new light bulb;

6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner: Light Bulb Change Accomplished;

7. One campaign insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how McCain/Bush/Schmit/Rove was literally in the dark and out of touch with the American Voter

8. One to viciously smear #7;

9. Sarah Palin to campaign on TV and at rallies on how John McCain has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along;

10. And finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.

Posted by: Yeil Raven | Oct 6, 2008 2:28:32 AM

Obama is not middle class he is a millionare!
McCain doesn't own those homes, his wife's family does. She has her family members living in them for free. They also have condo's they rent out, I have a rent house too, so what? That is why he wasn't sure how many houses his WIFE had. Cindy's father worked his rear off to build his company, as many others have in this country, and he suceeded. Are we suppose to punish success now?
As for the cars, he has 7 children. Don't you think he bought his kids a car. I own 3, I bought one for my son. I am middle class, (diffinitely not a millionare)
McCain's tax records show his only income is from his Senate seat. His wife files her separately.
Palin's tax records show she is truly middle class, she is not a millionare.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:49:13 AM

Obama's associations reflect his poor judgement. He has shown this poor judgement thoughout his career, now we are suppose to trust that he is going to make things better by pushing socialist programs that our country cannot afford.
Why am I going to trust his judgement now when he has not had to prove himself before. Just take him at his word? Sorry not enough.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:40:55 AM

Sean A,


John McCain has so many houses he can't keep count. He's got 8 cars. His wife is worth 100 million dollars. And you're concerned that a preacher who isn't running for anything has a 10 million dollar house? By the way, by John McCain standards(anyone making under 5 million), Barack Obama is considered middle class

Posted by: Randy | Oct 6, 2008 12:39:26 AM

As this article pointed out, the FEC already questioned the Obama campaign about suspicious contributions.
So the RNC is not alone in asking Obama for transparency about these contributions.
Furthermore, Judicial Watch, a non-partisan watchdog group has filed official complaints against Obama with the FEC and the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics regarding the folowing:
- Papers filed in the Rezko scandal case show that shortly before Obama's suspicious land deal, Rezko received a wire transfer of $3.5 million from Nadhim Auchi, an Iraqi billionaire now living in Britain. Auchi made his fortune through business dealings with Saddam Husein.
The "London Times' raised the question whether funds from Auchi helped Obama buy his mansion.
- Obama received a preferenial treatment from Northern Trust on his $1.32 million mortgage with a below- average interest rate without paying points.
- Judicial Watch also filed a Freedom on Information Act request with the Illinois State Archives to produce records of Obama's years in office. But the ISA responded that they had not received any requests from Obama to archive any of his records and therefore could not comply with Judicial Watch's request.
If Senator Obama doesn't have anything to hide, why not agree to provide the details requested by all these parties?

Posted by: Donoke9_10 | Oct 6, 2008 12:38:54 AM

"Don't make it sound like Obama was ABLE to vote on the war resolution, because he was not.

Then he shouldn't be acting all high and mighty like he was against it.

Posted by: Emm | Oct 6, 2008 12:38:35 AM

Obama's positions mirror Jimmy Carter. The only difference is Obama comes with Ayers, Rezko, Rev Wright, ACORN, Fannie Mae contributions and complete flip-flopping from his original positions.
Obama is a snake in the grass.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:35:55 AM

"Tell me why it was our job to go in there? The lie about the WMD's?"

You can Monday morning quarterback all day, but it was the best intel we had at the time, and Hussein was flat out ignoring UN sanctions. We did what we had to do.

Posted by: Emm | Oct 6, 2008 12:34:42 AM

Like I said, Saddam was a threat and eventually he would have been a bigger problem for us. There are many other countries like Darfur that need assistance. People are starving, women are raped by the militia there and the men are killed. But that country has never threatened us or Israel. Saddam killed thousands of Kurds. He said he had the capability to do it again.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:33:54 AM

J--
Obama recieved the 2nd highest contributions from Fannie Mae. He is part of the problem. If he so giving why is his brother living in a 6 x 9 hut on $1 month. Why can't he send money to his poor family members. He is a millionare you know.
His Rev Wright built a $10 million home. Why does he need such extravagance? I thought he was all for giving to the poor of Chicago. I guess greed isn't just a color.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:27:39 AM


See that's the problem I have with Republicans. Talk about issues that affect BOTH of us instead of stuff that doesn't mean diddly squat.

I could list stuff McCain is guilty of doing but what does that solve? It doesn't put gas in my car or yours, it doesn't pay our bills. That's what I want to see them talk about.

Posted by: J | Oct 6, 2008 12:32:26 AM

J--
Obama recieved the 2nd highest contributions from Fannie Mae. He is part of the problem. If he so giving why is his brother living in a 6 x 9 hut on $1 month. Why can't he send money to his poor family members. He is a millionare you know.
His Rev Wright built a $10 million home. Why does he need such extravagance? I thought he was all for giving to the poor of Chicago. I guess greed isn't just a color.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:27:39 AM

Not a big fan of the war in Iraq but our men did not die in vain. An evil dictator has been sent to the deepest depths of h*ll because of us and our allies.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:18:29 AM

Tell me why it was our job to go in there? The lie about the WMD's?

We need to stop poking our noses into everyone else's business and take care of us here at home first.

Posted by: J | Oct 6, 2008 12:23:13 AM

J--my favorite part of the book was "White mans greed puts the world in need".

What is your favorite passage of the book of Messiah?

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:12:54 AM

I haven't read his books. If that is the whole passage from the book that is partially true. Look what white men have done throughout history. How do you think we got in the mess we are in now.

Posted by: J | Oct 6, 2008 12:20:08 AM

Saddam was going to have to be taken care of eventually, maybe the inoformation that got us there was false, but the Iraqis are happy he is gone. Justice for the hundreds of thousands of people found in mass graves in Iraq.
It was just a matter of time that Al Qaeda would be forming an alliance with Saddam against us.

Not a big fan of the war in Iraq but our men did not die in vain. An evil dictator has been sent to the deepest depths of h*ll because of us and our allies.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:18:29 AM

orangecat:

That's because Obama was not even IN the Senate five years ago, in 2003, when the war resolution was voted upon.

Don't make it sound like Obama was ABLE to vote on the war resolution, because he was not.

Just because he made some speech against the war before he became a Senator, does not mean that he wouldn't have voted for the war if he had been there at the time.

Given his flip-flops on FISA and other issues, and his inability to make a decision for himself, I'm sure he would have caved in and gone with the flow on the war resolution as well..

Posted by: Lee | Oct 6, 2008 12:17:22 AM

J--my favorite part of the book was "White mans greed puts the world in need".

What is your favorite passage of the book of Messiah?

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:12:54 AM

Christian faith from an anti-american church with unchristian sermons.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 6, 2008 12:11:32 AM

Unshrub, J
Have you read Obama's book???

Posted by: Tim | Oct 5, 2008 11:59:55 PM

What difference does that make?

Posted by: J | Oct 6, 2008 12:05:52 AM

"McCAIN FIRST

This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become commander in chief, ascending to the one position that would finally enable him to outrank his four-star father and grandfather.

In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches.

In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot."

Posted by: touche | Oct 6, 2008 12:03:40 AM

Have you read Obama's book??

Posted by: Tim | Oct 6, 2008 12:02:13 AM

J,
Bush didn't go into Iraq to finish daddys work. He went in to get Sadam...and justice for over 3000 innocent Americans who died for no reason except radical Isamic terrorist hate Americans. And, if he had not acted...we would have been attacked again...and more innocent Americans would be dead. We can't believe those people are finished with American.....

Posted by: Karen | Oct 5, 2008 11:58:01 PM

Saddam didn't attack us Bin Laden did. We had no business going in there. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.

Posted by: J | Oct 6, 2008 12:01:50 AM

Tim

Yes, and I beleive he says he is a Christian.

Posted by: The Unshrub | Oct 6, 2008 12:01:04 AM

Karen

You are one stubborn person. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. What is wrong with you people?

Posted by: The Unshrub | Oct 5, 2008 11:59:57 PM

Unshrub, J
Have you read Obama's book???

Posted by: Tim | Oct 5, 2008 11:59:55 PM

J,
Bush didn't go into Iraq to finish daddys work. He went in to get Sadam...and justice for over 3000 innocent Americans who died for no reason except radical Isamic terrorist hate Americans. And, if he had not acted...we would have been attacked again...and more innocent Americans would be dead. We can't believe those people are finished with American.....

Posted by: Karen | Oct 5, 2008 11:58:01 PM

He denounces his white mother!
Posted by: Kim | Oct 5, 2008 11:51:15 PM

Let me ask you something. Are you biracial? Nobody knows what it is like unless you have walked in their shoes.

Posted by: J | Oct 5, 2008 11:55:26 PM

Karen--you are right, too many americans take our freedoms for granted. All they can think about is what can the government do for me and I want more. If the anti-americans can just go to a muslim country or Venezuela or North Korea and see how those people live. They will come back with a better appreciation of what our country stands for and what our military has been fighting for, for generations

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 5, 2008 11:50:04 PM

Karen--you are right, too many americans take our freedoms for granted. All they can think about is what can the government do for me and I want more. If the anti-americans can just go to a muslim country or Venezuela or North Korea and see how those people live. They will come back with a better appreciation of what our country stands for and what our military has been fighting for, for generations

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 5, 2008 11:49:49 PM


J,
Clinton could have stopped the attacks of 9/11 as well...but choose to ignore the facts. He made tons of stupid decisions that we are paying for now!!
So many in fact...that Bush had no chance to clean it all up. And if Obama gets in the white house....well, God help us all. We're doomed.

Posted by: Karen | Oct 5, 2008 11:38:50 PM

Eight years to clean up what? Yeah Clinton could have done something the first time the trade centers were attacked. This financial fiasco could have been avoided if Bush would have done his job.

Those stupid decisions as you call them created jobs and a surplus.Now we are how man trillions in debt. I guess you will tell me Clinton did that too.

The only reason Bush went into Iraq and after Hussein was he was finishing what daddy started. It was revenge, plain and simple.

Posted by: J | Oct 5, 2008 11:45:55 PM

Karen

Who is being naive? If I disagree with you, you assume it's because I am the one being naive. I could just as well say to you, don't be so blind.

I have been to the secret side of war that most in the military do not see, and I think it is those like you who are naive to the truth. But that wasn't your duty, you served your country well. Unfortunate 99.99% of those who do serve their country never see the secrets of war,

Posted by: The Unshrub | Oct 5, 2008 11:44:41 PM

There is no doubt that Obama bent around the fund raising rules in order to raise campaign cash. It was always mysterious to see the 200$ repeated donors with fictious names appearing on the Obama fundraising reports. The FEC has to investigate fully to unravel this Obama scam. I wouldn't be suprisied if Obama is getting funding as far as palestine, this needs to be audited.

Posted by: Greg h | Oct 5, 2008 11:43:11 PM

Any fraud, criminal, Chicago thug practices from the Obama camp would be expected. This guy is bad news, scarey, and the worst thing that could happen to our country.
AMERICA WAKE UP....NEVER OBAMA
NEVER EGO FIRST.
COUNTRY FIRST McCAIN/PALIN (from an ex-Hillary supporter)

Posted by: DLM | Oct 5, 2008 11:42:24 PM

ToAmerica Centric: Yeah,we realize that more than one Senator voted for the war.But MCcain is the only Republcan Sen.running for President to vote for it!
Posted by: orangecat | Oct 5, 2008 9:16:07 PM
______________________

That's no reason to vote for B O Plenty!

Posted by: america*centric | Oct 5, 2008 11:41:19 PM

Joel: the only ones with their heads in the sand here are those who believe Obama is going to stop the terrorits with sweet talk.

Obama needs to show us his books and where his billion dollars to fund his campaign has come from.

I suspect some of that money may come form the wrong sources. It may on the otherhand be all clean. We need to see!

Posted by: Kottaras | Oct 5, 2008 11:40:29 PM

J,
Clinton could have stopped the attacks of 9/11 as well...but choose to ignore the facts. He made tons of stupid decisions that we are paying for now!!
So many in fact...that Bush had no chance to clean it all up. And if Obama gets in the white house....well, God help us all. We're doomed.

Posted by: Karen | Oct 5, 2008 11:38:50 PM

UnShrub,
Yes, I have been to war....as many of my family members. I'm proud that my family members have risked their lives for the safety and freedom of the people of the US. Trust me....freedom isn't free. And, other countries only wish they could live like Americans. If we don't stop these people....many more attacks on America will occur....please don't be so naive.

Posted by: Karen | Oct 5, 2008 11:36:10 PM

Posted by: Kaye Billings | Oct 5, 2008 11:17:48 PM

Newsflash Clinton hasn't been President for 8 long excruciating years. Bush could have done something about this long before now. Don't blame this on Clinton.

Posted by: J | Oct 5, 2008 11:32:11 PM

Kottarus,
How many other Americans should die to terrorist attacks on the US? Trust me....if any of your family members had been killed....I'm sure you would think differently. Do you really think those people are going to stop with the Twin Towers? If so, you better think again. Get your head out of the sand man!

Posted by: Joel | Oct 5, 2008 11:30:50 PM

A name to connect Islamic organizations to Obama: Hatem El-Hady, chairman of Kindhearts foundation in Ohio. They are on the FBI watch list and their assets have been frozen because of money being funneled to Hamas. He is a big contributor of Obama campaign and he had a dedication page on Obamas website. When this story broke back in April 08, the dedication vanished from the website.

Hamas, Hezbollah and FARC have all endorsed Obama and let's not forget about Louis Farakhan.

If Obama somehow weasels himself into the White House, we will be appeasers to terror groups. They either think he is too naive to do anything about their terror activities or he's one of them.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 5, 2008 11:27:03 PM

Karen

Have you been to war?
Have any of your close friends or relatives died in war?
If you haven't been to war, why don't you enlist and go fight. If you have been in war, they you have earned the right to complain about others.

Posted by: The Unshrub | Oct 5, 2008 11:26:58 PM

In response to Steve. It isn't about if we want War....it is about protecting our country from terrorist. And standing up for the country that our forefathers fought and died for.
I don't know about you....but I'm happy to live free, without communism, without being taken over by Russia, China, Germany, etc etc etc...and now the Middle East! They want to destroy us....and Obama is their ticket into this country and the destruction of America!!

Posted by: Karen | Oct 5, 2008 11:24:40 PM

Krist

How do you know this as fact. Just because in your little mind you think it's real does not make it real.

Posted by: The Unshrub | Oct 5, 2008 11:20:36 PM

Please, its clear that none of the Obama supporters knew that the league of women voters requested both McCains and Obama's records and Suprise the only on who gave them was McCain.

Posted by: Melissa | Oct 5, 2008 11:16:13 PM

The enemies of the US are so desparate for an OBAMA victory anything is possible when it comes to funding...


So open the books and I mean all of the books...even the secret ones.

Posted by: Kottaras | Oct 5, 2008 11:10:42 PM

The enemies of the US are so desparate for an OBAMA victory anything is possible when it comes to funding...


So open the books and I mean all of the books...even the secret ones.

Posted by: Kottaras | Oct 5, 2008 11:10:30 PM

i have a dear friend and ex roommate that i went to school with. she could not afford her share of the rent, or buy groceries because she was using her student loans and financial aid to send money to the obama campaign and traveling all over the country to obama events. a couple of months ago she dropped out of school to 'follow obama' she told me, and help with his campaign. her actions remind me of the singing children in california-and eerily similar to the n. korean dictator's adoration by his followers. WEIRD!

Posted by: octoberlight | Oct 5, 2008 11:06:04 PM

"buy a big shovel to clean the nuclear ash off your front lawn. Want war? Want McCain?"

The only nutjob here is you, Steve. How can you spew such vile, disconnected rants in one sentence without feeling that you're actually part of the problem and are doing nothing helpful to fix it?

Posted by: Emm | Oct 5, 2008 11:02:19 PM

McCain will go negative and it will get old in a hurry. The stink of death will set in and GOP donors will realize they are throwing away good money. Kathy Hilton gave McCain $2300 and the next week he ran an ad blasting her daughter, Paris Hilton. McCain... you are a nasty little midget with a sleazy world view. Get out of the way.

Posted by: Steve from Danville | Oct 5, 2008 11:01:01 PM

If McCain gets elected then take whatever money you have left after being raped by the Wall Street lobbyists who fund McCain's campaign, and buy stocks in the companies that make bombs, guns, fighter planes, weapons, and caskets. Also: buy a big shovel to clean the nuclear ash off your front lawn. Want war? Want McCain?

Posted by: Steve from Danville | Oct 5, 2008 10:56:07 PM

Geez, get over it already. Negative campaigning has ALWAYS been a factor in elections for 200 years. The only thing different now is the internet which is accessible to almost everyone as opposed to 8 years ago, and blogs, which perpetuate the negativity. The candidates have less control and the campaigns are running the show. It's all a game to see who comes out on top, regardless if it's through "negative" campaigning. There's no prize for second place and the guy who can't take heat loses.

Posted by: Emm | Oct 5, 2008 10:54:11 PM

There are a lot of delusional people here. Did any of you forget that Obama recieved the 2nd highest contributions from Fannie Mae, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are neck deep in the failing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The McCain campaign worker you speak of was a paid consultant for the firm.

McCain warned the Senate in 2006 that this would happen and he was told by the Democrats he was being an alarmist. All the while, Dodd, Obama and Franks had their hands behind their backs taking money from Fannie Mae.

Posted by: Sean A | Oct 5, 2008 10:53:47 PM

If McCain and Bush has their way, Wall Street geniuses would be running a private Social Security Administration program and your account could be worth ZERO. Busted. Nada. Luckily the Democrats stopped that this year... but McCain will try again. There's too much lobbyist money from Wall Street and McCain is in their pocket. Reject the privitization of your Social Security Administration account. Protect your retirement, vote Democratic this year.

Posted by: Steve from Danville | Oct 5, 2008 10:49:51 PM

McCain will do anything to distract the voters from the economic mess of Deregulation. Try to change the subject, McCain? It ain't going to work because your crappy fingerprints and those of George Bush and Phil Gramm are all over America's financial crisis. Your campaign manager is a paid lobbyist for Freddie Mac... we won't forget that McCain.

Posted by: Steve from Danville | Oct 5, 2008 10:46:41 PM

McCain goes negative and the RNC files a complaint. I wonder who is running scared?

This is a bunch of bs, but there are still many who are too stupid to relize the sleaze the republicans have turned to.

Posted by: The Unshrub | Oct 5, 2008 10:45:31 PM

Even Bush now supports a time horizon for withdrawal in Iraq. Condeleeza Rice and Maliki now support Obama's plan for leaving Iraq. McCain is all alone....100 years is no problem for McCain. And just for fun: Bomb Bomb Iran. McCain is a death sentence for peace. Send your sons and grandsons to Iran? Think about it. Reject the war-mongers.

Posted by: Steve from Danville | Oct 5, 2008 10:44:10 PM

"McCain supports and trumpets the unnecessary war that has killed 4770 of our young people in Iraq. The next unnecessary war of John McCain will take your sons and grandsons to Iran."

Who is calling it unnecessary? I guess if you ask the Kurds or the thousands of those murdered under Hussein, they'd have a different opinion.

Also, McCain is calling for a responsible end to our efforts in Iraq. Obama, however, already has us slated for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sudan. Who's the war monger again?

Posted by: Emm | Oct 5, 2008 10:39:39 PM

They should all open their books...before November 4.....

Transparency is part of the democratic process.....

OPEN THE BOOKS let us see who is funding you...

Posted by: Kottaras | Oct 5, 2008 10:38:13 PM

He's good for business. How many sons and grandsons are you willing to lose in Iran or Iraq? How many unnecessary wars do you want to fight? This year reject the Republican war mongers.

Posted by: Steve from Danville | Oct 5, 2008 10:36:20 PM

"do you really think "Doodad Pro" gave $17,310 to Barack Obama without him even knowing who he is?"

This is where they get caught. I you're a humble patron of the arts and donate 17K to keep a museum running and they want to name a wing after you, but you want to remain anonymous, fine.

But what mental giant is going to lay out 17K and say it's from Joe Schmoe Fake Name? You'd think if they were legit, they'd at least want to give their real names so as to get front seats at the Inaug Ball. Definitely something fishy.

Posted by: Emm | Oct 5, 2008 10:34:59 PM

Want war? McCain supports and trumpets the unnecessary war that has killed 4770 of our young people in Iraq. The next unnecessary war of John McCain will take your sons and grandsons to Iran. If you love war then vote for the fidgety little man who campaigns with lies and smears and conspiracy theories. If you trust