use the phone right there on the prostrate. On Oct 3, 7:57 pm, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gaar, > > The six commissioners of the FEC are ALL appointed by the President > and confirmed by the Senate, no more than three of which can belong to > the same political party. Want to bet all six have taken their office > since GB became President? > > I suggest you call your pal George Bush and ask why they are not doing > their job. > > On Oct 3, 2:03 am, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Taking money from Foreigners to fund his Campaign? > > > October 02, 2008 > > Are Foreign Donations Powering the Obama Campaign? > > Rick Moran > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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