Anatomy of a criminal conspiracy
Steal it, buy it, whatever it takes:
Amid criticism for failing to identify the hundreds of thousands of low-dollar donors who have boosted his $600 million presidential campaign, Barack Obama has responded that it “would be a pretty hard thing for us to be able to process.”
But there is much widely used and inexpensive technology that allows Republican and Democratic campaigns to sort and identify millions of donors and to highlight or exclude overseas contributors. The technology is offered by companies that complete credit card transactions, by banks that provide credit cards to customers, by telecommunications companies that maintain digital networks, and by a variety of smaller firms that track Internet activity.
The lack of a computerized address-verification system would allow the Obama campaign’s computers to accept online donations from U.S. citizens above legal limits, and to accept donations from foreigners who are barred by law from contributing at all. Under federal law, campaigns are not required to release the name of individuals who contribute less than $200.
Asked by Gibson on Oct. 29 if he would disclose the names of his many unidentified donors, Obama said, “Look, you know, 3.1 million donors would be a pretty hard thing for us to be able to process. And we have done everything that’s been asked of us under the FEC guidelines.
“These are small donors. They’re ordinary folks. And the idea behind all campaign finance reform is to make sure that the public official is not bought and sold…I may come into the White House with fewer strings attached to me than just about any presidential candidate in history.”
Liar. Crook. Swindler. Con artist. Hack. Fraud. End of story. If Obama told me it was raining outside, I’d look out the window before deciding to grab an umbrella.
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If, however, you could make a deal with a candidate, spend a few hundred million dollars to fund them.... much more effective and cheap.
I still have faith in the people of America. Obama's so foggy and vapid, he should be easy to see through. On character alone, McCain should be winning this by a mile.