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Subject: Is the Obama Campaign Being Financed by Foreign Donations?
CJH    10/11/2012 11:41:27 AM
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"The FEC does not require basic security for internet donations. And in the case of the Obama campaign, the gate appears to be wide open. You need to use the CVV security code on your credit card to buy an Obama hoodie but not make a donation."

This article seems to merely assert that Obama's critics don't have anything on Obama. That is, absence of evidence in the left wing media equates to an affirmation of innocence on the part of Obama.

Why The Obama Foreign Donation ‘Scandal’ Is Pure Fiction

 
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CJH    Obama campaign accepted foreign Web donation -- and may be hiding more   10/21/2012 8:11:29 PM
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"The Obama re-election campaign has accepted at least one foreign donation in violation of the law — and does nothing to check on the provenance of millions of dollars in other contributions, a watchdog group alleges.

Chris Walker, a British citizen who lives outside London, told The Post he was able to make two $5 donations to President Obama’s campaign this month through its Web site while a similar attempt to give Mitt Romney cash was rejected. It is illegal to knowingly solicit or accept money from foreign citizens.

Walker said he used his actual street address in England but entered Arkansas as his state with the Schenectady, NY, ZIP code of 12345.

“When I did Romney’s, the payment got rejected on the grounds that the address on the card did not match the address that I entered,” he said. “Romney’s Web site wanted the code from the back of card. Barack Obama’s didn’t.”"

 
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CJH    Obama accepts 'Osama bin Laden' donations   10/29/2012 8:56:55 PM
Obama accepts 'Osama bin Laden' donations
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PPR    No doubts   11/3/2012 12:17:52 PM
The Obama administration has never verified that donors were from the US (as other candidates have done), in 2012 or 2008.  In 2008, I did some research on the subject and came up with an estimate of $30 million in foreign donations. 
A Newsmax estimate came up with a wider range of $12.8 million to $63 million. This would be a small percentage of the $750 million he raised in 2008, less than 10% and probably less than 5%.  However, given that McCain only $360 million, it was a significant amount of money.  In a close election it could be decisive.
 
In 2011, the FEC began a probe of Obama's finances.  However, they tend to move at a glacial pace, in part because they do not want to be seen as influencing elections, and in part because of the sheer number of donations they would have to investigate.  Oh, also, the guy they are investigating is their boss.
 
Oh, and if you think this is just some right-wing conspiracy theory, foreign donations to the Obama campaign were also verified by the San Fransisco Chronicle (hardly a bunch of right-wingers).
 
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