I’ve been commenting a lot about Obama’s illegal foreign campaign contributions, particularly because the media refuses to do so. Now we get more details about this travesty, including the fact that Barack Obama has taken in over 63 million dollars in campaign contributions donated in foreign currency from over 37,000 foreign donors.
By Obama’s own admission, more than half of his contributions have come from small donors giving $200 or less. But unlike John McCain’s campaign, Obama won’t release the names of these donors.
A Newsmax canvass of disclosed Obama campaign donors shows worrisome anomalies, including outright violations of federal election laws.
For example, Obama has numerous donors who have contributed well over the $4,600 federal election limit.
Many of these donors have never been contacted by the Obama campaign to refund the excess amounts to them.
And more than 37,000 Obama donations appear to be conversions of foreign currency.
According to a Newsmax analysis of the Obama campaign data before the latest figures were released, potential foreign currency donations could range anywhere from $12.8 million to a stunning $63 million in all. With the addition of $150 million raised in September, this amount could be much more.
When asked by Newsmax about excess contributions, Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said that contributions already identified as excess had been returned and that those the campaign was just learning about — either through news accounts or from the Federal Election Commission — “will be returned.”
“Every campaign faces the challenge of screening and reviewing its contributions,” LaBolt said. “And we have been aggressive about taking every available step to make sure our contributions are appropriate, updating our systems when necessary.”
But many of the donors Newsmax canvassed said they had “never” been contacted by the Obama campaign or seen any refunds, even though their contributions went over the limit months ago.
The illegality that the Obama campaign is engaging in is simply stunning, and it boggles the mind that they’re getting away with it.
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Why should they not do it? If they win, they excuse themselves. If they lose, the republicans won’t call them on it.
Posted on October 21st, 2008 at 12:44 am
Well, it shouldn’t be a question of winning or losing, they should be called on it anyway. Bill Clinton’s campaign obviously took in a lot of illegal foreign contributions but I think it paled in comparison to what Obama’s has taken in. There are estimates of as high as $220,000,000 in illegal contributions to Obama, with much of it being foreign. But unless McCain or Palin actually says anything about it, it won’t get much attention.
Posted on October 21st, 2008 at 2:55 am
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