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He raised more money than any other previous Presidential candidate, much outside the accountability of campaign finance laws.
And largely with small donations from many many private citizens.
We call it democracy. These citizens are people, just like corporations.
There is little or no accountability in his donations. You are assuming.
There are accounts of people's name being used for donations, and when those individuals were contacted, they claimed not to have done so, and not even have a credit card.
How's that "Most Transparent administration in history" working out for ya?
Firm
I would assume it bullshit, frankly firm. Who and how did someone get a confidentail donors list and call them without being shot for violating federal law?
Obama Accepting Untraceable Donations
By Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is allowing donors to use largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor's identity, campaign officials confirmed.
Faced with a huge influx of donations over the Internet, the campaign has also chosen not to use basic security measures to prevent potentially illegal or anonymous contributions from flowing into its accounts, aides acknowledged. Instead, the campaign is scrutinizing its books for improper donations after the money has been deposited.
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The Obama team's disclosures came in response to questions from The Washington Post about the case of Mary T. Biskup, a retired insurance manager from Manchester, Mo., who turned up on Obama's FEC reports as having donated $174,800 to the campaign. Contributors are limited to giving $2,300 for the general election.
Biskup, who had scores of Obama contributions attributed to her, said in an interview that she never donated to the candidate. "That's an error," she said. Moreover, she added, her credit card was never billed for the donations, meaning someone appropriated her name and made the contributions with another card.
When asked whether the campaign takes steps to verify whether a donor's name matches the name on the credit card used to make a payment, Obama's campaign replied in an e-mail: "Name-matching is not a standard check conducted or made available in the credit card processing industry. We believe Visa and MasterCard do not even have the ability to do this.
DUBIOUS DONATIONSBAM'S WEB SITE INVITES FRAUD
By SCOTT W. JOHNSON
Last Updated: 3:36 AM, October 27, 2008
Posted: 3:36 AM, October 27, 2008
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Barack Obama has proved the greatest fund-raiser of all time by a long shot. His campaign has raised more than $600 million - $150 million in September alone. But the campaign has also failed to adopt standard protections against fraudulent giving.
The average contribution to Obama in September was just under $86. And federal law only requires the disclosure of identifying information for contributions in excess of $200. Campaigns must keep running totals for each donor and report them once they exceed $200.
The Federal Election Commission says the Obama campaign has reported well over $200 million as coming from contributions of $200 or less. Only a small portion of that sum is attributable to donors the Obama campaign has disclosed.
No presidential campaign has ever before received such a gargantuan sum of money from unidentified contributors.
The campaign's records reveal big contributors with names like "Doodad Pro" (employer: "Loving," profession: "You") and "Good Will" (same employer and profession). Both donated via credit card. Other reports have suggested that some donations come from overseas - raising the question of whether Obama is accepting donations from foreigners, another violation of federal law.
So many donations under the reporting requirements radar ... with not the slightest verification scheme in place ... and $200 million funneled to his last campaign ...
If Obama was a Republican, DomKen and his buddies would be rioting in the streets over the Kock Brothers illegal funding scam.
Firm
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