Obama’s Fundraising Comes Under Scrutiny
By Charles Lemos on July 23, 2008 at 5:45 PM in Barack Obama, DNC, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Exelon, Lobbyists, Nuclear Power, Obamedia
Last week, the Obama campaign reported that it had a $52 million haul in the month of June. In releasing this information, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe wrote in an e-mail to supporters that:
“You continue to prove what ordinary Americans committed to change can accomplish, despite the Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs funding so much of our opponents’ campaign.”
Two articles in the US media point to what I have long been saying about Obama’s duplicitous statements on where his money is coming from and it is not from “ordinary Americans”. It is from corporate interests and Washington lobbyists and yes PAC money. The only difference is that backhanded manner in which Obama collects his millions.
The first article is from the Los Angeles Times in article by Dan Morain entitled Donations to Obama campaign include some biggies:
Even as he touts his base of small donors, Barack Obama is relying heavily on well-heeled contributors who have given $28,500 or more each to Democratic Party committees that will campaign on his behalf.
Obama aides emphasized that the average donation to his campaign in June — during which he brought in $52 million — was $68. Over the course of his campaign, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee has raised $340 million. By law, an individual can give no more than $2,300 to a candidate for the primary and $2,300 for the general election.
Obama has established joint fundraising agreements with the Democratic National Committee and two other party committees. Those entities can raise larger sums and spend unlimited amounts on behalf of individual candidates.
Of the $20.3 million Obama’s joint fundraising committees amassed in June, 86%, or $17.6 million, came in chunks of $5,000 or more; 64% came in increments of $28,500 or more, campaign finance reports filed over the weekend show.
Frank Clark, head of Commonwealth Edison, which supplies electricity to Chicago, gave $2,300 to Obama early in the campaign and $28,500 last month to the Democratic White House Victory Fund.
John Rogers, founder of the Chicago investment house Ariel Capital, also gave the maximum to Obama’s presidential account, and $13,000 to Democratic White House Victory.
According to the campaign, Clark and Rogers are among Obama’s largest fundraisers, each having raised more than $200,000 from friends and associates.
Employees at Exelon, the parent company of Commonwealth Edison, have given more than $180,000.
Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt noted that the campaign, unlike the Democratic Party and the fundraising committees, has tapped small donors, raising the bulk of its money in increments of less than $90.
Michael J. Malbin, executive director of the nonpartisan Campaign Finance Institute, said that although Obama had raised an unprecedented $165 million from those who donated in increments of less than $200, “he cannot raise $150 million or whatever his budget says he needs without going to large contributors.”
The presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain, also has joint fundraising committees and will probably rely heavily on them in the fall.
Such committees appeal to candidates and donors because contributors can write a single check and have it split among the candidate, the party and related committees.
A review of the campaign finance reports filed over the weekend with the Federal Election Commission showed that attorneys accounted for at least $2.4 million of the $20.3 million the three Obama joint committees raised.
People who listed their occupations as investors or said they worked for investment houses contributed at least an additional $2.85 million. Individuals who said they were chief executive officers, company presidents or board chairmen chipped in $1.8 million. The entertainment industry accounted for $1.5 million.
McDonald’s President Donald Thompson and Pepsi Chairman Robert Pohlad each gave $28,500. The Pohlad family, including Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad, gave a combined $170,000 to Democratic committees.
Entertainers who donated $28,500 to the committees include producers Frederick W. Field and Steven Bochco and his wife, Dayna, and actors Samuel L. Jackson and Edward Norton.
NBA star LeBron James donated $20,000.
In several instances, couples doubled their donations. Professional poker player Phil Ivey and his wife, Luciaetta, for example, each gave $33,100 to the Obama Victory Committee. New York writer and entrepreneur Steven Brill and his wife, attorney Cynthia Brill, donated $61,600 last month, with $4,600 going to Obama’s presidential campaign and the rest going to one of the party’s joint fundraising committees.
The Exelon donations are particulary interesting. Since 2003, executives and employees of Exelon, which is based in Illinois, have contributed at least $227,000 to Mr. Obama’s campaigns for the United States Senate and another $180,000 for President. That’s $400,000 from the upper echelons of the nation’s largest nuclear power firm. Two top Exelon officials, Frank M. Clark, executive vice president, and John W. Rogers Jr., a director, are among his largest fund-raisers.
Another Obama donor, John W. Rowe, chairman of Exelon, is also chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear power industry’s lobbying group, based in Washington. Exelon’s support for Mr. Obama far exceeds its support for any other presidential candidate. In addition, Mr. Obama’s chief political strategist, David Axelrod, has worked as a consultant to Exelon. A spokeswoman for Exelon said Mr. Axelrod’s company had helped an Exelon subsidiary, Commonwealth Edison, with communications strategy periodically since 2002.
You got to love this one degree of separation because in 2005 during Obama’s first year in the Senate, Exelon Corporation failed to disclose some radioactive leaks from a nuclear power plant sixty miles south of Chicago. Naturally when the leaks came to light, residents were less than thrilled. Obama railed against the firm publicly but then proceed to help out the company in the subterfuge that is the United States.
First, Obama worked to pass a bill to require all plant owners to notify state and local authorities immediately of even small leaks. He has boasted of it on the campaign trail, telling a crowd in Iowa in December that it was “the only nuclear legislation that I’ve passed.” The only thing it passed was its committee; the bill died on the Senate floor.
In March 2006, Senator Obama introduced a bill known as the Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006. The bill S109-2348 stated flatly that nuclear plants “shall immediately” notify federal, state and local officials of any accidental release of radioactive material that exceeded “allowable limits for normal operation.” Like all of Obama’s legislation, the bill never became law. This was largely due to the fact that Exelon objected to the provisions of bill and complained to Senator Obama’s office. Facing pushback from his major donor, Obama then worked with Senator James Inofe of Oklahoma to insert provisions into another bill that gave the Nuclear Energy Institute whose chair is also the CEO of Exelon to assist the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in writing the technical standards of what constitute “allowable limts for normal operation.” The language of the bill was also changed. In place of Obama’s original straightforward reporting requirements was new language giving the nuclear commission two years to come up with its own regulations. The bill said that the commission “shall consider” — not require — immediate public notification, and also take into account the findings of a task force it set up to study the tritium leaks.
Oh the things that money can buy. In this case, John W. Rowe, chairman of Exelon and chair of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the industry association that was now assisting US Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the technical standards of what constitutes a leak, bought in effect the words “shall consider.” Of course, John W. Rowe is just an “ordinary American” as Obama campaign manager David Plouffe suggests. John W. Rowe is just an “ordinary American” who according to Forbes’ 2005 list of Executive Pay was paid $11.5 mil in total compensation. But don’t fret, this “ordinary American” is on up and up. According to Reuters, John W. Rowe earned $19,491,556 in total compensation in 2007.
The second article is from US News & World Report in article written by Bonnie Erbe entitled Barack Obama’s Fundraising Hypocrisy—a Lobbyist by Any Other Name…:
The latest campaign finance figures show Sen. Barack Obama’s pledge not to take money from lobbyists is a distinction without a difference.
He clobbered Sen. John McCain in fundraising last month, netting more than twice the amount of money raised by his rival. From Bloomberg:
Obama took in $51.9 million in June, including $1.4 million from a joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee, while McCain reported raising $21.5 million, including $5.1 million from his fundraising effort with the Republican National Committee.
But consider whence much of Obama’s money comes. While donations to his campaign are not accepted from lobbyists per se, they are proffered by corporate executives. These same executives face a mountain of federal issues on which they will most surely need Obama’s help, should he win the White House in November. So what’s the difference?
To wit. Bloomberg reported that donors to Obama’s joint fundraising committee included Jay Grinney, president and chief executive officer of Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp., who gave $10,000, and Donald Thompson, U.S. chief of Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald’s Corp., who gave $28,500, the maximum.
As I’ve noted before, Sen. Obama’s fourth-largest corporate donor is Exelon, the nation’s largest provider of nuclear power.
Did he take donations straight from the pockets of the company’s lobbyists? No. But did he accept largesse in the amount of more than a quarter million dollars from Exelon’s CEO and top executives? Yes. In the process, he watered down to oblivion an antinuclear amendment he had sponsored, originally to force nuclear power producers to report even the most negligible of radioactive leaks. He then went on to tell mesmerized campaign audiences he had “passed” his antinuclear bill, which never passed the U.S. Senate.
Meanwhile, the Obama campaign disinvited Democratic war hero and former Sen. Max Cleland to appear at an Obama event in Atlanta earlier this month. Why? Sen. Cleland is a registered lobbyist.
John McCain openly accepts lobbyists’ donations. And some voters find that as much of a conflict (because Senator McCain has his name attached to the most important campaign finance reform bill of the last two decades.) The difference between McCain and Obama on this issue is McCain has never pledged not to take lobbyists’ donations. He has only pledged to fight to make the process as transparent as possible.
It is, of course, reassuring to see these articles in the media. However is anybody reading them?
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The Messiah is a crook, and his trolls are in complete denial about it.
And the Messiah is also a dunce, he doesn’t know where “his” legislation goes after a PR aide drafts it for him:
He has boasted of it on the campaign trail, telling a crowd in Iowa in December that it was “the only nuclear legislation that I’ve passed.” The only thing it passed was its committee; the bill died on the Senate floor.
Since he seems to be a serial liar, he probably knew what happened and also knew that the corporate media would let him get away with the lie.
The Center for Responsive Politics website opensecrets.org has his income report. For a longer story on the subject of Obama’s big money financiers and G.O.P. connections in general, here’s an article I’ve posted:
http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Summer08/BushThirdTerm.html
Includes info about his sub-prime bank buddies.
The real story is McCains average donation is 350% higher than Obama. Obama’s is mostly from regular people where as McCain gets from big oil and Bush cronies. A huge difference, so many on this site are supporting McCain and want 4 more years of Bush. Grow up!
Got some, uh, proof of that there Bill? Or just slinging shit?
Off topic, but Puma answers on the cafferty file tonite …
The money comes from the seven additional states.
I have just found something..I don’t know if this has been discussed or what, but does anyone know what this is all about:
Please read more about this here:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/06/exclusive_who_i_1.html
Here is another quote:
According to this article, Mohammed Imad Al-Churbaji’s sons serves as Obama’s fundraiser.
Just read the whole article, I find it confusing and strange.
I have always believed that a good chunk of his money is coming from overseas. If we still had honest investigative journalists, we just might find out the truth about Obama’s campaign riches. I know, I’m dreaming.
Obama responds:
“I…..uhhhhhh…….ummmmmmm….ahhhhhhh…..uh uh uh…don’t take ….ummmmm….ah ah ah ah ah ah…..errrrrrrr….uuuuuuuuu……take money…..ummmm uh uh uh uh uh uh, ummmmmmmmmmm….errrrrrr…….uhhhhhhhh..ah ah ah ah……from….uuuuuuuu…ummmmmm…..uuuuhhhhhh…ah ah ah ah ah ….lobyists….I….errr…..ummmmmm..uh uh uh…ahhhhhhhhh…..”
Or:
“I find the notion that taking money from lobbyists somehow means I take money from lobbyists frankly puzzling.”
which is what i have been saying all along, let me be absolutley clear on this. Just because I take money from lobbyists does not mean i take money from lobbyists…that is a distinction that must be drawn because to do otherwise is to distract from the issues that ordinary americans are interested in like umm…how i stay so skinny.
It seems the republicans have more money than the dem’s. Go Figure.lol
Go clinton
Its just the drip-drip-drip of the truth leaking out. There’s still time for it to add up to a Hillary Clinton nomination at the convention. We’ve all got to keep the pressure on through these hot summer days!
Why is this loser goock being allowed to comment here? Please get rid of it!
Even his name sounds like a racist epithet for the Vietcong when pronounced out loud. It goes to show the bottom-of-the-cesspool scumbag types who adore the Messiah.
yes please,
Well, Goock thinks he/she is powerful and a gift to the blogging world. Goock has a distorted view that all he/she writes is cutting edge and meaningful. Goock displays the same grandiose self adulation that Obama displays.
Behaviorally, Goock thinks so highly of himself/herself that it spills out into every interaction he/she attempts to initiate on this site.
Goock is in similar company in his/her blind adoration of Barack Obama. Perhaps they recognize the symptoms of NPD or meglomania in each other.
The best practice when working with behaviorally challenged individuals is to keep contact at a minimum and realize that any relationships with them is so completely one sided as to be highly dissatisfactory to all those who do not suffer from behavioral disorders.
Maintain a guarded stance with both Obama and Goock and do not give into their demands. This would only serve as an enabler to their grandiose and unrealistic plans.
“It” has an obvious sockpuppet pal, too.
There’s nothing you can do, really, short of making fun of them. Point and laugh. Call them what they are–assholes.
They’re such obvious trolls it’s not even humorous. It’s pathetic.
They claim to eschew stereotyping, and then they heartily, enthusiastically, ham-handedly, and rather LOUSILY, engage in it themselves.
Then again, what else should you expect?
They’re hypocrites…. just like their Messiah.
“It is, of course, reassuring to see these articles in the media. However is anybody reading them?”
Indeed. And if you bring the specific articles of these facts to the attention of B O promoters, they take a big gulp of kool aide and exuse away why they choose to ignore reality.
Reason I like to refer to them as Camp Obama, as in Camp Davidian who first nationally brought our attention to these weak minded adoration driven followers.
he’s for nuclear power plant proliferation, plus, his numbers don’t add up. I mean, it’s possible to have a reduced, ‘average’ if you count any time anyone contributes five bucks to buy something from the campaign, I guess. I guess then you don’t know who it came from, so if they do it more than once, they’re counted each time as a very small donor that brings down the average.
Back when he was staying more than half his money came from small donors, he allowed everyone to think that more than half the cash was from small donors, not that more than half his donors were small donors. He wants very small donations too, they’re for PR.
Yes, to offset the big donor money, he would hold rallies and charge $5.00 admissions, so he could throw of the fundraising with those counted as donations.
…just like that wonderful fundraiser by Randi Rhodes, where he decided to go in the sewer, $5.00 donations.
Apparently Obama promoters never did too well in math.
If you have only 25 people giving the max $2,300.00 per person, that isa nice 57.5 K
But then get…mmmm 500 people to give $20.00 each, that only totals 10 K.
But, the average of now 525 contributors…is $128.00
I still wonder if there isn’t some “reverse bundling” going on, too. That is some fat cats are giving by breaking their money into small amounts and donating in other people’s names. Since there are so many donors it would take a lot of work to check.
I just find it hard to believe that he can keep this up for so long. Small donors tap out after awhile and the polls don’t support the idea that there are a lot of new true believers joining up.
By the way, MSNBC reported that 55% of the public consider electing Obama risky while only 35% say that of McCain. Wow.
I’m shocked that MSNBC would report that. Maybe they’re starting to hedge their bets.
I just heard on Glen Beck that the DNC in Denver are helping themselves to the cheap gas that cops use.
Fuck the citizens again people.
It’s true–tax free gas for the DNC…but FUCK us little people and a gas tax holiday over the summer!
That was the straw that broke this camel’s back. I thought I might have a tear in my eye when I switched my registration to Independent after this election cycle.
Now, when I fill out and submit those forms, I’ll just picture those hypocritical bastards fueling up at a discount, the discount they denied to working people, and think “Fuck ‘em.” They don’t deserve my votes, they haven’t earned them.
There was a video on the news tonite, of Obama going in the Primary,answering a question that he would talk to our enemies without pre conditions.
He did something today,i think in Pakistan because they showed both tapes from utube. Anyone post that here yet? He was supposed to have done what he said he would do a year ago. Anyone with the news out there about Pakistan?
Go Hillary
I’m pretty sure Obama has not been to Pakistan on this trip.
Hillary Clinton isn’t the nominee, boohoo. Lets cry about it.
Just vote for McCain and shut the fuck up.
Okay!
Stop the hate!
The point is…Obama is not qualified to be President. Hate has nothing to do about it.
It’ll be an absolute pleasure to see your Messiah lose big time and to see you cry and wail like a little brat in your corner.
We will. We have nothing further to discuss.
How about this: you go away and shut up & then you won’t be bothered by any of us.
That’s all you can do for the money Oblahblah is paying you?
The Obamabots do seem to be a little lame lately.
Hey! Stop trying to shove your candidate in my face. No means no. Take that fool back where you found him.
Right on, McCain has my vote.
Article about the mastermind of the “people’s campaign”
The Secret Side of David Axelrod
The master of “Astroturfing” has a second firm that shapes public opinion for corporations
Business Week http://preview.tinyurl.com/ytrvu9
VERY interesting article. It points out that AXELROD is basically a lobbyist’s lobbyist–he persuades the PUBLIC to do the lobbying FOR his clients:
That’s pretty troubling, when you think about it. He’s not just a liar, he’s a SNEAKY liar.
Manufacturing support, eh?
How does he “manufacture” it on election day? Will the dead rise up and vote, or what? Or was he counting on people like me holding our noses and voting for that tool of a candidate?
That ain’t happening. No way, no how.
Write in your DOG before you vote for that guy. Write in yourself. Write in your favorite sports hero, or your favorite opera singer.
ABB, back again for the THIRD fucking time! Only this time, it stands for “Anybody But Barack!”
Hillary Donors Not Backing Obama
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:53 PM
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Of the 311 fundraisers who bundled more than $100,000 in donations for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, only eight are on the list of contributors to Barack Obama’s campaign in June.
Their total for the month: just $19,250.
“The fact that fewer than 3 percent of Clinton’s donors have donated any money directly to Obama in his first month as presumptive nominee is likely to raise the eyebrows of some leaders in the Democratic Party who are hoping to see signs of unity,” the Huffington Post observed.
The Washington Post reported that a total of 2,200 individual Clinton donors — as distinct from the big-money fundraisers tracked by the Huffington Post — became first-time donors to Obama’s campaign in June. They contributed $1.8 million, or just 4 percent, of the $52 million the campaign raised last month
He doesn’t need Clinton donors. He has all the Obamabots he needs to steal for him and launder that money for him behind the curtain.
Donna Brazille said Obama didn’t need us….sooo.
We’re supporting McCain
I was in Kentucky last week and I struck up a conversation with a young lady and her aunt. We came around to discussing Obama and his supposed “Phenomenal” fund raising ability. I was struck by something this young lady said to me…..
She told me that when Obama was campaigning in Kentucky, she went to hear him speak. When she arrived at the location, I presumed it was the University she attended, she was asked to fork over $40.00 to hear his holiness speak. She says she and her aunt paid the fee and went in to hear him speak…
Later she was surprised to get a letter in the mail ( I suppose she also gave her contact info ) claiming that she was a “DONOR”!
She was pissed! Her aunt, who is Republican was also angered at this as she only accompanied her niece out of curiosity! It became apparent to me where Obama’s donors were coming from them. Unsuspecting young adults that went to hear him speak and became donors!
She went on to tell me she also went to hear Hillary speak and did not have to pay a dime for the privilege! Its no wonder why Obama amassed so much money. She also claims that every time she bought a bottled water…4.00 a pop….she was actually donating to Obama’s campaign.
Needless to say, this is where “SOME” of Obama’s so-called small donors came from………
And about the gas….
It’s true! The DNC have a deal where they will not pay the taxes on fuel, but the rest of the citizens have to pick up the tab.!
RedDragon62,
What a shake down. I grew up in Chicago and now live in New Orleans and am used to political bullshit but that takes the cake. What those women attended is known as a fundraiser and if it wasn’t billed as such they were lied to.
But what do we expect from the Chairman of the banking committee’s (hehe) campaign, honesty?
As a volunteer with Hillary Clinton’s campaign we received lots of visitors to campaign headquarters requesting bumper stickers, yard signs, buttons, etc. Enthusiastic supporters all. We gave out everything we had…for FREE.
On the other side of town at Obama Headquarters anyone requesting a yard sign or a bumper sticker, was required to “donate” the cost of the yard sign or the bumper sticker before they got it. That’s another way he was able to say that he had received so many small donations from new donors.
I went to a Hillary Rally in SD with a disabled vet. There were volunteers handing out water (no charge) to the people waiting in line and when they noticed my friend was uncomfortable we were taken in the back door and given a seat next to the stage (no charge). During the rally fruit bars and water was passed around in the crowd (no charge). After the rally Hillary shook hands, posed for pictures, answered questions, kissed babies … (no charge). As we left, there were volunteers handing out yard signs (no charge).
Maybe this is what the Obama people mean when they say Hillary lost because of poor campaign management! She didn’t fleece potential supporters for every possible dime she could get!
And, President Obama will have to answer to those $68 people more than anyone else if he wants to get re-elected in 2012.
Sounds like a president for and of the people. Finally.
How is 2012 coming out?? SNAP OUT OF IT
Hel he ain’t gonna get annointed this year take a drink… ummm ah ummm umm hopey changey uummm
Unsuprising that Hirarie Crinton supporters won’t donate to Obama.
They don’t even donate to Crinton when she’s drowning in debt.
PUMAs are team players. Hahahaha!
Oh, more hate from the hater!
Stop the hate!
Are you okay? Do you have emotional issues? Are you mentally stable?
Dumb ass, where have you been? WQE HAVE HELPED HERE RETIREHER DEBT shit for brains!
Typical OBOT! Opens mouth and makes an ass of himself/herself!
In a few months you will be able to enlist in the new “Civilian National Security Force”. I’m sure you can’t wait.
hey- maybe it’ll be drafted.
Talk about a scary thought!
Waiting for your Messiah’s campaign to cough up the cash you so desperately need to repair your botched transexual operation has seriously affected your mind. No wonder why you’re trolling here; they must have promised you quite a lot of serious cash from their coffers to pay for it.
Sorry PUMARR but you are incorrect. HRC’s debt is paid or close to being paid and it has been her loyal supporters that has been and still is making this possible. I have been on HRC’s team from the beginning, have supported her financially before and after June 3rd when the DNC Super D’s lost their minds. So yes, we are team players.
and all you lot are for the O are off your mind drinkers and a crook who speaks at a rally which turns into a fund raiser and steals money from people who are struggling to put food on the table for their own families
He’s an embarrassment to the USA
If it isn’t nailed down he’d take it guess all those donors now will be happy to be under the bus!
Hell I ran and threw myself under the bus rather than drink the kool aid..
Pumaaar,
Most of the donations from Puma were in July.
Take your a$$ back to Huffpot and pi$$ your hate there.
Bill O’Reilly Poll
What is the most biased news outlet in America?
A. The New York Times - 48%
B. MSNBC - 34%
C. Associated Press - 7%
D. NPR - 11%
http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/index.html#
Let’t show MSNBC some luv…
PUMA
Where is CNN? NBC?, etc? Newsweek?
Dude, come on. It’s O’Reilly. None of those show up, becasue in his poll, the four listed in the results were the only four choides available. Certainly a poll worth citing.
Lol. BEEL O’REALLY doesn’t even have the balls to put Fox in his own poll.
Hellcrack I doubt O’Really created the webpage. Christ.
I’m outta here. If I stay and post anymore I think I’ll get cancer or AIDs for sure.
Enjoy your fail.
BYE..BYE Obot…and DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT IN THE A$$!!
PUMA
I believe that should be, “Don’t let the door hit cha where the good Lord split cha.”
LOL and if it does lets hope it makes it bigger!!
LOL!
You don’t get AIDS you aquire it from HIV dumbass. Where are all these “educated” people supporting Obama.
It must be closing time at the internet cafe’s in Gaza.
Say Goodnight FUBAR…uhhh, er, uhh I meant PUMARR!
Good one!
You homophobic ignorant piece of shit — you don’t even know how a person contracts HIV (or cancer for that matter) and/or think “joking” about HIV or cancer is witty — no wonder you support that homophobic ignorant piece of shit empty suit.
I can’t wait until September when these kids go back to school.
They don’t even donate to Crinton when she’s drowning in debt.
PUMAs are team players. Hahahaha!
Oh and your so full of shit you support a CROOK and a LIAR?
Thats real smart.
Hope and change, Buzz words that became the Kool-aid the this past primary season. But it was-is al hype and crap. Obama has his fingers in so many pockets of so many lobbyists it would make Boss Tweed jealous.
Obama is from Chicago and learned from Daley and Madigan and all the politicans, Smile, make good speeches, don’t make promises but tell folks what they want to hear……….all bullshit.
This year I’m going Green and voting for Cynthia
McKinney
OH THATS RIGHT AIDS…. REMEMBER THE GOVERMENT PASSED THAT AROUND YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL WHO YOU SUPPORT, MIGHT COME BACK AN BITE YOU RIGHT IN THE ASS!
They tell me medical insurance is expensive!!
and your man has that in the can….
Yeah aids………Remember what Obama’s Rev. Wright said,
America gave the blacks aids.
How could any intelligent person go to this church for 20 years andlisten to this racist, anti american shit????????
OT: Senator Clinton speaking on C-span @ 4:16 PT on energy.
Hey folks……..what about the speech by Muammar Khadafi (6-11-08 on YouTube)……as follows: “Along came a black citizen of Kenyan African origins, a Muslim who had studied in an Islamic School in Indonesia. His name is OBAMA. All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man. They welcomed him and prayed for him and for his success and THEY MAY HAVE EVEN BEEN INVOLVED IN legitimate CONTRIBUTION campaign to enable him to win the American presidency”.
Well from this portion of Khadafi’s speech, it is apparent that the Muslim world is thrilled with the American Candidate, OBAMA. It was also suggested that “they” (ref: Arab, Islmic World, Africa) may have even been involved in legitimate contribution……..hmmmmmm……!
There is an article on Savage politics about this video. There are also articles that have been written concerning overseas money being bundled for the uuuuhhhhhhuhhhhhobarf campaign. Me thinks it’s from the Middle East.
Charles, excellent post. I always had a feeling that all his money wasn’t coming from small donors. Obama is the biggest manufactured farce since Borat.
wonderful world we live in
This man is the next Bush and I can not believe after all that we have been through, that people are gonna vote for another crony. This really sickens me, I have completely lost faith in America.
No Darryl, this man is not the next Bush! Bush and his entire family, for decades loved, fought, and totally defended/respected this country and its constituency.
Read my post regarding comments per Muammar Khadafi. Obama IS the MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. Why is it that your animosity for Bush clouds the factual reality that this man, Obama, does NOT have the best interest of this County and the American people at the top of his agenda.
Hillary and Bill love this country. They would never betray or sell out our national security. Mr. Obama thinks we should be an example to the world and rid ourselves of all our weapons (nuclear), thus, leading the way for all other countries to follow suite: sure, when pigs fly. What a foreign affairs infant!!!!!! We (USA) will be destroyed forthwith.
The current situation is frightening! Bush is the past and is not running………soooo, get with the problem at hand. Stop reverting. Go forward and worry like hell about our Country’s future.
Not exactly correct about the bush family.
GWB’s grandfather helped the Nazis — yep he did. Do a google on this — you’ll find all the proof about the back stabbing grandpa bush and the wealth of the bush family.
However — pappy bush did his thing and was a pilot — but he had to ditch and he wasn’t too careful about his crew. They didn’t get a chance to get out of the plane.
The bush family are NOT saints by any means.
GWB is a National Security risk — he’s blown more than one British undercover spy gig. Besides Cheney seems to be the one who released Valerie Plame’s name who was a CIA undercover agent. AND GWB and gang lied us into the war in Iraq — plus I’m not convinced that bombing the crap out of Afghanistan was the best way to deal with that country’s ties with Osama bin Lundin.
No — the bush family isn’t a great family.
Please, Isabelle! You’re right about the Clintons, but GWB has never had the best interest for this country! His loyalities are to the corporations– specifically, to oil corporations and the industrial-military complex. Furthermore, he stole the 2000 election from Gore–indeed, stole our democracy! And, lest we forget, who was president during 9/11? Who disregarded warnings of the impending attack?
GWB is the worst president ever, and now the Dem Party wants to proffer Obama as the Left’s version of the imperial president.
No thank you!! “Change you can believe in” my ass!
Sorry, Isabelle, the Bush family are all long-time crooks. They’re not called the Bush Family Evil Empire for nothing. Start your research with, say, the Savings & Loan crisis.
Regarding fundrasing….
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/06/rnc_cashflush_13_times_dncs_ba.html
In part the above says:
“Based on the numbers so far, the Republican Party appears poised to act as the financial equalizer in the fall campaign. The RNC disclosed that it ended May with $53.5 million in the bank, compared to $3.9 million for the Democratic National Committee, which is headed by Howard Dean.”
I am sure Dean is doing his famous scream that can be heard around the world at this point.
More like a gulp and a grimace. YEEEARRRGH!
I think that’s so funny about the DENC and Dean.
I received a letter from Dean asking for a donation and I wrote back that when he and Polosi got their noses out of Obama’s ass, I might consider.
meant DNC
Obama’s Campaign Has Previously Reviewed Donations And Claimed To Have Returned All Of Those Funds Connected To Tony Rezko. “‘Our campaign directed a thorough review of these contributions and did our best to identify any received as a result of the June 2003 fundraising event hosted by Tony Rezko,’ Burton said in a statement. ‘By refunding these donations, the campaign has returned any and all funds that could be reasonably credited to Mr. Rezko’s political support.’ Still, Burton offered no explanation of why the campaign took more than a year to shed all the donations it now says are tied to Rezko, especially funds gathered at the party in Rezko’s home five years ago.” (Bob Secter and David Jackson, “Funds Tough To Figure For Rezko Aid,” Chicago Tribune, 1/31/08)
But Obama Still Accepts Funds From A Bundler That Has Raised Money Through Rezko:
“An Event Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) Headlined Last Week Has Prompted Head-Scratching Among Illinois Ethics Experts And Drawn Sharp Rebuke From Republicans Because One Of The Main Organizers Participated In Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko’s Old Fundraising Network.” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
“John W. Rogers Jr., The Chairman Of Ariel Investments Who Gave $22,500 In Contributions To Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) Through Rezko, Hosted A Top-Dollar Special Reception With Obama Thursday To Raise Money For The Democratic White House Victory Fund.” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
Rogers, Who Has Pledged To Raise Over $200,000 For Obama’s Campaign, Was One Of Many Political Players Whose Name Surfaced During The Trial Of Now Convicted Felon Tony Rezko. “Rogers has also pledged to raise over $200,000 for Obama’s campaign. He was one of many political players whose name surfaced during Rezko’s recent trial. A federal jury convicted the Chicago political fixer of mail and wire fraud, aiding and abetting bribery and money laundering.” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
“Rogers Gave Contributions Of $10,000, $7,500 And $5,000 To Blagojevich Through Rezko, According To A Chart Of Contributions The Department Of Justice (DOJ) Presented As Part Of Its Case [Against Tony Rezko].” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
Rogers Is A Bundler For Obama’s Presidential Campaign And Has Committed To Raising Over $200,000. (Obama For America Website, http://www.barackobama.com, Accessed 6/18/08)
Rogers’ Connection To Rezko And Blagojevich Fundraising Has Drawn Scrutiny Because Of His Firm’s Business With The State Of Illinois:
“Rogers’s Involvement With Rezko Has Drawn Scrutiny Because Rogers Had Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Business With The Illinois Teacher Retirement System.” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
NOTE: Tony Rezko Stacked The Teachers Retirement System Board With Members Who Would Vote As They Were Told. “A government witness testified Monday that political fundraiser Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko stacked a $30 billion state pension board with two obedient members who would vote as they were told on key issues. … Rezko, 52, is accused of scheming with Levine to pressure $7 million in kickbacks out of money management firms wanting to invest assets of the $30 billion Illinois Teachers Retirement System. The system pays the pensions of thousands of retired downstate and suburban school teachers.” (Mike Robinson, “Rezko Stacked Pension Board With Obedient Members, Trial Told,” The Associated Press, 3/31/08)
When Blagojevich Took Office, Ariel’s Business With The Illinois Teachers Retirement System Grew From $100 Million To $462 Million By July Of 2005. “Mellody Hobson, Ariel’s president, said the Illinois teachers’ fund hired the firm to manage a $100 million account before Blagojevich took office. The account grew dramatically in the following years. Ariel managed $462 million worth of the pension fund’s assets by July of 2005.” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
“The Fund Ended Its Relationship With Ariel In 2006 After The Federal Investigation Of Rezko Became Public.” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
Obama’s Continued Relationship With Rogers Has Been Questioned:
Cynthia Canary, Director Of The Illinois Campaign For Political Reform, Said That Rogers’ Donations Through Rezko Raise Questions. “Cynthia Canary, director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, said Rogers is part of a new generation of African-American business leaders in Chicago. She said Rogers’s donation to Blagojevich is not surprising but questioned why he gave through Rezko. ‘I think that’s very odd,’ she said of Rezko’s role as an intermediary between Rogers and Blagojevich. ‘I don’t know why he gave that way, and it raises questions in my mind.’” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
“Kent Redfield, An Ethics Expert And Political Science Professor At The University Of Illinois, Said Obama Is Taking A Political Risk By Letting Rogers Play A Prominent Role In Raising Money For His Race.” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
Redfield: “From Obama’s standpoint, he’s got to bend over backwards to avoid the appearance that he is just another Chicago politician that’s connected to the underbelly of corruption in Illinois politics. If I were advising him, I would tell him, ‘You have to be very careful to avoid situations where people will be tempted to connect the dots.’” (Alexander Bolton, “Obama Fundraiser Attracts Criticism From GOP, Raises Questions On Ethics,” The Hill, 6/17/08)
That’s not the John Rogers Jr he knew.
OT: http://www.thelocal.de/13247/20080723/
Nein, Herr Obama.
BWAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAA
methinks Uhhbama has worn out his welcome before he has even arrived, yep
PRIDE GOETH BEFORE THE FALL
OTS…..
Why the F*** would anyone allow Dick ( The Toes ) Morris on his show? I was flipping channels and caught a glimpse of the Toes sucking Judas on O Reily! God that fat man makes me sick! Who the frak listens to him anyway…LOL
You know, Joel Osteen makes a lot of money, too, and probably from the same people. I’m sure this will come off as racist, but televangelists like T.D. Jakes and Creflo Dollar rely on uninformed black people for their living. Barack Obama was just clever enough to make the connection–”If they’ll send money to Joel Osteen, they’ll send it to me!” If he started sending people blessed handkerchiefs he’s touched for a $50 contribution, he’d make even more.
From G.I. in Afghanistan - “We got more thanks from the Dallas cowboy Cheerleaders” than from Senator Obama
Cross posted from Miss Beth’s Victory Dance
You all know that Obama is on a “fact finding” tour right now. You would think (if you buy into Obamamania) that he would be meeting and talking with our boots on the ground; you know, the experts. Not so fast. Over at Blackfive is this:
This is from a USAF friend in Afghanistan:
Hello everyone,
As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to ‘ The War Zone’. I wanted to share with you what happened.
He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram.
As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand, he blew them off and didn’t say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball. He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service.
So really he was just here to make a showing for the Americans back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.
I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States . I just don’t understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief. It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country.
If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.
In service,
CPT J
Bagram, Afghanistan
Just saw this on real clear politics what a scumbag.
After watching the Couric interview of The O and McCain, I have one thing to say: I dislike what/who both parties have given us as choices to choose from. Given those 2 choices it is McCain in a landslide. I wish McKinney had a chance, well I really hope Hillary will be a choice in Nov. election, but McKinney has spunk. By the time the election gets here, The O will be disliked by a large majority of Americans, after the Media starts doing their “job”. The video on McCain’s homepage was on every “news” outlet on TV as I was skipping over them, heard Mathews say: Is John McCain pulling a Hillary stunt and picking on the Media”. If you saw the video, Mathews was a central character and I bet he was pissed. I did a LOL, they have no credibility.
picking on the media?? Matthews can eat shit and die
He’s a pig
I hate to be a wet blanket, but I’d run that by Snopes. A Captain (CPT) should know that the Prez is Commander-in-Chief, not Commander-and-Chief.
Not, mind you, that I doubt BO is capable of such insensitive rudeness. There are plenty of well- documented instances of it.
Probably just a typo
SO BETWEEN commonwealth and exelon (BOTH OF WHOM david axlerod owns) THERE’S ABOUT $300,000 remember when commonwealth had been accused of dumping nuclear waste in waters but Obama shot down a bill that would have forced commonwealth to test waters???but then soon after O got a big donation from Axlerod…and when the group CORE ran ads they were paid by commonwealth (axlerod)and by ASK public strategies which also has AXLEROD as a partner…and the law firms (heavy donors) who support O has a lot still to do with Sidney Austin law firms…remember THOMAS AYERS and bill ayers YES and don’t forget ms.bernadine dohrn and ms.michelle o worked side by side there yes Mr.O keeps his “dirty” friends nera and dear…..the AYERS help start SIDNEY AUSTIN and supposedly that is where Obama met “America is mean”
Michelle in summer of 1989 when he got his first job at SIDNEY AUSTIN OFFERED BY WHO ELSE??? WHY MR. THOMAS AYERS AND BILL AYERS so much for Bill Ayers “someone who lives in the neighborhood”…
OK
MY mind is blown.
Now, will somebody pleeeeeez bring the curtain down on this freak!
Enough is enough!
Who is going to step up to the plate and stop the bastard!
He is in Israel telling the whole world he runs the country saying shit like he runs committees he is not even on.
Come on, pleeeez……..stop the freak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a freak of nature that he even got this far, people are regreting that they voted for the freak and wish they could take their vote back.
Where the hell is Hillary?
I was convinced long ago Obama was funded by high rollers, there was no way he was getting that kind of cash from kids.
Obama, the DNC and his bot followers learned their trade from none other than George Bush.
Actually, BO’s rise to the national scene as a presidential contender is not so unsimilar to GWB’s. Both were similarly manufactured by shadowy groups and marketed to the American public.
didn’t REZKO’s donations that Obama supposedly return go to a charity of Rita Rezko????yes all that dirty $$$$ stays in the same circles…..
None of this is new under the sun. Dan Morain wrote a similar article for the LA Times in April of 2007. At that time the executives at Exelon gave Pampers $160,000. That was in the first quarter alone. I may have been the only person that read that article. I know I was the only one commenting on FirstRead in January about it (yes I managed to survive the douchebag parade–Chuck Todd is a festering gob).
Barack Hussein gets donors from Hamas.
Great article published the February 12, 2008 NY Sun about Obama’s foreign donations. In particular, the article states:
http://www.nysun.com/national/secret-money-floods-campaigns/71113/
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/05/obamas-donation-website-accepts-illegal.html
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/obama-who-is-je.html
The latest update called, Obama’s Foreign Contributions: Who Is Ronald Hickel?
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/
ha ha! Thanks for sharing.
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Great article in USA Today called, Obama tied to lobbyists, but boasts of not taking money.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-04-15-obama_n.htm
I still believe there is more than we know, why does he get so much money from overseas,that troubles me. He has said that college kids have given to him in record amounts, I live in an area with a few colleges and was a deli where alot of them eat, so i asked at least 40 of them and only one said she gave and it was $20.00, while most of them were supporters they laughed when I asked if they have given or if they know friends that have. Why doesn’t someone really investigate were he is getting all this money. It is a red flag in my book, who is”trying” to put this man in office and why?
http://thevote.abc13.com/2008/07/houston-we-have.html
Read the article, take a look at the links, and click on the interactive maps. You’ll find it all very interesting.
The donations are public records and anyone can examine them. If you do look at bo’s, you will see very often one person makes many, many small donations. One had a person making 63 donations, another making 48, many many making multiple donations on the same day. One doctor made 10 donations of $50 on the same day. A lot of the money is coming from big energy companies and healthcare. Some people were listed as unemployed that were really employed, just didn’t want to disclose their employer for some reason or another. It doesn’t look right. Someone needs to sort through the millions of records thoroughly. Don’t believe there is hope for change with this guy.