The New York Post today is running an article detailing the Obama campaign's acceptance of foreign donations.
A British citizen living outside London was able to make two donations of $5 to the Obama campaign, despite listing his British street address, his state as Arkansas, and a zip code in New York. The Obama campaign did not make any effort to verify his credit card by asking for the three-digit CVV code, nor did it make any effort to verify the donor's nationality.
Similar attempts to donate to the Romney campaign were rejected. The Romney campaign's website requires CVV codes, and it rejects any donations whose zip codes do not match the zip code associated with the card.
The Obama campaign has raised tens of millions of dollars from donations lacking zip codes or with incomplete zip codes. Obama has relied heavily on donations in amounts under $50, for which the campaign is not required to track names. For donations under $200, the campaign is not required to disclose donor identities on FEC filing reports.
As long as a person used separate credit cards, one person could conceivably make unlimited donations of less than $50 each without the Obama campaign ever flagging that this money was coming from the same source or reporting it to the FEC.
Townhall.com reported on this problem with the Obama campaign's fundraising earlier in October. A Florida-based watchdog group, the Government Accountability Institute, released a report earlier this month describing the major loopholes in campaign finance laws that the Obama campaign may be exploiting.
With the New York Post's revelation, it is now confirmed that the Obama campaign is in violation of campaign finance laws and that the Obama team is doing nothing to weed out foreign online donations in small amounts. The campaign even seems to be encouraging such donations by sending follow-up e-mails to the British citizen, asking him to donate up to just less than the $200 limit, at which point the donor would have to be revealed publicly.
This news updates the previous Liveleak post on this growing scandal.
By: buzzardist
In: Politics
Tags: obama, president, campaign, finance, scandal, new york, post, foreign, british, donation, illegal
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Sigh, I am not surprised. We need to take all the fucking money out. Each candidate gets $10 Million, and that's it. No more PAC's, SuperPAC's, UltraSuperDuperIxbyalidociousPACs!
And POTUS, I do NOT care WHO or WHICH PARTY, should NOT be allowed to use Air Force One for campaigning. PERIOD.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByBunkerGearGal (912.84) 
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@BunkerGearGal
Sorry I voted you down BT accident. I am using a tablet and the f***king keys are small.
I agree with your comment.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byjimbo469 (206.10) jimbo469 View Channel Send Message
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No worries, I get voted down a lot, mostly on purpose. I don't mind, my ego is not invested in this. But thanks. I voted you up.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByBunkerGearGal (912.84) 
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@BunkerGearGal Unfortunately that's they way the president has to travel, but I agree with what you said about everything else. This way there is no financial influence from the outside, and you should have to use your own money.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byxerodfx (313.90) 
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POTUS can use a bus, train or chartered plane for Campaigning, AF1 for everything else. Just my opinion. You still get a thumb's up though because your point is valid, I just disagree with it.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByBunkerGearGal (912.84) 
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Cap the funds allowed to be spent and do not allow any contributions except from the little box on our tax forms. We do not need outside interference from Corporations or lobby interests in our Presidential elections or any election for that matter. The Supreme Court had no business usurping the voting process by allowing superpacs.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByAnonyville (225.40) Anonyville View Channel Send Message
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The problem here is not super-PACs. The problem is that the Obama campaign is accepting money from overseas, from foreign nationals, which is against the law. Millions of dollars may be flowing into the Obama campaign from China, Russia, Europe, and elsewhere, and the Obama campaign is gladly accepting this money, while doing absolutely nothing to prevent it.
The Supreme Court has not usurped any voting process. The Court's Citizens United decision merely opened one more way fo More..
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bybuzzardist (362.74) 
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@Anonyville if they did that someone that is not in the top 3% could run for the whitehouse.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byjimbo469 (206.10) jimbo469 View Channel Send Message
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@buzzardist What do you think International Corporations are? They are supporting with foreign interests in mind. Absolutely, no difference between a foreign national supporting a United States President and an international Corporation doing the exact same thing. Both are supporting with foreign money and interest. No matter how you slice this shyte pie Super-Pacs are wrong and Citizens United corrupted our voting system.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByAnonyville (225.40) Anonyville View Channel Send Message
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Corporations cannot donate to political campaigns under Citizens United, but they could under this loophole that Obama is exploiting. Under Citizens United, corporations can run ads if they wish or donate to organizations that run ads. However, when they do so, under the Citizens United ruling, their donations have to be reported.
The money Obama is getting from overseas? Completely untracked and unreported, and it's going directly to the Obama campaign.
The fact is that we sa More..
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bybuzzardist (362.74) 
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@buzzardist The difference is I don't PRETEND either are legal or Constitutional. Just because some Organization like Citizens United usurped the Constitution of the United States making themselves into traitors does not mean they were lawful in doing so. I don't care what the bought off Supreme Court of the two party system says. You can pretend they are different all you wish but they are the EXACT same thing as a foreign national buying off our political system. International Corporations are More..
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByAnonyville (225.40) Anonyville View Channel Send Message
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It's not about democracy, it's about dollars
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByAiredale (2616.36) 
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Same thing happened in 2008
As long as tyrants are in control of the senate nothing will be done. No investigation, no hearing.. Nada zip...
Obama is a lawbreaker
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByXyBerFuNK (1201.70) 
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Come on, guys. Leave Obama alone. ANY contribution, from in this country or any other country, is for a lost cause anyway... come election day.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byporcubunny (332.64) 
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@porcubunny Ill gladly have my familia in mexico send him 1 peso if it will help with his moving expenses!!!!!
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byrbvr1 (375.44) 
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Standard practice for Democrats. How much did Clinton get from China?
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bylonewolf6972 (675.46) lonewolf6972 View Channel Send Message
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@lonewolf6972 Romney's collection of international Corporation donor who are supply money for foreign interests.
The top corporate donor was Marketing Solution Publications, a Florida-based business run by financier William Edwards, with $4 million in contributions. Of the more than $3 million given by AT&T half came from direct contributions. The American Petroleum Institute, the top lobby shop for the oil and gas industry, gave more than $2 million. Half of Microsoft's $1.5 million came More..
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByAnonyville (225.40) Anonyville View Channel Send Message
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@Anonyville no link?
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bystar53 (32474.40) 
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@star53 You need one its all over the web. Just type in Mitt Romney's top Corporate Donors. Down vote all you wish, I know the truth is a very jagged pill to swallow.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByAnonyville (225.40) Anonyville View Channel Send Message
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Here's the problem with your numbers. Any of that money that went to the Romney campaign was not donated by corporations. It was donated by employees at those corporations. Take that same list of corporations, and their employees are donating millions to Obama, too. When a corporation employs tens of thousands of American citizens, it's very likely that some of them donate money. Many top executives even donate to both parties to gain access no matter who wins. You can't stop More..
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bybuzzardist (362.74) 
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@star53 ...why is your avatar an angry chicken?
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByNepean109 (1013.00) 
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FAKE,just more desperate attacks by the culture of liars known as Republicans.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byjaydenfre (316.62) jaydenfre View Channel Send Message
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You do realize that most of Romney's money is from overseas right? US Chamber of Commerce funds are all foreign aid and all of which go to Romney Super PACs. If you have an issue with it than you are against the right wing extremist supreme court.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByZardoz003 (1572.32) 
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good post buzz...voted
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bystar53 (32474.40) 
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I dont' get it, this shit is supposed to be illegal.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byconservative hispanic (945.70) 
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@conservative hispanic For everyone else yes. For obunga its ok.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byelmerfudd13 (2100.50) 
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Oh shit. It must be a terrorist plot to take over the world.
Digg deeper. Romney has the same thing happening. But from china and India. All the workers he gave american jobs to.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byjimbo469 (206.10) jimbo469 View Channel Send Message
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Read the article. The Romney campaign requires CVV codes and rejects donations from foreigners. It's only the Obama campaign accepting them and failing to check nationality.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Bybuzzardist (362.74) 
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@jimbo469 Obama is a lawbreaker
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByXyBerFuNK (1201.70) 
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@buzzardist leftist pieces of rat shit, filthy miscreants and liberal malcontents don't read...
They immediately attack... They are garbage. Need stomped out forever like this loser
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByXyBerFuNK (1201.70) 
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@XyBerFuNK and Romney is a great Communist.
Posted Oct-21-2012 Byjimbo469 (206.10) jimbo469 View Channel Send Message
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Wow. $5. Shocking.
MItt Romney's Damon Corp stole $40 million from Medicare. On a tip from the Bush White House, he sold the company the very same day that the federal investigation started. He personally pocketed $11 million in the sale!
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByNepean109 (1013.00) 
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$5?
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByPH-DEE (388.54) 
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@ALlah008
That's you!
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByALah007 (688.10) 
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Michelle's $79 dresses she buys off the rack is bigger news than this.
Posted Oct-21-2012 ByEntitlementCentralNYC (157.70) 
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