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Obama Could Raise $100M in June

Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:14:57 am PDT

Barack Obama is expected to raise $100 million in June.

Leading Democratic fundraisers predict that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will raise hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few months if he opts out of public financing and begins raising money for the general election.

Specifically, they say Obama could raise $100 million in June and could attract 2.5 million to 3 million new donors to his campaign.

These fundraisers say Obama could increase his fundraising dramatically because of three factors: a boost of enthusiasm among Obama donors following his clinching of the nomination; the migration of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) donors to his camp; and the mobilization of big Democratic donors who have given little so far this year.

But according to Ben Smith and his readers, it’s impossible for him to police his web site.

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1 Shug  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:01am

Soros is reaching for his wallet

2 seekeroftruth  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:11am

$100 million from what countries....?

3 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:22am

And to think that's just from George Soros.

4 The Other Les  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:25am

But can he account for it all?

5 JamesTKirk  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:32am

re: #1 Shug

Soros is reaching for his wallet

Wallet? That's pocket change for Soros.

6 LeftJustAintRight  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:34am

Every donation needs to be check for eligibility

7 see bs  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:42am

Half of which will come from Iran, China, Hugo Chavez...etc..etc

8 Shug  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:16:50am

re: #5 JamesTKirk

Wallet? That's pocket change for Soros.


CHANGE

drink

9 littleoldlady  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:01am

re: #2 seekeroftruth

$100 million from what countries....?

That's my question as well. Are his internet donations tracked and documented?

10 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:20am

re: #5 JamesTKirk

Wallet? That's pocket change for Soros.

Change you can count on.

11 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:22am

I guess these fundraisers haven't looked at what Hillary's supports are saying.

Here's a hint- it's starts with an "M" and ends "in 08!"

12 rawmuse  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:27am

I'd be happy to monitor his web site for a thousand a day.

13 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:30am

He sure isn't spending it on hiring good people

14 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:42am
15 neoconkat  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:56am

Why doesn't Obama use that money instead to stimulated the economy with his magical fingers, oh right, we wouldn't want him to over-exert himself this early in the campaigne.

16 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:17:57am

re: #9 littleoldlady

That's my question as well. Are his internet donations tracked and documented?

From what I've seen, no. Anyone from anywhere can make a donation to the Obama camp.

17 itellu3times  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:18:17am

He gets to keep what's left after the election, right?

18 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:18:21am

re: #13 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

He sure isn't spending it on hiring good people

Let's see if there is a new thread in 5..4...

19 zmdavid  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:18:22am

Isn't public financing more in keeping with his alleged political ideals? He should tell his donors to do something constructive with the money, like donate it to the IRS.

20 LeftJustAintRight  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:18:27am

Cheney / Bolton 08 !

21 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:18:48am

Is it normal for big time democrat donors to hold back like this?

22 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:18:49am

re: #18 Nevergiveup

Let's see if there is a new thread in 5..4...

It only works with Dead Threads

23 leboaz  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:18:58am

remember- no PACs, no lobbyists.
Only little donations from the common man.
lots of 'em, please

24 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:09am

re: #20 LeftJustAintRight

Cheney / Bolton 08 !

Talk about mobilizing the base!

25 friarstale  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:11am

all you candidate is belong to us

26 averybadman  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:11am

Ironic, isn't it, that McCain could lose a presidential election to a guy who will out-fund raise and out-spend the living crap out of him? Thank goodness McCain-Feingold got the money out of politics.

27 DistantThunder  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:12am

Why do we allow people who are not citizens to contribute to candidates?

28 The Other Les  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:14am

It's going to the Chicago Machine.

The third rule of Chicago Politics, gimme, gimme, gimme.

29 Shug  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:25am
Obama could raise $100 million in June

Think how many poor children that could feed.
Think how many homeless vets that could house.
Think how many condoms that could buy for tweens

/ their schtick

30 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:35am

re: #22 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It only works with Dead Threads

actually it worked with the dennis the menace thread also

31 littleoldlady  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:38am

re: #16 Honorary Yooper

From what I've seen, no. Anyone from anywhere can make a donation to the Obama camp.

Isn't there something...um...you know...illegal about that?

32 gibsonz  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:45am

Money...the oil of the political machine.

33 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:47am

re: #9 littleoldlady

Looks like if you just type in the website name right now, it redirects you to a donation page. Let me see...

Legal Compliance
Check this box to confirm that the following statements are true and accurate:

1. I am a United States citizen or a lawfully-admitted permanent resident.
2. I am at least 16 years old.
3. This contribution is not made from the general treasury funds of a corporation, labor organization or national bank.
4. This contribution is not made from the funds of a political action committee.
5. This contribution is not made from the treasury of an entity or person who is a federal contractor.
6. This contribution is not made from the funds of an individual registered as a federal lobbyist or a foreign agent, or an entity that is a federally registered lobbying firm or foreign agent.
7. The funds I am donating are not being provided to me by another person or entity for the purpose of making this contribution.

Wow, way to stay on top of your donations there. Just check a box and off you go! Apparently this n00b doesn't think people capable of, well, lying.

"You're far too trusting..."

34 gop_patriot  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:19:49am

re: #9 littleoldlady

That's my question as well. Are his internet donations tracked and documented?

Are ya kidding? There is NO WAY that they have enough manpower to track and document 100 million dollars!

////

35 Athos  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:20:10am

So much for campaign finance reform.

36 Occasional Reader  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:20:18am

Note to self: Hold nose and send check to McCain campaign.

37 amphibian  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:20:19am

Um, Soros? Sauds of various flavors? Our man Hussein is pretty much a cardboard cutout in a lot of respects, but he's just all different kinds of tool!

38 DistantThunder  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:20:23am

re: #26 averybadman

Ironic, isn't it, that McCain could lose a presidential election to a guy who will out-fund raise and out-spend the living crap out of him? Thank goodness McCain-Feingold got the money out of politics.

I want to be there when McCain slaps his forehead and says:
What Have I done? referring to McCain-Feingold.

39 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:20:24am

re: #29 Shug

Think how many poor children that could feed.
Think how many homeless vets that could house.
Think how many condoms that could buy for tweens

/ their schtick

Think how that money would help his kids.

40 Iron Fist  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:20:46am

re: #31 littleoldlady,

Campaign Finance laws only apply to Republicans. Just ask Al Gore.

41 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:20:46am

re: #33 Fat Jolly Penguin

Apparently this n00b doesn't think people capable of, well, lying.

It's more likely he's banking on them lying. Literally.

42 littleoldlady  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:21:05am

re: #33 Fat Jolly Penguin

#8. I never lie and I always tell the truth.

43 Athos  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:21:06am

So, what will be the excuse as more loons, anti-Americans, and reprobates continue to post on MyObama.....that he can't afford moderators?

44 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:21:11am

OK, now this pisses me off. Effin Daily Kos assholes using the floods to further there own freaking agenda. It's sick, sick, sick.

It's Flooding in the Midwest

More rain in the Midwest this week could turn an already bad situation into a national catastrophe. As usual, George Bush is nowhere to be seen; no word if he's enjoyong another tasty cake while thousands of American families fight to save their lives and homes. One would hope the Bush administration and their assorted neoconservative cronies might actually take this seriously, after all this isn’t New Orleans, August 2005; this is an election year:

What assholes.

45 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:21:33am

re: #33 Fat Jolly Penguin

Oh, and FWIW the donation amounts are as follows:

Amount
$5 $50 $250 $2,300
$25 $100 $1,000 Other: $[enter amount here]

46 realwest  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:21:58am

re: #9 littleoldlady Hey hi {Littleoldlady} How are you doing today? And I don't think you can track donations under $200 from any source.
Although you should note the rigorous test you have to pass at Obama's website to show you're an American and of legal age. Man, if you can't do that he won't take your money!

47 jcm  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:22:03am

re: #20 LeftJustAintRight

Cheney / Bolton 08 !

WOOT!
I'm with you.....

48 pat  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:22:49am

Hope Grandma has hidden her wallet. The kids are coming up from the basement.

49 mean Gene  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:23:09am

Remember that check writing scene in Steve Martin's ''The Jerk?"
Well, put George Soros in it and make sure each check is in an amount under the legal limit for having to be reported.....what is that?.....$200?
There is Obama's $100 million right there!

50 jcm  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:23:10am

re: #44 Honorary Yooper

OK, now this pisses me off. Effin Daily Kos assholes using the floods to further there own freaking agenda. It's sick, sick, sick.

What assholes.

What's the POTUS going to do, wave his staff over the water...
oh wait the Obamessiah will do that!

51 calvin coolidge  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:23:13am

That should buy some waffles!

52 nyc redneck  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:23:19am

his handlers think they can buy our country.

53 LeftJustAintRight  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:23:26am

re: #47 jcm

We need to make this happen
Our lives as we know them as free Americans is at stake

54 littleoldlady  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:23:39am

re: #46 realwest

{realwest!}

VeryBigSigh. :-(

/That was for Obama & his money
//Me, I'm okay. How's by you?

55 thedopefishlives  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:23:58am

re: #44 Honorary Yooper

OK, now this pisses me off. Effin Daily Kos assholes using the floods to further there own freaking agenda. It's sick, sick, sick.

What assholes.

Do they realize that George W. Bush is _not_ up for reelection next year? Oh wait, stupid me... They're firmly convinced he's going to crown himself king (somehow) and rule Amerikkka with an iron fist.

/

56 seekeroftruth  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:05am

re: #31 littleoldlady

Isn't there something...um...you know...illegal about that?

My thoughts as well. How much money is flowing in from the middle east? Considering he hangs out with terrorists ( Ayres & company ) and assorted American hating individuals here in the country, I would like to know who is donating to him.

57 Shug  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:06am

A fool and his money are soon parted.

58 Perry  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:21am

re: #35 Athos

So much for campaign finance reform.

Yep. I wonder if McCain's going to regret that little piece of legislation.

59 DistantThunder  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:22am

We are in a war for OIL with the US environmentalists - Democrats

60 looking closely  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:38am

He's not raising $100 million.

Also, didn't he agree to go by public finance if McCain did?

61 The Other Les  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:41am

re: #57 Shug

A fool and his money are soon parted.

We are looking at multiple fools here.

62 Sharmuta  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:54am

re: #55 thedopefishlives

Do they realize that George W. Bush is _not_ up for reelection next year? Oh wait, stupid me... They're firmly convinced he's going to crown himself king (somehow) and rule Amerikkka with an iron fist.

/

Iron Fist is replacing Cheney? Cool!

63 thedopefishlives  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:24:54am

re: #55 thedopefishlives

PIMF: "this year", not "next year".

64 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:25:09am

re: #57 Shug

A fool and his money are soon parted.

ACCURSED MOUNTEBANK!

65 realwest  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:25:42am

re: #44 Honorary Yooper
This is an election year! Wow, hard to put one past 'em isn't it.
Course, Bush isn't running but let's not tell them that, ok?!

66 lawhawk  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:25:58am

So, Obama is going to raise $100 million. How much will that buy him in votes and ground game? The latter being the key detail to getting out the vote. Hillary showed that Obama's ground game in the big states wasn't all that great, and Obama outspent Hillary by a healthy margin.

McCain has been working the ground game for some time now, but the money Obama is raising is staggering. So much for McCain Feingold taking the money out of the campaign system. It's just shifted how and where the money comes from (as such things usually do).

67 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:26:06am

re: #57 Shug

A fool and his money are soon parted.

And may Soros be the biggest fool of them all.

/I'd love to see him bankrupt on the street begging for loose change.

68 Charles  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:26:06am

re: #60 looking closely

He's not raising $100 million.

Also, didn't he agree to go by public finance if McCain did?

Agree? What does Barack Obama care about the agreements of mortals?

69 DistantThunder  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:26:59am

re: #68 Charles

Agree? What does Barack Obama care about the agreements of mortals?

Rules and Facts are for the little people.

70 The Other Les  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:27:13am

re: #68 Charles

Agree? What does Barack Obama care about the agreements of mortals?

Or national boundaries?

71 DistantThunder  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:27:28am

Why isn't Bush on the TV every day beating the crap out of Democrats about fuel costs?

72 leboaz  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:27:29am

re: #67 Honorary Yooper

loose HOPE and change!

73 CIA Reject  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:27:30am

re: #33 Fat Jolly Penguin

Looks like if you just type in the website name right now, it redirects you to a donation page. Let me see...

Wow, way to stay on top of your donations there. Just check a box and off you go! Apparently this n00b doesn't think people capable of, well, lying.

"You're far too trusting..."

Hey, watch it - that's (G*d forbid!) our next Secretary of State yer talkin' about there! And that's the first draft of the form he's going to have the Iranians fill out before we give them nuclear material. For 'Peaceful Purposes' of course...

/SPIT!

74 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:27:35am

re: #68 Charles

Agree? What does Barack Obama care about the agreements of mortals?

Barry O declared a hudna on campaign finance reform.

75 realwest  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:27:40am

re: #54 littleoldlady
Well I'm ok, sorta, watching our country's election sold to the highest bidders isn't exactly my idea of a good time, though.
///triple sigh!

76 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:28:26am

re: #71 DistantThunder

Why isn't Bush on the TV every day beating the crap out of Democrats about fuel costs?

Bush has never used the Bully Pulpit effectively, even the very few time he's used it. Which has been a disappointment for me.

77 Shug  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:28:40am

re: #71 DistantThunder

Why isn't Bush on the TV every day beating the crap out of Democrats about fuel costs?

I stopped asking questions like this several years ago. I was about to go mad.

78 Diamond Bullet  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:28:47am

I think it's clear time to tax Barack Obama for his $100 million windfall profits.

79 maddogg  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:00am

Moonbats donating their beer and dope money. Does Mama know?

80 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:08am

re: #33 Fat Jolly Penguin

That is about the same degree of rigor you get from the McCain page, so I would not fault them too badly. Given that they are going to do a credit card charge, they want somebody to click the radio button that says that they can donate. Really, its about all you can do if you accept donations over the net.

81 Athos  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:08am

re: #75 realwest

Don't give up hope. There'll be nothing funnier than watching the D's and Soros having fits once again when all the $$ still will not be enough to buy middle America.

82 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:29am
But according to Ben Smith and his readers, it’s impossible for him to police his web site.

Oh, I'm sure there is some policing going on. It's just that BHO and his supporters see no problem.

83 Athos  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:37am

re: #77 Shug

I stopped asking questions like this several years ago. I was about to go mad.

Dubya, the Great Uncommunicator.

84 DistantThunder  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:42am

re: #76 OldLineTexan

Bush has never used the Bully Pulpit effectively, even the very few time he's used it. Which has been a disappointment for me.

It's time for political theater

85 mean Gene  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:57am

re: #66 lawhawk

Good point about the ground game.
I had heard a few of my African American neighbors were believing the ''Reparations'' promise again.
(They bought it back when Kerry or Gore was running, too.)
If that's Obama's ground game in CA he loses.
Even the Hispanics understand that, if you're not in line to GET the Reparations, you're in line to PAY for the Reparations!

86 hermeneutics  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:29:58am

re: #66 lawhawk

i believe he outspent HIllary by 6:1 or 7:1 and during the last few months of campaigning, Hillary gained on him.

Obama seems to have a loyal cadre of followers/worshippers -- my guess is they form abot 20 percent of voters, perhaps a tad more.

That's his base.

I'm not sure his money can buy that many more votes.

87 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:30:12am

re: #84 DistantThunder

It's time for political theater

Wrong guy for that, I'm afraid.

88 Nevergiveup  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:30:16am

Housing Bill Creates National Fingerprint Registry
[Link: blog.heritage.org...]
Now I have no problems with keeping a record of peoples finger prints. Mine are on record all over the place. But I thought liberals were against these things?

89 Catttt  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:30:35am

Obama is raising money by raising the dead

Dead actor Roy Scheider donates to Barack Obama campaign anyway

Sen. Barack Obama does come from the Chicago school of politics, where historically voter turnout has been unusually high for residents of certain graveyards. And he has been unusually successful raising money.Actor Roy Scheider in his Jaws role as the local policeman He died Feb. 10 at the age of 75 but somehow one month later donated $50 to the presidential campaign of Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Chicago.

90 seekeroftruth  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:30:48am

re: #71 DistantThunder

Why isn't Bush on the TV every day beating the crap out of Democrats about fuel costs?

Rush talking about this right now. The Republicans trying to get the word out about fuel costs and Democrats, and media is not covering it.

91 The Other Les  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:30:50am

I've got four rules of Chicago Rules of Politics so far:

The first rule of the Chicago Rules of Politics is that only the Chicago Machine may win.

The second rule of the Chicago Rules of Politics is that it is not cheating if Chicago Machine does it.

The third rule of the Chicago Rules of Politics is that more money you give to the Machine the better.

The fourth rule of the Chicago Rules of Politics is if you're dead, you're a Democrat.

Any further suggestions?

92 realwest  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:30:58am

re: #79 maddogg
"Moonbats donating their beer and dope money."
If Only.

93 Honorary Yooper  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:31:01am

re: #71 DistantThunder

Why isn't Bush on the TV every day beating the crap out of Democrats about fuel costs?

I wish he would. I can name several Democrats who need to be hit over the head with a clue-by-four.

94 jcm  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:31:07am

re: #71 DistantThunder

Why isn't Bush on the TV every day beating the crap out of Democrats about fuel costs?

Good question.

The last windfall profits tax, decreased domestic production, increased imports, earned fictitious revenue, the revenue from WTP was shifted from other stress and dried up completely by '86.

This entire price surge is since the '06 election.

Congress just voted by a wide (D) margin to continue the moratorium on oil shale development.

It would be so easy to hang this on the (D)s.

95 hermeneutics  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:31:07am

re: #84 DistantThunder

Do you really think McCain would be much better in the bully pulpit than W?

My concern.

96 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:31:23am

re: #89 Catttt

Obama is raising money by raising the dead

Dead actor Roy Scheider donates to Barack Obama campaign anyway

Sen. Barack Obama does come from the Chicago school of politics, where historically voter turnout has been unusually high for residents of certain graveyards. And he has been unusually successful raising money.Actor Roy Scheider in his Jaws role as the local policeman He died Feb. 10 at the age of 75 but somehow one month later donated $50 to the presidential campaign of Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Chicago.

Check's in the mail?

97 Fat Jolly Penguin  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:31:47am

re: #80 Shr_Nfr

True.

5. Verify this statement
By checking this box, I certify that: (1) This contribution is made from my own funds and will not be reimbursed by any other person or entity; (2) This contribution is not made from the treasury funds of a corporation, labor union, or national bank; (3) I am a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent U.S. resident; (4) I am not personally a federal-government contractor (employees of government contractors may contribute); and (5) I agree that my contribution will be designated according to the description at the bottom of this page.

98 Russkilitlover  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:31:54am

re: #66 lawhawk

So much for McCain Feingold taking the money out of the campaign system.

Heh. It's kinda poetic, actually.

99 Athos  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:31:59am

re: #89 Catttt

Another Obamessiah miracle......

100 Shug  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:32:22am

I want a windfall profits tax on the Federal Government

101 DistantThunder  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:32:50am

re: #90 seekeroftruth

Rush talking about this right now. The Republicans trying to get the word out about fuel costs and Democrats, and media is not covering it.

I say - get Pres. Bush and his entire cabinet together to make an unprecedented joint press appearance to demand increased production - and each make short statements on how oil prices are affecting every aspect of American life.

The media would have to cover it - suggest that iran will be mentioned - that just excoriate the congress.

102 seekeroftruth  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:33:18am

re: #101 DistantThunder

I like that!

103 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:33:41am

re: #95 hermeneutics

Do you really think McCain would be much better in the bully pulpit than W?

My concern.

You didn't ask me, but I don't. McCain may deliver a lecture or two as appeasement for the Rep base, but I do not see him stepping very far out of his established persona in public. I expect no public verbal beatings on any subject to either side if he becomes POTUS.

104 The Rebbitzen  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:33:55am

I think it is disgusting how much money is raised for these campaigns. If the parties really cared about this country they would redirect this to getting alternative fuel going, feeding the poor, etc. It is disgusting how much fuel is being wasted with their planes flying all over the country to campaign. Why aren't the green people complaining about all of this?

105 alegrias  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:33:55am

re: #81 Athos

Don't give up hope. There'll be nothing funnier than watching the D's and Soros having fits once again when all the $$ still will not be enough to buy middle America.

* * *
Hello, it was IOWA middle America that gave Sen. Obama his first victory in middle America, was it not? They bought it hook line & sinker.

106 maddogg  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:33:58am

I have to admit, though, if McCains campaign gets any lamer, he's gonna have to put it in a wheelchair. Instead of on the attack and vibrant, McCain is looking like he's about ready to go to the old soldiers home. He and his need to kick things up about 5 notches and act like they mean business. Obama is vulnerable on every issue, but nobody is calling him on it. McCain, get up off your ass and go for the soft underbelly, cause nice guys finish last.

107 chukardog  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:34:26am
Obama could raise $100 million in June

Think how many poor children that could feed.


Think how many homeless vets that could house.


Sill you! Obama doesn't want to use HIS money for these things, he wants to use your money! It's not really your money anyhow, its the government's.

Spit!

108 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:34:29am

re: #82 Russkilitlover

But given the exposure that LGF gave them, they then proceeded to police their site. And, as been noted, there is a little button on the blogs that would have let their fellow travelers police their site for them. Ben, you seem to have missed the point and are confused about the myobama site.

109 Ringo the Gringo  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:34:42am

Well I sent McCain a check last week...the first one.

He'll probably get a couple more from me before this is all over.

110 unrealizedviewpoint  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:34:54am

re: #6 LeftJustAintRight

Every donation needs to be checked for eligibility.

Every donation candidate needs to be checked for eligibility.

111 reno911  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:35:07am
112 Athos  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:36:40am

re: #105 alegrias

In the Dem caucuses.

Yes, they did buy the full load of manure. Will they buy it in Nov? I doubt it.

113 lawhawk  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:36:54am

And Obama is keeping Johnson on his VP Search Committee, using the most amazing BS to claim that Johnson isn't actually working for him since Johnson is volunteering his time and effort in the search for Obama's running mate.

A lesser mortal would be shuffled off to Buffalo for that. But Obama is no mere mortal.

114 hermeneutics  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:37:34am

re: #103 OldLineTexan

You didn't ask me, but I don't. McCain may deliver a lecture or two as appeasement for the Rep base, but I do not see him stepping very far out of his established persona in public. I expect no public verbal beatings on any subject to either side if he becomes POTUS.

We need to reinstate rhetoric and speech in curriculum.

115 Catttt  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:39:31am

Credit thieves use campaign Web sites to test stolen cards’ validity


Charles Bridges isn't a supporter of Barack Obama.


So he was surprised to find a $103.90 donation to the Obama For America campaign on his American Express credit card statement last month.

"I have never made or authorized in any way a donation to this organization," Bridges wrote in an e-mail.

We've all heard of dirty politics but using people's credit card numbers to make donations was a new low, Bridges said. He wanted me to warn people that campaign coffers were being bolstered by unwitting contributors.

I called the Obama campaign and within minutes got a call back from Reid Cherlin, a spokesman for Obama for America '08.

"It was not something that was initiated by the campaign," Cherlin said. And if an unauthorized charge appears, he said people should contact their credit card companies and to have it credited back.

What I found out from talking to folks at the Obama campaign was that there is a growing criminal enterprise in which stolen credit card numbers are used to make online donations to political campaigns and charities.

It's not that crooks are suddenly becoming activists or do-gooders. Instead, they have found that making online donations is an easy way to verify that the stolen credit card numbers they are buying or selling are valid.

Obviously, this is not the Obama campaign's fault, and I don't see what else they could do - they have no way of knowing if a charge is illegal, unless the credit card company contacts them. I am, however, guessing that they're getting more money this way than the other candidates have or will.

116 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:39:42am

re: #114 hermeneutics

We need to reinstate rhetoric and speech in curriculum.

My reply was that poorly phrased?

/

Did Teddy Roosevelt excel in either subject at school? He's the man that comes to mind when I wish the country had a Chief Executive that was also a leader.

117 alegrias  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:40:35am

re: #93 Honorary Yooper

I wish he would. I can name several Democrats who need to be hit over the head with a clue-by-four.

* * *
Haven't you seen the commercials enlisting people to just demand cheaper oil from the evil greedy oil companies?

If you holler, there will be more oil.

(Why not put Fidel & China's president on tv saying, "We're drilling for oil off Florida!" Maybe it will motivate liberals to join the drilling race?)

118 Ojoe  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:40:44am

I do not like to see these huge dollar numbers; what are people expecting to get for their money?

119 Racer X  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:41:42am

re: #100 Shug

I want a windfall profits tax on the Federal Government


Good point.

The government makes more money (tax) on a gallon of gas than the oil companies make.

120 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:42:34am

re: #117 alegrias

* * *
Haven't you seen the commercials enlisting people to just demand cheaper oil from the evil greedy oil companies?

If you holler, there will be more oil.

(Why not put Fidel & China's president on tv saying, "We're drilling for oil off Florida!" Maybe it will motivate liberals to join the drilling race?)

Get Matt Parker and Trey Stone to animate Mao and Fidel like they did Mel Gibson, Saddam Hussein, etc. What a great episode of South Park that would be!

121 Athos  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:42:35am

re: #114 hermeneutics

We need to reinstate rhetoric and speech in curriculum.

The left dominated academia has put in place their version of rhetoric and speech in curriculum. Davd Horowitz has been fighting it.

122 Ojoe  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:42:43am

Obama Ipecac

123 hermeneutics  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:43:19am

re: #116 OldLineTexan

My reply was that poorly phrased?

/

Did Teddy Roosevelt excel in either subject at school? He's the man that comes to mind when I wish the country had a Chief Executive that was also a leader.

Interesting question, OLT, and I'm too ignorant to have the answer. I just don't know if Teddy excelled in rhetoric in school.

The black church does create orators. Obama honed his skills there. Bracketing the content of his lessons, the technique of oratory is simply untaught anywhere else. If we, as Repub parents, taught our kids how to speak well, they'd have a huge advantage over the Dem competition. Just a thought.

124 CIA Reject  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:43:24am

re: #118 Ojoe

I do not like to see these huge dollar numbers; what are people expecting to get for their money?

I don't know about all the donors but in the case of Soros it is the reduction of the United States to a socialist nation with a third-world economy.

125 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:44:31am

re: #123 hermeneutics

I would be thrown out of Toastmasters.

126 hermeneutics  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:45:09am

re: #118 Ojoe

It is hard not to equate his money with votes.

127 hermeneutics  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:45:58am

re: #125 OldLineTexan

Me too! The last set of student evaluations had this gem: "I loved your class or what I could hear of it."

128 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:47:07am

re: #127 hermeneutics

Me too! The last set of student evaluations had this gem: "I loved your class or what I could hear of it."

HA! I'm more than loud enough. I would be thrown out for subject matter as well as snark.

129 MrSimplistic  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:47:55am

Mostly off topic but --

I was just googling on the names of a few HS and college friends. Nosey, I suppose. Then I googled on my own name. The top 2 or 3 listings were a Huffington Post assessment of my political contributions to the RNC and to McCain. Obviously, Google intentionally arranged for the first hit on my name to be my FOI-available donations. On guy with the same last name donated to Hillary, so I guess it wasn't completely one-sided.

None of this appears with the Dogpile search.

I'm presuming Goolge did nothing illegal. But any ideas as to how I might respond?

130 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:47:58am

re: #96 OldLineTexan

I will cut him some slack on this one. If they guy had signed up for a bill me every month sort of thing, the credit card would have been billed after his death. Ask anyone who has been an executor of an estate in which the deceased had a credit card. The recurring charges are a real whack-a-mole and it often takes a month or two for all the valid charges to appear anyway. This one is nothing that deserves notice, although I find it interesting that the LA Times put the piece up about it.

131 zombie  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:48:35am

$100 million per month, hmmm?

Damn, that is a little daunting. Here I am, expecting to single-handedly bring Obama down, with a budget of $0/month, and that's what I'm up against.

It will be a hell of a struggle! But I have no choice but to prevail.

132 OldLineTexan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:49:02am

re: #130 Shr_Nfr

I agree completely. No paperwork is ever done immediately.

133 aussiemagpie  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:51:26am

G'day from Down Under!

Just saw this in the OZ online - another Mark Steyn goodie

THE short version of the Democratic Party primary campaign is that the media fell in love with Barack Obama but the Democratic electorate declined to.

"I felt this thrill going up my leg," MSNBC's Chris Matthews said after one of the senator's speeches. "I mean, I don't have that too often." Au contraire, Chris and the rest of the gang seem to be getting the old tingle up the thigh hairs on a nightly basis. If Obama is political Viagra, the media is at that stage in the ad where the announcer warns: if leg tingles persist for more than six months, see your doctor

.

Sorry if this has been posted earlier

We voted in an Obama clone last November - all hot air and waffle, and after 6 months we're heading downhill fast - please please US voters - we need Sen McCain as US President not someone who promises to lower sealevels and heal the sick

134 hermeneutics  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:52:49am

OLT -- Sorry to hear about your wife's accident with the dog cage. Sounds horrible. Is that stuff you recommended for scars prescription or over-the-counter -- I have a recent cut on my leg that needs to be addressed.

135 Kenneth  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:53:49am

If anybody is in need of a real good laugh, I recommend this charming piece of hate mail:

BASTARDS

After September 11th, you say “you are fighting that war against terrorism”. You don’t know what terrorist is; you don’t know what it means; but you are at war against terrorism, and you want the whole world to support you. Do you know that you are the first terrorists in the world? The next thing is where do you attack terrorists from? From whose land? Bin laden is a terrorist for you, but for us, he is a freedom fighter. George Bush is our terrorist.

Ok, that's par for course, he blathers on for a while about the Queen, the Red Indians, etc,...but then he really goes off the deep end...

You keep the poo in the ass. Right? I mean you go to the washroom and shit. Then, what do you do? You don’t wash. You wipe the ass with toilet paper and you leave little bit of poo in the ass. We thing she is wearing gloves for emergency use. In case if she doesn’t have toilet paper in the palace, she could use the gloves to wipe the ass. She is wearing gloves and a hat, but keeping poo in the ass without washing. DON’T WIPE THE ASS. WASH THE ASS. NASTY PEOPLE.

and then more crap about racism, etc... closing with:

SHIT

Alah is the only God in the Earth. He is the GREATEST. WE WILL DESTROY YOU VERY SOON. NOBODY HAS DEFEATED A FREEDOM STRUGGLE SO FAR IN THE WORLD HISTORY. WE WILL PREVAIL.

SHIT

Yeah. Very godly.

136 reno911  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 9:56:06am

I am having a hard time deciding who I want to take the blame for the next four years.

Even if we started today, which we will not, it would take 4-5 years to increase the supply of energy (nuclear, new drilling, alternative). Without an increase in energy supply, the economy will continue to sputter or even go into a recession/depression. High energy prices (high demand) are the root cause of our current economic woes.

The performance of the economy is usually a good predictor of which party occupies the White House.

Since the next four years (at least) will be tough economically, does it not make sense that Obama/Democrats own that issue? And Obama will not be able to do anything positive for the economy, in the next four years, because of the time lag from development to market for energy.

If McCain is elected, the bad economy will be pinned on him and the Republicans. It could be worse for Republicans in four years. Bush's mistake for the last eight years was not unfucking the energy problem.

We already know the Republicans will lose seats in Congress no matter who wins the race for President. Better to let the Democrats own the whole fucked-up mess.

Clear out the RINO's now and start from scratch in four years. It will take the Democrats twenty years to recover from the mess that they will make in the next four.

Like momma always said, better to take the bad medicine in one big gulp.

137 mean Gene  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 10:04:03am

re: #135 Kenneth

Love the ''hate.''
So, anybody with a bidet is A-OK in his book, right?

138 Catttt  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 10:06:09am

re: #135 Kenneth

Sounds like he was overly potty trained.

139 Shr_Nfr  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 10:07:55am

re: #88 Nevergiveup

I do. There is a "need to know" that has to be demonstrated here. This one passes a "rational" but not "compelling interest" test in terms of search and seizure, etc. The "rational" hurdle for constitutional matters is one where all you have to do is to demonstrate that someone, someplace might have considered it reasonable to do this. The "compelling interest" test is exactly that, the state must have a compelling interest for the law. This is a law that goes beyond the "police powers" granted in our constitution imo. My prints are on file with the FBI because I had a secret security clearance once upon a time. That is a compelling interest and I have no problems with it. They are also on file with the local police, etc. given that I have a license to carry. That is less clear, but ok, so be it. Thanks but no thanks to federal registries of dna, fingerprints, retinas, etc.

140 Stringart  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 10:10:01am

re: #135 Kenneth

Glad to see all the multi-culti tolerance crap is paying off. Can you imagine his rantings and ravings if he hadn't been subjected to it his whole life?

141 Catttt  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 10:15:29am

re: #137 mean Gene

Love the ''hate.''
So, anybody with a bidet is A-OK in his book, right?

Heh. The rant made me think of Crocodile Dundee trying to figure out what the bidet was for when he went to NYC.

142 unrealizedviewpoint  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 10:46:45am

re: #131 zombie

$100 million per month, hmmm?

Damn, that is a little daunting. Here I am, expecting to single-handedly bring Obama down, with a budget of $0/month, and that's what I'm up against.

It will be a hell of a struggle! But I have no choice but to prevail.


We lizards are confident you can accomplish whatever you set your mind to.

143 Pyrocles  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 11:15:59am

They really do believe that the President of the United States is a magical being blessed with total control of all phenomena in the universe.

re: #50 jcm

What's the POTUS going to do, wave his staff over the water...
oh wait the Obamessiah will do that!

144 ashan  Tue, Jun 10, 2008 1:34:39pm

Has anyone with the skills been able to carry out database exploits on any of BHO's sites before they find a professional to patch them up? There are some open directories that can used to drill down into the databases. If the directories are open, the databases will be exposed too. This should pull up some very interesting information.

145 Ariana  Thu, Jun 12, 2008 3:14:05pm

re: #56 seekeroftruth

My thoughts as well. How much money is flowing in from the middle east? Considering he hangs out with terrorists ( Ayres & company ) and assorted American hating individuals here in the country, I would like to know who is donating to him.

seeker,
Ever since I read an article that cited Hillary's people complaining that Obama's site did not verify web donations, my gut reaction was to suspect that he is receiving numerous donations from the Middle East. Even after Hillary's people brought up this problem several months, the media didn't follow up on their complaint.(shocker)

Unless some laws get passed which mandate proof of citizenship-- then the rest of the world can finance whom they wish to win our elections. The same group that tries to block proof of citizenship to vote would fight any restrictions on donations.

Let's put out a sign-- USA up for sale.


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