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BlackPhx -> RE: I need some assistance with an Obama question (10/24/2008 5:53:37 PM)
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As much as it would be nice to deny it as completely unfound rumor..there was a report in Newsweek that fueled this.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/162403
Apparently two donors exceeded the 2,300 per person federal limit one giving 17,130 and the other 11,000, both in $200 or less increments, which don't have to be tracked and reported. Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said the campaign has no idea who the individuals are and has returned all the donations, using the credit-card numbers they gave to the campaign. (In a similar case earlier this year, the campaign returned $33,000 to two Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip who had bought T shirts in bulk from the campaign's online store. They had listed their address as "Ga.," which the campaign took to mean Georgia rather than Gaza.)
All donations however must be logged as you saw in the link that Mercnbeth supplied. I know that both Master and I have made individual contributions and they do add up quickly. Add in the sale of Signs, Bumper Stickers, T-shirts, et. al at http://store.barackobama.com/ and a pretty penny can be raised indeed.
The RNC has announced plans to ask for an audit of the Obama camps fund raising however. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/05/rnc-to-seek-audit-of-all-contributions-to-obama-campaign/
But then again after the 2000 and 2004 campaigns..this is pretty much par for the course.
poenkitten
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