No wonder Obama's fundraising is so successful. His campaign has actively disabled normal credit card security features, including zip code verification, to allow anyone to donate as many times as they want, using any fake name they want. It invites fraud, because once fake names and addresses are accepted, nobody knows who has donated what to whom, and campaign finance laws are automatically evaded.
Don't take my word for it. Ask Saddam Hussein, Adoph Hitler, and John Galt (a fictitious pro-freedom character in an Ayn Rand novel, if you're wondering). They all donated to Obama this election season.
Meanwhile, McCain's campaign has played by the rules all along, which probably explains why he has a much smaller campaign war chest at this point. McCain's campaign website, tested again just this week, rejects the same phony donations Obama's campaign willingly rakes in.
This isn't accidental. It takes an afirmative effort to disable the normal credit card security features that apply every time you use your card.
Obama has reached a new low of brazen illegality for any presidential candidate.
Via Ace of Spades:
The Republican National Committee (RNC) today filed a supplement to its complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against the Obama for America campaign addressing its acceptance of foreign national and excessive contributions, donations from unknown sources, and demonstrated lack of oversight or concern for compliance with the law. The complaint demonstrates that the Obama campaign has failed to comply with federal campaign finance law in its fundraising. RNC Chief Counsel Sean Cairncross released the following statement today concerning the supplement to the complaint:
“Based on numerous press accounts that have come to light since our initial filing in early October, it is clear that the Obama for America campaign is operating outside of the law. The complete and total lack of any control mechanisms within the Obama campaign’s fundraising operation has undermined any confidence in their ability to curtail excessive, foreign, and fraudulent contributions and demands immediate attention from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).”
So what's to stop wealthy Democrats from exceeding the campaign finance limits by making up fake names and addresses? Nothing. What's to stop Saudi Arabians or Romanians or Palestinians from funding Obama's campaign? Nothing. (Until recently, Obama didn't even ask for proof of citizenship from foreign donors.)
It's fraud piled on top of fraud piled on top of massive, systematic voting fraud, for which Obama and ACORN are also directly responsible.
When election laws are violated this extensively (including both acceptance of numerous illegal donations and widespread voter registration fraud by Obama and his friends at ACORN), our democracy itself is at risk.
This systematic, massive election fraud is more serious than almost any other issue Americans face with the possible exception of national security. Everything, including our economic surival, depends on our freedom. Every American, left or right, should be outraged by this election fraud.
Update: Hot Air: "Commenter “Bombast” says his foreign credit card worked like a charm:
I have a credit card issued by a bank in Hong Kong.
I’ve just made 5 donations of $5 each using the card. I listed fake addresses in North Korea, Iran, Gaza, Venezuela and Kenya. The names and addresses were made up, each was different, I listed real Yahoo email addresses that forward to me.
Fake Name
Not A. Realperson
Finance Violation
Fraudulent Charge
Over Donation LimitAll 5 went through without a problem. I’m already being solicited for more money."
Thank you for posting this!! This is absolutely incredible.
Posted by: A Mom for McCain | October 29, 2008 at 08:07 AM