If a candidate steals an election, can he be trusted to keep his promises?So, what do we know about Sen. Obama’s character?
1) He is a product of the Chicago Democratic Machine – one of the most corrupt political organizations in America. It is true that just being a Democrat from Chicago does not make him corrupt – but never taking a stand against such corruption, and in fact seeking support from the corrupt Democratic machine –clearly does speak volumes about his character.
2) Obama broke his word regarding pubic campaign financing. After promising to accept public money (and the spending restrictions that go with it), he broke his word when he realized he could raise a lot more money. Sen. McCain kept his word.
3) His fund raising efforts are VERY TROUBLING. First, he refuses to disclose all of his contributors. (McCain and the GOP have disclosed every one.) In a day when anyone, anywhere in the world, can log onto a website and contribute money – it is important to know that foreign contributions (all of which are illegal) are not being made. To be clear, American citizens living can contribute to anyone’s campaign – but contributions from foreign citizens living overseas and foreign governments legally forbidden.
a) He refuses to disclose any donors beyond the minimum requirements (so much for openness). Note that campaigns are required to track every donor and every penny donated – so Obama has (or should have) the information.
b) Of the contributions Obama has been required to disclose, 37,000 contributions – totaling 63 million dollars appear to have been made in foreign currency. Are we to believe that over 10% of his contributions come from American citizens living overseas? That simply doesn’t pass the smell test.
c) Many of the donor identities Sen. Obama has disclosed are clearly false, for instance, Mr. Good Will gave $17,375 and “Pro, Doodad,” from “Nando, NY,” gave $19,500. How many false donors are lurking in the unreported contributions?
d) Nearly than half of the 600 million Sen. Obama has raised has come in amounts under the $200.00 disclosure limit. In this day of electronic transactions, it would be extremely easy for foreign citizens, foreign governments or Americans who have already given over the limit to create false identities and channel huge amounts of money to Obama. When it appears that 37 million of the 300 million in disclosed contributions came from overseas, why shouldn’t we believe that more illegal and/or foreign money is hiding there?
e) Furthermore, we know that fund raisers have been held overseas TO RAISE MONEY FOR OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN!
In July and August, the head of the Nigeria’s stock market held a series of pro-Obama fundraisers in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. The events attracted local Nigerian business owners. At one event, a table for eight at one fundraising dinner went for $16,800. Nigerian press reports claimed sponsors raked in an estimated $900,000.
In June, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave a public speech praising Obama, claiming foreign nationals were donating to his campaign. “All the people in the Arab and Islamic world and in Africa applauded this man,” the Libyan leader said. “They welcomed him and prayed for him and for his success, and they may have even been involved in legitimate contribution campaigns to enable him to win the American presidency..." Though Gadhafi asserted that fundraising from Arab and African nations were “legitimate,” the fact is that U.S. federal law bans any foreigner from donating to a U.S. election campaign.
After screening out the legal contributions obviously from overseas American Citizens (who by the way, should be listing their US address!), contributions from the UK, Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Beijing, Fallujah, Florence, Italy, and a wide selection of towns and cities in France are listed. How many more are in the undisclosed contributions?
f) Lest there be any question that the Obama campaign knew all about this and welcomed it, consider these facts:
Until recently, the Obama Web site allowed a contributor to select the country where he resided from the entire membership of the United Nations, including such friendly places as North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Unlike McCain’s or Sen. Hillary Clinton’s online donation pages, the Obama site did not ask for proof of citizenship until just recently. Clinton’s presidential campaign required U.S. citizens living abroad to actually fax a copy of their passport before a donation would be accepted.
It is crystal clear that Obama knew full well that he was getting illegal overseas contributions.
If there is no issue, why not do what McCain has done and disclose all donors? The answer is simple; He doesn’t dare do so! If he did, he might not only lose the election, he might end up in jail!
For more on this issue see:
http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/Obama_fundraising_illegal/2008/09/29/135718.html
http://newsmax.com/timmerman/Obama_fundraising_illegal/2008/09/29/135718.html
4) Obama and ACORN. This organization is under investigation in 15 states for VOTER FRAUD. Obama has tried very hard to distance himself from this organization – but he has been associated with them for years. In fact THIS YEAR the Obama campaign gave $880,000.00 to ACORN. ACORN has endorsed Obama.
Imagine if it was McCain that had given nearly a MILLION DOLLARS to a group under investigation for voter fraud? Would this not be on the news every night? Wouldn’t the mainstream media be accusing him of corruption? You bet they would, but Obama gets a pass.
5) Barack Obama says he won’t raise taxes on people making less than $250,000/year – yet he has stated at various times that he would – or would strongly consider – removing the $90,000.00 cap on Social Security Taxes. This will result in a 7% tax increase on income above $90,000.00 per year – and result in a 1.3 Trillion Dollar tax increase.
6) Largely as a result of Republican initiatives in the 1980s and 1990s, 44% of citizens pay no tax. Obama’s “middle class tax cut” will, in fact, result in this 44% receiving a check from the government.
7) I have been a member of the lower middle class my entire adult life. I have NEVER received a single tax cut from the Democrats. I have received several from the Republicans. I am still waiting for the tax cut I was promised by Bill Clinton! Remember that when he took office, he suddenly discovered that it just wasn’t possible.
What will happen to our promised middle class tax cut when (if) Obama takes office? Simple – He will discover that he just can’t do it either. In fact, he will discover that he needs to raise taxes on the middle class. So, he will make some excuse and do what he wants.
How do I know this: Simple, there is just not enough income above $250,000.00 to do everything that Obama wants to do. The vast majority of the earned income in this country is earned by average, middle class Americans. Many studies have shown that if every penny of income was taken from the “rich” it would only run the government for a few days.
Mark my words, if elected Sen. Obama will RAISE taxes on the middle class.
Can Sen. Barack Obama be trusted? Consider the above and make up your own mind.
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