Obama: Candidate and MSM Won’t Report Obama’s Socialist Ties

There’s a mystery that shrouds the millions donated to the Obama campaign, especially in regards to illegal contributions, from here in the United States and from foreigners. There’s also news that the RNC has amended a complaint filed to the FEC alleging contribution misconduct by the Obama campaign after an investigation revealed that half of the $400+ million donations to the Obama campaign came from “unreported sources” and that at least $2 million in donations have come from foreigners while Obama and the MSM have yet to reveal Obma’s past socialist ties.

On Friday DBKP wrote about blogger Doug Ross’ discovery that the Obama campaign website was accepting contributions from foreigners without any proof of citizenship while other investigations found the website had “disabled” the safeguard function for when submitting a credit card contribution, allowing anyone, anywhere in the world, to give donations under “fake” names and bypass the Federal Election campaign contribution laws.

An investigation by Newsmax has found that half of the $426+ million raised so far by the Obama campaign comes from “unreported” donations of $200 and under:

“The FEC breakdown of the Obama campaign has identified a staggering $222.7 million as coming from contributions of $200 or less. Only $39.6 million of that amount comes from donors the Obama campaign has identified.

It is the largest pool of unidentified money that has ever flooded into the U.S. election system, before or after the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reforms of 2002.”

Newsmax is reporting that the RNC has amended a complaint filed with FEC, calling on the government watchdog, in regards to election law, to conduct an audit after it was discovered that the campaign had accepted donations from foreigners, “excessive contributions from individuals”, and “donations from unknown sources”.

Newsmax uncovered 60,000 donations to Obama that had originated from foreign sources while other investigations found how easy it is for non-citizens to donate using a credit card on the Obama campaign website. Not only can foreigners donate to Obama on his campaign website but it was discovered that the campaign website had disabled safeguards when entering credit card info enabling contributors to fill in the “donor” name other than the credit card holder. The New York Times blog reported that “fake” names were easily entered when submitting an contribution to Obama’s campaign.

By law the FEC requires campaigns to report only those contributions which are higher than $200. What this means is that campaigns have to give the total amount of these “small” donations but do not have to divulge to the FEC the contributor’s name. The Obama campaign website had disabled the safeguard function which then allowed contributors to give a name other than the credit card holder. This allowed anyone to get on Obama’s campaign website and give $200 or less, under multiple names, from any country, and not be reported to the FEC. It was discovered the campaign had accepted “donations” from “Jeremiah Wright” and “Osama Bin Laden”. So far, a staggering $200+ million has been given to the Obama campaign, of which the campaign doesn’t have to report the donor’s name to the FEC. DBKP wondered, how many of those contributions may have come from foreigners?

According to the AP both McCain and Obama have received donations from overseas:

“Obama has raised at least $2 million abroad, far more than McCain’s total of at least $229,000, according to the AP’s review of campaign finance records. The amount reported flowing in from outside the U.S. is a small percentage of the roughly $390 million raised so far by Obama and the $167 million by McCain.”

While the AP “found” that Obama had “raised” at least 2 million abroad this was before it was discovered that the Obama campaign had dismantled the safeguard protection when submitting credit card info when giving a contribution on their website. Add that to the fact that the Obama campaign, by law, doesn’t have to reveal the names of contributors who give $200 or less, then there’s no official way to tally how many of the over $200 million contributions have come from foreigners or those who used multiple fake names such as Osama Bin Laden.

This is nothing new in politics, in 1996 Al Gore and the Buddhist Temple fundraiser made the news:

“Vice President Al Gore’s visit to a Buddhist temple near Los Angeles in 1996 is the very symbol of campaign-finance chicanery, particularly illegal contributions from Asia. Gore tried to distance himself from the event by claiming at first that it was “community outreach.” Eventually he conceded that it was “finance related,” but he’s always said he didn’t know it was a fundraiser.”

According to Fortune Magazine, Gore had a longstanding relationship with Maria Hsia, a fundraiser who organized an event at the Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple in Hacienda Heights, California. The “event” was billed as Democratic fundraiser:

“Gore and Hsia got to know each other in the late 1980s, when Gore was worried about raising enough money for his 1990 Senate reelection. Hsia, an immigration consultant, was eager to contribute to politicians who could help her clients and associates. One associate was John Huang, who became notorious as an Asian fundraiser for the Democratic Party in 1996. Her clients would later include the Hsi Lai Temple, whose parent was the Fo Kuang Shan Buddhist order. In 1989, Gore was the sole U.S. Senator to accept Hsia’s entreaty to visit the temple’s Taiwan headquarters on a trip partly paid for by the order.”

From Salon:

“April 1996 Gore attends an event at the Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles that nets the Democratic National Committee close to $65,000 from donors. In September 1997, a trio of Buddhist nuns from the temple admit in Senate testimony that the temple illegally reimbursed guests for their donations. Gore later denies knowing the gathering at the temple was a fundraiser, describing the event as “community outreach.”"

The New York Times pointed out the nuns and buddhists who gave cash contributions to Gore had “taken a vow of poverty” and that it is against the law to hold a political fundraiser in a “tax exempt religious institution”, never mind that the contributions where from foreigners.

“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”
–Al Gore, 199 CNN Interview

Ironically it was the internet that alleviated some of the “cash and carry” contributions problems that Al Gore faced when he accepted cash from the Buddhists. Gore, who once proclaimed in an CNN interview that he had “created” the Internet wouldn’t have had to “glad-hand” the Buddhist monks and nuns at a Temple, they could have used their Mastercards and Visas on his Internet campaign site. No muss, no fuss, and no questions asked–while the dollar totals in the till continue to climb, and no one’s wiser as to the source.

The Obama campaign had been trumpeting its campaign contributions success but how much of the money comes from foreign contributors? That’s what we’d like to know. It was discovered that the Obama campaign had dismantled the safeguard feature for credit cards on their internet site enabling anyone to contribute, under fake names, for as much as they wanted, and that some had originated from foreigners.

Obama campaigning in Kenya for his cousin, Odinga

Obama’s Cousin, Odinga

It was discovered that $950,000 had been raised by Obama “fundraisers” for Obama’s cousin in Kenya, rebel leader Raila Odinga, and that Obama had campaigned for his cousin who was running for President:

“In August and September 2006, Senator Barack Obama traveled to South Africa, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Chad and Kenya as a congressional delegation of one (Codel Obama) (“Codel Obama” The Hill 9/7/2006) While in Kenya, Obama consistently appeared at the side of fellow Luo Raila Odinga (“your agent for change’), who was running for President. (“Senator Rebukes Kenya’s Corruption” Chicago Sun Times 8/29/2006) Because of his African heritage, Obama was treated as a virtual “Head of State” in Kenya While campaigning with Odinga, Obama was openly critical of governmental corruption under President Mibaki –usually a fair, if undiplomatic, criticism from an objective observer.”
–African Press

According to the Guardian, Odinga, a member of the Luo Tribe, felt he was “robbed” when he lost an election to Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki. Ironically, Odinga’s party is the Orange Democratic Movement, a socialist party, while many Americans are unaware that Obama was once a member of the Socialist New Party when he ran for Illinois Senate.

Politico posted a Youtube video which purportedly shows Obama campaigning for Odinga in Kenya in 2006 while on the “taxpayers” dime. Charges of genocide were leveled at Odinga after members of his Luo tribe rioted, killing rival villagers and burned Christian churches after Odinga lost the election.

Politico found where the Washington Times had reported Obama’s trip, paid for by American taxpayers, and how Obama had used his slogan of “Change”:

“Mr. Odinga and Mr. Obama were nearly inseparable throughout Mr. Obama’s six-day stay. The two traveled together throughout Kenya and Mr. Obama spoke on behalf of Mr. Odinga at numerous rallies. In contrast, Mr. Obama had only criticism for Kibaki. He lashed out against the Kenyan government shortly after meeting with the president on Aug. 25. “The [Kenyan] people have to suffer over corruption perpetrated by government officials,” Mr. Obama announced.

“Kenyans are now yearning for change,” he declared. The intent of Mr. Obama’s remarks and actions was transparent to Kenyans – he was firmly behind Mr. Odinga.”

To date, Obama has yet to release any of his papers from his former days at Harvard, Occidental, and Columbia as a college student. This leads one to naturally wonder what Obama has written that he feels the public shouldn’t have access. Was it a prior political ideology, such as Marxist or Socialist views, or something else? Again, as a candidate with no record, we are forced to rely on prior actions, such as what a candidate wrote when in college, his prior membership in organizations, his trips abroad, his campaigning for a rebel opposition leader of a Socialist party in Kenya.

Not allowing access to such items as Obama’s college records and papers only adds to speculation and the undisputed fact that Obama is not the “open” book he portrays himself to be. The MSM has failed to report on Obama’s membership in the Socialist New Party when he ran for Illinois State Senate–this is stunning when you think about it as this is “part” of his past record–nor have they asked Obama any questions regarding his 2006 trip to Kenya on the taxpayers dime where Obama spent time campaigning for his cousin, Odinga, the head of a socialist party in Kenya. Now we find that millions have poured into the Obama campaign, of which some are purportedly from non-American citizens living overseas.

Since there is no “record” of what Obama has achieved prior to running for President, then voters are forced to look at character, which includes “ideology”. The MSM won’t report that Obama was a card carrying member of a Socialist party when he ran for Illinois State Senate. Socialism, in itself, is not a bad thing, it’s not a “smear”, nor is it a code word for “black”. It is a political ideology. But voters, when assessing a candidate, like to know a candidate’s ideology before casting their vote. They also wonder, like us, as to why the press had ignored this “facet” about Senator Obama or his ties to his socialist party leader cousin, Odinga, in Kenya. Yet the press got a first hand lesson on Thursday on what the response would be from the Obama campaign when asking the “wrong” questions, especially in regards to “Marxism”:

A Florida TV station learned the hard way Thursday during a Joe Biden campaign stop that asking the “wrong” questions can land you in “hot water” with the Obama campaign:

The Orlando Sentinel reported that when Florida TV station WFTV reporter Barbara West attempted to ask Biden questions about Joe the Plumber and Obama’s now famous quote about “spreading the wealth” as well as Biden’s recent comment that Obama will be “tested” by foreign powers “early on”, Biden responded with “are you joking?” and “I don’t know who’s writing your questions” then brushed the reporter aside. The Obama campaign responded by canceling a scheduled interview with Biden’s wife:

“”This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election,” wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.

McGinnis said the Biden cancellation was “a result of her husband’s experience yesterday during the satellite interview with Barbara West.”"

West had quoted Karl Marx when she asked Biden about the “spread the wealth” comment made by Obama to Joe the Plumber.

Editors of the biggest newspapers have endorsed Obama for President because he “acted” Presidential during this campaign and that he would make a good leader based on what he “believes”. We wondered, based on the fact that Obama was former member of a socialist party, just what does he “believe”? This is not “out of line” when looking at candidate, especially when the candidate is running “without a record”.

When voting for someone who will become our next President, concrete actions take “precedent” over “vision”, especially when there is a substantive lack of legislative record–Obama has none other than his Global Poverty Act, a $800 million dollar bill which would force taxpayers to fund Obama’s plan to “lift” half the world out of poverty by 2015.

We find the fact that Obama touted “change” to the voters of Kenya in 2006 when campaigning for his cousin, opposition rebel leader and head of a socialist party, Odinga, while Obama was a United States Senator in Kenya, quite interesting.

The papers, when endorsing Obama, cited how he “ran his campaign” as his “executive” experience. Now we find that his campaign website, which has collected literally hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions, was “fixed” so that people could enter fake names or contribute “countless times” or from foreigners living overseas. Which begs the question: will the editors of those papers turn a blind eye, between now and the election, to any information about Obama or his campaign which would “counter” their endorsement of Obama? In light of the fact that the MSM has ignored Obama’s ties to socialism, nor asked for Obama to release any of his college records or papers, we doubt it. Nor will the press investigate how much money in the Obama coffers come from illegitimate sources.

The press and Obama are playing “don’t ask, don’t tell, making the decisions on what voters have a “right” to know about a Presidential candidate. Voters and America deserve better.

By LBG

Image – Al Gore and the Internet
Image – The Three Socialists
Image – Obama and Odinga

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