Obama Campaign Makes it Easy for Foreigners to Donate Online

A British reader of Warner Todd Huston’s (of the Publius Forum) is running an experiment, to see how easy it is for foreigners to (illegally) donate to U.S. Presidential campaigns.

According to the anonymous donor, The McCain campaign has all sorts of checks in place to raise red flags when a donor is outside the United States, but the Obama campaign apparently does not.

Read all about it at the Publius Forum.

No wonder Obama spent so much time campaigning overseas.

Also see:

• Blue Collar Muse: Are We Breaking the Law or Being Broken by Technology?
• The Obama Foreign Donation Experiment
• Illegal Foreign $$$$$? Obama says Okey Dokey
• Obama Campaign Accepting Illegal Donations?

 

The Genial Warrior Versus The Ivy League Messiah

I’m your average iconoclast. I try to think for myself, I am no party loyalist, I care deeply about seemingly opposite issues and about very diverse kinds of people, I’ve been burned by ideolologues and am wary of party lines, both left and right.

Thus, there are things I like and dislike about both Presidential tickets. I do not like it one bit that Senator McCain voted not once but twice against the Violence Against Women Act; I despair over this and over his party’s opposition to abortion. I find Sarah Palin bright, zesty, charming, and admirably tough-and yet her anti-abortion stance and deep silence, at least so far, about other equality-for-women issues pains me as does her lack of experience on the national and international stage…Continue reading on Chesler Chronicles >>

Barack Obama: McCain Is Right

John McCain came out with his first video after the debate using Barack Obama’s own words. The result, John McCain is “absolutely right” in Obama’s opinion.

Hack the Debate (if there is one) with #current

Updates: LGF is reporting the debate is on…Confirmed by the McCain Campain site - the Debate is on.

Currently John McCain has suspended his campaign to deal with the mortage crisis in Washington D.C.. It looks like Obama may be debating himself. We’re not sure how that’s going to work - perhaps Obama without a telepromter could debate Obama with a teleprompter? Or maybe he could bring back the Greek Columns and declare himself Ceasar Obama.

Who knows? Or perhaps McCain will change his mind before tonight. If that happens, you can join Twitter and Current, in their “Hack the Debate” event. Here’s how:

1. Tune in tonight, September 26th at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST for the Live Presidential Debate. Find Current TV on your local cable/satellite provider or come here to watch the live stream of our broadcast.
2. Make sure you’ve registered with Twitter to participate.
3. During the debates, chime in by including “#current” in your tweet. Example:
   “This discussion about universal healthcare makes me want to pop some pills! #current”
4. Because of time, we won’t be able to put every tweet on air, but you can see all of the #current tweets on Twitter Search. Just search, #current.
5. If you have any questions about participating, send us a tweet @current.