The five minute guide to the Obama fundraising scandals
Thomas Lifson
The website Obama Shrugged has a good concise guide to the unprecedented fundraising practices of the Obama campaign, leaving the door wide open for fraudulent and illegal contributions. A sample:
By now, it has become common knowledge that the Obama campaign is the ONLY campaign to NOT disclose their "under $200″ campaign donor list. No substantive reasons are given by the Obama campaign.
On October 24, it is confirmed by the National Journal that the Obama campaign has turned off address verification on their website. This is highly irregular - in fact, it's quite unheard of. Essentially, turning off address verification (known as AVS) enables donors to fake addresses and circumvent donor limits. This means foreigners can give illegal donations and motivated Obama supporters can exceed the $2300 campaign limit! As Internet and e-commerce professionals, we launch this blog to raise the issue of how highly irregular and potentially unethical it is to turn off online credit card address verification.
Hat tip: Mike Angiletta
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