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Republican Party Plans To File A Complaint With The FEC
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- The RNC is a bunch of SLEEZEBALLS! And the American Public is tired of them.
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- I wonder if Obama is tapping the same Communist Chinese donors that the Clintons use?
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- I also donated a hundred dollars to the Obama campaign several times over the last month. Will probably do so again. I worked hard to earn it but consider it very well spent. We cannot afford four more years of RNC nonsense.
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- Since there are millions of donors such as myself (I contributed $150) on record, this audit would cost millions. I am positive that the RNC would be glad to bear the cost if there are no real violations.
Posted by ramos937 at 11:32 AM : Oct 06, 2008
I totally agree with this one the GOP will moderate or we will moderate them. - Reply to this comment
- Prominent Florida Republican HARRY Sargeant (WHO HAS COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR MCCAIN) allowed longtime business partner, Mustafa Abu Naba''''a, A FOREIGN CITIZEN FROM JORDON to bring in some $50,000 in donations to the JOHN MCCAIN CAMPAIGN .
The Abdullahs and other Arab-Americans in California also contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans Rudolph Giuliani and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a longtime friend of Sargeant.
According to the Times, Abu Naba''''a is a dual citizen of Jordan and the Dominican Republic.
It is illegal for foreigners to contribute their own money to U.S. political campaigns
Sargeant, who does extensive business with the federal government, is facing problems on Capitol Hill.
A House committee chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is looking into Sargeant''''s defense work shipping fuel to U.S. bases in Iraq as part of a probe into whether contractors are overcharging the Pentagon.
Sargeant and Abu Naba''a are being sued in Florida by a former partner, the husband of a half-sister of the King of Jordan. The lawsuit alleges that Sargeant and Abu Naba''a swindled the business partner out of his share of the profits from valuable contracts with the U.S. government.
The plaintiff, Mohammad Anwar Farid Al-Saleh, says he obtained authorization from Jordan to permit Sargeant''s company to ship oil across Jordanian territory to U.S. bases in Iraq - Reply to this comment
- Total desperation ... pretty pathetic, actually. And yes, the RNC needs to pay for this.
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- The Republicans have tried to throw so much mud and it is being met with each attack and the Republicans can''t understand why Obama''s numbers are going up and theres are going down.
Hey here is the reason, we don''t beleive a word you say. Remember the swift boat it only works once that is why you will lose.
But they are of course getting desparte and will try anything.
Good luck with that this time around. - Reply to this comment
- Sargeant, who does extensive business with the federal government, is facing problems on Capitol Hill.
A House committee chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is looking into Sargeant''s defense work shipping fuel to U.S. bases in Iraq as part of a probe into whether contractors are overcharging the Pentagon.
Sargeant and Abu Naba''a are being sued in Florida by a former partner, the husband of a half-sister of the King of Jordan. The lawsuit alleges that Sargeant and Abu Naba''a swindled the business partner out of his share of the profits from valuable contracts with the U.S. government.
The plaintiff, Mohammad Anwar Farid Al-Saleh, says he obtained authorization from Jordan to permit Sargeant''s company to ship oil across Jordanian territory to U.S. bases in Iraq - Reply to this comment
- John McCain''s campaign said Thursday it is returning $50,000 in contributions solicited by a foreign citizen. The move follows the disclosure that the money was being raised by a Jordanian man who is a business partner of prominent Florida Republican Harry Sargeant III, who has collected hundreds of thousands of dollars for McCain.
The New York Times reported Thursday that Sargeant allowed a longtime business partner, Mustafa Abu Naba''a, to bring in some $50,000 in donations in March from members of a single extended family in California, the Abdullahs, along with several of their friends.
The Abdullahs and other Arab-Americans in California also contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Republicans Rudolph Giuliani and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a longtime friend of Sargeant.
According to the Times, Abu Naba''a is a dual citizen of Jordan and the Dominican Republic.
It is illegal for foreigners to contribute their own money to U.S. political campaigns. - Reply to this comment
- ramos937,
I too have donated about 300 dollars to the Obama campaign and will donate another 100 when I get home tonight. If the RNC want my information, I''ll be glad to send it to them. I''m an Military Retiree who has seen my retirement account lose much of it value because of the mismanagement of the economy. Since the market is in the tank today, I can contine to count the losses. According to McCain the fundamentals of the econmy is strong and we have turned the page on the econonic crisis. - Reply to this comment
- Same thing the RNC does every single election. Time for the GOP to reinvent themselves. We all know each chapter from the Karl Rove dirty playbook and we don''t like it.
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- Desperate times call for Desperate measures!!! since the RNC can''t win this election season straight up, let''s look in every nook and cranny until something sticks. such is the lot of a party that supported Greed and Stupidity in government!!!
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- The Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obama''s presidential campaign Monday, alleging it has accepted donations that exceed federal limits as well as illegal contributions from foreigners.
RNC officials acknowledged Sunday that they do not have a list of foreign donors to Obama''s campaign. Instead, the complaint is based largely on media reports, including one from the conservative Web site Newsmax.The complaint asks the Federal Elections Commission to audit Obama''s campaign fund, RNC chief counsel Sean Cairncross said in a conference call with reporters.
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Wonderful idea.Bully great news. I very much hope that the FEC starts the audit ASAP.
ONE CAVEAT - Since the RNC is initiating the complaint, it should bear the cost of the audit if the Obama campaign is found to be substancially in compliance.
Since there are millions of donors such as myself (I contributed $150) on record, this audit would cost millions. I am positive that the RNC would be glad to bear the cost if there are no real violations. - Reply to this comment
- "RNC officials acknowledged Sunday that they do not have a list of foreign donors to Obama''s campaign. Instead, the complaint is based largely on media reports, including one from the conservative Web site Newsmax. "
Typical.... make stuff up so the RNC doesn''t have to face it''s failures and it''s losing of this campaign. - Reply to this comment
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