Obama Campaign Illegally Soliciting Donations From Foreigners?

Underworld King Star said:
So, foreigners go to the Obama website, specifically sign up to get e-mails from him, and, of course, some of those e-mails reference donations. I suppose Obama is supposed to be blamed for not predicting their location or citizenship status from their e-mail address?

Can foreigners not do this at Romney's website or something?
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Somebody didn't read the story.
 
Rana said:
Citizens United needs to be overturned. It is bringing in foreign money to influence campaigns on both sides. It is laughable that one side points to the other, it is all if the above!
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lol......The old tried and true "they do it too' defense comes to the rescue.....after 20 posts.

I expected it a lot sooner....
 
bravo said:
lol......The old tried and true "they do it too' defense comes to the rescue.....after 20 posts.

I expected it a lot sooner....
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It is why aim voting for Johnson. I am tired of the " they do it, too" mentality! I mean it in a different way. I am tired of giving both sides a pass.

Citizens United is a Bain on this country and we need to stand up against this type of political influence
 
cannabis said:
still waiting for rana to back up her assertion about citizens.....
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It should come as no surprise that the trigger for foreign contributions possibly finding an inroad into US elections is none other than the Citizens United decision. Here's why. By lifting the prohibitions on corporations' ability to make direct expenditures influencing federal elections, Citizens United allows 501(c)(4) nonprofits to fund independent expenditures and electioneering communications without disclosing where the money came from. Citizens United created an environment in which it is perfectly legal for a shell non-profit corporation to engage in election-related spending on behalf of a hidden interest. And there is nothing to ensure that the hidden interest is not a foreign national, a foreign company or a foreign government...

One tool to ensure that illegal foreign contributions do not influence US elections is the DISCLOSE Act. That bill, which was blocked by Republicans in 2010 and is likely to suffer the same fate again this year, would impose disclosure requirements on nonprofits that make political expenditures, thereby uncovering or even preventing the laundering of foreign money."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-sunlight-foundation/citizens-united-2012-elections_b_1342545.html

ThinkProgress has slammed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for raising funds from foreign businesses and businessmen at the same time it has promised to buy $75 million worth of attack ads to help elect Republicans on Nov. 2.

"We documented at least $300,000 from the Kingdom of Bahrain and India alone," says Lee Fang, a researcher who uncovered the foreign contributions. "We know the chamber has sent out fundraising applications to foreign corporations. They're asking those foreign corporations to wire or send their checks to the same campaign account used to run attack ads."

The money, says Fang, goes to a Chamber unit incorporated under section 501(c)6 of the tax code, allowing it to be used for attack ads - and not requiring that its source be publicly identified.

That's exactly what critics feared about the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which knocked down a wide range of restrictions on corporate campaign spending: The possibility that foreign interests could pour money into American elections without anybody here knowing the source or intent of the donations.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/201..._foreign-cash-attack-ads-foreign-corporations


Now, you prove to me that every penny spent on attack ads is from American citizens.... waiting...
 
Rana said:
It is why aim voting for Johnson. I am tired of the " they do it, too" mentality! I mean it in a different way. I am tired of giving both sides a pass.

Citizens United is a Bain on this country and we need to stand up against this type of political influence
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how does it feel that you are voting for the same person that I am?
 
Rana, the 1992 election happened nearly two decades before Citizens United. How does that compute?

My ballot with Gary Johnson's name checked-off has already been mailed. :awesome:
 
Crashk said:
see post #25
still waiting for pothead to back up it's assertion about citizens united...
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hilarious...rana thanks you while still not backing her assertion up

and dude....only 1 hour and you're getting pissy about someone not answering your post? not all of us live in front of the computer.
 
Crashk said:
It should come as no surprise that the trigger for foreign contributions possibly finding an inroad into US elections is none other than the Citizens United decision. Here's why. By lifting the prohibitions on corporations' ability to make direct expenditures influencing federal elections, Citizens United allows 501(c)(4) nonprofits to fund independent expenditures and electioneering communications without disclosing where the money came from. Citizens United created an environment in which it is perfectly legal for a shell non-profit corporation to engage in election-related spending on behalf of a hidden interest. And there is nothing to ensure that the hidden interest is not a foreign national, a foreign company or a foreign government...

One tool to ensure that illegal foreign contributions do not influence US elections is the DISCLOSE Act. That bill, which was blocked by Republicans in 2010 and is likely to suffer the same fate again this year, would impose disclosure requirements on nonprofits that make political expenditures, thereby uncovering or even preventing the laundering of foreign money."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-sunlight-foundation/citizens-united-2012-elections_b_1342545.html

ThinkProgress has slammed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for raising funds from foreign businesses and businessmen at the same time it has promised to buy $75 million worth of attack ads to help elect Republicans on Nov. 2.

"We documented at least $300,000 from the Kingdom of Bahrain and India alone," says Lee Fang, a researcher who uncovered the foreign contributions. "We know the chamber has sent out fundraising applications to foreign corporations. They're asking those foreign corporations to wire or send their checks to the same campaign account used to run attack ads."

The money, says Fang, goes to a Chamber unit incorporated under section 501(c)6 of the tax code, allowing it to be used for attack ads - and not requiring that its source be publicly identified.

That's exactly what critics feared about the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which knocked down a wide range of restrictions on corporate campaign spending: The possibility that foreign interests could pour money into American elections without anybody here knowing the source or intent of the donations.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/201..._foreign-cash-attack-ads-foreign-corporations


Now, you prove to me that every penny spent on attack ads is from American citizens.... waiting...
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1. your first link is merely about the possibility. it does not prove anything. nice try

2. your second link has nothing to do with citizens united. zip, nada zilch. they engaged in the same practice before citizens. i like how you cut out this relevant portion:
No foreign money is used to fund political activities. All allegations to the contrary are totally and completely false,"
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another reason why it has nothing to do with citizens.
care to try again?
 
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