OK- this is a NYT editorial board , right?
Lets look at an "oped" by MAUREEN DOWD-a Pulitzer Prize winning writer.( Not a rant by a clerk-typist.) Condensed for brevity.
"Obama's campaign to raise money by using existing lists to raise money over the internet. Suddenly huge amounts started to appear. about $200 milllion so far. One of the web site security monitors began to notice the bulk of the contributions were clearly coming in from OVERSEAS Internet Service Providers and at the rate and frequency of transmission it was clear that these donations were "programmmed" by a very sophisticated user.
While the security people were not able to track most of these sources due to firewalls and other blocking devices put on these contributions, they were able to collate the number of contributions thatwere coming in from individuals but the funds were from only a few credit card accounts and bank fund transfers.
The internet service providers ( ISP) they were able to trace were from SAUDI ARABIA. IRAN, and other Middle eastern countries. One of the banks used for the fund transfers was also located in SAUDI ARABIA. Another concentrated group of donations was traced to a CHINESE ISP with a similar pattern of limited credit card charges.
It became clear that these donations were very likely coming from sources OTHER than American voters. this was discussed at length within the campaign and the decision wss made that these donations did not violate campaign financing laws.
It was decided that it was not the responsibility of the campaign
to audit these millions of contributions to the ACTUAL source( specific credit card numbers or bank account numbers) to insure that none of these internet contributions exceeded the the legal MAXIMUM donation on a cumulative basis of many small donations. They also found the record keeping was not complete enough to do it anyway. THIS IS A SHOCKING REVELATION.
I guess we should have been suspicious when the numbers started to come out. We were told (no proof offered) that the Obama internet contributions were from $10 to $25 or so. If the $200 ,000,000 received is correct and the average cointribution is $15 then THAT WOULD MEAN THAT !3 MILLION INDIVIDUALS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS! That would mean that 13 million contributions would need to be processsed. How did all that happen? I believe the Obama Internet fund raising raises a SERIOUS , IN DEPTH investigation and audit." Unquote.
Again, the author has integrity and unquestioned competence for her to win the Pulitzer Prize!
Obama will turn out to be the biggest phony in history. His receiving millions from CHINA,SAUDI ARABIA , and IRAN bode ill for the USA.
