October 1, 2008 — budsimmons
About Obama’s illegal foreign campaign
contributions from GAZA Palestine,
Do you like his slick cuteness, listing GAZA as GA to be confused with GEORGIA (USA)?
Palestinian brothers inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip are listed in government election filings as having donated $29,521.54 to Sen. Barack Obamas campaign, according to WorldNetDailys (WND) Jerusalem bureau chief, Aaron Klein.
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The donations would violate election laws, including prohibitions on receiving donations from foreigners and guidelines against accepting more than $2,300 from one individual during a single election, Bob Biersack, a spokesman for the Federal Election Commission, said in response to a query.
The contributions also raise numerous questions about the Obama campaigns lax online donation form, which apparently allows for the possibility of foreign contributions.
Last week, the Atlas Shrugs blog outlined a series of donations in 2007 made to Obamas campaign from two individuals,
Monir Edwan and Hosam Edwan (See 8/4/08, below).
In an online form on Obama’s campaign site, the Edwans listed their street as Tal Esaltan, which they wrote was located in Rafah, GA.
Rafah is not a city in Georgia. The Atlas blog immediately raised concerns that the money may have been donated from the Gaza Strip town of Rafah.
Speaking to WND, the two brothers praised Obama and admitted giving the money online to his campaign.
They said they are not U.S. citizens or green card holders but are citizens of Palestine.
About Obama’s illegal foreign campaign contributions from GAZA Palestine, which he listed as GA(like Georgia) « Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian
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Would also like to add this:
August 6, 2008
Palestinians deny Obama returned illegal contributions, says reporter.
In response to a World Net Daily story by Aaron Klein, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign contends it returned $33,500 in illegal contributions from Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza, but the donors told Aaron Klein of WND today they have not received any money.
The Wall Street Journal reported it spoke to Obama officials who said the donations from three Palestinian brothers were received between Sept. 20 and Dec. 6 last year, and virtually all of the money was returned by Dec. 6. The campaign said, however, the refunds were not reported to the Federal Election Commission due to a technical error.
But WND asked two of the brothers — Monir and Hasam Edwan — to respond to the campaign's claims.
"No, we did not receive any money back from the Obama campaign at any time," said Monir Edwan.
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/kouri/080806
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