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Subscribe to RSSA major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creating new headaches for Obama's re-election campaign as it deals with the questionable history of another top supporter.
The New York donor, Abake Assongba, and her husband contributed more than $50,000 to Obama's re-election effort this year, federal records show. But Assongba is also fending off a civil court case in Florida, where she's accused of thieving more than $650,000 to help build a multimillion-dollar home in the state — a charge her husband denies.
AP Photo / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
President Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser March, 30, 2012, in Burlington, Vt.
Obama is the only presidential contender this year who released his list of "bundlers," the financiers who raise campaign money by soliciting high-dollar contributions from friends and associates. But that disclosure has not come without snags; his campaign returned $200,000 last month to Carlos and Alberto Cardona, the brothers of a Mexican fugitive wanted on federal drug charges.
Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt declined comment to The Associated Press. He instead referred the AP to previous statements he made to The Washington Post, which first reported the allegations against Assongba in its Sunday editions. LaBolt told the paper 1.3 million Americans have donated to the campaign, and that it addresses issues with contributions promptly.
Assongba was listed on Obama's campaign website as one of its volunteer fundraisers — a much smaller group of about 440 people.
Assongba and her husband, Anthony J.W. DeRosa, run a charity called Abake's Foundation that distributes school supplies and food in Benin, Africa. A photo posted on Assongba's Facebook page shows the couple standing next to Obama at a May 2010 fundraiser.
In one Florida case, which is still ongoing, Swiss businessman Klaus-Werner Pusch accused Assongba in 2009 of engaging him in an email scam — then using the money to buy a multimillion-dollar home, the Post reported. The suit alleges Assongba impersonated a bank official to do it. Pusch referred the AP's questions to his attorney, who did not immediately return requests seeking comment Sunday.
Meanwhile, Assongba has left a trail of debts, with a former landlord demanding in court more than $10,000 in back rent and damages for a previous apartment. She was also evicted in 2004 after owing $5,000 in rent, records show.
In an interview with the AP on Sunday, DeRosa said the allegations against his wife were untrue, although he couldn't discuss specifics because of pending litigation. He said he and Assongba were "very perturbed" by the charges, and said the couple's charity does important work in Africa.
Assongba has given more than $70,000 to Democratic candidates in recent years, an AP review of Federal Election Commission data shows. Her larger contributions include $35,000 to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee between Obama and the Democratic Party, and $15,000 to Democrats running for Congress. DeRosa also gave $15,000 to Obama's victory fund in April 2011, records show.
Abake's Foundation is listed by the IRS as a registered nonprofit organization; its financial reports were unavailable. A representative who picked up the phone at the foundation's Benin office declined to answer questions, and instead referred the AP to Assongba.
Obama's campaign declined to comment on whether its vetting procedures were thorough enough, or whether Assongba's contribution would be refunded. All told, Obama has raised more than $120 million this election, not counting millions more from the Democratic Party — giving him a financial advantage thus far over any of his Republican challengers.
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Shocking !!! I heard obama comes from " Chicago Politics ". They have a good rep... Right :-) .... Pathetic democrat voters. At least the Republican party stands for Freedom.... Wake up America ... Stop voting away your freedoms.
You are insane. Since the Republican and Tea Party loons arrived, we have lost way more than our freedom. Apparently, you are a big supporter of a Machiavellian plan to take over this country.
Wake up America, we have seen the enemy and it is the Teapublican Party.
JBurns---the GOP only controls one half of 1/3 of the branches of government. The Tea Party is even a smaller number than that. You might want to peddle your conspiracy theories elsewhere.
At least he is being open with his donations what about a list from the Repubs you guys couldn't handle putting out the truth on your side
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!
Well, being open about recieving contributions from shady people doesn't really count for much in my book. He was also open about his relations with Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers. BFD, as Biden would put it!
Oh right, consulting with a racist who wants to wipe out white America and an admitted socialist terrorist who bombed government buildings is no cause for alarm, mike.
The list of GOP donors couldn't stand the light of day. That's why we never see them.
This Assongba is just one person among the millions that have contributed to President Obama's re-election campaign.
And if there is a verifiable problem, it will get straightened out.
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Spider---come on, man! Surely you can see the sarcasm dripping off my post!
fraud? more like free market and free enterprise if you ask me!
Freedom for WHO? The likes of the Koch Bros? PS: It seems likely that they were dealing with Iran and North Korea according to reports.
You can bet Obama will answer questions on this issue with it is a criminal matter and until all the facts are known he is not going to comment. Unlike the Trayvon Martin case. But his supporters will insinuate that the Republicans do it as well and therefore two wrongs make a right.
Anyway you spin this it stinks. There is simply too much money flowing to our elected officials to buy influence. To suggest for one minute they actually work for the American people is a joke, they work for the highest bidder. They only pretend to care about the American people come election time.
Hey, c'mon now....Chicago is a great city...and has the largest percentage of cemetary voters in the nation. In Chicago politics, if you vote once, you can vote forever....is this a great country or what?
"Obama had no insight of this, I don't see a problem, this is innocuous"
Your comment is a joke...."...voting away freedoms..." started with LITTLE BUSHIE and DARTH CHENEY with THEIR penchant for WARRANTLESS EAVESDROPPING his alphabet spy agencies and continues right until today....
Well, his donation should be given back, but then he can then give it to a super-PAC. Super-PACs can have no connection or communication with the candidate or their campaign. As Romney said when asked about stopping the negative ads being run against Gingrich, any connection he might have with one of the super-PACs backing him is against federal law which is a serious offense and he could end up in the "big house" for violating that.
So the campaigns themselves are off limits to the un-pure, but the super-PACs are wide open and not held to any standards other than complete freedom of speech.
So, problem solved.
btw, this is also why Obama CANNOT return or refuse Bill Maher's or anyone else's donations that are made to the super-PAC without breaking federal law. You don't like those apples? Tell it to the Supreme Court.
Perhaps the Difference between the Republican and Democrat parties is that the Republicans dont come out and act like they are the saviours of the World. The Republican party doesn't hook people in with empty campaign rhetoric like "Were going to change the way Washington works", "End corruption in Washignton", "Have the most transparent government in History", "There will be no lobbyists in My administration", "Were not going to take PAC money", "The most honest and ethical Congress in History", "Hope and Change", "Change you can Believe in" etc.
If your going to act like your better than the other party, that your the Saints and the other party is the Devil, Then maybe you had better live up to it, otherwise you deserve every bit of sarcasm, ridicule, and mistrust you get when stories like this come out.
Shocking.
Now I suppose the word is out to Main Street America about 41 Obama White House staff, and some of their aides, along with HUNDREDS of Congressional Representatives and government employees have FAILED to pay their BACK IRS TAXES:
So, now "donors" are thinking they too can bypass laws and do anything they want.
Nah, it is not about just being a Democrat.....the FRAUD encompasses all party lines.
That's a lie. It is Obama that is ignoring court orders, bypassing congress, and using his bureaucracies to enslave us.
You are absolutely right about Obama's Chicago political origins but for some inexplicable reason, the windy city voters don't seem to care how a politician gets where he gets or what he does when he get there. They just re-elected someone who took a $7,000 bribe from an undercover officer! The list in Chicago is very long and affects both parties and this is the quagmire that Obama learned the ropes from!
BO stinks and his politics clearly reflect a political foundation born of Chicago's democratic party. In case anyone missed it, Chicago's corrupt politicians continue to distinguish themselves and now we have the dubious honor of being the only state in the union with 2 former governors currently serving time in prison - one of them for trying to sell BO's senate seat. Republican or Democrat...if they're in politics in Chicago you can bet on questionable ethics or a complete lack thereof, and Obama is not the exception to his rule.
Obama releases the names of his bundlers unlike the republican party that wants to keep them secret and has more millionaires and billionaires donating than the average American.
Republicans don't want freedom they want fascism where only the rich do well and get health care.
Is it 7 AM, Election Day, Tuesday morning, November 6th yet?.....really need to end this mess!
Yes, the whole Republican primary has been a disaster. :-)
Yep, Republican members of SCOTUS just made it OK to perform to perform strip searches without due process. That's the way Republican's stand for freedom. So long as taxes don't go up, right?
I'm not going to say that Democrats are much better, but the claim that Republicans stand for freedom is laughable. If you really believe in freedom, be independent, not a slave to the party line.
Sorry, I thought this was a story about an Obama contributor?.......my mistake! But I intend to correct it on 11/6/12 just like the majority of ther American People did on 11/2/10 which resulted in "THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC SHELLACKING" (according to Obama) with several busloads of Democrats being unceremoniously tossed out on their big fat "do nothing" butts.
Another shining example of the type of scum...er people with which Obama associates and surrounds himself.
I feel so enslaved... faux-snicker. If only we could have Duke Cunningham and Tom DeLay back in Congress... real snicker!
Funny you should say that considering Mitt, Newt, and Rick all have backing from the people who brought down the US economy playing games in WallStreet. They need to keep their people in so they don't go to jail.
Just sayin.
NOBAMA 2012
As usual, few are gleaning anything else from this except "The other guys are bad" or "The other guys are worse". We should be deserting both parties in droves, but too few have the guts to move away from the broken status quo or admit that, in actuality, they like things exactly as they are - divisive and one step above two drunken louts arguing over sports.
Dudogger dont worry. You still have Harry Ried, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Eddie Bernice Johnston, Charles Rangle, etc.
Aren't you proud of the wonderful Job Nanny did "Draining the Swamp"?
Do you miss Robert Byrd? We know how much the Democrats love making History and whats more "Historical" than having the Longest serving representative in history being a Democrat and a known racist, former Exalted Cyclops and Kleagle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd
Save what's left of America ....
Our debt has been larger than our GDP for months now ....
Obama can't even slow our debt down from rocketing upward .... get the message ....
Obama out in 2012 ....
The democrats are just as dirty as the republicans, maybe even more so. The difference is democrats claim to be pure as the driven snow.
the dems and obama are the dirtiest, most corrupt gang of petty tyrants in the country....ANYONE BUT obama IN NOVEMBER!
Obama campaign has so much money, they can give that $50,000 pocket change back and still buy the election.
Democrats don't earn votes, they buy them with taxpayer money, that is why neither they nor the blind sheep that follow them care about behavior such as this.
Gee, how else do you think the 1% create their 'success'? Why is a 'fake' banker any different than a 'real' banker? Is it because a 'real' banker relies on legal fraud? Next we will hear about robo-bundling ...
Notice that 'bankers' attempt to infiltrate government using their 'success'? I suppose it would be easier if they just had another tax break ...
As usual the RWNJ will blame the victim for being infected by parasites. The same parasites that the RWNJ nurture with their policy proposals ...
Hold the presses! How did this article with a negative connotation regarding the messiah ever make it past the BSNBC censors? Surely heads will roll.
US1776 -
It is not just one person as you suggest, it is person after person. It shows what kind of people Obama surrounds himself with, but we already knew that he is just a thug, like many that donate to him. Just like the Mexican drug cartel that donated to Obama.
http://mrgnc.blogspot.com/2012/02/obama-returns-drug-cartel-familys.html
Iheardthisbefore,
That's right the Republicans totally sold out the American poeple with the Patriot act and when Obama was Campaigning he said he would get rid of the Patriot act then signed it again TWICE. But hey that wasn't enough he had to rob us of the right to due process with the NDAA and now with HR347 he has robbed us of the right to peaceful protest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKjy0PDlKV4
SO Obama is the reason the warantless wiretapping continues today add that to the NDAA that strips us of our right to due process and now HR347 that robs us of the right to protest on federal land or near anyone with SS protection and look at just how pathetic your argument is.
What they do on their own time is their business not ours, right Dems? I'm sure his campaign won't suffer. Dems will vote for this crook same as they did for the last one.
Your "Democrats hate freedom" remarks are such a right wing cliche. How about this - the only freedom the Republicans care about is the freedom to make money with no rules. To Hell with everything and everybody else.
Vote Democrat in 2012!!
Yeah, Obama and the Democrats are so transparent that they have neglected to mention his biggest campaign donor in this and the last election. As in George Soros. It was his money that bought Barak Obama the election last time and will try to do it this time! But you won't hear Obama and the Democrats admitting either one!
Sorry, I thought this was a story about an Obama contributor?.......my mistake! But I intend to correct it on 11/6/12 just like the majority of ther American People did on 11/2/10 which resulted in "THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC SHELLACKING" (according to Obama) with several busloads of Democrats being unceremoniously tossed out on their big fat "do nothing" butts.
SET YOUR VCR TO JAN 2013 TO RECORD HISTORY..
The first BLACK president, YOUR president, SWEARING IN A SECOND TIME!!!
For all those on this string who are defending the President and his re-election campaign for accepting all this dirty money, I have but one question: How can you seriously defned this practice? Without blaming anyone else, with out using the "he did it first" defense of grade school, please let me know how you can defend this? All you, and the President, appear to be able to do is shout tired cliches and platitudes, saying that "Bush is evil" and "Cheney is evil" and "the republicans/tea Party do it too" with out justifying why they are engaged in such horrible practices.
So, I'll ask again, can you justify why you take money from shady characters, terrorists (the Ayers/Dohrn connection), racists (Rev Wright), major Wall St donors, misogynists entertainers (Maher), etc why decrying others for doing the same. And DO NOT use the "they do it too" defense.
JBURNS-1894015, you're suspended for a day for violating #1 of the Code of Honor. Don't make it personal.
What??? Old Feisty hasn't jumped all over this already? What the heck is going on? Is she slipping in her defense of all things Obama?
Even SHE is not that stupid. On the other hand, I haven't read all the posts yet...
But, even if she did comment I am sure the narrative would go something like "But Obama can't control who donates to his campaign", or "the republicans do it too", or "It's Fox news' fault"
LOL!!! I am not 100% sure of your statement, though....she MIGHT be!
President Obama had no "insight" of this, I don't see any problem, this is innocuous.
"OBAMA/2012 Guaranteed"
She is counting her donation money
Yea, like he had no insight that the church he attended for two decades was helmed by a radical anti American racist.
Oh, you mean this Feisty ?
She must be busy getting her hair dyed or lined up to receive the last of the Obama Bucks.
All you've got is Romney. The Republican party has already chased off women (Obama leads Romney in double digits with women in swing states), and Hispanics (also in swing states).
Say what you want about Obama, at least he cares about the middle class.
Wow - get a load of all the hand-wringing Feisty paranoia.
she may have changed her name to Patriotic American U.S.A.
Why are you so up set with "RED"???
Mr.OBAMA has NO control over what the contributers do to mess up their private lives and will return the money donated by unscrupulous people like this. He has a lot more "CLASS" than any of you guys.
Sure he does, after he gets the money he creates a Czar position for them. That way he gets the money and the middle class he "cares" about pays for it.
Birds of a feather........
You ARE known for the company you keep! Status quo alive and kicking in the Obama Admin.!
But... but... but he never really agreed with the pastor of the church he attended for 20+ years. Bill Ayers? Hmm... Do I remember him?
"When Obama Wins l hope the the GOP/TP stops sabotaging our Nation"
It is Obama sabotaging our nation with Obamacare and $1.3 trillion/yr deficits.
Patriotic American U.S.A.
Uh huh, next, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
All hail Caesar Obomus.....
http://ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011083428/three-charts-email-your-right-wing-brother-law
Obama has done well given the hand dealt him by the republicans and their "starve the beast" policies that got us into this financial mess.
Eric-913730
Yeah, right arm, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Yes, Mr. Obama WOULD NOT do anything which "skirts" Congressional Procedures.....uh.
Mr. Obama latest attempt for Illegal Immigrant AMNESTY is nothing short of "sabotaging "Federal Immigration Laws.
Mr. Obama has "discreetly" introduced "new procedures" allowing 1,000,000 Illegal Immigrants to
remain in the United States, bypassing any Congressional procedure or conforming to existing Federal
Immigration LAWS. This "new procedure" was supposed to be announced yesterday, but I suppose Mr. Obama is waiting for the "right opportunity" to release the information. Another "shadow government" procedure to garnish the "mainly" Latino vote during the Presidental election when Mr. Obama FAILED on his promise for "comprehensive Illegal Immigrant Reform (Amnesty)" during the LAST ELECTION. SICK.
Yep, those dad gum GOP/TP folks who want Law and Order restored in our country.
Love the lies.
Obama has deported more people than Bush ever did, and he's done more on the border than anyone else has done.
Obama is increasing scrutiny on dangerous illegal immigrants, not some 80 year old lady who is experiencing a shortage of poligrip.
"Obama has deported more people than Bush ever did" - ROFLMAO - Did someone say lies
Eric-913730
"Love the lies"
Then vote Dem., once again, you will not be disappointed...
All hail Caesar Obomus
Nice Try NH_Shellback,
"The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency expects to deport about 400,000 people this fiscal year, nearly 10 percent above the Bush administration's 2008 total and 25 percent more than were deported in 2007. The pace of company audits has roughly quadrupled since President George W. Bush's final year in office."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/07/26/128772646/deportations-higher-under-obama-than-bush
Fiscal Year numbers adjusted for Administration - I'll take Bush for 10.2 million
Year - Removal - Return
2001 - 141,770 - 1,012,028
2002 - 165,168 - 1,012,116
2003 - 211,098 - 945,294
2004 - 240,665 - 1,166,576
2005 - 246,431 - 1,096,920
2006 - 280,974 - 1,043,381
2007 - 319,382 - 891,390
2008 - 359,795 - 811,263
2009 - 98,791 - 146,541
Bush Administration Removals - 2,064,074
Bush Administration Returns - 8,125,509
Bush Administration Totals - 10,189,583
Year - Removal - Return
2009 - 296,374 - 439,623
2010 - 387,242 - 476,405
2011 - 396,906
Obama Administration Removals - 1,080,522
Obama Administration Returns - 916,028
Obama Administration Totals - 1,996,550
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Removals are the compulsory and confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable alien out of the United States based on an order of removal.
Returns are the confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable alien out of the United States not based on an order of removal.
sources
fiscal years 2001 - 2010
www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2010/table36.xls
fiscal year 2011
www.ice.gov/news/releases/1110/111018washingtondc.htm
LOL Eric! I bet you like magic shows too. All the deportations of Bush and Obama combined don't make a dent in the problem. It's all smoke and mirrors designed to fool the simple minded.
You will know when a President is serious about illegal aliens when he starts fining and jailing those who employ them. If that happens, no one will hire an illegal. There will be no incentive for them to come here and the ones here will self-deport because there is no reason to stay.
"TNRebel, Where did you get your info from, bubble gum wrappers"
nobody is afraid of the red-headed thing.....
Obama is just like chinese goods.......looks right, but is a cheap imitation of the real deal.
I want just ONE politician to stand up and be counted to actually fix something...they all talk about big issues then pass some stupid law to make them look busy.
DUMP 'EM ALL in 2012
Shelback: Your figures prove Eric correct. Each year of Obama removal is greater than any year of George W Bush. Returns of how many people went back to Mexico on their own accord for one reason or another and they are nothing but an educated guess.
crazy
Eric's comment was "Obama has deported more people than Bush ever did", the facts prove that is a lie. Even if you counted only Removals, even using voodoo math, 2,064,074 by the Bush administration is greater than 1,080,522 by the Obama administration.
Now here's the kicker, according to Mr Obama the statistics that his administration are reporting are misleading.
"[T]he statistics are actually a little deceptive because what we've been doing is…apprehending folks at the borders and sending them back. That is counted as a deportation, even though they may have only been held for a day or 48 hours."
In a nutshell, what was formally counted as a"Return" are now being counted as a "Removal" or Deportations. So to eliminate any "deception" or bias lets total "Returns" and "Removals" over the past 2 administrations.
Bush Administration Removal & Return Totals - 10,189,583
Obama Administration Removal & Return Totals - 1,996,550
TN You gave them proof using trusted sources and they gave you proof pulled out of their keesters. Don't bother with fox posers. In an effort at transparency the Obama campaign releases a list of it's contributors and bundlers which it does NOT have to and the right sends thier mousey little bespectacled effeminate weasels to pour over the list for dirt. Where is Romney's list?
I think this says it all ...
"Obama is the only presidential contender this year who released his list.."
Before the repubs post here, they should ask what their candidates are hiding... or do you know already?
Yup, and Obama is only presidential contender that has bankrupted this country.
Thinker... Shrubya didn't have anything to do with the debt in your fantasy world then?
What are Frothy, Mittens and Gingrich hiding by not making their list public? Their PACs won't tell who is funding them either... So, who I ask is buying the Repugnican candidates?
Well, considering that under Obama's watch we have added as much in just over 3 years as was added under Bush in 8, AND Obama didn't have to deal with 9/11, AND the fact that the ONLY downgrade in our credit rating happened under Obama's watch, AND considering Obama's OWN statement that aising the debt limit ceiling shows a lack of leadership on the President's behalf, yeah, I can see Obama getting some serious blame.
Obama inherited an economy that was tethering on a Depression liken to the Great Depression. Seems like Republicans never blame themselves nor the two Bush Presidents that preceded Obama for anything.
Vote your conscience rather than your Party Propaganda, er, Line.
"The GOP/T-Rats are the party of Hitler"
Where are you getting your facts Mr Mike? You wouldn't have people believe that all those years of war were a freebie now would you?
Bush outspent Obama almost 5:1
Yes he inherited an economy destroyed in part by a Democrat controlled congress, of which he was member.
Obama inherited an economy that his own party created when they took over congress two years earlier. They inherited 4.6% unemployment and totally trashed it in less than two years.
Liberal democrat fascists are the party of Hitler. Compare Obama's stadium speech to Hitler's. Compare democrat propaganda to the third Reich. Liberals are also more than willing to throw Jews under the bus. Hitler grew from the social democrat party. Liberals are closet fascists, they want to control what you eat, what you drink, what you drive, what you learn, where you live, etc.
Fascism requires a large overreaching government, total media control, and gun confiscation. Those are all liberal democrat goals. Conservatives are, by definition, anti fascist because they believe in a LIMITED central government, freedom of speech, and the 2nd amendment.
Democrats believe the people should work for the good of the state, republicans believe the state should work for the good of the people.
Gotta love Republicans. Bush threw the train off the tracks and they expect Obama to stop it in mid air.
Nice try. Obama had to pay for what Bush put into place, plus the interest.
You can't cut taxes and go to war twice, and then expect that all to reverse with the snap of your fingers.
If Romney had his way, there would have been no stimulus, no auto bail out. If you look at what economists say would have happened it would have been a depression with more people out of work.
"Obama is the only presidential contender this year who released his list.."
Haha. They actually believe Obama is a contender. They probably thought Democrats weren't going to be destroyed in the 2010 midterms too. Hilarious.
More nonsense from the Obama-can't-do-anything-right crowd. Not even worth disputing the debt issue or the financial crisis (occurred under Bush), off-the-books funding of Iraq (war of choice) and Afghanistan, unfunded Medicare part D and the fact that 9/11 happened on SHRUBYA's watch.
Here is what Obama has accomplished:
1. Killed more US Troops and spent more money in Afghanistan, than Bush did...
2. Fired his hand picked General, when the General stated that a POLITICALLY run conflict CAN NOT be won...
3. Watched the crude oil price go from $37+USD to over $100+USD. While placing more restrictions on the oil industry and energy suppliers...
4. Enabled the USA to INCREASE the shipping of Metallurgical coal to China by 800% on Buffett's railroad...
5. Enabled the most US Citizens & others to receive 'Food Stamps', in the history of the USA...
6. Enabled the CIA to kill US Citizens and thousands of INNOCENTS, around the World...
7. Not held his appointees ACCOUNTABLE when they; sell ILLEGAL weapons to Terrorist or state that, "Returning Veterans Pose Terrorist Threat"...
8. Obama has directed his Administration to take states to court for; passing voter id laws and enforcing immigration laws...
9. Etc, etc...
AC/DC Did you just get of Buffett's "RAILROAD" to China?! Must be a really long tunnle or bridge...
Rail to port to cargo ship to wet watery pacific to China.... nap time sport
Big deal....President Obama hasn't done anything wrong so it's just another attempt to make something out of nothing. Until The GOP in it's entirety begin to list and release their donor's names and so on, it shows transparency on President Obama's part and a skittishness among Republicans to keep their dealings private and then they can yell at the press and media even more so as to try and point a finger anywhere but at themselves.
How about the Republican funding from the likes of the Koch Bros.?
"The GOP/TP followers are weak minded people and they are getting desperate"
Those who ignore 2010 are doomed to repeat it.
A simple aberration that Boner himself is now wishing never happened. Can you say "gaggles of Congressional TeaDopes now on their way back out again"? I thought you could!
George Soros says Obama must go
22.11.2010
Last Tuesday, November 16 , Soros told financiers of the Democratic party that Obama must go. The liberal "Huffington Post" quoted Soros as saying:
"...if this president can't do what we need, it is time to start looking somewhere else."
Yes, Soros wants another puppet that he can use to control America with. The one he currently uses has a few broken strings and it keeps going on vacation. Also, his old puppet no longer captivates his audience like it did back in 2008.
see - http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/22-11-2010/115867-george_soros-0/
Feb 1, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- George Soros, the billionaire investor who bankrolled Democratic groups during George W. Bush’s presidency and then indicated in 2010 that his giving days were over, is back.
He just isn’t giving to the political action committee working to re-elect President Barack Obama.
Soros is joined by million-dollar donors such as film producer Stephen Bing and auto insurer Peter Lewis in not contributing to Priorities USA, a group founded by former White House aides to help return Obama to the White House...
see http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-03/soros-sits-out-obama-super-pac-money-race-beside-big-givers.html
Feb 20, 2011 George Soros, a billionaire hedge- fund manager who has donated millions to Democrats, said
1. Democratic President Barack Obama “has lost control of the agenda” on the U.S. economy, leaving it “now in the hands of the Republican Party.”
2. Members of the fiscally conservative Tea Party network are “decent” and “hard-working” and being misled by people aiming to cut taxes and regulations for “selfish purposes,” Soros said. “They are being used and deceived,” he said...
see http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-18/soros-says-obama-has-lost-control-of-the-agenda-.html
this is nothing considering the wall street crooks that back the republicans. are they all forgiven and forgotten after stealing your 401k?
Mr.Potato---check some facts and just see how much money Obama has recieved from Wall Street, then get back to us with something that makes more sense.
mikehataway -- obama raised 45 mil in february, mostly from small donors. can romney say the same? does that make sense? btw do you always give yourself an arrow?
"GOP/TP + Reaganomics = 1%"
Obama holds $5,000/plate dinners just like everybody else. Bill Mahr just gave him a million. You can bet Soros will fund him to the hilt as well. In 2008 the vast majority of wall street money went to Obama.
""GOP/TP + Reaganomics = 1%""
That's a pathetic lie. The five richest counties in the country are the ones surrounding DC. It is government and it's crony's that are the 1%.
....and they didn't even get to Corzine yet.......just wait, this is just the start of Obama's corrupt supporters...
Yeah...gives you a warm fuzzy when the MF GLobal CFO takes the 5th.....is Corzine a Dem? Thought so.....doesn't look to me like the Repubs have a lock on criminal behavior. If I remember correctly, about half of Obama's cabinet owned up to being tax cheats....and that's just what they "owned up" to...no telling what else there is.
If you want to have a happy, decent life....keep expectations extremely low where politics is concerned...you'll have less disappointment that way. Politicians are liars, thieves, and moral bankrupts....sort of like pedophiles and child molesters.
"GOP & Dem's, Lets be one and Celebrate Obama's "Guaranteed" Win in 2012"
patriotic - Lets start with learning how to use capitalization and quotes. Come back in 8 years when you figure it out.
pjam09, you have a serious problem, are you OK ? I see the above post #7.2 as highlighting his words with caps & quotes. PS - Its fun, don't be boring ?
@mikehataway: The branches of government are executive, judicial and legislative. The R's control legislative (house outright and senate by filibuster) and arguably the judicial with a 5-4 leaning to the right.
Big Tee---you really need to learn how things work. Supreme Court Justices are appointed. They are impartial judges. The GOP does NOT control the Senate, the Dems have the majority. If you think otherwise, then all the time that the libs spend crying about what Bush did with a GOP Congress is just a bunch of horse hockey, because the GOP never had a filibuster-proof majority, either. You can not have it both ways---saying that all the bad stuff happened while Bush was President, and that the Dems were powerless to stop it, then turning around and saying that they can't pass "good" legislation while in the majority because the mean old GOP blocks them. Or are you really just saying that the Dems are ineffective while in the minority, unable to block any "bad" legislation, and are also ineffective while in the majority, unable to pass any "good" legislation? Why would any rational person continue to vote for truly ineffective leaders?
Big T - Stop sounding so goofy. Since 1933 the Dem have controlled all of Congress 28 terms ( 56 years ) to the Republicans 7 terms ( 14 years ). Your argument makes absolutely no sense. But like a good Dem why let facts get in thy way.
"I would like to set the record straight, the GOP/TP are Phonies"
Bears: you are the goofy one. Who cares who controlled the Congress in 1993? Please.
mikewhatever: Bush had a Republican Senate and House until 2006. They ran the economy into the ground and now you people whine about government deficit spending that was necessary to save us from a crash.
Did the Democrats filibuster? Yes! Did they filibuster everything like today's Senate Republicans? No!
Patriotic American...very sure of that, huh?
you are going to be really disappointed.
Hell.....The Dims had the House & Senate Bush's last two years.....which is exactly when all the crap started crumbling.....coincidence? Because things were fine before then!
Which political party was suing the US Gov to FORCE the Banks to make sub-prime loans to people???
Who was one of their lawyers??? Obama...
You almost got it "right." It is called "right" for a reason.
Is this the fundamental change in America advocated by President Obama? Or is it really just politics as usual?
Politics as usual. Hearing that money in politics is coming from a criminal is about as shocking as seeing someone eating food in a restaurant.
Edit: I guess I'll grant that they are just accused and not convicted.
I guess I got confused after listening to all the "Hope and Change" rhetoric! My bad!
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Billionaire financier George Soros thinks, "If it’s between Obama and Romney, there isn’t all that much difference except for the crowd that they bring with them."
Soros added, "Romney would have to take Gingrich or Santorum as a vice president and you probably have some pretty extreme candidates for the Supreme Court."
Soros also told Reuters that many hedge fund managers in the United States are backing Romney because Obama wants to raise their taxes.
Read more on Newsmax.com: Soros: Obama, Romney 'Not Much Difference'
Obama and his chain gang are just a bunch of crooked crooks. Anyone that supports Obama needs to have their brain examined.
What is the point of this article? Does the author mean to make President Obama guilty by association because one of his donors is in legal difficulties? Nonsense.
When MSNBC starts printing negative articles about Obama's campaign, you better sit up and take notice!
Yah, you're happy for info to feed your negative narrative. Knew no one would praise MSNBC for providing an article not supporting the president...they're so biased [sarcasm]
Most sites had the article posted yesterday.
Obama and his thugs are all crooks. No surprises there. Everything in Obama's past has been covered up. Everyone around him makes sure he is a teflon man. Nothing sticks. Someday, and I hope soon, Obama's shady past will come to light. Look at the people he has around him now and in previous yrs. Birds of a feather. He should not have been elected president. That is this country's biggest mistake ever. He can't run on his dismal record so he blames everyone else. He must go in 2012 and take his crooks and thugs with him. Good riddance.
You hit the nail on the head when you said that Obama can't run on his record. He got away with it in 2008, but I believe it will be different this time around. Let's make sure he has all kinds of "flexibility" AFTER the election, just as he promised the Russians! Let's give him a permanent vacation! Should be flexible enough then!
Aw shucks...what's everybody all up tight about? This is politics....legalized crime....business as usual....go back to sleep, sheep....the shearing takes place in November.
Why should we pay any attention to this insignificant article when we have four years of public record on which to judge this president? We have everything we need to know what kind of leader he is.
He has presided over a vast expansion of the federal government, the erosion of constitutionally-protected individual rights, unnecessary and immoral wars, the debasement of our currency, and excessive spending that has added trillions to the national debt.
And we are supposed to care about the source of a $50.000 campaign contribution? Really?
Yes it is small compared to everything else Obama has done, but for those who are feeble minded enough to vote for someone because of his rhetoric speeches or personal "likability" this is a reminder of how little substance exists behind those shallow traits.
For all of the squealers who chirp that "MSN is left-leaning" take a close look at the first paragraph "creating more headaches"... Really? Boy, that sounds pro-Obama doesn't it? NOT...
For those who might take an objective look in here, this had nothing to do with the President. These things have happened like this before and when they are found out the money is always returned immediately regardless of how thin or heavy the questions are.
selfemployed... What "shady" past are you referring to? Do you actually have a thought or are you just parroting the right's propoganda?
If you actually have something please enlighten us... With something verifiable, of course...
Just remember your words when it happens to a non-Democrat. We expect you to be fair and balanced.
Chip,
Try reading The Audacity of Deceit or ObamaNation and then get back to me about that shady past. And before you attack the sources, can you refute with 100% certainty what is written?
The president would never do this himself nor will he condone.
I am confident that he will be firing the low level staffer responsible
Yep...right after the 2 year investigation......special prosecutor, and all....Eric Holder...whole nine yards....you'll be dead before this is resolved.....your grandchildren will be dead before this is resolved.
Your right there is nothing new here Obama's campaign has already had to give money back to other crooks.
Where is the story on MSNBC about Ed Schultz receiving $200,000 from SCIU? So much for fair and balanced reporting on this network, huh?
Yawn. Politics has been funded with dirty money since the beginning of time. Both Rs and Ds get their share. I'll defend O here and say we cannot impute the alleged misconduct of his donors to him in this case. That being said, is there any better evidence for limited government than the constant exposition of cronyism and corruption from both sides of the aisle in the everyday functioning of the government? America, hopefully, appears to be embracing its libertarian heritage. The premise, as shown by all of these articles, is that politicians will abuse their power. Instead of choosing between the better of two people who will invariably abuse their power, the strategy needs to be to limit that power as much as possible. A lesson that, sadly, we should have learned long ago.
Yeah that is unfortunately true.
But didn't we elect this guy because he was going to end all the bad stuff that went on before him?
No hiding behind " everybody did it " anymore !!
Well, that was the "hope and change" promise that so many are now realizing was simply empty rhetoric. Your sarcastic (but true in the minds of many O-voters) observation simply confirms my cited premise. Nobody will end the abuse of power, regardless of their promises, skin color, party affiliation, or any "I'm different, really" nonsense. We must limit their powers, because they all will exploit whatever powers we grant them. Period.
"Top Obama campaign donor accused of fraud"
Ho-Hum, why is this even news in Obama world.
"Obama", "Fraud". Yep, those two words are synonomous.
i rest my case on liberals,LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
The Univ of Illinois has declared Chicago the most politically corrupt city in the US! Obama is the top politician. For anyone to expect anything but corruption from a Chicago politician is ludicrous. The NATO meeting in May should bring NATO troops to oust the Drug Gangs and the Corrupt Politicians. That would leave Chicago, Illinois, and the US without their current leader!
Most of our Illinois politicians spend their internships in office and graduate to federal prison..I can only hope that barry follows in the footsteps of those that went before him
I live in Chicago and I disagree adamantly with you. ...
djj, denial is not a river in Egypt.
Is this really a surprise...no. Time for MSNBC to pick up the rug and get the broom out and sweep this under with all the other stuff.
Fourth year and way to long...PUNT
Meanwhile, his competitors refuse to release their donor information...
Good laugh, but true: "MSNBC had no time to sweep it under the rug".
Obama is from Chicago and it is one of the most corrupted cities in the U.S. What made ANYONE think that Obama was any different.
He is first and for most a politician. You don't get as far ahead as he did on the fast track without leaving dirt swept here and there under the rugs. We just had to wait for the right people to get in the trenches and dig it out.
That would NOT be MSNBC!
Do you live in Chicago? I have lived here for over thirty years and there are people who are not corrupt. So to make an assumption that all of us are corrupt is just plain wrong and insulting. Show me a large metropolitan city that has no corruption and I will sell you some swamp land for cheap.
Scam article to give MSN some creditability as a "neutral" media outlet! Coverage of small potatoes ($50,000) while the "bigger fries" are just dumped into the hot oil! Solyndra (billions), un-reimbursed bailouts (billions), increased entitlements (billions), the unconstitutionality of Obamacare (billions), increased National debt (trillions)...all in the name of achieving more "flexibility" with our enemies and moving ahead with a total tear down of America, what it stands for, and our position in the world! MSN glosses over the big scams in the name of the socialist agenda being fomented on us by the handlers of Barack Obama.
I think it is more likely rats jumping off the sinking ship......bye bye 0-bama