FECK obama Team

The Team initially identified $1.3 million in exceedances of the $4,600 primary/GE campaign contribution limit, based on the pre-general report. Updates based on the Post-General report show even more.

And there is also some outrageous stuff with the allocations. The limits is actually $2,300 for each election. If the primary or GE is not specified, then the date determines the allocation. BO is holding $26 million in donations noted as having reattribution/redesignation requests to the donor. Uh Oh! Sounds like refund time.

I guess BO does not want to share his wealth.

Making up names is so darn hard, but making up zipcodes must be so much harder. All those numbers!

All California zip codes begin with a 9. Except in Obama-land: Amanda Andrews supposedly of Los Angeles, but whose zip code is 33015 (Miami FL). Check out her 215 contributions …. $5 $5 -$5 -$5 $5

http://fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppRefreshTran.do?cand_nm_title=All+Candidates&tranType=search&searchType=donorNameSearch&tranComeFrom=mapApp&d-16544-p=11&cand_id=P00000001&searchSQLType=beginLike&searchKeyword=ANDREWS%2C+AMANDA

You know what’s really fun is if you click on that heading labeled Receipt Date, it looks like Amanda donated $5 several times a day for days & days in a row.

Doesn’t the FEC have some kind of computer program that recognizes unusual patterns such as the above?

And if they do, then they should be auditing Obama for Cause.

I think the FEC has alot of UNFUNDED MANDATES. I do not think they have any checks on the incoming reports. It is one of the things to recommend to them in the public comments.

Comments are due by Monday and they accept them by email.
http://www.fec.gov/law/policy/enforcement/publichearing011409.shtml

I should have said the Audacity of Supreme Smugness.

Mr Doodad Pro who’s job is also Loving You. A total of 1,565 transactions.
http://fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppRefreshTran.do?cand_nm_title=All+Candidates&searchType=donorNameSearch&tranType=search&tranComeFrom=mapApp&d-16544-p=1&d-16544-n=1&d-16544-s=contbr_nm&cand_id=P00000001&searchSQLType=beginLike&d-16544-o=1&searchKeyword=pro%2C+doodad

I went to the Pro,Doodad page MKfromLA posted. I don’t get it. This person would send in say 20 separate $25 payments on the same day. Why would you do that?

Also, they all have a -$25 now. Does that mean they were reimbursed or what?

This is the email that I sent to the FEC as public comment about their compliance and enforcement process. It is a bit lengthly. Maybe we could get a condensed version for a prowl? Comments/Suggestions?

TO: Federal Election Commission

RE: Comments on Compliance and Enforcement

The recent Presidential Election has brought to light the need to update and upgrade the regulatory capabilities of the FEC. Publicly funded candidates know they must be able to account for their finances. But what happens when there is no audit mandated?

President-elect Barack Obama spent a record $741 million on his campaign but has disclosed donors for only $485 million of his windfall. Many of those donors are subject to questions about exceeding campaign donation limits and being legitimate donors. His campaign spent $309 million on Broadcast Media while groups like ACORN received funding and abused voter registration processes. Obama further refuses to disclose information about his own citizenship, employment, health and education as the American Public tries to figure out, “What the heck is going on, here?”

How did Barack Obama get away with filing expenses for $255 Million more than he showed donation receipts for?

The following may now be deemed necessary to protect the integrity of the process:

1. The campaign finances of Barack Obama should be audited at the campaigns expense.

2. The Commissions ability to review campaign finance reporting must be upgraded and updated for more thorough checks for compliance at the time of submission.

The Federal Election Commission is in a key role to come forward and stand up for the integrity of the election process. This is a plea to the Commission to protect the American People from the corruption of that process.

Fair Elections are fundamental to the freedoms of all Americans. With the population growth and the advent of media technologies we have come, more and more, to find that the candidate with the largest financial backing that can obtain the largest mass media influence has the most significant advantage in winning the election. This has become particularly true with the largest populations on the national level.

The American Public is becoming increasingly aware that our Presidential Elections can be bought. There is a resulting loss in the confidence in our elected officials to represent the public as opposed to special interests that can provide campaign finances. As our economy is distressed and people face hardships it becomes more imperative that the integrity of the election process be protected to give people a voice in the government that is facing some very important decisions about priorities. Without this, we face chaos and destruction.

The election of George W. Bush in 2000 brought some controversy over the voting process. The manner of his reelection in 2004 initiated alarms in many Americans. The Country has not faired well under his administration and this latest Presidential Election have been fraught with controversy. Not only are there questions about voter registration fraud and voting fraud, but now the campaign financing process is included in the abuse of the system.

Looking at the Obama campaign finances, it becomes apparent that the check of the donor information on the part of the campaign was minimal. The burden then falls on the FEC. But the campaign produced over 2.5 million donor transactions and there is no unique identifier to monitor the donors total donations and little validation that they are legitimate donors.

The Obama submissions were riddled with errors on city, state and zip code information and a single donor could have several name variations. Some of the records were flagrant trash like Jfggjjfgj, Jgtj and Khv, Khv and Hkvkv, K Vkn K V and Hdusahfd, Dahsudhu. Numerous donors had a single letter given for their last name. Others were listed as Anonymous. Most of these are errors that can be checked by a computer routine. If the candidate is unwilling to proof their own submissions, then the FEC should have procedures for such checks upon submission and reject reporting with errors over specified tolerance levels. And late reporting penalties should be applied.

And then there is the issue of “foreign donors”. There are actually 4,166 donors listed in the Obama donor records that have foreign address information and are not obviously with the military or government serviced there. The form apparently has no entry for foreign country specification. There are no notes about affirming the donor’s American Citizenship. These donors should have some additional reporting requirements.

What can be done so that Americans can take a more active role in protecting the election process, during the elections instead of after the fact? Americans can take a more active part in assuring the quality of candidate financial reporting if more sophisticated search functions were available through the internet. A unique identifier for donors could reduce donation limit exceedances and make their affirmation as legitimate donors easier.

A less formal error reporting process is needed to check abuses in a timely fashion. This could be entirely separate from the more formal complaint process. It would enable public monitoring and rapid reporting including internet submissions. Submissions could be limited and results handled informally.

Americans Freedoms are worth fighting for.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Please support Americans in restoring integrity to the Election Process.

BO has sent in some amended FEC Reports. I do not see any change in the gross numbers reported in the summaries, so it must be something in other information. Notice he references,”a few of the contirbutions..” Obviously, he does not want to share his wealth.

December 12th, 2008

Christian Hillard
Reports Analysis Division
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20453

Re: Obama for America; FEC ID No. C00431445, Amended October Monthly Report (9/1/08-9/30/08)

Dear Mr. Hillard,

Per your request, this letter serves as the response for additional information pertaining to the above listed report of Obama for America Committee. The requested information regarding the reattribution, redesignation or refund of particular contributions is contained within this report. The Committee has reviewed and researched the contributions noted by you, and in response is filing an amendment to correct or clarify where needed.

The contributions listed as ?Last Name, First Name? in the name field were refunded the next period and were noted as such as a memo entry.

As part of a continuous review the Committee researches and reviews for any errors, then subsequently updates to make the necessary corrections. The Committee is constantly reviewing the contributors? information in order to rectify any potential data entry errors.

For a few of the contributions noted by the Commission, the Committee timely refunded or reattributed the excessive portion, within the sixty days and is so reported on subsequent monthly reports.

In accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Commission, the Committee has made every effort to comply in a timely manner.

If you have any further concerns, please contact Treshawn Shields at (312) 819-2444.

Sincerely,

Martin H. Nesbitt, Treasurer

December 18th, 2008

Christian Hillard
Reports Analysis Division
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20453

Re: Obama for America; FEC ID No. C00431445, Amended Pre-General Report (10/1/08-10/15/08)

Dear Mr. Hillard,

Per your request, this letter serves as the response for additional information pertaining to the above listed report of Obama for America Committee. The requested information regarding the reattribution, redesignation or refund of particular contributions is contained within this report. The Committee has reviewed and researched the contributions noted by you, and in response is filing an amendment to correct or clarify where needed.

The contributions listed as ?Last Name, First Name? in the name field were refunded and are noted in this report.

As part of a continuous review the Committee researches and reviews for any errors, then subsequently updates to make the necessary corrections. The Committee is constantly reviewing the contributors? information in order to rectify any potential data entry errors.

For a few of the contributions noted by the Commission, the Committee timely refunded or reattributed the excessive portion, within the sixty days and is so reported on subsequent monthly reports.

In accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Commission, the Committee has made every effort to comply in a timely manner.

If you have any further concerns, please contact Treshawn Shields at (312) 819-2444.

Sincerely,

Martin H. Nesbitt, Treasurer

The reattribution issue was addressed in a complaint supplement of 12/23/2008. The following is the text, but the tables are a little to messy to post here.:

December 23, 2008

Office of the General Counsel
Federal Election Commission
999 E. Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20463

Complaint of Over Limit Contributions and Request for Audit – Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393)
Discrepancies in Donor Debits (Update to MUR 6142)

Dear Sir or Madam:

This is an update to complaint, MUR 6142, pertaining to the Presidential Campaign Funds of Barack Obama. The FEC file for Barack Obama, containing all donors disclosed, contains over 2.5 million transactions (file All.zip). A single donor may have hundreds of transactions listed. These transactions show some irregularities and there are questions about the reporting. These questions involve:

• Reattribution/redesignation transactions totaling $26 million without donor approval .
• Debits not reported for $562,277 of reattribution/redesignation credits (Table II).
• Uncollected chargeback and bank return debits of $1.9 million that do not appear to have been collected or listed as refunds .

There are 53,518 donor transactions listed as debits, for the Obama for America fund, totaling around $32 million. They are noted in the files as is shown in the attached summary Table I, with the associated funds shown in Table II. Examination of the reattribution and redesignation records show that there is approximately $562,277 more credited than debited for these transactions. It is understood that reattribution/redesignation is done for donors with funds over the maximum donation limit of $2,300 per campaign. It would therefore seem that they would all be required to be reported.

Another even more disturbing issue is the amount being taken as credit for transactions where there have been requests for reattribution/redesignation that the campaign apparently does not have. This amounts to about $26 million in funds (46,619 transactions) held by the campaign. Should these have been refunded? Some of the requests go all the way back to January 2008. Are these donors all over their $2,300 per campaign limit?

Then there are some debits listed as credit card chargebacks and bank returns. They do not appear to be included in the campaign report total for Refunds to Individuals. Even if these are accounting errors that could be dismissed against the reattribution/redesignation credits, they need to be corrected as they obscure the accounting and introduce errors. The $26 million in reattribution/redesignation requests would still be no lower than the cumulative total $25 million shown in Table II.

The American People need an audit of the Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). We are depending on the FEC to assure compliance with fair practices. Please audit the Obama Presidential Campaign Funds. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours Truly,

The Complaints listed in the above post #21 were delivered to the FEC today. There is a closed meeting of the executive staff tomorrow at 10 am. Enforcement issues and audits are discussed at the closed meetings.

NEED PUMA COMMENTS.

from Puma Responders:

Article on CQ Politics about Puma PAC, and FEC letter writing campaign:

“Next Time, Seek Counsel from Within”
“Many of the letters came from members of the People United Means Action political action committee. The PUMA PAC, as it’s known, recently published an article raising questions about Obama’s donors, which included a form letter calling for an audit that people were encouraged to forward to the FEC.”
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003004942

@ #24

“The commission has scheduled a public hearing for January 14 on how it can improve its compliance and enforcement processes.”

Take note.

Regarding the article on PumPAC and the FEC investigations: http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003004942#

I think its great that PumaPAC is mentioned there, because normally the other Puma sites take credit but this time its clear, and Murphy and the PAC deserve credit for lining up all the teams and actions that go on in the PAC. No other Puma group joined it, this time it was just the PAC. And look what was accomplished! What a great example for the teams starting up now. Hard work, frustrations, covering all angles and then getting it out there.

Well done Lu for organizing and staying on this!

HC,

PumaPAC got recognized, you knew the right information to move it forward and make it count. i’m on top of the world right now!

Kat #27

Great Article from the American Thinker

from No Quarter:

“Obama’s Questionable Internet Donations Raise Suspicion at WaPo”

“Even Matthew Mosk of the Washington Post reported yesterday that Obama [Is] Accepting Untraceable Donations:

Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is allowing donors to use largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor’s identity, campaign officials confirmed.”

….

…[T]he case of Mary T. Biskup, a retired insurance manager from Manchester, Mo., who turned up on Obama’s FEC reports as having donated $174,800 to the campaign. Contributors are limited to giving $2,300 for the general election.

Biskup, who had scores of Obama contributions attributed to her, said in an interview that she never donated to the candidate. “That’s an error,” she said. Moreover, she added, her credit card was never billed for the donations, meaning someone appropriated her name and made the contributions with another card.

There is nothing in this story stating whether that $174,800 was refunded to the phony donors and rejected. This is horrifying. And here is the Obama campaign’s cavalier response…”

http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/10/31/obama%e2%80%99s-questionable-internet-donations-raise-suspicion-at-wapo/

Same story from No Quarter ^^^^ (plus more)covered here:

Atlas Shrugs:
“WHO IS JOHN GALT? A CONTRIBUTOR TO COLLECTIVIST OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN, OF COURSE! UPDATE: RNC FILES SUPPLEMENT COMPLAINT TO FEC” http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/who-is-john-gal.html

POWERLINE:
“Who is John Galt?”
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/10/021856.php

POWERLINE:
“What did Della Ware?
“At the same time, the contributions of “John Galt” and all the rest were rejected without fail by the McCain campaign. How could this be?

Mark Steyn and many readers (thanks to all) wrote to explain that the Obama campaign has chosen to reject, and the McCain campaign has chosen to adopt, the Address Verification System, or AVS. It is a simple tool that prevents credit card fraud.

As Steyn observed, “the AVS security checks most merchant processors use to screen out fraudulent transactions (and, incidentally, overseas customers) were intentionally disabled by the Obama campaign — and thus their web donation page enables fraudulent (and/or foreign) donations.”

Steyn also reported the contribution of NRO reader “Della Ware” of “12345 No Way.” Steyn later reported that “Ms. Ware’s” contribution was actually withdrawn from her account yesterday.”
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/10/021868.php

ACE OF SPADES:

“Not a Bombshell: Barack Obama’s Campaign Website Encourages Fraudulent Donations”

“John Galt of Ayn Rand Lane (zip code: a nonexistent 99999) was able to donate with no problem.

Despite the fact that the card holder’s name and address do not match the name he provided.

John McCain’s website? Rejected the same non-matching-information donation.”
http://minx.cc/?post=276324

THANK YOU – NEXT?

I would like to thank the PUMA PAC for their support in initiating the FEC complaint about BO’s campaign finances and for raising the awareness about the problem with their prowles and posts.

We are off to a great start. The clock is ticking. The FEC effectively has this calendar year to decide about an audit of BO’s campaign finances. Then record retention requirements start to lapse on his 2007 records.

We currently have identified around 1,000 donors over the $4,600 limit, 4,000 donors with foreign addresses, and 40,000 donors who’s allocations raise questions about violations of the $2,300 per campaign limit. At this time, I am finishing up the update of the $4,600 limit exceedances.

As a next step, I would like to request your input.

Is there interest in setting up a program for PUMA volunteers to adopt some donors to locate and contact the donors, sharing the contact information and replies with the FEC?

Other comments and suggestions?

The update to the New York exceedances has been done based on the Post-General report. There were 166 exceedances of the $4600 limit, totaling $203,816 versus 126 exceedances totaling $166,422 for the Pre-General report.

BO Amended Filing

It seems that BO is filing some amended reports. I cannot seem to access the actual report, but here is the cover letter. Follow this money:

January 16, 2009

Christian Hillard
Reports Analysis Division
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street NW
Washington, DC 20453

Re: Obama for America; FEC ID No. C00431445, Amended Post-General Report (10/16/08-11/24/08)

Dear Mr. Hillard,

Per your request, this letter serves as the response for additional information pertaining to the above listed report of Obama for America Committee. The requested information regarding the reattribution, redesignation or refund of particular contributions is contained within this report. The Committee has reviewed and researched the contributions noted by you, and in response is filing an amendment to correct or clarify where needed.

As part of a continuous review the Committee researches and reviews for any errors, then subsequently updates to make the necessary corrections. The Committee is constantly reviewing the contributors? information in order to rectify any potential data entry errors.

For a few of the contributions noted by the Commission, the Committee timely refunded or reattributed the excessive portion, within the sixty days and is so reported on subsequent monthly reports.

Any contributions that were received after the general election and are designated for the general were refunded and will be reported on subsequent reports.

Anonymous contributions exceeding $50 had the excess portion dispensed to the US Treasury. These refunds are reflected on line 29.

There were a few refunds noted by the Commission as either having the receipts of the initial contribution not being reported or the sums of the contribution being less than what was refunded. The election code used has been corrected to properly match the initial contributions to its refund. Refunds written to Jennifer Eplett Reilly, Jennifer Harmon, Jo Jacquet and Danielle McClure were voided and will be reflected on subsequent reports. Review of Margaret Mellon?s refunded was deemed correct.

The Commission noted contributions by David G. Demarco, Albert I Farbman, and David R. Hutchinson has only being partially disclosed on the 48-hour notice report. Albert Farbman and Winifred Farbman each showed a contribution of $1500 on the 48-hour notice report. This is reflected on Schedule A-P. David Hutchinson?s contribution was confused with that of Fred Hutchinson. The Committee did not find any discrepancy with David G. Demarco?s contribution. A software glitch caused duplication in some contributions filed on the 48-hour notice reports

In accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Commission, the Committee has made every effort to comply in a timely manner.

If you have any further concerns, please contact Treshawn Shields at (312) 819-2444.

Sincerely,

Martin H. Nesbitt, Treasurer

Good Article

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/no_20081024_9865.php

Big Dollars from Little Children

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=213&sid=1286331

FEC EXTENDS PUBLIC COMMENTS

http://www.fec.gov/law/policy/enforcement/publichearing011409.shtml

PUBLIC COMMENTS to the FEC

Public Comments to the FEC will not be published unless you put you name and address on it. If you have something you want in Public Comments but do not want to disclose your info, post it on this forum and we will see what can be done.

antifish 01.30.09 at 10:02 pm

This guy is another sleazeball…

Obama’s lawyer consolidates power
By KENNETH P. VOGEL | 1/30/09 7:56 PM EST

President Barack Obama has installed his personal and political attorney, Bob Bauer, as the Democratic Party’s new lawyer, a move that gives Bauer unmatched power in Democratic legal circles and marks him as a top behind-the-scenes player in the president’s inner circle.

In addition to representing Obama in personal matters, such as the federal investigation of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and political matters stemming from Obama’s presidential campaign, Bauer will also play that role for Obama’s new political network, Organizing for America, and the Democratic National Committee, which is administering the network.

The added work will mean a big pay day for Bauer, a leading election lawyer known for his shrewd but confrontational style, and his law firm, Perkins Coie, which becomes the preeminent Democratic firm. It already represents the Democrat’s Senate and House campaign committees.

It has reaped nearly $1.5 million in payments from Obama’s presidential campaign and an earlier political group since Bauer started representing Obama in 2005.

snip:

But the confluence of duties could pose something of a challenge, because of potentially overlapping needs of his clients and because of his reputation for pushing the bounds of campaign finance law.

Over the years, he has expressed skepticism about the implementation and enforcement of campaign finance rules and sued the Federal Election Commission on behalf of a client challenging the commission’s restrictions on so-called “soft money.”

snip:

In many ways, Bauer’s role in Obama’s presidential campaign transcended the traditional general counsel role. He helped craft lines of attack and once famously ambushed a press conference call held by rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign to challenge her campaign’s accusations that Obama supporters violated caucus rules.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18232.html

HEADCLUNKER – This may be of interest to you.

FEC NEWS

Seven GOP donors fined for illegal contributions

WASHINGTON – Seven GOP contributors have agreed to pay civil fines for making illegal contributions to President Bush’s re-election campaign, the Federal Election Commission said Monday.

The fines are part of a wider political scandal involving Ohio fundraiser Tom Noe, who in 2006 pleaded guilty to federal charges that he illegally funneled about $45,000 to the Bush campaign.

Noe gave $45,400 directly or indirectly to 24 friends and associates who, in turn, donated money to the Bush campaign using their own names. That allowed Noe to avoid the $2,000 federal limit on individual contributions.

All of the checks were written in the days leading up to a 2003 fundraiser at a downtown Columbus, Ohio, hotel.

Noe served nearly two years in federal prison on the fundraising charge. He is now serving an 18-year sentence for a separate conviction for stealing from an Ohio investment fund.
The FEC assessed civil penalties against seven of the donors, and took no action against 17 others:

• Joseph F. Restivo $25,000
• Donna Owens $9,000
• Samuel S. Thurber $9,000
• Margaret L. Thurber $9,000
• Sally A. Perz $7,000
• Howard D. Talbott $5,000
• Betty K. Schultz $1,500

Restivo, who received the largest fine, told authorities he participated in the scheme at the request of Noe, who is his brother-in-law, the FEC said.

Authorities said Bush’s campaign committee was not aware of the contribution scheme and unknowingly submitted a false campaign report to FEC officials.
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It took them this long to investigate Bush?

This is the only link I have and it is an Obama site:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/obamaforamerica/gGxHSt/commentary#comments

Nice work Headclunker!
I was one of the complainers. What does MUR stand for?

The Year End FEC report for the Obama Campaign was reviewed and a supplement will be sent to the FEC. They refunded 47 of the 1,656 exceedances of the $4,600 limit. That still leaves 1,609 totaling $1.8 million in exceedances.

There was not much activity but the campaign’s cash on hand at the year closing is down to $15.5 million. That may not be enough to pay back all his illegal contributions that could be up to $30 million or so.

I wonder if BO knows how bad his book keeping is?

I hope the FEC is starting to calculate all those nice fines and penalties.

Hillary Clinton’s Debt

Hillary’s debt is down to just under $6 million, with $1.6 million cash on hand, as of their year end closing.

DRAFT PUBLIC COMMENTS for FEC

How can the Federal Election Commission expect any compliance to regulations if the abuses of the last presidential campaign go unquestioned? If the nations leader behaves with such financial irresponsibility and goes unchecked, what example does that set for others to follow?

The Obama Campaign reported spending $744 million to the FEC. Yet they have reported only $485 million in campaign contributions with donors disclosed. Is it believable that $259 million came from donors under the reporting limits? Our Studies (submitted as MUR 6142), of the reported contributions, show that approximately:

• $1.8 million appears to be over the contribution limit of $4,600.
• $26 million appears to be over the contribution limit of $2,300 per election.
• $4 million appears to come from non-military foreign residents.

These issues remained unresolved as of the year end filing for the campaign. There is no credibility for their under-limit claims. There are fewer than 711,000 donors listed in the Obama campaigns FEC reports, while the campaign claims 2-3 million. Supposedly this is the source of the $255 million in unexplained funds. Yet the submitted records are full of errors and some of the reporting so ridiculous as to be offensive and insulting.

The contempt and disrespect to the Commission and the American Public cannot be allowed to go unchecked. And now this administration has managed to get control of hundreds of billions of the taxpayer’s money. Please stand up for the American Public and audit the Obama Campaign Funds. We are especially in need of compliance to regulation and enforcement at the highest levels of our government.

We would like you to know that the Commissions efforts to accommodate public comments are appreciated. If our candidates cannot be expected to conduct their business in accordance with campaign finance regulations, the Commission must have the resources to enforce compliance during the campaign and follow up with it afterwords.

Thanks you.

Headclunker 02.05.09 at 7:43 pm

MUR stands for Matter Under Review. It is how the FEC refers to the complaints they receive. All the PUMA complaints sent in were consolidated as MUR 6142 on or about December 10, 2008.
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I never received a letter from the FEC telling me my complaint was consolidated under another number.

Our last supplement to MUR 6142 was delivered to the FEC on 2/12/2009. We are planning no more supplements for some time, so it will be forwarded and the BO campaign will have 15 days to reply. We should probably start making some inquiries to the FEC the Week of March 9. This would also be the time to start promoting our findings. Especially with Porkulus looming. Connect the dots of financial irresponsibility.

The BO Campaign has apparently gone to quarterly reporting and the next report is not due until April 20, 2009.

Did You Hear The Silence?

Not a single PUMA FEC extended public comment was posted that I can tell. Do you think they put the mussel on our MUR? I say let them get away with it for now, but next month tell BO to “Beware the Ides of March”.

The Obama Campaign filed amendments for 3 more reports on 2/27/09

BO is Still FECKED Up

It seems that the brilliant financial genius Barack Obama cannot get his campaign finances straight. He filed two more amended reports today

Todays latest filing of his year end financials show total campaign disbursements of $57,485,855.08 and receipts of $7,074,606.91
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/406260/

This is down considerably from his original filing of disbursements of $760,389,703.57 and receipts of $775,855,746.62
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/400851/

Unbelievable. Just think what he is doing with the federal budget.

I hope BO’s Foreign Contributors are paying their income tax.

http://www.taxmeless.com/page4.html

Update

MUR 6142 is still active to date. Complainers are welcome to call and inquire after it at the FEC but the FEC can not disclose anything on the MUR while it is active.

We had temporarily stopped sending updates to the complaint MUR 6142 after the end of year report so we could be sure the the BO campaign’s responses could clear their deadlines. BO is now filing quarterly reports so his next will be out on 4/20/09. The team is developing methods to process the database faster and do some additional analysis. Look for an update to the complaint to be sent in to the FEC some time in May.

FECK Obama!

Headclunker: Thanks for translating those numbers into thoughts!

BO’s Quarterly Campaign Finance Report is out.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/425085/#DETAILED

Looks like he is making some foreign refunds. From the amounts, it looks like he has a way to go. http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/425085/sa/ALL

Headclunker
There was an AP story I posted earlier this week all about the campaign donations that the Obama team is working really really hard to return because he does not want any questionable donations to his campaign, yada, yada, yada. I think the complaints have had some affect to make them get their house in order.

The team has finished cross referencing the BO 2008 Presidential Campaign Donors. As I have been compiling it and cross checking it, some interesting things come to light. It is really hard to get the big picture on 2.5 million transactions. We now see that there are only around 675,000 donors in BO’s database. And alot of those listed are under $200. Let’s see what we get as the picture gets clearer.

Another Friend of Blagojevich, is DTWO, LLC

http://www.ilga.gov/senate/house%20impeachment%20records/Committee%20Exhibits/Committee%20Exhibit%2069,%20part%20%205.pdf

And guess where else you can find someone who was paid substantially more than they contributed to a campaign fund:

http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppRefreshTran.do?cand_nm_title=Obama%2C+Barack&searchType=donorNameSearch&tranType=search&tranComeFrom=mapApp&d-16544-p=1&d-16544-n=1&d-16544-s=contbr_zip&searchSQLType=beginLike&cand_id=P80003338&d-16544-o=2&searchKeyword=DTWO

Who is DTWO, LLC anyway?

Here is and Interesting FECK Fact for you:

Obama’s Top Donor (of record), Elyse Kingery
http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppRefreshTran.do?tranComeFrom=mapApp&cand_id=P80003338&cand_nm_title=Obama,%20Barack&tranType=search&showType=all&searchType=donorNameSearch&searchKeyword=KINGERY,%20ELYSE&searchSQLType=beginLike

Of the Degge Group, MEDICAL RESEARCH http://www.deggegroup.com/
213

Elyse Kingery of the Degge Group made 44 donations to Barack Obama’s Campaign Fund, totaling $29,603.91

Way to go FEC team – what a lot of dedicated work – thank you.

Thanks for the up date, Headclunker.

OK, here are the big winners of the BO Presidential Lottery, with net negative donations to his campaign:

Sum Name
($13,800.00) _________ DTWO, LLC
($9,200.00) ________ CORRIGAN, JOHN
($9,000.00) ________ LARUSSA, ROBERT
($7,505.00) ________ LINDA MATSON
($6,900.00) ________ LANDIS, LAWRENCE
($6,900.00) ________ NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES
($5,500.00) ________ ARGIO, VINCENT
($4,694.51) ________ BELL, JOANN
($4,694.51) ________ DIETRICH, HARRY
($4,600.00) ________ BURTON, BILLY
($4,600.00) ________ ZIMMERMAN, JOHN W
($4,332.63) ________ KING, JOHN
($3,368.21) ________ KAPLAN, DOROTHY
($2,693.00) ________ DOVEN, JACKIE
($2,400.34) ________ MCNEILL, ROBERT
($2,391.80) ________ SIMON, SARAH
($2,300.00) ________ 2006 CARLYN JONES IRREVOCABLE TRUST
($2,300.00) ________ ALEXANDER, SHEILA A
($2,300.00) ________ BASS, I.
($2,300.00) ________ BROOKS, CANDACE
($2,300.00) ________ DOUGLAS, DAMIEN
($2,300.00) ________ ELL BEYGI ASLI, HANY
($2,300.00) ________ FRYER, CHRISTOPHE
($2,300.00) ________ GARNER, MARGARET
($2,300.00) ________ GLEN, NELSON
($2,300.00) ________ HARMON, JENNIFER
($2,300.00) ________ KATKIN, ELIZABETH
($2,300.00) ________ LAUHOFF, NEAL
($2,300.00) ________ POTTER, BRENDA
($2,300.00) ________ SANDER, JACOB
($2,300.00) ________ SHANAHAN, CARL
($2,300.00) ________ SIMON, DANIEL
($2,300.00) ________ SINCLAIT, JEAN-ROBERT
($2,300.00) ________ SMITH, SEDRIC
($2,300.00) ________ TOSOLT, ROBERT
($2,300.00) ________ WACHTEL, CHERYL
($2,300.00) ________ WONG, SHANNON
($2,252.00) ________ CROSIER, STEPHEN
($2,250.00) ________ 2006 ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ IRREVOCABLE TRUST
($2,250.00) ________ MCLAUGHLIN, JENNY
($2,200.00) ________ BRAXTON, BETTE
($2,200.00) ________ SHIPKA, DONNA
($2,180.75) ________ REGALADO, RAYMOND
($2,060.00) ________ PISHVAIAN, RITA
($2,050.00) ________ CABOT, CHRIS
($2,048.45) ________ FOX, JOAN
($2,025.00) ________ JACOBSON, WILLIAM
($2,025.00) ________ KELLOGG, JAMES
($2,000.00) ________ BLUE, PAUL
($2,000.00) ________ TOWNSEND & TOWNSEND CREW COMM FUNDS OF JOHN HUGHES, PARTNER
($1,960.00) ________ CAVANO, THERESA
($1,882.43) ________ LUO, KAY
($1,875.00) ________ SUR, LILLIAN SO
($1,800.00) ________ RICHARDSON, DARNELL SR
($1,750.00) ________ BARRY, JOHNSON
($1,750.00) ________ LORD, STEPHEN
($1,669.10) ________ BLANK JR, ARTHUR MD
($1,623.00) ________ GORB, WILLIAM
($1,550.00) ________ BERGMAN, DAVID
($1,550.00) ________ VRANICAR, WILLIAM
($1,505.00) ________ JOBE, BILL
($1,375.00) ________ BAILEYS, KALUA
($1,375.00) ________ GUY, JUDY
($1,260.00) ________ GOLDENBERG, JACK
($1,235.00) ________ PRO, DOODAD
($1,232.51) ________ BYE-ERTS, PAMELA
($1,200.00) ________ JONES, STEPHANIE
($1,100.00) ________ SASTRY, SHUBHA
($1,046.70) ________ LOHR, LILA
($1,020.00) ________ EVERETT, ADRIAN
($1,020.00) ________ TALLY, WEBSTER
($1,015.00) ________ MARTIN, JAMES
($1,000.00) ________ BAKERSVILLE, LEZLI
($1,000.00) ________ CARREY, SARA
($1,000.00) ________ GARNER, DAVID
($1,000.00) ________ HEALY, JAMES
($982.54) _________ HARRIS, BONNIE
($865.02) _________ GERSTEN, LESLIE
($750.00) _________ PARKER, FRANKLIN
($700.00) _________ LOGGINS, RICHARD
($686.86) _________ WOO, BETTY
($650.00) _________ KERLIN, MICHAEL
($608.80) _________ JOHN ERIKSON
($550.00) _________ MELLON, MARGARET
($500.00) _________ JOHN, GUENST
($500.00) _________ KIDD, LYNNE ROSENBERG
($500.00) _________ PATTLIS, JASON
($430.36) _________ ROWE, JOHN
($410.00) _________ DILLON, MICHAEL
($400.00) _________ MADISON, L. KEITH
($400.00) _________ ROBINSON, MICHELLE A
($400.00) _________ STEPHEN, KRON
($400.00) _________ WILLIS, JILL
($350.00) _________ HEIRSSERER, JOHN
($350.00) _________ HUBER, JOHN
($350.00) _________ SACHSE, HARRY MR.
($335.00) _________ GHISOLFI, ANN
($300.00) _________ COGDELL, HAROLD W JR
($300.00) _________ KELLY, SUSAN
($300.00) _________ SEGALL, ROBERT D
($300.00) _________ TAYLOR, DAVID
($300.00) _________ TOMCZYK, TOMASZ
($300.00) _________ WHITE, CYNTHIA R
($270.00) _________ BONOMI, MIKE
($270.00) _________ GOLDBLATT, EMILY
($269.00) _________ KERN, SALLY
($250.00) _________ CREEKMUR, JAMILAH
($250.00) _________ FRIENDS OF LARA DELANEY
($250.00) _________ PHILLIPS, DIANA SHANEDLING
($250.00) _________ SIGSBEE, KEN
($225.00) _________ PIETRI, MS CARMEN
($214.34) _________ MCNEIL WONG, LAUREL
($205.00) _________ STEINHAUSER, BRUNO

These people have names cross referenced by same/similar zips and/or employment/occupation. Of course, some do not seem to be people.

Here are the big winners as of the end of June 2009:
Contribution _____ Contributor
($13,800.00) ____ DTWO, LLC
($9,200.00) _____ Corrigan, John
($7,505.00) _____ Matson, Linda
($6,900.00) _____ Landis, Lawrence
($6,900.00) _____ National Financial Services
($5,500.00) _____ Argio, Vincent
($4,694.51) _____ Bell, Joann
($4,694.51) _____ Dietrich, Harry
($4,600.00) _____ Burton, Billy
($4,600.00) _____ Zimmerman, John W
($4,600.00) _____ Simon, Daniel
($4,332.63) _____ King, John
($3,368.21) _____ Kaplan, Dorothy
($2,693.00) _____ Doven, Jackie
($2,400.34) _____ Mcneill, Robert
($2,391.80) _____ Simon, Sarah
($2,300.00) _____ 2006 Carlyn Jones Irrevocable Trust
($2,300.00) _____ Alexander, Sheila A
($2,300.00) _____ Bass, I.
($2,300.00) _____ Brooks, Candace
($2,300.00) _____ Douglas, Damien
($2,300.00) _____ Ell Beygi Asli, Hany
($2,300.00) _____ Fryer, Christophe
($2,300.00) _____ Garner, Margaret
($2,300.00) _____ Glen, Nelson
($2,300.00) _____ Harmon, Jennifer
($2,300.00) _____ Lauhoff, Neal
($2,300.00) _____ Potter, Brenda
($2,300.00) _____ Sander, Jacob
($2,300.00) _____ Shanahan, Carl
($2,300.00) _____ Sinclait, Jean-Robert
($2,300.00) _____ Smith, Sedric
($2,300.00) _____ Wong, Shannon
($2,252.00) _____ Crosier, Stephen
($2,250.00) _____ 2006 Alexis Rodriguez Irrevocable Trust
($2,250.00) _____ Mclaughlin, Jenny
($2,200.00) _____ Braxton, Bette
($2,200.00) _____ Shipka, Donna
($2,180.75) _____ Regalado, Raymond
($2,060.00) _____ Pishvaian, Rita
($2,050.00) _____ Cabot, Chris
($2,048.45) _____ Fox, Joan
($2,025.00) _____ Jacobson, William
($2,025.00) _____ Kellogg, James
($2,000.00) _____ Blue, Paul
($2,000.00) _____ Townsend & Townsend Crew Comm Funds Of John Hughes, Partner
($1,960.00) _____ Cavano, Theresa
($1,882.43) _____ Luo, Kay
($1,875.00) _____ Sur, Lillian So
($1,800.00) _____ Richardson, Darnell Sr
($1,750.00) _____ Barry, Johnson
($1,750.00) _____ Lord, Stephen
($1,669.10) _____ Blank Jr, Arthur Md
($1,623.00) _____ Gorb, William
($1,550.00) _____ Bergman, David
($1,550.00) _____ Vranicar, William
($1,505.00) _____ Jobe, Bill
($1,375.00) _____ Baileys, Kalua
($1,375.00) _____ Guy, Judy
($1,260.00) _____ Goldenberg, Jack
($1,235.00) _____ Pro, Doodad
($1,232.51) _____ Bye-Erts, Pamela
($1,200.00) _____ Jones, Stephanie
($1,100.00) _____ Sastry, Shubha
($1,046.70) _____ Lohr, Lila
($1,020.00) _____ Everett, Adrian
($1,020.00) _____ Tally, Webster
($1,015.00) _____ Martin, James
($1,000.00) _____ Bakersville, Lezli
($1,000.00) _____ Carrey, Sara
($1,000.00) _____ Garner, David
($1,000.00) _____ Healy, James
($982.54) _______ Harris, Bonnie
($865.02) _______ Gersten, Leslie
($750.00) _______ Parker, Franklin
($700.00) _______ Loggins, Richard
($686.86) _______ Woo, Betty
($650.00) _______ Kerlin, Michael
($608.80) _______ John Erikson
($550.00) _______ Mellon, Margaret
($500.00) _______ John, Guenst
($500.00) _______ Kidd, Lynne Rosenberg
($500.00) _______ Pattlis, Jason
($430.36) _______ Rowe, John
($410.00) _______ Dillon, Michael
($400.00) _______ Madison, L. Keith
($400.00) _______ Robinson, Michelle A
($400.00) _______ Stephen, Kron
($400.00) _______ Willis, Jill
($350.00) _______ Heirsserer, John
($350.00) _______ Huber, John
($350.00) _______ Sachse, Harry Mr.
($335.00) _______ Ghisolfi, Ann
($300.00) _______ Cogdell, Harold W Jr
($300.00) _______ Kelly, Susan
($300.00) _______ Segall, Robert D
($300.00) _______ Taylor, David
($300.00) _______ Tomczyk, Tomasz
($300.00) _______ White, Cynthia R
($270.00) _______ Bonomi, Mike
($270.00) _______ Goldblatt, Emily
($269.00) _______ Kern, Sally
($250.00) _______ Creekmur, Jamilah
($250.00) _______ Friends Of Lara Delaney
($250.00) _______ Phillips, Diana Shanedling
($250.00) _______ Sigsbee, Ken
($225.00) _______ Pietri,Carmen
($214.34) _______ Mcneil Wong, Laurel
($205.00) _______ Steinhauser, Bruno

FECK Facts

As of today, the Obama For America Committee (C00431445) has been required to file 18 campaign finance reports (Form F3P) to the FEC as 4 quarters for 2007, 12 for 2009 and 2 quarters of 2009 to date. You would think this would require no more than twice that many. So can you tell me why, they have had to file 57 of these? That is a lot of revisions
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/

One of the things the BO Campaign has done is to include an item designated as “Unitemized Donors”, in his reports, that nearly account (or should I say unaccount) for the unaccounted $259 million we noticed. The following were extracted from the reports of Post #101:

Values are in $Million

Period *****Total**Unitemized**Itemized
Q1 2007*****25.70******5.36*****20.34
Q2 2007*****32.89******7.28*****25.61
Q3 2007*****20.65******5.15*****15.50
Q4 2007*****22.85******6.69*****16.16
M1 2008*****36.19*****11.89*****24.29
M2 2008*****55.44*****23.52*****31.93
M3 2008*****41.16*****16.25*****24.92
M4 2008*****30.73*****12.02*****18.72
M5 2008*****21.95******8.93*****13.02
M6 2008*****50.51*****21.35*****29.16
M7 2008*****38.37*****16.30*****22.07
M8 2008*****54.41*****24.31*****30.10
M9 2008****118.21*****47.56*****70.66
PreGen******37.26*****14.24*****23.02
PostGen*****78.72*****38.76*****39.96
YearEnd******-0.17*****-0.08*****-0.09
Q1 2009******-0.09******0000*****-0.09
Q2 2009******-0.09******0000*****-0.09

The unitemized amounts generally ran around 40% of the total.

Headclunker – I’ve entered your comment #101 at post by Not Your Sweetie entitled “We were going to correct that.

Let’s try that post again:

FEC Filing—Report Type————-Date Filed———Period Covered
436016—October Quarterly (2009)––10/15/2009——–3rd Quarter 2009
436011—July Quarterly (2009)—–—-10/15/2009——–2nd Quarter 2009
435993—April Quarterly (2009)——-10/15/2009——–1st Quarter 2009
406260—Year End (2008)—————––3/3/2009—-—–11/25/2008 – 12/31/2008
436872—Post-General——————-—–10/17/2009—10/16/2008 – 11/24/2008
405794—Pre-General——————–——l2/27/2009—10/1/2008 – 10/15/2008
405796—October Monthly————–—–2/27/2009—-Month of September 2008
405795—September Monthly————-—2/27/2009—-Month of August 2008
405793—August Monthly———————2/27/2009—-Month of July 2008
406266—July Monthly——————-—–3/3/2009—–Month of June 2008
358076—June Monthly—————-——–8/18/2008—-Month of May 2008
358077—May Monthly——————–——8/18/2008—-Month of April 2008
362085—April Monthly———————-9/15/2008—-Month of March 2008
360401—March Monthly———————-8/30/2008—-Month of February 2008
360372—February Monthly————-—-8/29/2008—-Month of January 2008
360400—Year End (2007)———–——–8/30/2008—-4th Quarter 2007
359397—October Quarterly (2007)––8/22/2008—-3rd Quarter 2007
359395—July Quarterly (2007)——-–8/22/2008—-2nd Quarter 2007
359390—April Quarterly (2007)——-8/22/2008—-1st Quarter 2007

Obama’s Selection Day present finally arrived at the FEC today. I had to retrieve the original draft as it had some errors. The update to MUR6142 is as follows (Tables Not Included):

November 6, 2009

Office of the General Counsel
Federal Election Commission
999 E. Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20463

Complaint of Over Limit Contributions and Request for Audit – Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393)
Update of Donations Over $4,600
(Supplemental Update to MUR 6142)

Dear Sir or Madam:

This is a supplemental update to complaint, MUR 6142, pertaining to the Presidential Campaign Funds of Barack Obama filed during the period of December 2008 through February 2009 regarding over limit campaign contributions and other irregularities of the Campaign Finances of Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). As of the 2009 Third Quarter FEC Report from Obama for America and the latest Monthly FEC Report from the Obama Victory Fund it is apparent that the Obama Campaign has not refunded the majority of the over limit campaign contributions we have identified.

The FEC filings that are the basis of the complaint have been further reviewed. The attached update is based on the following FEC reportings:

Table I. Subject FEC Filings (SEE POST #106)

The Attached Table II contains the listings of the donors with total donations over $4,600 and also shows subtotals for the Primary and General Election. The current over limit funds that the Campaign appears to be holding is estimated as $2,071,967.92, based on amounts over $4,600.

The campaign has had sufficient time to correct any errors in accounting and refund over limit amounts. There have been 60 monthly and quarterly FEC reports filed by the Obama for America Campaign, mostly revisions to the 19 reports required. Most recently they have amended the Post General Report of almost a year ago. The actual net refunds being made are minimal. The excessive filings appear to be abusive of the campaign funding regulation and are not addressing the $2 million that the Campaign is holding that are clearly over the limit.

The American People need an audit of the Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). We are depending on the FEC to assure compliance with fair practices. Please audit the Obama Presidential Campaign Funds. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours Truly,

BRAVO or BRAVA Headclunker!

Another update to MUR 6142 arrived at the FEC today. Another 554 pages of transaction details to thank BO for the prolific production of the Porkulus and Obamacare Bills.

The following is the letter, less attachments, was sent:

November 10, 2009

Office of the General Counsel
Federal Election Commission
999 E. Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20463

Complaint of Over Limit Contributions and Request for Audit – Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393)
Update of Donations Over $2,300 Per Campaign
(Supplemental Update to MUR 6142)

Dear Sir or Madam:

This is a supplemental update to complaint, MUR 6142, pertaining to the over limit campaign contributions and other irregularities of the Campaign Finances of Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). The basis of this update is the same as reported in Table I of the recently submitted update, dated November 6, 2009.

The Obama Campaign still has several million dollars in contributions that are over the limit. The over limit funds that the Campaign appears to be holding is estimated as $2,071,967.92, based on total contribution amounts over $4,600. This update also summarizes contributions over the individual limits of $2,300 for the Primary Campaign and $2,300 for the General Election.

The Attached Table I contains the summary listings of the donors with total contributions over $4,600 and also shows subtotals for the Primary and General Election. There is an additional $252,934.73 in donations that are over the individual limits of $2,300.

Table II shows transactions for contributions over the $2,300 limit that have total contributions under $4,600. The individual exceedances come to a total of $897,783.67. The over limit contributions are therefore estimated to be between $2,071,967.92 and $3,220,686.32. Although the amounts over $2,300 could be remedied by Reattribution/Redesignation, the contributors have apparently not agreed to such as of the end of September of this year.

The campaign has had sufficient time to correct any errors in accounting and refund over limit amounts. The continued discrepancies demonstrate an attitude of financial irresponsibility that is very disturbing. How are they permitted to retain funds that are in violation of campaign finance regulations?

The American People need an audit of the Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). We are depending on the FEC to assure compliance with fair practices. Please audit the Obama Presidential Campaign Funds. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours Truly,

Headclunker – thanks for all this work. Wow

I finally finished the analysis of the BO contributor database and will be sending it out shortly. To the bottom line, BO has $219 million in “Unitemized” campaign contributions that are probably over the reporting limit. I guess his laundry could only handle so much dirty money.

I guess he needed more dirty money than he expected to pull off the defrauding of America.

PUMA!

FECK obama Team 2009 Update

• The FECK obama Team originally formed to review the campaign finances of Barack Obama for over limit contributions and other anomolies.
• The Team split up over 2 million records and issued a dozen complaints to the FEC starting in November 2008.
• A summary of the over limit donations was sent in by Murphy in December 2008.
• The FEC compiled these complaints into one Matter Under Review, MUR 6142.
• The FECK obama Team Forum posts start January 3, 2008.
• A Cross Reference of the BO contributors was developed by August 2008.
• As the BO campaign issues multiple revisions to their FEC reports, MUR 6142 is updated again, starting in November 2009.

BO’s belated Christmas Present was sent with his New Years present and are due to arrive at the FEC tomorrow. Here is his first present (less attached tables):

December 31, 2009

Office of the General Counsel
Federal Election Commission
999 E. Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20463

Complaint of Over Limit Contributions and Request for Audit – Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393)
Negative Contributors and Mixed Contribution Classifications
(Supplemental Update to MUR 6142)

Dear Sir or Madam:

This is a supplemental update to complaint, MUR 6142, pertaining to the Presidential Campaign Funds of Barack Obama regarding over limit campaign contributions and other irregularities of the Campaign Finances of Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). Further analysis of the contributor database shows additional irregularities pertaining to negative contributors and mixed ORG/IND classifications for contributors.

The FEC filings that are the basis of this update are listed are the same as the FEC filings listed in Table I of the update of November 6, 2009. Line items SA17A, SA18 and SB28A were extracted as 2,605,632 records that were cross-referenced by contributor. It was found that there are approximately 684,188 unique individual contributors in the database who made contributions.

There were a significant number of net negative contributions, as well as several dozen contributors with mixed IND and ORG records, as detailed in the attached Table II. The distribution of contributions determined for itemized individual contributors is summarized in the following Table I:

Table I. Contributor Summary

Individual Itemized Contributors:____Number of_______Amount of
-$200.01 to -$9,200___________________197 __________-$61,057.87
-$0.01 to -$200________________________98__________-$254,090.85
$0____________________________________986_________________$0.00
$0.01 to $200_____________________211,079________$23,934,692.39
$200.01 to $2,300_________________429,896_______$317,578,054.82
$2,300.01 to $4,600________________39,434_______$146,748,992.49
$4,600.01 to $13,800________________1,698_________$9,952,734.23
Total Individual Itemized_________684,188_______$497,899,325.21
Unitemized Contributions________________________$259,161,672.58
Org Contributions___________________________________$383,180.38
Total___________________________________________$757,444,178.17

The contributors with negative net contributions between $0 and -$200 may be reflecting refunds to contributions under the reporting limit of $200. However, the contributions more negative than -$200 are either errors in the records or reflect contributions over the reporting limit that were not reported. There are 197 such contributors, whose records are listed in Table III (attached). Table III contains 2,701 records. It is of note that 1,627 of them belong to a contributor named Doodad Pro, who’s employer is “Loving” and Occupation is “you”. His records are listed in a separate Table V. Similarly dubious negative donors listed include Dahsudhu Hdusahfd (46 records), Uadshgu Hduadh (20 records) , and Kalua Baileys (83 records).

The contributors with mixed IND and ORG records are listed in the attached Table IV. Of the 25 contributors with mixed records, 24 were treated as actual IND records and 1 was treated as an ORG contributor.

The duplicate records observed have been previously reported in the Update of December 12, 2009. The contributions made over the maximum limits have also been previously reported. Only one change is made to the contributors over the maximum limit, dropping Index 288304, Robert Hormata aka Robert Hormato as a refund was found under the name of Robert Hormats.

The numerous errors in the contributor records make accurate analysis of the contributor database a difficult task. Net negative contributions, mixed record types, duplicate records, contributions over the limit and an excessive amount of “Unitemized” contributors lead to questions about the sources of these campaign contributions.

The American People need an audit of the Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). We are depending on the FEC to assure compliance with fair practices. Please audit the Obama Presidential Campaign Funds. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Yours Truly,

And if that is not enough for you, there is always Annonymous:

http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppRefreshTran.do?tranComeFrom=mapApp&cand_id=P80003338&cand_nm_title=Obama,%20Barack&tranType=search&showType=all&searchType=donorNameSearch&searchKeyword=ANNONYMOUS&searchSQLType=beginLike

And if that does not do it, just let Dodadd Pro do his Employer for his Occupation:

http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppRefreshTran.do?cand_nm_title=Obama%2C+Barack&tranType=search&searchType=donorNameSearch&tranComeFrom=mapApp&d-16544-p=2&cand_id=P80003338&searchSQLType=beginLike&searchKeyword=pro%2C+doodad

But if you are more like me and are fed up with Americans being treated like chumps by the Jackass in the Whitehouse, you would be more inclined to say…

FECK Obama!

Buck Farack!

Ok, so BO’s presents arrived at the FEC today. His Christmas Present is posted above and here is his New Years Present (less attached tables, with Figures as links):

January 2, 2010

Office of the General Counsel
Federal Election Commission
999 E. Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20463

Complaint of Over Limit Contributions and Request for Audit – Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393)

Contributor Database Analysis of Unitemized Contributions
(Supplemental Update to MUR 6142)

Dear Sir or Madam:

This is a supplemental update to complaint, MUR 6142, pertaining to the Presidential Campaign Funds of Barack Obama regarding over limit campaign contributions and other irregularities of the Campaign Finances of Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). The campaign reports 34% of all contributions as “Unitemized”. Is this plausible given the distribution of the reported contributions?

The campaign currently lists $259,161,672.58 as unitemized contributions. Are these contributions to be believed to be under the reporting limit of $200? That would require at least 1,295,808 contributors at $200 each or more likely around 2,591,616 contributors around an average $100.

A contributor database was developed using the FEC reports shown in Table I. Line items SA17A, SA18 and SB28A were extracted as 2,605,632 records that were cross referenced by contributor. The overall distribution of contributors is summarized in the attached Table II. Contributions are treated as sums for each individual contributor. Individual itemized contributors over $0 are listed in Table III in increments of $200 and shown as Figure 1.

Figure 1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31592459@N08/4251844801/

The cumulative distribution of contributions shows three regions of behavior divided by the campaign contribution limits of $2,300 and $4,600 as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31592459@N08/4252614776/

Figure 3 shows an expansion of the region between 0 and $2,200, with the solid line showing the results from regression analysis of the data points.

Figure 3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31592459@N08/4252613588/

The regression line intersects zero at -$40 million. Therefore the prediction for the unitemized amount from contributions under $200 is $40 million. The standard error of the estimate of the regression is $4 million (see Table IV). The dashed line represents the behavior if $259 million were under the reporting limit of $200.

$40 million in unitemized contributions would be consistent with approximately 400,000 unitemized contributors donating an average $100 each. Are there another 400,000 unitemized donors under $200, or are there 2,591,616 that would account for the total claimed by the campaign?

Figure 4
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31592459@N08/4251841211/

Certainly Figure 4 demonstrates that 400,000 is a much more reasonable estimate. And approximately $219 million of the $259 million in unitemized contributions are likely to be over the reporting limit. Who are the contributors of the other $219 million?

The American People need an audit of the Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). We are depending on the FEC to assure compliance with fair practices. Please audit the Obama Presidential Campaign Funds. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Yours Truly,

The latest updates to MUR6142 can be found posted at:

http://www.MUR6142.com

In review of the itemized donations to the Ografter Campaign, it appears there is a time period of particularly unusually high values. This would be the period of 1/23/08 through 3/7/08. It spans 7% of the time of the campaign.

Approximately 50% of the over-limit contributors made donations during this time (both $4,600 and $2,300 exceedances).

The FEC report for the last quarter is the year end report due 1/31/2010.

Post 135 should be to the “Three Rouge…” article, copy and past the whole link. Democracy21 have been ardent BO supporters and now they are confused about why he does not take any action on replacing the Republican Commissioners who deadlock FEC actions.

Audit! Audit!!!

From Atlas Shrugged, on MUR6142:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/01/mur-6142-.html

The End of Year campaign finance reports are due on the 31st. We should be seeing them on Monday. Do you think the BO Campaign is going to refund those overlimit accounts? A complaint about duplicate records and some negative donations may be dismissed as bookkeeping errors. And supposedly they have gotten validation that the donations from foreign addresses are made by US Citizens Abroad? And the funny name could be considered comical?

But those overlimit donations are a big no no and the campaign has been warned about it already. So if the campaign has not made $2-3 million in refunds, there will another analysis of the database due.

Theamericanway is busy proofing the cross references and we are going to tune it up for another go-round.

Who thinks that Commissioner McGahn (see post 137)has kept his seat by voting against an Audit? I hope they are keeping tabs on all those fines and penalties that will be due.

Bad Bad BOBO

Well, the Year End report is in and there are $313.59 in refunds. Oh, the OPM addict rules. Let’s see what revisions to past reports come out to explain this one.

http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/449888/

Correction for post 143

You want to get the record SA17A, SA18 and SB28A.

Good night all!!

Great! How close do you think they are to getting the big Ocheese?

NikkisMom 07.24.10 at 11:00 am

Uh-oh – another problem for Obama!

Anita Moncrief – ACORN whistleblower: Anita MonCrief to File FEC Charges Against Obama Administration

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/07/breaking-anita-moncrief-to-file-fec-charges-against-obama-administration/

ACORN whistle-blower Anita Moncrief held a press conference today at the Right Online Convention in Las Vegas. She announced today that she will press FEC charges against the Obama Administration for the campaign’s illegal coordination with ACORN during the 2008 election.

Anita also rolled out her new website Emerging Corruption. The website will focus on fraud and corruption in ACORN and affiliated groups. Anita already posted the Obama Donor List http://emergingcorruption.com/?p=100
on the website as promised.

FECK Update

The last quarterly report from the BO campaign was released on October 15, 2010 and showed no significant activity. http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/501907/

The Americanway is currently proofing files 18 and 19 of 50 that make up the current database of 2.5 million records. Each file contains about 50,000 records that need proofing of the cross references.

Anybody who can work with Excel files and has some time to volunteer, please contact the Action Center. We would like to get an update to MUR6142 out by February so we can stir the pot.

From FEC file #29: McGee, Celia; NYTimes; Journalist; $4600

One of the upgrades to the database that has been made is the record unique identifier. We will be using the FEC Record ID and Report Number to uniquily identify each record. This should make it more user easy to reference to the FEC files and understand.

One of the problems with the original database is that it contained duplicate records, a major problem for anyone trying to do database analysis. Originally we dealt with it by adding to the record name. But this makes updates a problem. There do not appear to be any records within the same report that have the same ID. I am guessing the FEC does record checking to prevent duplicate records within a report, but not between the reports.

At this time, we are planning to update the complaint of the over $4,600 and over $2,300 per campaign donations. The letters that were sent last year are at posts #108 and #112. The attached data tables are posted at http://www.MUR6142.com.

While I update the tables, do we have any volunteers to work on the letters for the FEC? Please post any suggestions or rewrites of the letter that you think should go to the FEC about this.

UPDATE

Well, BO tried to hide but the PUMA have tracked him down. The new estimate looks like 5,082 donors over $4,600 by $10.3 Million. That is like 3 to 4 times our previous findings.

I am still checking my calculations, but it looks like they must have spent some time putting variations in the records that take alot of scrutiny to straighten out.

Theamericanway has done an amazing job of finding these records!

Ok, the Over Limit donation File is posted at http://www.mur6142.com and here is a draft letter to the FEC (Comments? Suggestions?):

Complaint of Over Limit Contributions and Request for Audit – Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393)
Update of 2008 Campaign Donation Exceedances of $4,600 Limit
(Supplemental Update to MUR 6142)

Dear Sir or Madam:

This is a supplemental update to complaint MUR 6142 regarding the over limit campaign contributions and other irregularities of the Campaign Finances of Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). As of the 2011 Year End FEC Report from Obama for America and the Obama Victory Fund, it is apparent that there has been little to no corrective action on our complaint.

It is outrageous that a President so flagrantly flaunts the regulation of campaign finances. We are now starting another Presidential Campaign cycle and something must be done. Are our elections for sale?

We have continued to review the 2008 Campaign Finances of Obama of America for an accurate cross referencing of donors to the campaign and updated it with the most recent filings, through the year end 2010 and the results are very disturbing. At this point we have identified 5,082 donors with totals over the limit of $4,600 for the two campaigns of 2008 (Primary and General at $2,300, each). The total amount over the limit indicated is $10.3 Million. How is this not outright illegal?

The records for the 5,082 donors are totaled and enclosed on CD as Table I in an Excel Spreadsheet. For your convenience, the records are listed with the record ID and the FEC report number that they were extracted from. The table is not printed due to it’s length of 71,955 records.

Table I also shows subtotals for the Primary and General Campaigns. Exceedance of the $2,300 per campaign limit is also apparent and would suggest even higher total exceedances. However, this is not addressed in this update.

The American People need an audit of the Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). We are depending on the FEC to assure compliance with fair practices. Please audit the Obama Presidential Campaign Funds. Thank you for your time and consideration.

We are still checking over the database. There may be some problem with the convention on the sign of the SB28a forms and BO may not be as bad as it seems. So consider the info here preliminary.

Here is one for the books, Obama gets a donation from a dead man:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E7D71F3BF930A15752C0A961958260

http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppRefreshTran.do?cand_nm_title=Obama%2C+Barack&searchType=donorNameSearch&tranType=search&tranComeFrom=mapApp&d-16544-p=1&d-16544-n=1&d-16544-s=contbr_nm&searchSQLType=beginLike&cand_id=P80003338&d-16544-o=2&searchKeyword=Allen%2C+Herbert+A+SR

New Draft of the FEC Complaint Update Letter:

Office of the General Counsel
Federal Election Commission
999 E. Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20463

Complaint of Over Limit Contributions and Request for Audit – Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393)

Update of 2008 Campaign Donation Exceedances of $4,600 Limit
(Supplemental Update to MUR 6142)

Dear Sir or Madam:
This is a supplemental update to complaint MUR 6142 regarding the over limit campaign contributions and other irregularities of the Campaign Finances of Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). As of the 2011 Year End FEC Report from Obama for America and the Obama Victory Fund, it is apparent that there has been little to no corrective action on our complaint.

It is very disturbing that a President so flagrantly flaunts the regulation of campaign finances. We are now starting another Presidential Campaign cycle and something must be done. These campaign records contain errors and obviously invalid information on donors. There are many donors with contribution sums that are negative by more that the minimum reporting limit. And while there are fewer than 700,000 unique donors in the database of over 2.6 million records, $259 Million is listed as Unitemized Donors. Are these abuses to be allowed to continue?

We have continued to review the 2008 Campaign Finances of Obama of America for an accurate cross referencing of donors to the campaign and updated it with the most recent filings, through the year end 2010. At this point we have identified 1,587 donors with totals over the limit of $4,600 for the two campaigns of 2008. Approximately 267 donor accounts have been resolved but now there are 155 more. The total amount over the limit is still $2.0 Million. How is this not outright illegal?

The records for the 1,587 over limit donors are totaled and enclosed on CD as Table I in an Excel Spreadsheet. For your convenience, the records are listed with the record ID and the FEC report number that they were extracted from. A printed table can be made available upon request.

Table I also shows subtotals for the Primary and General Campaigns. Exceedance of the $2,300 per campaign limit is also apparent and would suggest even higher total exceedances. There are even more donors in the database with individual campaign totals over $2,300 that are not listed in Table I, as they do not exceed the $4,600 limit.

The American People need an audit of the Obama for America (C00431445) and Obama Victory Fund (C00451393). We are depending on the FEC to assure compliance with fair practices. Please audit the Obama Presidential Campaign Funds. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Here is a sample of a letter for consideration, that could be sent to a donor over the limit:

Dear Mr. Axelrod,

Our Political Action Committee has been reviewing campaign contributions from the 2008 Presidential Election. We have found the following Federal Election Commission (FEC) records listed in your name for the Obama for America Campaign, C00431445:

RecordID_ReportNo**Campaign**Contributor Name**Date*****Amount,$**Sum,$
95600_359390*******P2008****Axelrod, David**3/26/2007***2,300.00
113144RMIN_359390**P2008****Axelrod, David**3/31/2007**-2,300.00
113144_359390******P2008****Axelrod, David**3/31/2007***2,300.00
199259RPLS_359390**G2008****Axelrod, David**3/31/2007***2,300.00
789233_360400******P2008****Axelrod, David*12/19/2007*****337.54**4,937.54

We would appreciate it if you could confirm these donation or identify any that are not valid by filling out and returning the enclosed postcard. The sum for each 2008 Campaign is limited to $2,300 each and your contributions to the Primary Campaign appear to be over the limit.

You can get more information on these limits by contacting the FEC’s Information Division, toll free at 800-424-9530 or by e-mail at info@fec.gov or their website at http://www.fec.gov or http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/biennial.shtml#Other

Thank you for your consideration.

PumaPAC
http://pumapac.org

So, how did Obama for America collect all those record setting funds in 2008? The answer is in the Federal Election Campaign records. The problem is that there are over 2.6 million donor records, over 10% of which contain errors and discrepancies in donor information. We have organized these records into usable form. There are several million dollars in donations that are over the contribution limit. There is another several million in records with donors that do not stand up to scrutiny.

But the big money came in as “Unitemized Donations”, listed as $259 Million, but more likely to have been $40 Million. And most nebulous of all, is the Laundry. How about any funds that may have been added to the accounts of legitimate donors? So, how about those donors? Maybe another $100 Million or so? The problem for Obama for America 2008 is that their records were so full of errors that, if this was done, some of the funny money could get added to a donor who was close to or at the limit.

Why is Obama for America still holding $1.94 Million in over limit funds? Ask the FEC about Matter Under Review 6142. oig@fec.gov

Headclunker’s drive never waivers. You have to admire that.

2.5 million transactions is alot for the FEC to Audit. That is, unless there were some PUMA who had already been working on it. All we have sent to the FEC are the cross referenced over-limit transactions. There is still the main database. We were about 60% through the proofing of the cross referenced database at the time we sent out the complaint update of post #173. I would not suggest general release until it is completely proofed.

It would be really great if we could send it to the FEC. However, the database is the intellectual property of PUMA PAC so I would like to get some feedback before we do anything like that.

And we could use some volunteers to help finish the proofing.

PUMA!

Theamericanway,

It’s me who was on vacation. I needed to do alot of studying to take a PE Exam. Hopefully that is done so I will be sending you some more files.

If you would like to see a sample of the FECK files, there are the donor records over $4,600 posted at http://www.MUR6142.com. Click on Revision 1. These are just a small fraction of the entire 2.5 million transactions. We broke those down into 50,000 record files for final proofing.

If you have time to review files, please contact DWP. You would get a 50,000 record excel file to review for cross references that are obviously not correct and note that by the file to return to me when done.

Thanks theamericanway, I forgot to pay the bill. I’ll Take care of it.

The 2nd Quarterly FEC Reports are available.

BO is racking in the bucks: http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/735971/

And naughty Hillary has still not paid her debt and closed her campaign fund: http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431569/735683/

BO Unitemized donations, 3rd Quarter: $19,625,386.40

Total: $32,162,458.28

Here is the BO machine claim by email 10/13/2011:

Remember that deadline we kept emailing you about a couple weeks ago?

Here’s what you should know about what we’ll report to the FEC tomorrow:

— In the third fundraising quarter of this year, 606,027 people donated to this campaign — even more than gave in the record-breaking previous quarter.
— Those people gave more than 766,000 total donations — 98 percent of them $250 or less, at an average amount of $56. That’s more than twice as many donations than we had at this point in the historic 2008 campaign.
— We are focused on building infrastructure that will help us win in 2012. And each quarter we set a combined goal for the campaign and our allies at the Democratic National Committee. We far exceeded our goal of $55 million this quarter between the two organizations.
— Together, Obama for America and the DNC raised more than $70 million. And it all happened during a summer when the President was focused on doing the job he was elected to do — a summer when we had to cancel a series of fundraising events and ask everyone to dig a little deeper.

If I could sum up this last quarter in a few words: Supporters like you came through.

Here’s even bigger news: Right now, 982,967 people have donated to this campaign. We’re within striking distance of 1 million donors.

It’s not too late for you to be part of that first million. And get this — someone who has already given to the campaign is willing to give again, matching whatever donation you make today.

Double your impact and be part of the first million people to own this campaign — make a donation now.

Part of the reason we send you all these emails is that we don’t accept any money from special-interest groups or Washington lobbyists.

So getting to a million grassroots donors isn’t just a huge accomplishment this early in the campaign. It’s our answer to our opponents, the press, and anyone who wants to know whether the President’s supporters have his back.

The reality is that on top of the hundreds of thousands of supporters from 2008 who decided to make another donation, 257,635 people made their first donation ever to the Obama organization — continuing the record pace we set in the previous quarter.

That support translates directly to what we can do on the ground. In the past three months we’ve grown our organizing staff by 50 percent, and opened up three new field offices every week. Thousands of volunteers and organizers made 3 million phone calls and in-person visits to voters.

That’s all because nearly 1 million people decided to take ownership.

And the continued pace of that growth is up to you — we will open more offices, train more organizers, and knock on more doors at the pace you make possible.

When Republicans think it helps their political fortunes to block the progress that the President is advocating for, we have to speak up and mobilize.

You know why it’s important to engage right now. We’re up against a Republican Party and special interest-funded groups that will spend hundreds of millions of dollars spreading any message that they believe will defeat the President and roll back our efforts to build a fairer economy that rewards hard work and responsibility, not large corporations.

But we’ve also got to build for the long term. That’s what all the fundraising and deadlines are about: building the organization now that will put us in a position to win in 2012.

Thanks for all you did to get us here. I’m excited for what’s ahead, and I hope you’ll take part in the push to 1 million grassroots donors today.

Match someone’s pledge, double your impact, and become part of the first million today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/Million-Match

Thanks,

Messina

Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

College Student Credited With Uncovering Possible Election Fraud In Indiana’s 2008 Primary
Shocking election fraud allegations have stained a state’s 2008 presidential primary – and it took a college student to uncover them.

“This fraud was obvious, far-reaching and appeared to be systemic,” 22-year-old Ryan Nees told Fox News, referring to evidence he uncovered while researching electoral petitions from the 2008 Democratic Party primary in Indiana. Nees’ investigation centered on the petitions that put then-senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the ballot. As many as 150 of the names and signatures, it is alleged, were faked. So many, in fact, that the numbers raise questions about whether Obama’s campaign had enough legitimate signatures to qualify for a spot on the ballot.

“What seems to have happened is that a variety of people in northern Indiana knew that this fraud occurred, and actively participated and perpetuated the fraud, and did so on behalf of two presidential campaigns,” according to Nees. Prosecutors are now investigating. The scandal has already led to the sudden resignation Monday night of Butch Morgan, chairman of the St. Joseph County Democratic Party. He denied any wrongdoing, saying he looks “forward to an investigation that will exonerate me.”

Nees, a junior at Yale University, served as an intern in the Obama White House last year and supports the president’s re-election. But as an intern at the non-partisan political newsletter Howey Politics Indiana, he delved into the Byzantine and complicated world of petition signatures and found reams of signatures that he says appeared to be written in the same handwriting, some apparently copied from previous petitions….
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/18/college-student-credited-with-uncovering-possible-election-fraud-in-indianas/?intcmp=trending

Apparently the FEC is staying on top of BO’s funny money this 2012 campaign. The following note was sent to the FEC from the campaign:

This submission is in response to the Commission’s letter of November 29, 2011 regarding Obama for America’s October Quarterly Report (07/01/2011-09/30/2011):

Item 1: Excessive contributions from individuals have either been reattributed, redesignated, or refunded, as reflected on either the 2011 October Quarterly amendment or 2011 Year End report filed on or before January 31, 2012.

Item 2: An amendment has been filed to update the in-kind contribution recipient information.

Item 3: Donors that have been refunded more than their contributions were the result of double refunds. Their records have been corrected, reflected on either the 2011 October Quarterly amendment or 2011 Year End report filed on or before January 31, 2012. The Committee has also processed refunds for contributions received in the 2008 election cycle. A note has been added to the refunds relating to 2008 contributions on the 2011 October Quarterly amendment disclosing when the original contribution was made. Some of the refunds included unitemized contributions so the refund amount reflects the total aggregate contribution from the donor.

Item 4: An amendment has been filed to further disclose reimbursements to individuals.

http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?_12950029605+0

Yikes Headclunker, I don’t know how you keep it all straight. I am in awe at your number wizardry!

By Josh Lederman – 01/16/12 09:49 AM ET
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) has been fined $1,500 by the Federal Election Commission for paperwork errors, the latest in a long string of campaign finance-related headaches for Buchanan as he works to secure another term in the House. Buchanan was also ordered to send a staff member for FEC training, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported,
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/204281-rep-buchanan-hit-with-fec-fine-for-faulty-paperwork

The BO campaign continues on with the Fourth Quarter 2011 reporting:

Total Receipts: $39,932,062.33
Unitemized Contributions: $17,359,884.97

http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/763233/

There were actually two FEC reports issued today for Q4. The above is the revised version.

#198 Headclunker 01.31.12 at 9:48 pm There were actually two FEC reports issued today for Q4. The above is the revised version.
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good grief. how r u holding up?

Headclunker, Bravo!!!!!
Am currently tweeting profusely. And there will be post cards.

Opps, that OFA lint in post 205 does not seem to work from here.

Let’s not say the BO Boise are shy about hypocrisy.

Obama Campaign Tries to Intimidate Romney Donors
Friday, 27 Apr 2012 03:36 PM – By Henry J. Reske

President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign is publicly identifying donors to Mitt Romney’s bid to unseat him in a move designed to intimidate, revealing the names on a website, Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberley Strassel reported.

Strassel writes that in the last week, the Obama campaign posted on a website an item titled, “Behind the curtain: A brief history of Romney’s donors.”

“In the post, the Obama campaign named and shamed eight private citizens who had donated to his opponent,” she said. “Describing the givers as all having ‘less-than-reputable records,’ the post went on to make the extraordinary accusations that ‘quite a few’ have also been ‘on the wrong side of the law’ and profiting at ‘the expense of so many Americans.’

“These are people like Paul Schorr and Sam and Jeffrey Fox, investors who the site outed for the rime of having ‘outsourced’ jobs. T. Martin Fiorentino is scored for his work for a firm that forecloses on homes. Louis Bacon [a hedge-fund manager], Kent Burton [a ‘lobbyist’] and Thomas O’Malley [an energy CEO] stand accused of profiting from oil. Frank VanderSloot, the CEO of a home-products firm, is slimed as a ‘bitter foe of the gay rights movement.’”

While writing that all are “wealthy individuals,” Strassel notes that they are nonetheless private citizens, do not hold office and are not criminals.

“We don’t tolerate presidents or people of high power to do these things,” Theodore Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general, tells Strassel. “When you have the power of the presidency — the power of the IRS, the INS, the Justice Department, the DEA, the SEC — what you have effectively done is put these guys’ names up on ‘Wanted’ posters in government offices.”

Strassel writes that the president has taken a “cutthroat approach to intimidating those who might give to his opponents.”

“He’s targeted insurers, oil firms, and Wall Street — letting it be known that those who oppose his policies might face political or legislative retribution,” she said. “He lectured the Supreme Court for giving companies more free speech and (falsely) accused the Chamber of Commerce of using foreign money to bankroll U.S. elections. The White House even ginned up an executive order (yet to be released) to require companies to list political donations as a condition of bidding for government contracts. Companies could bid but lose out for donating to Republicans. Or they could quit donating to the GOP — Mr. Obama’s real aim.”

Strassel concludes by writing: “Politics is rough, but a president has obligations that transcend those of a candidate. He swore an oath to protect and defend a Constitution that gives every American the right to partake in democracy, free of fear of government intimidation or disfavored treatment. If Mr. Obama isn’t going to act like a president, he bolsters the argument that he doesn’t deserve to be one.”

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/romney-obama-election-2012/2012/04/27/id/437368?s=al&promo_code=EC54-1

#207 Thanks for your continuing diligence on this, Headclunker. I added a bit of text in front of the second link you mention, then tweeted that to my DC electeds plus @TomSmithForPA who is challenging Sen, Casey. There was room to add a news organization to each of those, so there are about 8 different recipients.

However accessing first link is giving an error.

BO’s Unitemized Campaign Funds reach $96 Million in April 2012.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/785239/

At that time in 2008 they were $88 Million.
http://www.mur6142.com/images/Unitemized_10-1-2009.xls

The good news is that Rebecca Hough of the FEC is ON IT with another request for additional information: http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/430/12330006430/12330006430.pdf#navpanes=0 (Just one month behind)

How much $#!t can these BObots shovel?

An Unitemized Scorecard 2012 has been set up at http://www.mur6142.com. It lists the unitemized contributions made to and transferred to the BOA campaign in 2008 and compares 2012 to date. And shows it as a percentage of total contributions. It shows 43.8% through 4/30/2012. There are apparently alot of transfers and they are not transferring unitemized contributions…yet.

Tomorrow I will update it for May 2012.

Correction to above:

Total Contributions 2012, $261 million, 42.0% unitemized.

Keep in mind that the amounts listed from donors under $200 is not the same as the Unitemized amounts. There are donors under $200 that are itemized, even though that is not required.

Willards Total Contributions are $122 million, 12.8% Unitemized.

That’s $15.7 million for Willard and $97.1 million for BO in unitemized campaign funds.

Correction to #216
That’s $15.7 million for Willard and $109.5 million for BO in unitemized campaign funds.

Obama crying about campaign finance laws, as Willard cranks it up:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/30/exclusive-president-obama-asks-campaign-donors-to-send-him-more-money.html
“We’re facing a much different opponent than last time,” the president warned. “I don’t mean just the candidate—although last time we were running against somebody who at least believed in climate change, believed in campaign-finance reform, believed in immigration reform.”

Pathological.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/07/06/will-media-fact-checkers-find-obamas-outspent-underdog-whoppers-ohio
Will Media Fact Checkers Find Obama’s ‘Outspent’ Underdog Whoppers In Ohio?

By Tim Graham | July 06, 2012 | 15:33
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Neil Munro at The Daily Caller is pointing out that Barack Obama has a truth-telling problem when it comes to being outspent on his previous campaigns. Someone should alert Politifact and its users in the press corps.

“I got outspent when I ran [the] first time for Senate,” the president claimed in his campaign speech Thursday in Maumee, Ohio. Munro found “Obama was misleading.” Yeah, that’s one word you could use.

The Federal Election Committee’s website shows that Obama’s campaign claimed $14,807,432 in donations by December 2004.

In contrast, his opponent, Alan Keyes, had only $2,545,325, according to the FEC.

That’s a six-fold advantage for Obama, not a deficit.

The imbalance in funding was the largest in that year’s Senate races, according to a 2006 book, “In The Election After Reform: Money, Politics, and the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.”

Munro explained that Obama did look like he would be outspent in the 2004 primary by Blair Hull, but his campaign imploded. I’d add that came in part after the Chicago Tribune picked apart his nasty divorce, just as the Tribune later pressed GOP candidate Jack Ryan out of the fall election over his nasty divorce. But Keyes was never a serious challenger. Then came 2008:

“The thing that I want everybody here to understand – each of you personally — is that back in 2008, everybody said we couldn’t do it because we were outspent,” he said during a 4.12 p.m. speech in Sandusky, Ohio.

Obama did not correct the claim, although he immediately revised it, by adding that “we weren’t favored.”

During the 2008 race, Obama raised $779 million. His GOP rival, Sen. John McCain, raised less than half as much, or $347 million.

In the Democratic primary, Obama raised $237 million, while his rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, raised $229 million.

This is a fun challenge. I listened to the Sandusky speech last night, and here’s something else Obama said shortly after the “outspent in ’08″ stuff:

That first race that I ran as a state senator, Michelle and I, we were going around knocking on doors, passing out leaflets. Nobody gave us a shot. Everybody said, “Nobody can pronounce your name, how are you going to win?” (Laughter.) You don’t come from a famous family. We couldn’t afford to advertise on TV.

Which state Senate candidates advertise on TV in the Chicago media market? That’s just a bizarre story. This tale also obscures the little fact that Obama had no opponent in the 13th District when the primary election rolled around in March 1996, or in November. He successfully kept primary opponents (including the incumbent, Alice Palmer) off the ballot by challenging their signatures.

Interesting article on Hot Air about BO’s Campaign Finances http://hotair.com/archives/2012/08/06/team-obama-raises-75-million-in-july/

The FEC reports for the month of July will not be out until Aug 20th , so, who knows? But I can tell you the article incorrectly references BO’s total for the month of June as $71 million. It was actually $54.8 Million. It looks like the transfers are being double counted.

Obama for America got $45.9 million in contributions including $17.2 million transferred form the Obama Victory Fund 2012 . The Obama Victory Fund 2012 took in $36.1 million. 45.9 – 17.2 + 36.1 = 54.8

The DNC generally does not transfer to the OFA. The OVF transfers in and out of the DNC and OFA as the joint account.

Obama for America:

$45.9 Million, Line 20 Total Receipts
$17.2 Million, Line 18 Transfers from other Committees
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/800316/

Obama Victory Fund 2012:

$36.1 Million, Line 20 Total Receipts
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00494740/800387/

Line 22 disbursements with $17.2 million to OFA
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00494740/800387/sb/22

Well, the FEC Reports are out, showing BO’s Boise lying again. Are these people pathological or are they really too stone stupid to do the math? The total Obama for America and Obama Victory Fund Receipts were $68.9 million. You have to double count the Obama Victory Fund transfer to get over $75 million as the campaign had claimed earlier this month for July.

OFA http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/806136/#DETAILED
Line 17.e Total Contributions $39,366,275.82

The $9,300,000 is from the OVF http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00494740/805999/sb/22

So, to count their receipts towards the total, the transfer is discounted.

OVF http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00494740/805999/#DETAILED
Line 11.d Total Contributions $30,418,128.28

That’s $39,366,275.82 + $30,418,128.28, not $75 million

Is it any wonder the country is in economic trouble?

The FEC has been dogging them on the overlimit funds and other irregularities and they just can’t seem to get their books balanced.
Last Request for Additional Information:
http://query.nictusa.com/pdf/877/12330010877/12330010877.pdf#navpanes=0

For the month of August, AKA the September FEC Report for Obama:

OVF $39,617,452
OFA $84,758,860
Transfers $13,500,000 included in the OFA from the OVF

Actual $110,876,312

Tomorrow the FEC Reports for the month of September are due. Yesterday, Rebecca Howe of the FEC issued a 56 page RFAI to Obama for America.
http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/464/12330014464/12330014464.pdf

The Post General FEC Report is out:
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/840327/

Post General 2012
Total 2012: $741,166,067.35
Unitemized 2012: $233,215,440.03

Final 2008
Total 2008: $771,840,735
Unitemized 2008: 259,161,673

I have posted the latest complaint revision to MUR6142 (Made last February) as I have discontinued the one at http://www.MUR6142.com

When I inquired about the status of the MUR on 12/21/2012, they said they could not discuss it as it was still an open MUR. As such, the Obama campaign is required to retain records and there are alot of obvious violations that involve fines and penalties, not just for them, but for the donors over the limits.

The FEC does appear to be perusing, through Requests for Additional Information (RFAI) the over-limit donors of 2012 who are donating under name variations. It may still be of value to support them in this through additional complaints. I would be possible to compile the 2012 campaign, use our 2008 cross-references and the RFAI information to evaluate the 2012 funny money.

The FEC has also included a line item in their summary reports for “unitemized” contributions. Obama for America way way outside the norm for 2012.

http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00431445/840327/#DETAILED

Out in plain view, it is 32% of the total contributions, including transfers from the Obama Victory Fund. They generally do not transfer unitemized funds from the OVF but if they are not careful and transfer money from a donor at the limit, they go over. That makes things messy.

I guess it is tough keeping all that fraud straight.

Yea, that’s me doing that. I decided to try to put it back up with a cheaper service provider and was having some difficulties. I just have to trim back another $100 per month or so to pay for the bloated corrupt government. The pigs really need my little chump change.

tnx. will put it back on my Twitter profile. sorry that hungry pigs have forced you to alter lifestyle.

Late but appreciated nonetheless: according to gateway, (and we know the substance of this to be true): “Despite the Obama Campaign’s lies about the Catholic Church and Mitt Romney not paying taxes, the left-wing Politifact made Romney’s Chrysler China ad their “Lie of the year.””

Today Chrysler announced they were building Jeeps in China. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/01/15/jeep-guangzhou-china/1566380/