Obama likely to escape campaign audit

[Wretched Excess]

someone explain to me how it makes sense for the candidate the broke records for fundraising and spending on a galactic scale to avoid any inquiry into his finances.

Obama likely to escape campaign audit

The Federal Election Commission is unlikely to conduct a potentially embarrassing audit of how Barack Obama raised and spent his presidential campaign’s record-shattering windfall, despite allegations of questionable donations and accounting that had the McCain campaign crying foul.

Adding insult to injury for Republicans: The FEC is obligated to complete a rigorous audit of McCain’s campaign coffers, which will take months, if not years, and cost McCain millions of dollars to defend.

Obama is expected to escape that level of scrutiny mostly because he declined an $84 million public grant for his campaign that automatically triggers an audit and because the sheer volume of cash he raised and spent minimizes the significance of his errors. Another factor: The FEC, which would have to vote to launch an audit, is prone to deadlocking on issues that inordinately impact one party or the other – like approving a messy and high-profile probe of a sitting president.

McCain, on the other hand, accepted the $84 million in taxpayer money, which not only barred him from raising or spending more – allowing Obama to fund many times more ads and ground operations – but also will keep his lawyers busy for a couple years explaining how every penny was spent.

Through the end of September, McCain had socked away $9.4 million in a special fund to pay for the audit.


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[DumbAss Tanker]

"Treason never doth prosper,
Pray, what is the reason?
Why, if it prosper,
None dare call it treason."

Winning trumps accountability in our system.

[Wretched Excess]

"Treason never doth prosper,
Pray, what is the reason?
Why, if it prosper,
None dare call it treason."

Winning trumps accountability in our system.

it was a rhetorical question.

[TheSarge]

How DARE any of you question the Dear Leader!
 

[Miss Mia]

I think Obama should be audited.  He raised so much, it would only make sense to audit him. 

[thundley4]

I think Obama should be audited.  He raised so much, it would only make sense to audit him. 

Your papers , please?  One does not question Der Fuhrer.

[Miss Mia]

Your papers , please?  One does not question Der Fuhrer.

In reality all major political campaigns should be audited.  It makes sense.  *shrug*

[thundley4]

In reality all major political campaigns should be audited.  It makes sense.  *shrug*

In reality, with all the illegal/foreign/bogus contributions that were already uncovered for the Obama campaign, I can't see how they can justify not auditing.

[Thor]

Obama SHOULD be audited. There's allegations of credit card fraud, mysterious donations from overseas donors, etc etc etc. If the FEC ignores Obama's transgressions, then we just might as well throw out the judicial system.

[Chris_]

Obama SHOULD be audited. There's allegations of credit card fraud, mysterious donations from overseas donors, etc etc etc. If the FEC ignores Obama's transgressions, then we just might as well throw out the judicial system.

Between the "questionable" campaign donations and the obviously gerry-rigged vote tallies, I am absolutely fed up with what's left of the "election" system in this country.  The democrats aren't even trying to hide the fact that they're cheating, and the republicans are studiously ignoring it for reasons I can only guess at, but the ultimate reason I can see is to establish those "in power" as aristocratic elites, safely above the petty ire of us lowly assholes that keep electing 'em all.

As far as I'm concerned, a pox on both your ****ing houses!