We’re heard every excuse for President Obama’s drubbing at last night’s presidential debate, from the high altitude to loud noises. The Washington Examiner tonight, though, is teasing another possible distraction for Team Obama — a “blockbuster” donor scandal that is set to break soon in a national magazine.
According to the sources, a taxpayer watchdog group conducted a nine-month investigation into presidential and congressional fundraising and has uncovered thousands of cases of credit card solicitations and donations to Obama and Capitol Hill, allegedly from unsecure accounts, and many from overseas. That might be a violation of federal election laws.
Pay attention, folks. This is for real—>"Was Obama rattled by developing donor scandal story?": http://t.co/UbUGJxmC via @DCExaminer
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) October 5, 2012
The Obama campaign received hundreds of millions in small dollar donations, many via cc donations through their website http://t.co/JDWeyf8S
— ✭ Wayne Dupree ✭ (@WayneDupreeShow) October 5, 2012
Was Obama rattled by developing donor scandal story? | http://t.co/w5ibp8bt: http://t.co/n7SQVe2n via @DCExaminer
— China is lying (@jtLOL) October 5, 2012
https://twitter.com/Johnnyvulgar/status/254031776161353729
@jtLOL An interesting quirk to Obama's website: You need CC verification for the *store*, but not for donations. Same website, diff rules.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) October 5, 2012
BHO lets donors use untraceable prepaid credit cards that could be used to evade limits or mask contributors' identity http://t.co/j5vMeSqx
— Bob Wirt (@BobWirt8SF) October 5, 2012
Just ask Biden, he'll admit it! –> National magazine preparing “blockbuster” scandal story on Obama campaign donations http://t.co/b5R7B2Do
— Moira ☘️ ن (@Moira1987) October 5, 2012
This is a breaking story that could drop Friday or Monday – Obama donor scandal. Wait and see if it's true. #Vote2012 http://t.co/FGSGk5px
— Nathan Cherry (@NathanCherry) October 5, 2012
Such a scandal wouldn’t be a first-time event for the Obama campaign: check out Michelle Malkin’s take on similar funding irregularities from 2008.
Update:
Sarah Palin speculates that the brewing scandal may “partially explain” President Obama’s abysmal debate performance.
A major Obama scandal is about to break, which may partially explain his terrible debate performance. Looks like… http://t.co/RUfru9R6
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) October 5, 2012
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