Obama’s ‘Good Will’ Hunting

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  • Posted By: iloveamerica100percent @ 10/05/2008 7:56:46 PM

    is everyone in America donating $2300 to Hussein Obama on the internet? Not!!!! Let's find out how much money Hussein has received from the middle east. Did you know Tony Rezco, Obama's friend who helped him get the sweethart deal on his Chicago mansion, is from Syria. Also many of Rezco's friends who happen to be supporters of anti Israel groups contributed to Hussein Obama's campaign? I didn't think so.

  • Posted By: Montana Mrs @ 10/05/2008 7:52:25 PM

    When have you ever used a credit card online and not had to put the name as it appears on the card? Give me a break . . . . . . . do the lies ever end with Obama and his campaign? We're in a "heap a trouble" is he is elected!.

  • Posted By: Devvie1961 @ 10/05/2008 7:20:31 PM

    Wow an article about Obama that doesn't make him into the messiah. I'm a democrat and I'd love for you to write some more articles about just who Obama is. Maybe he should bail out Wall Street? Way too much money to spend on a campaign! He could donate most of it to small Main Street businesses to help everyone out. Oh wait, he's only in this for himself.

    • Posted By: AngelinaR @ 10/05/2008 7:29:41 PM

      I can't remember the exact statistics but in the Democrats Abroad global primary, something like 70% voted for Obama.

      Of course not among them was that salt of the earth gal, Lady Lyn Forrester de Rothschild, who is now part of the elitist John McCain campaign. She was a big-time Hillary supporter because the Clintons invited her and her billionaire husband to spend their honeymoon in the White House.

      I supported Clinton in '92, but was put off by the sense of entitlement, the sleepovers of the rich and famous in the Lincoln Bedroom and the ties to lobbyists. I still admire them for what they did for the middle class, but I believe an Obama presidency will not be undermined by the excesses and indulgences the Clintons were famous for.

      • Posted By: Devvie1961 @ 10/05/2008 7:49:56 PM

        I see you point Angela, but I still think all that money is wasted on a Presidential campaign.

  • Posted By: simkmer @ 10/05/2008 7:27:10 PM

    I can trust the Obama campagin, but I put trust in your magazine.

    • Posted By: Devvie1961 @ 10/05/2008 7:45:27 PM

      Over 90 percent of the articles in this magazine have been pro Obama. I'm a democrat, but I'd like some questions answered and I would like to know more about who exactly Obama is. I guess I haven't had the Kool-aid,. What flavor are they serving?

  • Posted By: mjno @ 10/05/2008 7:44:00 PM

    Just look at Obama's associates!!!! And, SOROS. ONE WORLD ORDER is the agenda. As a lifelong Democrat, I am jumping ship. McCain/Palin are not trying to sabotage our country.

  • Posted By: ICYEYES800 @ 10/05/2008 7:42:33 PM

    WHAT'S THIS???? YOU THINK OBAMA IS BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN WHITE AMERICANS CAN DISCUSS HIS SORDID PAST AND IT'S GONNA COME HOME TO ROOST!!!!!!!!Associations with tons of sordid characters and misdeeds will be brought out to air once again, just in case some of you missed it the first time.....If anyone is confused about Obama and his mindset...you need to spend the next month reading...and researching....He's promised to raise our budget by a trillion dollars....and most of that is earmarked for help to guess where????? AFRICA....Personally, I'd like to see my family and friends come before his vested interest in the wellbeing of Africans and the woes that they have inflicted upon themselves..
    Ever since the British handed over rule to the African community, it has been ONE DISASTER to the next, some things money cannot fix, no matter how much you throw into it....These people need to have some accountability and FIx what ailes it....and that is INTERNAL VIOLENCE...this gives black on black crime a whole new meaning...Just say NO to O and his SOCIALIST mindset.....McCain/Palin '08

  • Posted By: rikratt99 @ 10/05/2008 7:31:53 PM

    More sleaze from Obama, we expect it like we expect the sun to rise in the east. . HIs sleazy, corrupt buddies and ties render him unfit for office. But then again, the Chicago political machine which put him on the map has a long, sordid history of such corruption, now, doesn't it? This guy is a big hollow man with a fist full of sham decked out in the finest slick silk suit Rezko can buy for him. Untold millions pouring in from more corrupt entities, no doubt. Take this clown off the nanny-teleprompter, as in the U-Tb vid "Obama w/o a Teleprompter", and he sounds like a 13-year old stoned on prime Columbian. He obviously inhales, but his supporters must be inahling, shooting up, and dropping acid to be so completely out of it that they actually believe this incompetent inexperienced rookie, who has never goverened so much as a Kooaid stand (nor could he) , is fit material for the presidency. Obama and Biden are two jokes on a stick, but the dirty joke is on this country if it is stupid enough to elect these two witless woners. Real people do not vote for candidates who befriend, and have the support of, terrorists.

    • Posted By: Your Conscience @ 10/05/2008 7:35:47 PM

      Then why can't mCSame close the deal? Why is McSame falling apart and falling behind?

      BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAaaaaaaa you pathetic clowns are so amusing.

  • Posted By: Your Conscience @ 10/05/2008 7:14:26 PM

    Every Rape-Public-Can who now tries to open their beak to bleet even an opinion about the Tidal wave of Change that is coming is a laughable insignificant discredited clown.

    If you voted for Chimpy McFlightsuit and supported, enabled, and excused this national disgrace, disaster of a war, crushing failing economy your opinion and vote are worthless. Scream your ignorant xenophobia and dittohead ignorance all you want but you are impotent and irrelevant to the national dialogue. Throw another spackle on the McSame pig as America no longer finds your hate, fear, and derision palatable.

    Rape-Public-Cans are completely irrelevant. It is cute though how they play along as if they had a prayer in 08. Go ask Hastert's Dem replacement and the other two Dems who won in Red Congressional districts(backed by Obama) how they are doing.

    • Posted By: RockRibbedConservative @ 10/05/2008 7:25:05 PM

      Yeah, the Pelosi-Reid Do-Nothing Congress really has a great record to run on. For example, when Princess Pelosi and Happy Harry came into power gas was 2 bucks or so and they quickly ran it up to 4 bucks, but how did they get it down to 3?

      • Posted By: Your Conscience @ 10/05/2008 7:29:11 PM

        Your inability to take ownership of your failed administration speaks volumes. Jig is up on you clowns. Keep spinning, time for the adults to clean up your mess.

        Do not go away mad....just go away.

        One Car
        One House
        One Spouse

        Obama 08

  • Posted By: simkmer @ 10/05/2008 7:28:27 PM

    I trust the Obama Campaign, but I don't have the same trust in your magazine.

  • Posted By: rikratt99 @ 10/05/2008 7:23:36 PM

    More sleaze from Obama, should expect it by now. Corrupt, sleazy connections abound with this shyster creation of the Chicago political machine, itself one of the most ongoing corrupt machines in the nation's history. Obama is a big hollow man, a slickie in a silk suit, right out of a gangster movie. Rezko, terrorist Ayers, anti-semite Wright, and now untold millions in illegal contributions. Not to mention Obama and Kerrry were two of the top three recipients from the utterly corrupt Fannie/Freddie group. McCain was the only one to be sounding the alarm on Fred/FNM over 3 1/2 years ago. Obama was to busy wallowing in money from these sorts of sleazy operators and operations to care much.

  • Posted By: USAGal @ 10/05/2008 1:43:52 PM

    I have looked at the FEC database and I see several donor reports of small donors to the Obama campaign - over 2 million people. Wth the campaign raising nearly $10 million a day from US citizens and legal permanent residents, I would assume that given the sheer volume, there could be some lapses.

    However, none of the information provided here suggests any illegality or deliberate fraud. The red herrings thrown in here on the comment board by anti-Obama commenters, with their subtle racism, blatant and misplaced xenophobia and irresponsible spread of previously debunked lies and rumors, are an example of the sort of nonsense that voters are tired of ... and are demonstrating against with their small donations.

    • Posted By: jmarkw @ 10/05/2008 7:22:54 PM

      Another shameful tactic of Obama supporters and the campaign itself.

      If you dare be the least critical of Obama, his tactics, his policies, his record, his history, his rhetoric, his own statements, his own voting record - or lack thereof, his varied connections to corruption and convicted felons......

      Gee well you must be a racist then....

      Please.... the ONLY person who has injected race into this campaign is Obama and his supporters.

      Just ask Bill and Hillary Clinton...... they felt the false acusations from the Obama camp too.

  • Posted By: USAGal @ 10/05/2008 1:45:17 PM

    I have looked at the FEC database and I see several donor reports of small donors to the Obama campaign - over 2 million people. With the campaign raising nearly $10 million a day from US citizens and legal permanent residents, I would assume that given the sheer volume, there could be some lapses.

    However, none of the information provided here suggests any illegality or deliberate fraud. The red herrings thrown in here on the comment board by anti-Obama commenters, with their subtle racism, blatant and misplaced xenophobia and irresponsible spread of previously debunked lies and rumors, are an example of the sort of nonsense that voters are tired of ... and are demonstrating against with their small donations.

    • Posted By: jmarkw @ 10/05/2008 7:18:20 PM

      Another shameful tactic of Obama supporters and the campaign itself.

      If you dare be the least critical of Obama, his tactics, his policies, his record, his history, his rhetoric, his own statements, his own voting record - or lack thereof, his varied connections to corruption and convicted fellons......

      Gee well you must be a racist then....

      Please.... the ONLY person who has injected race into this campaign is Obama and his supporters.

      Just ask Bill and Hillary Clinton...... they felt the false acusations from the Obama camp too.

    • Posted By: PCro @ 10/05/2008 6:55:11 PM

      The only racist in this scenario is Barack Obama, a.k.a. 'The One' , Obambi. Obamessiah, Barry So, Barack Hussein Odumbo, B.Hussein Obama, B.O.. Barack Osama, They're gonna' say he has a funny name, doesn't look like the guys on the dollar bills, and oh did I mention, he's 1/2 white.

  • Posted By: Brkerry7 @ 10/05/2008 6:52:44 PM

    FINALLY, I've been waiting for months for someone to investigate this story - everything points to the very real possibility that a good deal of Obama's campaign money has originated overseas. To generate this kind of money and tell America that all of this money is coming from American citizens is absolutely ludicrous. Someone needs to investigate this and find out where this money is coming from. The results of this election are likely to be as tainted as Barry Bonds' home run record.

    • Posted By: AngelinaR @ 10/05/2008 7:18:04 PM

      I find it almost amusing (in a sad way) that people think there are no U.S. citizens living overseas. In fact, there are tens of millions of us. Such is the reach of our military, our diplomatic corps and American business. And I think most of us vote. At least I know I always do.

  • Posted By: atlasshrugs @ 10/05/2008 7:17:36 PM

    Mr. Isikoff, I broke these stories. They are Atlas Shrugs exclusives. Please give proper attribution. Lone blogger - big media.
    <div>All of the Atlas Shrugs <a href="http://http//atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/obamas_foreign_contributions/" title="http://http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/obamas_foreign_contributions/">
    contribution posts here</a></div>
    <div>&nbsp;</div>
    <div>American Thinker ran it :&nbsp; The <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html" title="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html">media
    has averted it eyes</a>. </div>
    <div><strong>Ken Timmerman credited my work and <strong>unlike Isikoff, Jack Kelly *did* credit your work in the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/53ccn2">'Toledo Blade' here </a></strong></strong></div>
    <div>and today Newsweek plagiarized my work.</div>
    <blockquote dir="ltr">
    <div>

    <p><strong>I started my investigation back in July and came up with <a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/and-then-there.html" title="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/and-then-there.html">&quot;donors&quot;
    like this</a> </strong></p><p><strong>On July 30th, I posted </strong><a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/obamas-anonymou.html" title="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/obamas-anonymou.html">Obama's
    Anonymous Foreign Donors and Other Bizarre Illegal Activity</a> where I found
    <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 51);"><strong>500k donated by &quot;not employed&quot;
    people.</strong></span></p>
    <p><strong>On July 31st:</strong> <a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/obamas-contirbu.html" title="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/obamas-contirbu.html">Obama's
    Contributors: Good Will? Loving you? UPDATE: Doo da DooDa </a></p>
    <p>and the<a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/obamas-gazan-co.html" title="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/obamas-gazan-co.html">
    contributions from Gaza.</a></p>
    <p><a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/those-gazan-con.html" title="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/those-gazan-con.html">OBAMA
    LIED: &quot;Palestinian&quot; Campaign Contributions NEVER RETURNED OR REFUNDED</a></p>
    <p><a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/obama

  • Posted By: jmarkw @ 10/05/2008 4:36:31 PM

    The Ultra-left-leaning media is doing a great job of hiding the truth about the Democrats (specifically Sen. Obama) and their hand in the economic melt-down. Go back to the Clinton Administration's first two years. It was a total nightmare for Democrats. It was so bad that it ushered in the Republican's Contract With America and take over of the House. Then the only way Pres. Clinton could possibly get anything done was to work with the GOP held Congress. When he did that.... it ushered in an economic boom. He as Pres gets to take a lot of that credit. That's the way that it goes.

    However, even in the face of the worst attack on American soil in History on 9-11, and the worst natural disaster in modern times with Katrina.... BE HONEST and look at the REAL financial numbers in the fist 6 years of the Bush Administration. Even after all the catastrophic events. For that.... JUST BASED ON THE FACTS not the RHETORIC.... the Bush Adminstration deserves some kudos.

    But then something happened two years ago. The Democrats regained control of the Congress and here we go again.... just like into the first two years of the Clinton Administration.... economic DISASTER. Blocking everything they could that the Bush Administration was doing to hold off the crisis.... including blocking any increase in regulations on Fannie May and Freddie Mac. Why? Because they were the Democrats cash cow.

    If you want to see the economy go back to the way it was --- NOT IN THE CLINTON YEARS -- but in the way it was DURING THE CARTER YEARS -- then by all means..... put Obama in the White House and keep the Democrats in control of both houses of Congress.

    DOUBLE DIGIT INFLATION!...DOUBLE DIGIT INTEREST RATES!... DOUBLE DIGIT UNEMPLOYMENT!!... AN ANEMIC MARKET!!... A FAILED FORIEGN POLICY THAT BROUGHT ON THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS HUMILIATING US ALL!!... AND GAS LINES>>>>>>> DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE GAS LINES!!!

    Many of us are too young to remember how terrible it really is to have liberal Democrats in the White House, House, and the Senate. Add to that the Supreme Court.....

    IF OBAMA IS ELECTED (by voter fraud or legitimate means) WE ARE ALL IN FOR A ROCKY RIDE!!

    • Posted By: techie22 @ 10/05/2008 4:57:33 PM

      Compared to bankrupting America, which do you think is worse?

      • Posted By: csc5502 @ 10/05/2008 7:14:08 PM

        Don't worry, if Obama wins, we WON'T be in for a rocky ride. It will probably be illegal to ride, unless it's a bicycle.....

      • Posted By: RockRibbedConservative @ 10/05/2008 5:33:16 PM

        Obama I = Carter II, 20% interest rates, 10% unemployment, 70% taxation rates, gas lines, odd and even days?
        BTW if Z-Big did not advise Carter to depose the Shah and allow the Ayatollah to come back from exile in Paris, we would not had had the hostages and the start of nuclear Iran.
        Carter was pretty bad, But Barrack would be twice as worse.

      • Posted By: jmarkw @ 10/05/2008 5:14:52 PM

        8th Grade Civics 101..... it is the CONGRESS who spends the money. the president can only suggest or hand them a recommended budget. The President does have a veto pen... which this President failed to use. So he is partially to blame as well.

        But facts are still facts. The same exact economic numbers used to claim that the Clinton Years were so great and prosperous.... can be used to also show the first 6 years of the Bush Administration were also quite prosperous. Facts... not false rhetoric... prove it.

        Just like the first two years of the Clinton Administration, the Democratic Congress have done what they do so well, and in the last two years of the Bush Administration, have run the economy into the ground.

        Yes they want to blame Bush for everything.... but it was not Bush who was blocking any tighter regulations on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. It was Dem's Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Barack Obama, John Kerry and the list goes on. The TOP receievers of CASH from the ones who CAUSED the entire mortgage meltdown.

        While Barack now falsely claimes he tried to fix everything, the FACTS once again getting in the way actually show it was HILLARY CLINTON, GEORGE BUSH, AND JOHN MCCAIN who were sounding the alarm.

        The Democrats blocked ALL attempts to correct the problems..... TWO YEARS AGO!!

        So which is worse.... great question.....

        Either way the ultra-left-LIBERAL wing of the Democratic Party is poised to control the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and within 4 years the Supreme Court.

        If this happens... the Jimmy Carter catostrophic era will seem like a walk in the park.... and leave us all wishing for the good ole days of the Bush Administration.

  • Posted By: paxton @ 10/05/2008 3:30:53 PM

    I would love to see an article about Obama's connection to Mr.Raines and the ties to the Fannie Mae fiasco.

    • Posted By: jmarkw @ 10/05/2008 7:13:05 PM

      Good luck with that one. No from the major media outlets. Oh maybe if you dig deep enough. The Times might have put a 1/2 inch blurb on some obscure page so that they could "say" they reported it..... but good luck finding or seeing a new one before election day.

  • Posted By: sayitboldly @ 10/05/2008 7:13:04 PM

    Obama has no scruples, no character exemplified by his tolerance of his pastor for 20 years. His llust for power will be America's shame

  • Posted By: jollyf @ 10/05/2008 3:31:32 PM

    As a small legitimate donor, I really do not appreciate anyone invading my privacy because of my donations to Obama.

    I hope he does not agree to allow details of small donors be given to another company.

    • Posted By: jmarkw @ 10/05/2008 7:10:06 PM

      I have to admit that if I donated to Obama I would be ashamed and not want anyone to know either. I'd want to keep that as private as possible. Becasue every dollar and every vote that is for Obama is a vote for Jimmy Carter era policies that gave us double digit inflation, double digit interest rates, double digit unemployment rates, 70% tax rates, gas lines like most have forgotten or never seen, and total humiliation as a weak foreign policy ushered in the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

      Yeah... I think I'd want to keep that a secret too. I do not blame you at all.

    • Posted By: kidshare @ 10/05/2008 3:35:31 PM

      However, jollyf, if you're not from this country...that information should be known.

  • Posted By: AngelinaR @ 10/05/2008 7:09:41 PM

    As a U.S. citizen living overseas, I donated a few times to the Obama campaign plus bought some merchandise. With the number of online donations, I'd say the Obama campaign was pretty diligent. Because of my overseas shipping address, they did not send my merchandise until I verified my passport number, and later they called me fo verify my passport number for the online donations.

    I have to say that this is more than any other campaign has done when I have made online donations to U.S. political campaigns - which I have been doing for many years. It was the first time anybody ever verified my nationality. So I would say that the Obama campaign is actually more diligent than most, if not all.

  • Posted By: bpjam @ 10/05/2008 7:05:28 PM

    Why do we suddenly pretend like we care where Obama gets his support from? It's been ignored for the last year by Newsweek

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