Comments on: Obama’s Nigerian Connection http://illinoisconservative.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/obamas-nigerian-connection/ Illinois Conservative Action Network Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:51:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Fenton Burroughs http://illinoisconservative.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/obamas-nigerian-connection/#comment-113 Fenton Burroughs Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:59:34 +0000 http://illinoisconservative.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-113 United States election laws forbid foreign donations to electoral campaigns. Unfortunately, the "Africans for Obama '08" event in LAGOS, Nigeria, and Barack Obama's web site "NIGERIA FOR OBAMA (Fundraising)", together document what appears to a genuine violation of U.S. electoral regulations. The Africans for Obama '08 organization states: "The group said it had no link with the campaign of the Illinois senator, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee." www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/652634.html However, Barack Obama's web site reports: "We are gathering up to 4,000 people together for a fund raising to support OBAMA 08. The funds raised will be sent to the OBAMA campaign office ..." www.pa.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbpm Add this to the pile of "Both Ways Barack" www.youtube.com/watch?v=SubMNdgTHGc The big difference is that this one might indeed be illegal, rather than just plain say-one-thing-and-do-another-thing politics. United States election laws forbid foreign donations to electoral campaigns.

Unfortunately, the “Africans for Obama ‘08″ event in LAGOS, Nigeria, and Barack Obama’s web site “NIGERIA FOR OBAMA (Fundraising)”, together document what appears to a genuine violation of U.S. electoral regulations.

The Africans for Obama ‘08 organization states: “The group said it had no link with the campaign of the Illinois senator, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/652634.html

However, Barack Obama’s web site reports: “We are gathering up to 4,000 people together for a fund raising to support OBAMA 08. The funds raised will be sent to the OBAMA campaign office …”
http://www.pa.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbpm

Add this to the pile of “Both Ways Barack”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SubMNdgTHGc

The big difference is that this one might indeed be illegal, rather than just plain say-one-thing-and-do-another-thing politics.

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