Why is it ok for Mitt to have a huge fundraiser in London?

[XemaSab]

Serious question.

[rufus dog]

1. IOKIYAR

'nuff said?

[proud patriot]

2. yep

[XemaSab]

17. .

[Bluerthanblue]

3. aparently it is ok if the only people who come are ex-pat's and

green card holders. I heard this on NPR the other day. I guess it isn't unusual. I'd never heard of it before.

[snot]

6. I wonder how many of those there ARE, and how rich?

Apparently they expected quite a few that are both.

[unblock]

7. yeah, they all do that these days. obama's done quite well with ex-pats.

[RC]

4. Why do you think he went in the first place?

The Olympics was just a cover.
Oh, and he thanks the Supreme Court for allowing the rest of the world to get in on buying our elections.

[patrice]

5. Robert Diamond still has friends there who NEED insider soothing re the LIBOR investigation???

[procon]

8. Isn't it illegal?

Firstly, aren't there FEC rules about candidates not accepting campaign contributions from foreign nationals... remember Clinton and the "Chinese money" dust up? Seconly... How does Romney get away with fundraising off the same disgraced London bankers that are implicated in LIBOR scandal?

[emilyg]

9. Didn't the Obamas do this, too?

[emulatorloo]

10. Link?

[emilyg]

11. just google if u don't like site

www.thegatewaypundit.com/.../busy-month-for-obama-campaign-wi...


Jul 15, 2012 – So how does Obama get around 11 CFR 110.20(b), which states: ... He's only trying to help the economy by pumping campaign money into the ... If Europeans are willing to donate to Obama, what does that say about him?

[DeSwiss]

12. Well if it's any consolation.....

...not only is he being excoriated for taking money (stolen from us) from some Barclays executives while in Jolly 'Ol England, but it appears that no one seems to be very interested in meeting Mittens.

- So they're having to slash the price of the tickets:

The Mitt Romney Summer 2012 World Tour to Three Countries is apparently having trouble moving tickets.

The London blogger Guido Fawkes reports that organizers of a Romney fundraising reception in the city this evening have slashed the original $2,500 ticket price to $1,000 for "a few last minute guests," in an effort to drum up participation.

Fawkes quotes an email from organizers:

From: XXXX
Subject: romney dinner…..reduced price for last minute guests has been negotiated

Good news: The Romney dinner in London on Thursday, July 26th is reaching an all time record for a one event fundraiser. In order to get us over the top, we have been allowed to invite a few last minute guests at 10,000 [sic] per ticket vs 25,000 [sic] per ticket.”

We'd like to know the nature of that all-time record for a one-event fundraiser. What's the data pool? Thursday night events featuring at least one internationally competitive heptathlete?

Surely athletes get in free.

Updated at 17:32 BST

K&R

[gopiscrap]

13. Good question!

[TreasonousBastard]

14. Well, Senator Obama had this tossup in 2008 about the Brandenburg Gate and...

McCain visited Colombia and helped rescue Ingrid Betancourt from the kidnappers. They didn't make fundraising the main focus of their trips, but it was campaign time. and they collected a few bucks and diplomacy points.

Diplomacy points because they both handled the situations deftly while the usual election complaints and bullshit were being thrown around and everyone was happy when it was over. Unlike Romney who is just proving he's an inept klutz.

McCain a better diplomat than Romney-- imagine that.

Anyway, although it might be a bit unseemly, it's perfectly legal if the money is only taken from visiting US citizens and expats who happen to be hanging out in said foreign countries. And President Obama is setting up fundraisers all over Europe and China even though he can't make it there himself, because he's, like, the President and he has no time and it would look really bad.

[RB TexLa]

15. Why would it be? Honestly, why do you think it would be?

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. the attendees and donors are Americans.

London is a global financial centre which does more trading volume in real money terms than New York. There are something like two hundred thousand Americans in the UK; a good many of those live in London and work in the financial industry...bankers, traders, and so on.