Too Many Supporters: Obama's Donor List Too Large for FEC to Process

[Kittycat]

This is a great thing. Dems everywhere should be celebrating this.

FEC, media can't handle Obama jackpot
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10609.html

A milestone of sorts was reached earlier this year, when Obama, the Illinois senator whose revolutionary online fundraising has overwhelmed Clinton, filed an electronic fundraising report so large it could not be processed by popular basic spreadsheet applications like Microsoft Excel 2003 and Lotus 1-2-3.

Those programs can’t download data files with more than 65,536 rows or 256 columns.

Obama’s January fundraising report, detailing the $23 million he raised and $41 million he spent in the last three months of 2007, far exceeded 65,536 rows listing contributions, refunds, expenditures, debts, reimbursements and other details. It was the first report to confound basic database programs since 2001, when the Federal Election Commission began directly posting candidates’ fundraising reports online in an effort to make political money more accessible and transparent to voters.

More before and after at the link.

[OzarkDem]

1. He has lots of expert "bundlers" on staff

they're good at their craft. This latest trick works best of all - take the billions and break them into such small contributions that its impossible to process them and allow oversight and investigation of the "money trail". High tech campaign money laundering.

Clever, and rather typical of Chicago style machine politics. No doubt it will serve as a model for the GOP next time around.

[PM7nj]

2. Where'd you pull that one out of?

:wtf:

[greguganus]

19. His ass. He makes up shit just like his Queen Bee(yach) n.t

[OzarkDem]

33. Here you go

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Barack_Obama/Campaign_Financing

[Jazzgirl]

36. Where do you think they pulled it from?

I won't draw a graphic illustration.

[Kittycat]

3. And what do you say of Hillary's Bundlers & Lobbyists? We can't forget she takes Lobbyist funds.

[Kittycat]

5. More of that crazy desperation.

Instead of being glad that people are donating in droves to support a democrat this fall, is lost on OzarkDem. I guess he'd rather they give to McSameAsBush?!?!

[papau]

22. Hill's donor list also exceeds old database limits-both work with 2007 version software (Acess&Excel

[Yael]

28. She has over 1.5 million donors too?

Wow! When are they going to tell the Media about that?

[FlaGranny]

4. ...

:nopity:

[ecstatic]

7. where is your proof? You're really going to have to take a

long look in the mirror and examine your prejudices.

[rzemanfl]

10. Oh horseshit. I am on that list and I wasn't "bundled." "Billions?"

Jesus you people are desperate. Ridiculous too.

[FrenchieCat]

11. You jealous.

and it shows.

Can't help it if your candidate has had to make personal loans to her campaign. She should have been more agressively trying to recruit West Virginians to go online and donate. There is Internet Access over there in WV, isn't there?

[DavidMS]

12. There is no consparacy

Its just small donors like me giving $50 here and $70 there and that is what makes it so complicated. Each donation has a separate line. Thats why Obama's fund raising numbers are so complicated.

Its a good thing. The public, not the rich, has invested in a candidate. He is more likely to remember where the money came from, hard working Americans who don't have trust funds and work on our behalf.

If McSame was 30 years younger he could probably tell you the names of each and every donor and the exact amount donated to his campaign.

[Dystopian]

31. We're making it so very complicated.....

:hi:


You're a small donor....
What about the really poor, like me, who gave $25 in separate donations, only 2X, so far.
What a mess we're all creating!;-)


peace~

[Liberal Veteran]

13. Mm, your tears are so yummy and sweet.

:rofl:

[PatGund]

14. You do know....

....that pulling things like this out of your nether regions does your choice no favours at all.

Do you have proof? Or is this just another wild lie with no basis in reality

[cliffordu]

18. Ohh....That's the ticket!! Tell McAuliff that's the best one yet!!

[ima_sinnic]

24. aww, jealous? just because The Queen's contributions could fit on one 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper?

Meanwhile, her debits far exceed the capability of Excel and the other traditional spreadsheet programs.

:nopity:

[Liberal Veteran]

26. With room for Beowulf in the white space left over.

[OzarkDem]

32. Yet half of Dem voters support her

interesting, isn't it.

[ima_sinnic]

35. "support" in what way? they're certainly not contributing to her campaign

so it doesn't seem like very enthusiastic "support"

[ForeignSpectator]

25. Yes, not only that but they also hacked clinton's bank accounts to rob her...

...funds, that's why she is in debt and Obama flush. Plus, they have undercover people in the clinton campaign sabotaging, supposedly close "aides" who, by means of hypnosis, make the clintons say all these stupid things, from sniper fire to assassination comments. There is just no other explanation.
AND, Obama even has supernatural assistants fixing things up for him like her : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIiMa2Fe-ZQ

Unbelievable people don't see through that! These facts are indisputable, of course I can't back them up at all but what the hell...it's still true! :mad:

[Yael]

27. Perhaps, but how was the traffic?

[housewolf]

6. This is very funny...

It just tickles me

:rofl:

[yardwork]

8. I'm proud to say that I am one of the millions of small donors to Obama!

Obama doesn't need any stinking bundlers or Bush Rangers.

[sniffa]

15. Me too

:hi:

[cbc5g]

16. Me three!

;)

[Triana]

20. YEAH! I am too! n/t

[TexasLady]

34. Im a big five bucker!

But I wanna do MORE!

[Catherina]

9. Other than 2 small donations to Kucinich, Obama is the first candidate

I've opened my pockets up for (max) and gave until it hurt. I want the Primaries over so I can give him a little more money to fight McCain.

[Triana]

17. That's the person I want handling our Ntl Budget - NOT the one who's $31M in DEBT. n/t

[Kittycat]

21. At least 31M in debt. Lord only knows how far now.

Looks like she bought another round of beer, and is vacationing in PR right now.

[Triana]

30. Yoiks! Another deadbeat drunk in the white house - is just what we DON'T need! HA. n/t

[NotThisTime]

23. That's Very funny! Now we know the FEC limits LOL...

[Frances]

29. Thanks for the link

The fact that so many different people are supporting Obama is good news for ALL Democrats