OBAMA CAMPAIGN FINED $375,000 BY FEC

The Federal Elections Commission has fined the 2008 Obama Election campaign $375,000 for failing to disclose donors of $250,000 or more in the final weeks of the campaign, misreporting the dates of some $85 million in donations, and for keeping over $1.3 million in funds at the end of the campaign.  It is one of the largest fines ever levied against a campaign.  The FEC did not address the issue of whether or not the campaign accepted illegal foreign contributions. 

COMMENTS:

There is an outright piece of corruption involved here.  Note that the fine is for the 2008 campaign, an action that should have taken place within the first year after the campaign.  Here we are, after Obama has won reelection, and the news leaks out in the midst of an extended holiday weekend.  The Obama team did not contest the levy and has agreed to pay the fine.  So now, four years after that election, we find out that we have been saddled with a President who was willing to break the law in order to win.  And we haven’t even gotten to the 2012 campaign yet.   

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. What’s your stand on the publication of the names and addresses of gun owners?  (Reed ~ Grass Valley, CA)

A. It’s beyond irresponsible.  You want to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals, yet you are now providing them with locations they can burglarize and steal guns.  You are also putting the law-abiding gun owner in the position of having to be extra wary, lest some crazy loon decides he’s going to try and have a gunfight.  None of us want others to know we have guns because we don’t want to be put in the position of having to use them.  All this movement is, is an overt attempt to ostracize and marginalize legitimate gun owners and it’s a dangerous idea.  Personally, I think we should publish the names and addresses of left-wing liberals and whether or not they have ever been charged with a crime.   

Q. Our Constitution is over 200 years old.  Times have changed.  Shouldn’t we redraft it?  (Clem ~ Redding, CA)

A. No, we should reinvigorate it.  There are those who want to change it, but for their own good and not the common good.  It has served this country well and is the model of good government; dozens of other governments in other countries have been born and died while ours is still alive.  I think I would get rid of the electoral system, put in a balanced-budget amendment, and put on term limits; that’s all.  Oh, yeah… I’d put Pelosi’s district out on Alcatraz Island. 

Q. I’m nervous about the ability under ObamaCare to share my private medical records with government agencies and credit rating firms.  Should I be?  (Helen ~ San Angelo, TX)

A. A recent study shows that 94% of the nation’s hospitals have had confidential patient records stolen or leaked.  Add to that insurance companies, medical offices, Medicare and now a myriad of other official government snooping agencies and just what chance do you have that your records will be leaked?  Hmmm… I see here that you suffer from droopy eyelids…

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.” ~ Orison Swett Marden

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2075208923001/will-mounting-debt-bring-middle-class-tax-hikes/?playlist_id=903226511001