Barack Obama Urged to Renounce Terrorist Supporter Contribution

PR Newswire ^ | Thursday, January 17, 2008

[kristinn]

This went out shortly before noon Eastern today. Will Barack Obama do the right thing and renounce Jodie Evans and her Code Pink blood money? Stay tuned.

[Calpernia]

bttt

[Sacajaweau]

$2300 vs $800,000 Hsu...

[A CA Guy]

Unless it hits the main stream press, he will ignore it rather than draw any negative attention to himself IMO.

[nralife]

What is a “residential” campaign?

[Sloth]

Rather than return her blood money to Ms. Evans, the money should be given to a troop support organization of Sen. Obama's choice. "Should Sen. Obama elect to keep Ms. Evans' contribution, it will tell the American people that he shares her support for the terrorist-led insurgency in Iraq."

Personally, I think he's perfectly entitled to keep it, but your suggestion to give it to another organization is vastly better than the usual "return it" propaganda.

[SERKIT]

$2300 vs $800,000 Hsu...

This really makes Peter Paul's claim into "chump change", doesn't it? NOT!

[OKSooner]

"Will Barack Obama do the right thing and renounce Jodie Evans and her Code Pink blood money? Stay tuned. "

You mean Barack Hussein Obama? That Barack Obama? The one who has the middle name "Hussein" and is running for President?

Barack Hussein Obama?

Oh, okay, I thought so...

[Candor7]

Anti-Liberal Fascist Ping!

[kristinn]

D.C. Chapter mega ping!

[Bigg Red]

Go, kristinn!!!

[EDINVA]

caught that too ... spell check ain’t perfect.

[Albion Wilde]

bttt

[SweetCaroline]

I just sent it out to the newsgroups in my email address book.

[indcons]

BTTT

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I wonder if he’ll use the Ron Paul excuse. I can hear it now:

“Well, that’s $2300 dollars that Ms. Evans does NOT have to support the terrorists.”

The small number (2300) is also a scathing indictment of campaign finance reform laws. If Ms. Evans had been unimpeded, she might have given him a truly embarrassing amount, such as $100K. That would create a really big stink and attract a lot of notice, unlike a small $2300, which can get lost in the noise of all the other contributions.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

What is a “residential” campaign?

It's a campaign run by "ativists." (A mistake from the magazine article, not Kristinn)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[kristinn]

While doing further research today, it turns out Jodie is a 'bundler' for Obama. According to Public Citizen she has raised more than $50,000 for Obama.

[kristinn]

And....while it didn’t show up on the FEC search, one website shows a $500 contribution by Jodie to Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. I found that reference after the release went out.