“Show Me Who Your Friends Are” Or “It Takes One To Know One”
By Uppity Woman on August 7, 2008 at 3:00 PM in Barack Obama, Campaign Financing, Federal Elections Commission, Hamas
Here’s a Nifty introductory photo of Supporters of the Islamic militant group Hamas as they burn the flags of Israel and the U.S. during a demonstration at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2003.
Yesterday we read about the $28,500 in contributions to the Obama Campaign by two Palestinian members of a large Hamas-supporting refugee compound who claimed to live in the nonexistant town of Rafah, Georgia. The total later was calculated to be $33,500.
Today the Obama campaign stated that they actually retured that money but “forgot” to report it to the FEC due to a “technical error”.
According to the upstanding and honest Obama Campaign:
The donations came in between Sept. 20 and Dec. 6 and virtually all of the money, about $33,500, was returned by December 6. But the refunds weren’t reported to the Federal Election Commission due to a technical error, campaign officials said.
The remaining $2,500 was refunded Monday. The refunds will all be reflected shortly in an amended report. New controls to prevent such attempts are now in place, the campaign said.
Well that settles that, more or less, right?
Nope.
Unfortunately for the Obama campaign, the two USA-hating Hamas lovers Palestinians flat out deny that any of the money was returned to them.
The Obama camp insisted the remaining $2,500 was refunded Monday and all of the refunds will be reflected soon in an amended report. The campaign said new controls are in place to prevent any similar attempts in the future.
But WND asked two of the brothers – Monir and Hasam Edwan – to respond to the campaign’s claims.
“No, we did not receive any money back from the Obama campaign at any time,” said Monir Edwan.
It’s hard to tell which side is lying isn’t it? It takes a liar to know a liar. Let em fight it out.
But that’s not all folks! Since we are on the subject, however indirectly, of Obama’s ties to the types of middle easterners who love to blow people up, shoot women or set them on fire for a diversion–yet another Obama adivisor has resigned.
Chicago lawyer (where else??) Massen Asbahi, Barack Obama’s Arab American and Muslim American outreach coordinator, has resigned as a result of questions about his connections to various dubious Islamist interests in the Middle East (Translation: Funding for terrorists who love to blow Americans and Israelis up).
The Muslim-outreach coordinator to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama has resigned amid questions about his involvement in an Islamic investment fund and various Islamic groups.
Asbahi “briefly served on the board of Allied Assets Advisors Fund, a Delaware-registered trust [and a subsidiary of the American Islamic Trust]. Its other board members at the time included Jamal Said AKA Sheik Jamal, the imam at the fundamentalist- controlled Bridgeview Mosque in Bridgeview, Ill., outside Chicago],” Simpson and Chozick wrote
Here is his introductory page at mybarackobama. Get it while it’s hot. I am sure it will be scrubbed soon. Not that there aren’t screen shots. No matter though. This is just one more in a long line of Middle Eastern “coincidences” associated with the Obama campaign.
UPDATE: It seems that Winston, directly out of Orwell’s 1984, works for Barack Obama. The mybarackobama page has been scrubbed. For those of you who missed what was written there:
All -
Assalamu-Aleikum. My name is Mazen Asbahi and I’ve been blessed and privileged to be serving the Obama for America Campaign as the National Coordinator for Muslim American Affairs. I’m also coordinating Arab American matters. I’m treating the two roles separately as these are two separate constituencies, though of course there is some overlap.
In order to get Senator Obama elected, the Campaign needs all of you to continue your support and if possible to take it to another level. It’s a race for every vote in the key battleground states, such as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio. We need Muslim Americans to get excited about the Campaign, and there’s a lot to get excited about!
Sure, there have been mis-steps. And of course there are added sensitivities with our faith given the “smear” campaign trying to paint the Senator as too exotic and too un-American to be President.
If you have not plugged into the Campaign, please do. The Campaign makes it very easy to do. Visit your local Obama offices and register voters, raise money, get the word out, and pull in your friends and family to also participate.
Please feel free to contact me with ideas, critiques and suggestions for improvements on our outreach strategies. (Please keep in mind that I’ve just signed on :)).
Peace,
Mazen Asbahi
Fantastic post Uppity! They are scrubbing so fast and furiously I couldn’t get the site moments after you posted. Amazing! Keep exposing the fraud!
I concur.
Me too!! Thanks Uppity, excellent post.
That mosque in Bridgeview Illinois is always in the local news for having ties to terrorists. So much so that it is actually not even considered news any more. It’s like reading that beer was served at a bar.
Just a few links to some Bridgeview Mosque stories.
http://www.desplainesvalleynews.com/mosque_terror_allegations.htm
http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/251
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113832728441457779.html?mod=weekend_journal_primary_hs
Will the list never end of radical, crazy people associated with this liar? What does the DNC need to throw this guy overboard and nominate Hillary–video of BO with Bin Laden, would that do it?
No, his camp would say its a forgery by the republicans.
Why is this happening to America? The voters, especially the younger generation, has been blinded by “change” and “hope” !
Change to “What ? BHO is worst than GWB.I do not need to spell the comparison, you know them well.
Hope ? Hope for WHAT?? For better economy? For the $1000 Obama promised to give to families? And where will he get the money? Another political ploy of the egoistic BHO.
Wake-up, America!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
IndayHill,
today’s voters-especially the younger ones, do not know what criteria to use to evaluate a candidate for office.
There are people out there who are banking on this.
Imagine my shock when I saw Oprah, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger, MoveOn.org, Ted Kennedy, and others TRY TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY ENDORSED SEN OBAMA.
Forgive me for I paraphrase a bit in my remarks below…
Caroline: My kids convinced me to vote for him…(No other explanation regarding tangibles about his career or accomplishments noted) oh yeah Caroline,,,Good reason,,,especially coming from the daughter of a former first president…OOOKAAAYYY…whatever.I N E V E R EVER expected this from you…
Maria: Well, I just got out of bed this morning and you know what…I didnt plan to be here but…at the last moment, on a spur, I just knew in my heart I had to be here…its the right thing to do …OOOOKAAAAYYY Maria…
Oprah: He is the one folks…HE IS T H E O N E!!! UMMM…wow Oprah..you have been fooled before by ‘fake’ authors who used your program to sell books…
MoveOn.Org-Holds online election asking members (oh yeah…) to vote on who they support and within 24 hours turns around and throws out these undocumented, crazy numbers and states that the MoveOn.org members O V E R W H E L M I N G L Y support Sen Obama over Sen Clinton so in the interest of fairness MOVEON.ORG NOW OFFICIALLY ENDORSES SEN OBAMA BECAUSE ITS MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN…ooookkkaaaayyyy….
NO other reasons given for supporting Sen Obama by MOVEON.org, no questions asked about his past, no discussion about his voting record in state legislature,
No demands for him to provide important legal documents for informational purposes to voters…Nothing…nada…
What do you think that the high school and college kids watching this campaign think they should use as criteria for selecting the next prez of the USA??? Gee…wow…if Oprah and Caroline and Bruce and the terminator’s wife, and others like this guy-maybe I should vote for him too. I want racial harmony in this country. I believe in equality. I think Sen Obama is being attacked because he is black (Thanks David Axelrod for that one!!!!) My best friends are black/white…why shouldnt I just go along and support Sen Obama .
Here is why you should NOT support Sen Obama kids…Here is why-
http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/The_Obama_Craze_Count_Me_Out_5413.html
No matter who else you choose to vote for in November-T H I N K BEFORE YOU VOTE. You are being played with and manipulated because of your idealism and trusting natures. You are being played with…THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE…TOO MUCH AT STAKE.
PLEASE EDUCATE YOUR FELLOW VOTERS.
http://vodpod.com/watch/857180-why-chicagoans-are-against-obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP-YoB5mnZs&eurl=http://formerobamasupporters.com/
http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Summer08/BushThirdTerm.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUq2VmHHrqg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISYNRkoOxRc
PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE…
Athy, this is why people like Barack Obama always take care to entrance the children for votes. He knows that too many adults will always recognize him for what he is. Deja vu.
“That’s not the Osama I knew!”
Obviously terrorism is no longer a major government concern or all these dubious Obama campaign members with terrorist links wouldn’t be able to operate in the U.S. would they? Would they? How is it possible that Homeland Security organizations, who insist we can’t bring water and shampoo on an airplane because it’s perceived as a terrorist threat, ignore the Obama campaigners with terrorist connections?
Under the Bush rules, (which are still in force) not only would these guys be in Gitmo but Obama would be (if not taken into custody because “didn’t know” isn’t a viable excuse in this post 9/11 world) forced to resign from the Senate in disgrace! Ah, well, such is life in a country run by double standards. If the government and the media won’t reconnoiter Obama and his campaign the I guess it’s up to us country loving, patriotic displaying People to do the job for them. Citizen Journalists, Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine would be very proud of you.
Ahh, the worldly one’s minions at play. Fab pic!
So, do you think that the brothers will want their lunch $ back?
Or will it be channeled to HA to correct the BC?
Or will it just disappear?
You just never know with Barry’s Gang.
So just un-American should be fine.
But Obama and his advisers have superior judgment! Really!
>>>As to those avid Clinton supporters who still haven’t warmed up to him and may even resent him, Obama said, “We’re not talking to those people, we’re talking directly to the Clinton campaign people and staff.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26074785
But Senator Obama those people are voters.
I guess he still doesn’t get it, does he?
What have I said repeatedly on this blog about people referring to others as “You people?”
Am I one of “those” people?
What a putz!
Obama, Stop the hate!!!
Ah, who needs voters when you have rigged voting machines?!
Obama truly is Bush 3
Obama supporters are the mirror image of Neo-cons
Not sure he ever will. Great post Uppity!
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
“We’re not talking to those people, we’re talking directly to the Clinton campaign people and staff.”
Wow, what a nasty and telling comment! 18 million Clinton supporters should read these words.
He’s not talking to us, but he’ll be hearing us loud and clear in November.
Just remember if backtrack barak gets into the white house ayers and dorhn and the enemies of America win.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS , BUBBAS , AND THOSE OTHER PEOPLE RULE
He is talking to us. Where do you think that 95% of the insults left in the comments here come from? (The rest of the insults are replies to Obama trolls.)
So much for unity, huh? Oblahblah’s minions are going to be his undoing; they’re just too stupid to know it.
Lol, you mean voters, your not talking to voters. LOL.
“We’re not talking to those people, we’re talking directly to the Clinton campaign people and staff.” Obama
I’ve got news for Obama, Senator Clinton didn’t steal 18 million votes from “those people” and every one of them put her in the powerful position she’s in today. And unlike Obama disciples who would vote for the Devil if Obama asked them to, Senator Clinton’s voters would not. IF she doesn’t continue to stand by the issues she so eloquently assured “those people” she supported then they will take their votes to someone who will.
She is their hope for change, Obama is seen as a threat to that hope - just another politician who will say, do and use anyone and anything to acquire power.
Many of “those people” belong to the same generation of babyboomers that Barack Obama belongs to and grew up with parents of that “Greatest Generation” and an ideology that “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”.
And even though his mother chose a path that took her, and him, away from this country during the turmoil of the 60s and 70s, he should know that living in a mad world of nuclear threat and cold wars which flared into a hot one that took the lives of almost 60,000 of “those people’s” relatives and friends made them not just resilient but determined.
But maybe not. Being raised in a foreign culture far from the Civil Rights struggle and the assassinations that shaped our lives may have made him an outsider to that history. But if he can’t empathise or doesn’t know this history, then it’s past time for him to learn that this country was not shaped in the image of the Chicago politics and unrepentant bombers like Ayers that he consciously decided to embrace while keeping “those people” ostracized.
This all makes me sick to my stomach. I cannot believe the American people have let this bunch of thugs snowball them. Thank you for all the hard work you guys are doing. We will prevail.
The mob has more integrity than Obama and his mugs.Great catch Uppity Woman!
I don’t know who is more jealous Charlie the Tuna or Mr. Clean.
I do know Mr. Clean is getting paid double time with all the scrubbing he has been doing with BO Website!!
Talk about Drip Drip Drip job security.
“En’shallah”. BO is legend in his own mind.
And here is a little reminder of are the friends behind these contributions.
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=g0wJXf2nt4Y&feature=related
CAIR — the Council on American Islamic Relations — as Steven Emerson wrote last week, has broad and deep connections to the terrorist group Hamas. CAIR, or at least its Seattle, Washington chapter, has apparently succeeded in salting the Washington convention delegation with its members and others in sympathy with radical Islam.
Among them may be Syed Arsalan Bukhari, CAIR Seattle chapter president and Jafar “Jeff” Siddiqui who were chosen in caucuses. Washington State Democratic officials have, so far, declined to release information on whether either man — and several others — will be delegates to the national convention.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25776
CNN just reported that they arrested some guy for threatening Obama and Bush. The guy says he’s innocent. Sure hope its not a stunt for stirring up sympathy for Obama. I don’t want him killed, but the media and Os campaign being so full of BS, who knows what to believe.
“I don’t want him killed”
Suuuuure you don’t.
you BOBOweeies are insanely paranoid
Ha! The way you sicko’s talk about him on here our paranoia is justified. I’m sure you are all thinking how great it would be if Obama were “out of the picture”. Here comes Hillary!
I thought you supported Obama? from page 12 of the Demcratic National Platform
You are seriously crossing a line.
I’m sure you don’t realize it. We can agree to disagree on the issues, the candidates, on whatever, but to start insinuating that people here want to harm Obama physically is Ludacris (sic).
Maybe that’s where you’re getting your sentiments from– the lovely rapper who thinks it’s okay to wish McCain paralyzed.
You really need to check yourself.
Stop the hate, hater!
I’m crossing the line?
Do you know how to read?
Have you seen some of the disgusting things written on the site? I have seen everything from calling him a purple lipped monkey to threats to “take him down”.
You are all sick.
Then leave, mucilage.
We’re going to take BOBO down by voting for John McCain you insanely paranoid dipshit
Yesbambi:
I contend we can both read:-)
However, it’s the higher order thinking skills where you appear to be deficient.
Stop the hate!
At least we know the high ranking party Dem ocrats are reading this blog, even though they continually REFUSE to respond to valid questions raised!
Sorry that should have been Democ RATS!
You are all sick.
Yup I am sick! Sick oh that immoral indifferent excuse for a human.
That said, BO is the one who is responsible for his own Karma. I wish harm to no one.
Inferior people should not be employed.
You know what’s sick? Reading at mybarackobama how you would like to “slit Hillary Clinton’s throat and throw her in a river”. Now that’s sick. Shove it.
Upppity:
I so remember that now. On his own freaking website, no less.
Stop the hate, Freedom Fighter!
Ms Brazelle,
It has been proven that the birth certificate posted on Obama’s website is a FORGERY. It has also been proven that Obama has held (perhaps still holds) DUEL citizenship in at least two other countries (Kenya and Indonisia).
Both the forged birth certificate, and his duel citizenship problems make him INELGIBLE under Article II of the United States Constitution to hold the office of President.
What are you and the Democrat National Committee going to do to insure the citizens of America that our Constitution rules will be upheld? Will Obama still be your choice even though he cannot pass the Constitutional requirements?
All of America is watching this develop. You, and the Obama controlled main-stream media can fool us once and shame on you, but to fool us twice, shame on us!
Projection is such an ugly thing.
It would be great if BOBO was out of the picture. But the difference is that we would like him to take a flight back home to IL, whereas you BOBOweenies always seem to posit a more violent end to his campaign.
Uh……Dude.
Take a qualude.
If he didn’t immediately return all money taken ILLEGALLY from foreigners and accurately report that to the FEC, we’d have nothing to talk about here, would we “yes man”?
No one has to kill him he is doing slowly,by himself by just opening his stupid mouth without the teleprompter.
I don’t want him killed. I want him to live with his shame once the whole nation hates him. It will either be now or later, you choose.
I am not opposed to hearing some breaking news like that. I am pretty evil that way and especially now. At least I am honest. That news wouldn’t bother me a bit.
Maybe I should buy a bottle of champagne in case!
If there happens to be a sick deranged lunatic as pissed of as I am, well…
Thank you Susan for proving my point.
Truth be told dumbass, I’d be happy to use my bottle of champagne also to celebrate Barfy coming to his senses and dropping out of the race. He can make up any reason in the world he wants to. He can blame me, I do not care. Just get the hell out. I care not how it happens as long as he goes away.
I read about all the gear in this guy’s hotel room and just thought, “It’s only a matter of time and the right degree of crazy. This guy may or may not have been serious, but he talked too much, anyway.”
Yesbama,
You need to sit down and give your mind a rest.
Some minds aren’t a terrible thing to
waste:-)
Stop the hate!
You are an asshole yesbama, why dont’ you go back to your room and play video games.
Ok, fess up which one of you is responsible for this:
Man held in Fla. for threatening Obama’s life
Suspect held without bail Thursday after a brief court hearing
MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, was arrested by the Secret Service on Saturday in Miami and was ordered held at Miami’s downtown detention center without bail Thursday by a federal magistrate.
A Secret Service affidavit charges that Geisel made the threat during a training class for bail bondsmen in Miami in late July. According to someone else in the 48-member class, Geisel allegedly referred to Obama with a racial epithet and continued, “If he gets elected, I’ll assassinate him myself.”
A 22 yr old? Sounds like one of yours.
Great response. Now why would an Obama supporter want to kill him? I guess that only makes sense in your tiny feeble mind.
He started to see the light and is pissed off. Something you bots working out of your mama basement wouldn’t understand
Even though I’m sure they are not, someone from his campaign should really monitor this site.
I’ve seen comments on here more than once that have said he needs to be “taken down”.
Oh don’t worry, Larry Johnson has alerted the FBI about some of the punks that come here and make threats… We can all guess where those trolls come from…
Rest assure Larry has your IP as well.
We’ve seen plenty of Obamazoids come here an pretend they are anti obama so that they can post crap. I’ve reported a few myself.
Tell you what, when anti-obama people start issuing Denial of service attacks on pro-obama blogs, then I’ll worry.
Until then, we have to settle for fascist denial of service attacks being issued from barackobama.com itself..because obamabushbots are INSANE.
Yesbama Hey, according to a Mr. Larry Sinclair, your guy may have some connection to a Mr. Donald Young. Who was murdered, execution style in Dec. 2007. Accordling to this Mr. Larry Sinclair, he and people who have supported him have been under constant death threats and harassment from “The One’s” supporters! Why aren’t you upset about this situation?
What about all that name calling during the Dem. primaries. Where Obama’s supporters acting like Robert Mugabe thugs, name called, intimidated and cheated Hillary Clinton supporters and the candidate herself. Where was your moral outrage? Sorry Charlie your phony outrage does not move me!
Taken down as in politically destroyed as in bringing all of his skeletons out of the closet. Show the real nobambi.Go away you parinoid little freak.
Hey asshole, this is America, freedom of speech remember? Or are you anticipating the rule of O where everything is censored? Kinda like communism yea that’s it! If you want that we can all pitch in and get you a free one way ticket to China.
A BOBoweenie would pretend to threaten BOBO for the same reason a BOBOweenie would bring it to our attention.
I wish they would let the smart ‘bots work 2nd shift.
They’re sooooooo much more fun than the dumb ones!
Because you need a new excuse to give your Mommy when you go to your crying room in the basement?
Because Obama flipped and flopped one too many times, and his lunatic supporters are finally turning on him.
Yesbama:
It’s obvious, this guy arrested in Florida just wanted to be witness to the resurrection.
ROFL
Maybe they cared too much about FISA or campaign financing. Most fanatics lose their grips when the object of their obsession fails to live up to their unrealistic expectations or when they just love that person too much (like cultish devotion.)
because he woke from his Kool-Aid coma.Your still an asshole yesbama
This same man threatened to do the same thing to Pres. Bush.
Probably falls into the same fake category as the fainters at the rallies.
When they do a scrub, does it remove the post from the wayback machine?
no not always…
Screen shots are your friend when it comes to Barack Obama.
No newly elected Dem senator running for president would repeatedly trash the Clinton administration WITHOUT the express approval of the Dem establishment.
Not another dime to the Dem Party!
You hit the nail on the head. The party is corrupt beyond redemption.
Good post!
Today two loyal Tn. democrats voted for 5 republicans and one independent in our primary!
I took a Pep-Cid before hand, but since reading your post, I think I will be happier away from the dems!
How low can they go?
Don’t you hope the papparazzi in Hawaii catch Obama fixing his birth certificate? Someone else (who?) said that’s why he has to go in person.
If they can catch the elusive (but stupid) John Edwards, can’t they find The One?
And where are the Repubs when we need them? Please, please, please, someone catch and net this excuse for a candidate. National Enquirer? Globe? Drudge?
Perez Hilton?
Where did I see the video/piece about Jesus endorsing Obama? It used the same schtick: absentee father, single mother…
Thank you PUMAs
Perez Hilton is in the tank for O. They were for HRC, but they have been a bit thick lately.
Obama compared himself to Paris Hi