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Barack Obama may soon be under scrutiny for possibly accepting online donations illegally. A lawyer for the Republican National Committee today said the party will ask the Federal Election Commission to look into the source of thousands of small-dollar contributions to the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama.

The accusations are that Obama camp has looked the other way as suspicious constributions piled up from possibly foreign donors. The accusations have stemmed from a recent report in Newsweek of several donations under obviously fake names. The fake names, two of which are “Good Will” and “Dodad Pro,” donated only small amounts of cash but several times amounting up to a total of $28,130 which is $23,530 over their combined legal limit.

The Newsweek report says that earlier this year the Obama campaign returned $33,000 to two Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip who had bought T-shirts in bulk from the campaign’s online store — purchases that count as campaign contributions. The brothers had listed their address as “Ga.,” which the campaign took to mean Georgia rather than Gaza. Quite a lame excuse considering I’m sure they weren’t mailed to Georgia.

The Obama camp’s response gives the impression that Obama isn’t concerned about the donations being illegal.

“While no organization is completely protected from Internet fraud, we will continue to review our fundraising procedures,” Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt told the magazine.

At the heart of the RNC complaint is a federal fundraising rule that lets campaigns accept donations under $200 without itemizing the names and addresses of the donors on its campaign finance reports. The rule was intended as a matter of practicality — it did not seem reasonable to ask a campaign to gather that information from every five-dollar donor.

But the Obama campaign has raised more than $200 million this way, a staggering sum for donations that will not be subjected to outside scrutiny. This election year presents problems in the form of voter fraud and now seems to stem into donation fraud. Barack Obama’s popularity over seas may have inspired several people to break American law by finding ways around the system and gave to Obama’s campaign. With the campaign’s obvious disregard to law and no real desire to fight against these illegal donations a full investigation is needed.

We can’t allow this election to be stolen in any shape or form. Barack Obama has previously flip-flopped on public financing and is so hungry for money that he is now allowing questionable donations to come into his campaign. For a candidate to desire funds so badly that they aren’t doing everything they can to avoid illegal activities reveals that they are corrupt and Obama is not fit for presidency. Do not allow Barack Obama to break the law. There must be an investigation and charges brought to the table if they are found to be neglecting these illegal donations.

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