I thought it was suppose to be us fascist Republicans who would chill dissent

Why did I spend all that time learning to goose-step if it's the Democrats who are going to engage in vote fraud, voter intimidation, suppression of the press, and most recently campaign finance fraud.

Following immediately on the heels of the ACORN voter registration scam, it turns out that after Joe the Plumber asked the infamous "spread the wealth" question of Barack Obama he was subjected to a number of searches of questionable legality in the Ohio state databases, including one in the child support database. (This on top of the media attacks that discovered that he had a $1300 tax lien and isn't a licensed plumber, although he works for one and hopes to take the exam) The child support search was OK'd by Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, who just happens to be a max contributor to the Obama campaign as well as a vocal supporter.

h/t Ace and Dan Riehl via Instapundit.

In addition to stifling individual free speech the Obama campaign is also attempting to influence news coverage by denying access to stations that fail to toe the line in their questioning of candidates. (this also happened to a Pennsylvania station but I can't find a link). Of course we should have seen this coming as earlier in the election season the Obama campaign boycotted Fox News.

Now the newest charge - Fund Raising Fraud. First this CBS report:



But that isn't the whole story. It turns out that in order for those donations to go thru the Obama campaign had to turn off the default address verification system.

What accounts for the Obama campaign's acceptance of these fraudulent donations? Most merchants selling goods and services use the basic Address Verification System that screens credit-card charges for matching names and addresses. (It can also screen cards issued by foreign banks.) The McCain campaign uses AVS and provides a searchable database of all donors, including those who fall below the $200 threshold. The Obama campaign apparently has chosen not to use the AVS system to screen donations.

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But the Obama campaign is running a system that complicates the discovery of "something wrong." It has chosen to operate an online contribution system that facilitates illegal falsely sourced contributions, illegal foreign contributions and the evasion of contribution limits.

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According to journalist Kenneth Timmerman, the Obama site did not ask for proof of citizenship until just recently - in contrast not just with McCain but also with Hillary Clinton. Sen. Clinton's presidential campaign required US citizens living abroad to fax copies of their passports before it would accept donations. By contrast, foreign donors to Obama can just use credit cards and false addresses.

Why has the Obama campaign chosen to operate without the basic automated credit-card controls that would prevent or hamper fraud and illegal contributions? Has it made a conscious decision to assist the evasion of federal campaign law or worry about it after it has had the use of the money?

This occurred after the Obama campaign had already been warned once about it's fundraising.