Tag: Cheapskates

Obama Campaign Never Paid

September 26, 2018December 21, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

dead beat Obama Campaign doesn't pay for local security — It’s Not just in NH That the Obama Dead Beats stiffed local taxpayers

According to this editorial, Obama never paid for security or other costs related to his campaign visits in New Hampshire.

In a response to this newspaper and a letter to Portsmouth, Obama campaign officials said they had no role in making security decisions, so the campaign should not be expected to pay. After employing that non-sequiter, the campaign directed local officials to the Secret Service, suggesting that federal taxpayers might help defray the burden placed on local taxpayers.

Remember, these are political campaign events. As I’ve pointed out before, refusing to pay for these forces local taxpayers to make an in-kind contribution to that campaign to cover the costs of partisan political activity. It is an argument that makes sense but that in the past was met by Obama supporters who demanded to know why I wasn’t bitching about Romney’s visits.

The Obama Campaign Cat Burgler Pays Another Visit To New Hampshire Tax Payers

September 26, 2018August 23, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

Americans for Prosperity has some details about the cost to local towns of the most recent incursion of the Obama campaign. Candidate Obama visited New Hampshire—in the capacity of a candidate–to reinfect the local Obama Zombie population with a fresh batch of socialist Rage Virus. Wouldn’t want them to lose that lovin’ hope-changey, “beat Republicans with a bat,” kind of union thugocracy feeling.

As with previous candidate visits, local towns have been forced to cover any extra costs resulting from the candidates court passing through their local municipalities, even when anonymous donors rise up from the Zombie herd to make an unofficial campaign donation to cover the costs. So how much did it cost this time around (seeing as there are no anonymous donors this time around)?

If It is Campaign Related….It’s a Campaign Expense…You Clean It Up!

September 26, 2018August 21, 2012

by Steve MacDonald

Obama Inauguration day trash- Democrats leave massive mess — Obama's been Leaving behind messes for others to pick up...Since Day 1

Obama is the campaigner in chief, breaking records for the number of campaign stops and fundraisers he’s made so far, all over America. He’s also breaking records for the amount of money he is costing the places he travels too for these campaign events. And neither he, nor his campaign, nor the DNC, are interested in paying the costs incurred by local communities as a result.

We had our own example in Durham, where an anonymous donor finally volunteered to cover costs, some of which which Durham outsourced to other towns who did not–to our knowledge–have anonymous benefactors themselves. That means that taxpayers are still fronting the cost of Obama’s campaign everywhere his campaign roams.