Obama Campaign – Granite Grok

Obama Campaign Never Paid

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.

Obama.com – ‘Made In China’

by Steve MacDonald

No one is (or should be) all that surprised that the Obama campaign has again removed security protocols that would prevent illegal credit card donations from outside the US, (about the same time he has a record setting month for donations *cough-cough*). But would you be surprised to learn that the Outsourcer in Chief’s … Read more

13% Enthusiasm Gap – 24 point Swing with Independents from 2008 to 2012

by Steve MacDonald

News this morning shows Republicans with a wide enthusiasm gap over Democrats. For the time being it gives them a 13% advantage in likely voting. At the same time Independents, who broke 52-44 for Obama in 2008 are now more likely to vote Republican by a margin of 51-35. Obama has lost 24% of Independents … Read more

A Lesson For New Hampshire From The University of Virginia

by Steve MacDonald

The University of Virginia has declined a campaign visit from Barack Obama, who is looking for a venue from which to promote his re-election bid for President of the United States. The scheduled date would coincide with the second day of classes, and require them to shut down adjacent buildings that would cancel 186 classes … Read more

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

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.

Priorities

by Steve MacDonald

How do you show your empathy for the people living under your yoke? Get rich bastards™ (Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour) and clueless celebrities–rich bastards™ (Sarah Jessica Parker)–to pimp your ‘Middle Class street cred’ while you run off to six fundraisers on the day the crappy job numbers come out. Isn’t Obama’s Super PAC called Priorities … Read more