Obama Campaign Subject Of Gambling Probe

[ccharles000]

(St. Paul, Minnesota) A Minnesota official has asked state authorities to investigate whether a request for money by Barack Obama's presidential campaign constitutes an illegal raffle.

In a letter on the campaign's Web site, campaign manager David Plouffe ties the solicitation to the announcement that Obama will deliver his nomination acceptance speech at Denver's 76,000-seat Invesco Field at Mile High.

"If you make a donation of $5 or more between now and midnight on July 31st, you could be one of 10 supporters chosen to fly to Denver and spend two days and nights at the convention, meet Barack backstage, and watch his acceptance speech in person. Each of the 10 supporters who are selected will be able to bring one guest to join them," Plouffe says.

How the 10 will be selected is not detailed. The campaign says the solicitation is not a raffle.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/07/070808gam.htm

:wtf:

[nc4bo]

1. oh ffs. give me a break. now the msm has something else to scream about. :S n/t

[Newsjock]

2. Merely a coincidence, I'm sure

That this comes out the day after it's proven that McCain has a gambling and/or gambling-tax problem.

[merh]

3. Guess the campaign needs to cancel that cake walk

:eyes:

[DJ13]

4. Theres a post earlier that said Obama's campaign has removed the need to donate

...to qualify for the contest.

[highplainsdem]

9. Yes, I posted that. Guess I'd better kick it...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. It's been handled.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/24086689.html?location_refer=OnStage

[Botany]

6. Oh for the love of Dog

This is all they got?

Give $5.00 and get a one in a million chance to go to Denver .....
They really have nothing.



How about McCain playing craps for 14 + hours in a row?

[Olney Blue]

7. "A Minnesota official"

Undoubtedly a highly moral republican.....

[jwirr]

10. I would say the complaint came from a pug. However, even small

charity groups are held to this law. It was not invented for Obama.

[Fridays Child]

8. But will the m$m touch McCain's high stakes gambling history with a ten-foot pole?

And does anyone in the world actually think that a $5 raffle constitutes a moral or ethical issue? If the m$m doesn't stop playing by the GOP's "gotcha politics" rules, they're going to start looking pretty damned irrelevant.

[mloutre]

11. Bah. This canard has been addressed in several other OPs already today.

But we already know that.

In other words, this OP is a diversion that is better related to a story that is redundant to several previously-posted ones here on DU, anyway... ahem, ahem:

"John McCain's Gambling Problem"

McCain's Secret Gambling Promotion Trips Called "Lobbyist Corruption"

McCain's got a gambling problem. Also an ethics/corruption/IRS problem. We need to bust him on it.

Gee whillikers, yo.

[barack the house]

12. Randi says the law applys only in Minniesota which probably explains Franken not making traction...

She said the contest will require an addendum of except in Minniesota.

[highplainsdem]

13. THIS IS NO LONGER TRUE - CHECK THIS LINK FOR UPDATE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6472137