And then there is Obama's Gibberish Donors ....

Ah yes, we must not neglect the gibberish Obama donors. Here we have: Download GibberishDonors.zip (hat tip Cathy)

The name:  Hbkjb, jkbkj

City: Jkbjnj

Works for:  Kuman Bank (doesn't exist)

Occupation:  Balanon Jalalan

Amount:  $1,077.23

Date:  10/28/07

Gibberish must be challenged!

Comparing McCain to Obama: McCain's donors all give in even dollar amount. Many of Obama's donors give in odd amounts with pennies.  Was there a particular donor drive asking for odd amounts? 

McCain's records are nothing like Obama's though. McCain's are so clean.

Julia Gorin relayed a funny (/not) story two months ago, her husband’s co-worker wanted to see what would happen if he tried giving a contribution to the obama campaign via a credit card. He used his Macy’s card. The system accepted it. He tried the same with McCain’s campaign, and the transaction wouldn’t go through. Now, obviously, down the line, the obama transaction would fail as well but ut it goes to the point that there is no safety system in place—it’ll just accept any and all $$$, which helps explain how his campaign raised so much more money than everyone else’s.

Comments

[BillBowen]

Pamela,

I have a theory on the odd amounts - think CURRENCY CONVERSION. Was the original contribution in say Saudi Dinars and when converted to U.S. Dollars the amount ended up with a fractional dollar amount?

[Spectre]

I think that is more than just a theory on the odd dollar amounts. It is very likely that the amount donated was a nice round number in foreign currency, but when converted for a wire transfer or credit card charge it is an odd amount in US dollars. Check the date of the contribution on a currency conversion program.