Now Campaign Financing Fraud

Chicago style politics have officially arrived (language warning -- cleaner option) .

So it seems that the Obama campaign has decided it is unnecessary to verify the addresses or even the names of those donating to his campaign online. Can you think of any reasons this could be a problem?

I can:

1. Suppose someone gets your credit card number and expiration date. Normally to do most anything online with that number you would need a valid billing address. Not at the Obama website.

2. Your campaign can violate contribution limits set by law. Since donations above $200 have to be reported individually to the FEC, a series of donation under $200 can be made under different names and addresses.

3. It allows foreign nationals from anywhere in the world to donate to the campaign. Their system doesn't care Where or Who you are as long as the number and date on the card are accurate.

This is so obviously facilitating fraud that it makes me ill. Where is the media in covering this. Can you imagine if McCain had done this. Seriously it would be over for him.

An example of test donations:

"Courtesy of my (real) CC number and expiration date, the Obama campaign has just received a $19.45 donation from mister Adolf Hitler, whose occupation is "Dictator" at the company "National Socialist Party of Ger" (I got cut off). I captured screenshots to prove this."

Screen shots of actual fraud in progress.

Sad. Enraging.