Election 2008
Obama’s Grandmother Dies; GOP Files Suit Over Use of Plane to Visit Her
By Jill Kuraitis, 11-03-08
The woman who raised Barack Obama, his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died today.
Also today, the California Republican Party sent a complaint letter to Federal Election Commission general counsel Thomasenia Duncan which says, “Obama for America violated federal law by converting its campaign funds to Senator Obama’s personal use” for his trip to see his dying grandmother.
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Comments
Do you suppose sugar momma footed the bill? Of course not. there is a better chance that Charles Keating paid for it, just like the old days.
I presume the debt will have been settled with personal funds and the suit will be dismissed; but if it is not...