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-Election 2012
ObamaPhones Profiting ObamaDonors
2012-10-09
One of the major providers of the free cell phones--3.8 million subscribers as of late 2011--is Miami-based TracFone Wireless, a company whose president and CEO, Frederick "F.J." Pollak, has donated at least $156,500 to Democratic candidates and committees this cycle, including at least $50,000 to the Obama campaign.

Pollak's wife, Abigail, is a campaign bundler for Obama who has raised more than $632,000 for the president this cycle, and more than $1.5 million since 2007. She has personally contributed more than $200,000 to Democratic candidates and committees since 2008.

The Pollaks hosted Obama at their Miami Beach home in June for a $40,000-per-plate fundraising dinner, and hosted a similar event with Michelle Obama in July 2008. The couple personally donated a combined $66,200 to Obama's reelection effort that year.

Visitor logs indicate that Frederick and Abigail Pollak have visited the White House seven times. In 2009, the president appointed Abigail to serve on the "Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino."
Posted by:Fred

#5  And multiple smartphones for p*rn and solicitation and FB and stuff--phone justice for the class-less.
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck 5095   2012-10-09 16:04  

#4  They need 'em to set up drug deals.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-10-09 11:25  

#3  Bobby, they hardly have pay phones anymore. Besides, even if they did, they wouldn't work in the neighborhoods where the free cell phone recipients live. And the recipients 'need' a phone so they can call 911 - and of course, so they can be called with job offers after their interviews, and for their self-esteem.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-10-09 07:56  

#2  Sorry, I must've nodded off. Just how was my government authorized to hand out free phones?

Don't food stamps fit in a pay phone?
Posted by: Bobby   2012-10-09 06:04  

#1  So the US Gov't money buys cell phones for the poor from Fred and Abigail Pollak's TracFone Wireless. Abigail then hosts fund raising dinners and sends laundered that money to Champs reelction campaign ? BTW, TracFone is a subsidiary of América Móvil, hense the "Nional Museum of the American Latino" connection.

América Móvil (BMV: AMX / NYSE: AMX / NASDAQ: AMOV / BMAD: AMXL) is a Mexican telecommunication company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the fourth largest mobile network operator in terms of equity subscribers and one of the largest corporations in the world. América Móvil is a Fortune 500 company. A venture of Carlos Slim, América Móvil provides services to 246 million mobile subscribers in 18 countries.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-09 05:43  

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