Updated:Not The First Time Obama Has Returned Rezko Donations…Say It Aint So: Obama’s Donor-TONY REZKO- ARRESTED
(2:53 PM UPDATE)It seems that Barry has a habit of donating Rezko money after the press picks up on it:
Obama and Rezko have been friends since 1990, and the Wilmette businessman has raised as much as $60,000 in campaign contributions for him.
After Rezko’s indictment, Obama donated $11,500 to charity ” the amount Rezko contributed to the senator’s federal campaign fund.
That was written 12/23/2006
Media ignore key details in Obama/Rezko letter story
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This isn’t what Barry wanted to hear today and he isn’t going to talk about it..But I will! Rezko is a “fixer” for the Obama campaign.
The charges:
Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a key fundraiser for Gov. Blagojevich and other Illinois politicians, was arrested early today by federal agents after prosecutors alleged he had violated terms of the bond in his fraud case.
Rezko has pleaded not guilty to charges that he joined with another major political fundraiser, businessman-attorney Stuart Levine, to shake down money management companies wanting to invest state pension funds.
Rezko is charged in a separate case with defrauding the General Electric Capital Corp. out of $10 million.
Barry’s reaction:
The morning after winning South Carolina’s primary, Sen. Barack Obama said he has shared everything that is to be known about his relationship with indicted Chicago developer Tony Rezko.
Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” the Illinois Democrat and presidential hopeful also answered a series of questions about racial campaigning and his leading challenger, Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Obama was asked specifically about a paragraph in an endorsement in Sunday’s editions of the Chicago Tribune that calls on him to “divulge all there is to know about that relationship.”
The editorial continues: “Until you do, the journalistic scrubbing and opposition research will intensify. You should have recognized Rezko as a political seducer of young talent. But given that you’ve not been accused of any crime or ethical breach, your Rezko history is not a deal-breaker.”
Obama responded by saying there is nothing more to say.
Oh, but there is more to say. We’ve only just begun! Michelle says that It’s not the end of the story.
Drained the swamp my ass!
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January 28, 2008 - 10:06 AM on January 28th, 2008
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January 28, 2008 - 10:17 AM on January 28th, 2008
[...] In an editorial published recently, the Chicago Tribune already called on Barack to “divulge all there is to know about that relationship.” “Until you do,” the editorial goes on to say, “the journalistic scrubbing and opposition research will intensify. You should have recognized Rezko as a political seducer of young talent. But given that you’ve not been accused of any crime or ethical breach, your Rezko history is not a deal-breaker.” [...]
January 28, 2008 - 11:03 AM on January 28th, 2008
[...] Right Voices wrote an interesting post today on Say It Aint So: Obama’s Donor-TONY REZKO- ARRESTEDHere’s a quick excerpt This isn’t what Barry wanted to hear today and he isn’t going to talk about it..But I will! Rezko is a “fixer”for the Obama campaign. The charges: Antoin “Tony”Rezko, a key fundraiser for Gov. Blagojevich and other Illinois politicians, was arrested early today by federal agents after prosecutors alleged he had violated terms of the bond in his fraud case. Rezko has pleaded not guilty to charges that he joined with another major political fundraiser, businessman-attorney Stuart Levine, to [...]
January 28, 2008 - 11:07 AM on January 28th, 2008
[...] Right Voices wrote an interesting post today on Say It Aint So: Obama’s Donor-TONY REZKO- ARRESTEDHere’s a quick excerpt This isn’t what Barry wanted to hear today and he isn’t going to talk about it..But I will! Rezko is a “fixer”for the Obama campaign. The charges: Antoin “Tony”Rezko, a key fundraiser for Gov. Blagojevich and other Illinois politicians, was arrested early today by federal agents after prosecutors alleged he had violated terms of the bond in his fraud case. Rezko has pleaded not guilty to charges that he joined with another major political fundraiser, businessman-attorney Stuart Levine, to [...]
January 28, 2008 - 01:04 PM on January 28th, 2008
This is pretty weak stuff, as far as campaign dirt is concerned.
Yawn.
January 28, 2008 - 01:14 PM on January 28th, 2008
Of course it is because you like Obama..we’re only warming up..
January 28, 2008 - 01:23 PM on January 28th, 2008
No, really.
Where’s the real dirt?
If this is a guilt-by-association thing, then…like I said, that’s pretty weak.
From your post: “But given that you’ve not been accused of any crime or ethical breach, your Rezko history is not a deal-breaker.”
Soooo….what now?
January 28, 2008 - 01:35 PM on January 28th, 2008
Just found out…
“Obama has already given to charity more than $80,000 in campaign contributions linked to Rezko.”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/28/rezko.arrest/index.html
“When asked about news reports suggesting he may have received more money than that connected to Rezko, Obama said, “What we’ve done is we’ve traced any funds that we know of that we think were connected to him. And if there any other funds that were connected to him that we’re not aware of, then we will certainly return them. It’s in our interest to do so.”
January 28, 2008 - 01:46 PM on January 28th, 2008
from the very same article you cite:
“I did make a mistake by purchasing a small strip of property from him, at a time where, at that point, he was under the cloud of a potential investigation,” Obama told ABC Sunday.
Shortly after his election to the U.S. Senate, Obama bought a house for $300,000 below the asking price. The same day, Rezko’s wife bought the lot next door for full price. Months later, Obama bought a sliver of the Rezko land to expand his yard.
As a state senator, Obama wrote letters supporting some Rezko deals.
January 28, 2008 - 02:02 PM on January 28th, 2008
Hey SFL, why would he continue to take donations from Rezko if he publically returned them when questioned in 2006?
January 28, 2008 - 02:08 PM on January 28th, 2008
“Shortly after his election to the U.S. Senate, Obama bought a house for $300,000 below the asking price. ”
My, my. Kind reminds you of those HilLiary cattle futures, doesn’t it? Can you say “thinly-disguised payoff?”
Obama promised change, real change. Seems to me this is just more of the same. Except one difference with Obama: he went corrupt faster than many pols.
January 28, 2008 - 02:10 PM on January 28th, 2008
#6: Wait until the Klinton smear machine gets going. We’ll have truckloads of dirt on Obama.
January 28, 2008 - 02:30 PM on January 28th, 2008
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January 28, 2008 - 02:31 PM on January 28th, 2008
Obama answers:
“I did make a mistake by purchasing a small strip of property from him, at a time where, at that point, he was under the cloud of a potential investigation”
January 28, 2008 - 02:33 PM on January 28th, 2008
Yawn…
Like I said, if this is the worst they have on Obama so far…he’ll do just fine.
This will hurt Obama like Hsu hurt Hillary.
…meaning, not at all.
January 28, 2008 - 02:34 PM on January 28th, 2008
This is the tip of the iceberg, SFL. See #12. The KKKlinton politics of personal destruction machine hasn’t even started yet.
January 28, 2008 - 02:47 PM on January 28th, 2008
The Clinton machine will backfire on this man.
Obama seems to have the ability to make the slimer look worse than the slimed.
He’s talking about moving beyond the old political style, the very same style the Clintons (and others) are trying to fight with.
January 28, 2008 - 03:20 PM on January 28th, 2008
Liberals have a way of ignoring bad news when it’s about them but playing it up to the hilt when a Republican is involved. The important point here is that Obama has put himself forward as an agent of “hope” and “change” when he is really just the same old same old.
When first elected to the US Senate he asked Rezko for “advice” on how he could buy a house which was way beyond his means (source: ABC News). Which is a not so thinly disguised way of saying his influence was for sale to a known corrupt Chicago “fixer”. So please don’t talk to me about Obama being Mr. Hope&Change when he is just as corrupt as the rest of them. Don’t be surprised if more sordid details come out soon.
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Rezko arrested this morning
Antoin “Tony” Rezko was arrested at his Wilmette home this morning. (Sun-Times/AP)
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