Obama’s Economic and Moral Bankruptcy

there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for allowing someone like Obama to get a pass on all of this-NONE.

Democratic Congress May Adjourn, Leave Crisis to Fed, Treasury

When the going gets tough, Nancy leaves town!

How do we make the Main stream media report it ???
They will not tell the truth – they are so in the tank for Obama. Can we send Larry’s article to all blogs and GOP 527 groups ???? The public needs this information.

Where the hell is the media in focusing attention on his duplicity?

They are busy painting Ohitler’s toenails and on their knees “worshiping” him.

This is the big story that must get out. Fannie and Freddie are at the heart of this financial crisis. F and F used their low interest power to buy up and securitize sub prime loans that were bound to be problematic. These loans included connections to Countrywide, WAMU, Lehman, Bear et al. McCain has a good record on this with legislation he co-sponsored with Chuck Hagel. Hagel needs to come out of retirement and talk about this. McCain had a great speech on this in 2005 and the danger F and F posed to the American economy. Why isn’t the McCain campaign using this. Why isn’t McCain talking about his own role in 2005 on the campaign trail. He is giving Obama the high road. Rove talked about this on Fox last night. Townhall has a great post on this.

Obama is doing a better (or worse depending how anyone looks at it) job of helping to bring down America’s economy than the gang out of Arabia did by bringing down the Twin Towers. Kruschev said the communists would bury America.

One reason Barack Obama might not want to
talk about the role of financially irresponsible bank board members in creating
the subprime mortgage foreclossure financial disaster is that the national
finance chair of Obama’s campaign, Penny Pritzker, is a former board member of
the failed Superior Bank S&L that engaged in irresponsible subprime mortgage
lending during the 1990s.

From here.

Apparently Penny was into subprime lending before it became all the rage
starting in around 2000. It continues:

Penny Pritzker’s chairmanship was apparently "to concentrate on
subprimelending, principally on home mortgages, but for a while in subprime auto
lending, too," after the Pritzkers’ bank acquired its wholesale mortgage
organization division, Alliance Funding, in December 1992.
Secretary of Treasury, right? And the Democrats
are afraid of Sarah Palin? Maybe they need to be more scared of Penny.

Hit Obama on this and hit him now!

Glad that McCain ha a new ad up this morning.

McCain predicted this mess in 2005. McCain was a co-sponsor of the Federal Housing Reform Acto of 2005. He tried to do somethnig about it. Obama didn’t do anything!

Obama and the media distorts McCain’s position and his record. Time to hit back! Expose Obama’s involvement with Fannie and his failure to do ANYTHING to help the American people on this matter while he has been a US Senator. DDoing so is long overdue!

One final point. Take a look at this piece of investigative journalism documenting chapter and verse about Obama’s ties with the slumlords of Chicago. The meltdown on Wall Street started with these slumlords. It is all part of the same activity–an insiders club that pays those who go along while inflicting pain on the poor. That was Barack’s game, not McCain’s.

Larry I hope you reconsider endorsing McCain directly even if the lesser of two evils / devil that we know criterion have to be used. Clearly one man is a greater threat to our nation and that is Obama. McCain is self admittedly imperfect but at least he has a genuine concern for our country. Obama only has a concern for pocket lining and power.

The money trails and ties are damning and make lies of Obama’s Hope and Change. But short of causing him to throw a few more people under the bus, unless he’s found to be taking a bribe I’m not sure that most people read the details.

The lobbyist money shows the sheer duplicity to Obama’s mantra of saying no to lobbyists or anyone who has ever been a lobbyist. But how do we break through Obama’s repetitive sloganeering to get people to realize it is a lie?

OT: 1. I have time to read only one biography or autobiography of John McCain. Any recommendations?

OT: 2. Has anyone volunteered for the new McCain/Palin open & honest election committee? If so, results please?

Where are the MSM? Not doing their job. Don’t know how this will ever get out. McCain’s people must know this—–why the silence? Kinda scary. This is not democracy–this is the MSM choosing our President.

The information is not going to get out unless WE get it out. Email these stories to everyone on your email list and tell them to do the same.
We are all Americans, now. Bombard the internet with facts. Everywhere.
Country First!!!

Joe Biden puts his foot in his mouth again !!

Check it out

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/18/biden-wealthy-americans-must-pay-more-taxes-to-show-patriotism/

Is the fury from the Democratic Party to highjack the nomination and election funded by Wall Street a way to cover the incompetence and thievery? Is Obama being pushed by the corporate MSM so investigations into fraud can be sidestepped in an Obama administration?

With those advising him being leaders of this financial meltdown, and the primary culprits among his largest donors, it is obvious Obama is their guy. It seems the collapse came a little early so they are trying to float the story that it helps Obama. When his campaign staff and the Senate Democrats role in enabling the markets is known it will not help him.

OT-bu important for our energy security.

Russia aims to assert control over Arctic

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=2c79ef9b-5b3f-4426-b47c-011de7d0a846

Canada’s response:

“When we see a Russian Bear approaching Canadian air space, we meet them with an F-18,” said MacKay, referring to Arctic patrol flights by Russian bombers. “We remind them that this is Canadian airspace, that this is Canadian sovereign airspace, and they turn back. And we are going to continue to do that, to demonstrate that we are watching closely their activities here.”

This is a potential crisis that could really spiral out of control and in a hurry!

Now more than ever, we need Mccain-Palin in the White House!!

Mccain-Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12

Everyone reading this please forward a link to Lou Dobbs. You could also send one to the other commentators (aka the in-the-tankers). I doubt that any of them will be interested. Still, you never know.
Many voices are needed to bring this to national attention.
I feel that at some point some enterprising network exec. will figure out that they’re backing the wrong horse and be the first to change sides (or at least be even-handed in coverage) – thereby gaining a huge audience and consequently market advantage over the Kool-Aid drinkers.

Obama is guilty of treason and is a traitor. yes, by all means pass along all of this info. I am going to forward this piece to the Indiana Republican committee. When I spoke to them a few days ago they had no idea what Obama’s supporters are doing.

OT..the FBI is now investigating who hacked Palin’s email account.

And where oh where are the orange satan kooks at to defend all this lobbyist money Obama took? no they don’t show up when their idol of sin is caught and there is no way to excuse it. gotta go talk to the master for talking points on this one.

Where the hell is the media?
As of last night, they were replaying McCain’s out-dated and off the cuff remarks! Anything to give their chosen one another boost up the ladder!
Apparently the WSJ has a new story about the connections…of course, with a balance listing McCain’s advisers as well.
However, the TV crew is doing everything possible to take McCain down with this panic!

If Congress leaves town, as planned, while all this financial unrest is going on, we need to FIRE all of them!
They may hold some hearings.
Well, whoop-de-do! Not enough, get the hell to work, and now!

Nobama has made millions of bucks from his printed navel gazing over the past few years. Where is this money invested, hedge funds? Might be interesting to see.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_el_pr/wall_street_politics

according to yahoo news:

Securities and investment firms gave $9.9 million to Obama and $6.9 million to McCain through July, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a private group that tracks money spent in politics. The industry is McCain’s No. 3 contributor and Obama’s No. 4 contributor, according to the center.

Merrill Lynch’s chief executive, John Thain, has raised more than $500,000 for McCain. Merrill’s workforce likewise is McCain’s top donor, giving nearly $300,000.

the money should be out of BOTH campaigns. Let’s not kid ourselves.

In Elko, Obama tried to anticipate his critics and called on the crowd of about 1,500 to sharpen their elbows, too.

“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face,” he said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/17/politics/p185733D40.DTL&type=politics

Get ready to argue back.

Joe Biden is now saying that Americans should pay higher taxes because it’s only ‘patriotic’ to do so.

This is a comment I found at Fox website, and it totally expresses how I feel about Joe’s statement:

“Comment by Karen Cumbo
September 18th, 2008 at 8:02 am
What Obama and Biden want to do is turn our economy from Capitalistic into a socialistic state with redistribution of wealth. My husband and I came from a poor, inner-city neighborhood and we both worked hard through high school and college and then went on to post-graduate school. We both became engineers and saved up to start a family. When I did have my first child, I stayed home and my husband continued to work over 70 hours per week and travel extensively. My 3 young children cry every Sunday when he leaves for a business trip. When the children were babies, I took a job at night so I could pay for the “extras”. I was thoroughly exhausted but did it so we could provide for our children. We have finally worked our way up to the top income bracket and now Obama wants us to give it away to those who chose to take the easy way out and not work hard or pursue higher education. I’m sorry, but it’s our money and we already pay the highest amount of taxes. Where is the incentive to work hard and do well? Where is the personal responsibility? Should people be rewarded because they chose to have more children than they can afford? Should I be penalized because my children were born when I was married and not out of wedlock? I know some fathers who are home every day at 5 pm and get to spend precious time with their children. My husband and I sacrificed that with the knowledge that we would someday have the money to take wonderful family vacations and hopefully, someday; own a vacation home. Now Obama and Biden say it’s not fair, we should give our hard-earned money to other people who weren’t as “lucky” as us!! This is outrageous. Patriotism does not mean redistribution of wealth. Patriotism means that in America everyone has an opportunity to work hard for the American Dream. Everyone has an right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Our forefathers who created this Constitution would be rolling in their graves now if they knew what Biden and Obama have planned for our great country. Lord help us all if these two Bozos get in the White House.”

Why is he getting all this money and why does his campaign keep saying that he doesn’t get corporate money?

Just have a look here at what McCain had to say about Obama’s ties to Fannie and Freddie…:
http://patriotroom.com/?p=2092

Great post, as usual, Larry.

“What does this say about Barack’s “judgment?” When it comes to losers and thieves he sure knows how to pick them…………………….Then what about Raines, Johnson, and Pritzker?”

This is the same highly touted judgment that allowed Obama to choose Wright, Pfleger, and Meeks as his spiritual advisors.

We know the MSM will not pick up on this and expose Obama for the dirty, corrupt fraud that he is. I only hope the McCain team or some 527’s run some good ads with this info.

Video of Josh Howard disrespecting the National Anthem and supporting Obama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDxf35b06s4&feature=related

wow,

funny that none of you right wing whack jobs ever mention that McPalin’s chief economic advisor Phil “you’re a bunch of whiners” Gramm is the guy that deregulated the system and removed the controls that FDR had put in place back in the 1930s–at which time your right wing whack job forefathers were calling FDR a “socialist.”

Obama got cash from Wall Street cuz they can read the writing on the wall and they know a winner when they see one.

McPalin is a doddering old man that is in the early throes of alzheimer’s– just like that other doddering old fool that started this mess, Reagan.
–McPalin didn’t seem to know where Spain is or the name of its PM last night in an interview.

You right wing kooks are funny, always preaching “responsibility” unless you’ve been in power for years and then the entire country goes to shit–or it is one of your own who’s slutty daughter gets knocked up.

[ADMINISTRATOR: STEVE, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CASE FOR US. WE'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE SINCE LAST YEAR ABOUT THE CRUDE, RUDE, HOSTILE, and HIGHLY IMMATURE BEHAVIOR OF OBAMABOTS. YOU REPRESENT THE VULGAR, INFANTILE BRUTES VERY WELL.

YOU'RE AS PREPARED FOR ADULT DISCUSSION AS YOUR CANDIDATE IS FOR THE PRESIDENCY.]

[ADMINISTRATOR: P.S. You're outta here.]

Then, you make excuses and lash out at others.

Your conservatism has ruined the country, just as it did in the 1930s, and now you are desperate to avoid blame so you attack the party that has always favored government oversight and regulation or markets.

Nice try, but nobody’s buying your bullshit.

Hey, wouldn’t it be great if everyone’s social security money was in the stock market right about now?

Most of those who relate to a pathological or habitual liar are not able to turn things around just by pointing the truth to those affected or conditioned by them. The only way that pathological liars are arrested is out of bankruptcy. That is something quite far from what is happening to OBlahblah now. He is flourishing and basking in the successes of all his lies. His charisma is a big plus. McCain’s best chances is to go back to Palin and feature her as the most qualified to solve our problems because they together as a dynamic duo can seize the moment and solve our problems. Palin is also charismatic but she needs to be front and center of his campaign, not him. McCain needs to give Oblahblah a run for his money by using his best weapon, Palin.

I also heard a report, and if someone can find the link and post it here, that would be great, that McCain’s contributions came from individuals who worked for those companies, and all were within the minimum amount. For instance, if you or I go online and contribute, we are required to list our employer. However, Obama’s was lobbiest money.

I wish I could find that link and post it here.

Very good Larry! Thanks. I am going to spread it around.

This whole thing is a nightmare, and it wouldn’t be so bad if everyone knew this stuff and it was regularly reported. The fact that Obama-Media hides all of this, or barely scratches the surface makes me crazy.

Also, someone sent me an email explaining that ACORN is a housing advocacy group, with the arm Project Vote, but mainly it’s housing…and I wish I knew if there was an ACORN/ Fannie Mae, etc connection.

Obama is tied to too many bad deals with real estate and housing. Auchi is a big real estate guy as well. Banking/ Real estate.

I am just so disgusted. If O wins, I think our country will be in the toilet within 3 years.

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/

The Washington Post’s Double-Standard on Quoting Politicians

Look closely at the way the Washington Post quotes Barack Obama yesterday:

He chided Sen. John McCain some at both. “Yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he’s president, he’ll take on the, quote, old boys’ network in Washington,” Obama said in Elko.

“I am not making this up. This is someone who’s been in Congress for 26 years – who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign – and now he’s the one who will take on the old boy network?” Obama continued. “The old boy network? In the McCain campaign, that’s called a staff meeting.”

Look closely at the way the Washington Post quotes Sarah Palin yesterday:

“John? John?” Sarah Palin called to John McCain. “Can I add somethin’?” …

One woman wanted to give her the chance to address those who say Palin can’t be a mother and vice president. “Well, let’s prove ‘em wrong,” Palin said to cheers.

She talked about her role if the ticket is elected: “Let me tell you, I know a little bit about energy. That’s gonna be my baby when I get to Washington, D.C.”

“Somethin’” instead of “something”; “‘em” instead of “them”; “gonna” instead of “going to.” I don’t doubt that’s the way Palin sounded. But I’ve heard a lot of politicians drop their ‘g’s and ‘th’s, and this is the first time I’ve seen a newspaper put three of them in one story about a politician’s speech.

Obama has suddenly discovered a drawl when appearing before audiences in the South, but I don’t recall transcripts suddenly reflecting that. Those of us who have watched Obama on the stump know that “uh” punctuates his speeches with surprising frequency. Usually, we drop them when quoting him, as they’re superfluous to covering the news.

Depending on your view, the dropped ‘g’s, etc., can sound folksy or uneducated. I just want newspapers to be consistent in their application.

Excellent question. Obama, an unknown – got more money from wall Street that the record held by incumbent W in 2004: 10 million (by last month Obama raked 9.6 million)
meanwhile the polls are tweaked for him – like once they used to be for W
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/polling-for-obama-tweak-the-sample-change-the-outcome/

Video of McCain/Palin at Townhall in Michigan – PUMA Speaks First

http://patriotroom.com/?p=2139

unless WE – you and me – go after the media and demand balance – nothing will change. obama will win. we will get mad and the media and so what?

WE must go after the media nearly as much as we go after Obama.

“at the Media” i meant.

the point remains.

complaining about the media bias now is simply a form of learned helplessness now.
write letters
call.
boycott.

the media must be held to account. We are not powerless. go after the MSM.

James Carville just said yesterday (or the day before), that “barring a major gaffe” from Obama, Sept 15th will mark the day John McCain LOST this election.

Apparently, the further and seemingly never ending financial meltdown has forced both campaigns to talk issues: When the focus is on issues, the Democrat, any Democrat, always has the upper hand. Because of the sheer scope of the economic meltdown, i.e. nearly a TRILLION dollar bailout by tax payers, this is true ten times over.

Just on September 14th, the media’s focus was on personality, i.e. “ugly frogs” and whatnot wherein McCain-Palin were increasingly beating the pants off of Barack O’Bullshit. Palin had effectively stolen Obama’s celebrity thunder. A charismatic soccer mom, or hockey mom with lipstick rather, will beat a race-baiting bullshit artist any day in the mind of the “typical white person“, who is “bitter… and clings to… antipathy towards people who aren’t like them… antipathy towards immigrants…”

The polls are definitely reversing in Obama’s favor. Shit, if the Michelle “Whitey” tape exists, it better come out soon.

BTW, gut instinct tells me that something, some form of “October suprise” will surface concerning The One. During the later part of the primaries, Mary Matalin (Carville’s wife) appeared on Leno and when asked who she thought would win the nomination between Obama and Hillary, Matalin picked Hillary citing “The Clintons have kicked my butt over and over…” They always find a way to win, etc. To me, I thought she was hinting at an very early “October surprise”, especially since Obama had by then virtually sewn up the nomiation. This was also during the time in which the media was reporting rumors Harold Ickes was going around warning of an “October surprise”, and before news broke of the possible existence of a Michelle “Why’d he?” tape.

Well, we’ll see soon enough…

Moral bankruptcy.

Obama: “I want you to argue with them and get in their face….”

Diplomacy at its best. This is the diplomatic genius that will prevent wars by using diplomacy first.

Why doesn’t he up the ante one more notch? Why doesn’t he tell us to grab them by the neck, throw them to the floor, kick them while on the floor, and make them suffer. Be Americans, assault and batter your neighbors, that would be much more convincing. Thuggery rules – Chicago Politics.

More condescension from Maureen Dowd yesterday (gotta keep the class-warfare level as high as the race-baiting) :

“I wandered through the Wal-Mart, which seemed almost as large as Wasilla, a town that is a soulless strip mall without sidewalks set beside a soulful mountain and lake.

Wal-Mart has all the doodads that Sarah must need in her career as a sportsman — Remingtons and “torture tested” riflescopes, game bags for caribou, machines that imitate rabbits and young deer and coyotes to draw your quarry in so you can shoot it, and machines to squish cows into beef jerky.

I talked to a Wal-Mart mom, Betty Necas, 39, wearing sweatpants and tattoos on her wrists.

She said she’s never voted, and was a teenage mom “like Bristol.” She likes Sarah because she’s “down home” but said Obama “gives me the creeps. Nothing to do with the fact that he’s black. He just seems snotty, and he looks weaselly.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/opinion/17dowd.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin

Here is a link to the Campbell Brown v Lynn F de R.

Its hard for me to be objective because I have an intense dislike of Ms. Brown. She appears to be scrambling to make the point that Ms. F de R is bitter and vindictive, interesting for a “reporter”.

http://blog.beliefnet.com/reformedchicksblabbing/2008/09/lynn-forester-de-rothschild-vs.html

Enjoy.

Here is a pretty good video:

Dear Mr Obama, who are you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aBNduAyQ4

OT, Since AIG is now a government-owned corporate, does it now need to follow rules typically applicable to government departements and agencies? Will the Bush administration appoint a new board–maybe a cabinet member?

Another funny one…

Obama’s real theme song: Changeless

And to the Clintons that I stepped on
I could sure use your help today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGrSWHnfkqA&watch_response

New video about Obama`s $$$$

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0&eurl=http://www.redstate.com/

Great post Larry….tick tock…the clock is running on how long before the MSM covers the truth.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — who also complained that he didn’t know a bailout of AIG was in the works — said Congress won’t change laws immediately to address the rapidly unfolding financial crisis because “no one knows what to do.”

straight from CNN

Love this comment:

If no one knows what to do than how are Obama and Biden so sure that their socialist cravings will fix the economy? Fact is they won’t. But no matter. Biden’s gonna pull a Kerry soon. I can feel it.

I think there is a fear here and an assumption on the other side that this over-hyped story about Wall St is going to help Obama. I think that will prove to be false – it will be of no help to either. The initial reaction might be a bump for Obama but that’s because emotional reactions come faster than reasoned reactions. it will take time for Obama’s own Wall St. connections to come out, and time for voters to weigh Obama’s track record as a reformer against McCain’s.

I’m pretty sure that to the extent voters ask themselves “who do I want in a pinch?” that the answer will not be Obama. This is a big news story that, frankly, will be off the front page by the weekend. And I think we return to where we have been all along – that this election is a referendum on Obama and who he really is.

I agree that Obama is an empty suit, a puppet, and a Manchurian candidate. The fact that he is so bad doesn’t make McCain better. It only makes him the “lesser of two evils”.
Neither have a clue about how to handle this world wide derivative crash. They keep listening to Wall Street! For an example, Paul Volcker is an Obama advisor.

“The pathology of this crisis is that unless you get ahead of it and deal with it from a position of strength, it devours the weakest link in the chain and then moves on to devour the next weakest link,” former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, former Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and former Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig said in an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. That is a fair description of the problem, but the solution they provided, having the Federal government buy all the bad paper in the banking system, would be insane.

“Right now the system is clogged with enormous amounts of toxic real-estate paper that will not repay according to its terms,” the trio wrote. “This paper, in turn, is unable to support huge quantities of structured financial instruments, levered as much as 30 times.”

What they propose is a new “resolution mechanism” based upon the Resolution Trust Corp. (RTC), the agency created to oversee the collapse of the savings and loan sector in the late 1980s to early 1990s. “This new governmental body would be able to buy up the troubled paper at fair market values,” warehousing it and giving it the “the chance for much of it to recover a portion of its value.” And who pays for the un-recovered portion of its value?

The same edition of the Wall Street Urinal also carried op-eds by former assistant to the president for economic policy Lawrence Lindsey, and former Lazard banker and current fund manager Steven Rattner, pushing similar insane fantasies. Lindsey called for a “firewall” around the payments system, noting that “nearly 40% of the assets in the banking system are not protected by the FDIC.” He also called for allowing the banks more leeway in valuing the assets they have on the books, as a way of improving their capital positions. Rattner suggested that what we need is bigger banks, noting that “even the vaunted Goldman Sachs and the venerable Morgan Stanley may prove too small to remain independent.”

The only “position of strength” from which to deal with this crisis, is admitting the truth about the state of the global financial system, and taking the hard decisions that flow from that truth, To try to bail out this bankrupt system, as the bankers are so desperately trying to do, will trigger a hyperinflationary explosion of the same destructive force that hit Weimar Germany in 1923, only on a much larger, global scale.

As the closing paragraph of Harpers, “Barack Obama Inc, The Making of a Political Machine”, wrote:

“All of this has forged a political culture that is intrinsically hostile to reform. On condition of anonymity, one Washington lobbyist I spoke with was willing to point out the obvious: that big donors would not be helping out Obama if they didn’t see him as a “player.” The lobbyist added: “What’s the dollar value of a starry-eyed idealist?””

and

“It’s not always clear what Obama’s financial backers want, but it seems safe to conclude that his campaign contributors are not interested merely in clean government and political reform. And although Obama is by no means a mouthpiece for his funders, it appears that he’s not entirely indifferent to their desires either.

Although The Bond Market Association didn’t lobby directly on the legislation, Williams took note of Obama’s vote. “He’s a Democrat, and some people thought he’d do whatever the trial lawyers wanted, but he didn’t do that,” he said. “That’s a testament to his character.” Obama has voted on one bill that was of keen interest to Williams’s members: last year’s hotly contested bankruptcy bill, which made filing for bankruptcy more difficult and gives creditors more recourse to recover debts. Obama voted against the bill, but Williams was pleased that he did side with The Bond Market Association position on a number of provisions. Most were minor technical matters, but he also opposed an important amendment, which was defeated, that would have capped credit-card interest rates at 30 percent. “He studied the issue,” Williams said. “Some assumed he would just go along with consumer advocates, but he voted with us on several points. He understood the issue. He wasn’t closed-minded. A lot of people found that very refreshing.””

The article is a must read for those who missed it a couple years ago.

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2006/11/0081275

The current U.S. financial situation has me more than worried. Read this article about the collapse of the financial markets in 1929 Germany and the rise of Adolph Hitler.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/begins.htm

“His chief assets were his speech making ability and a keen sense of what the people wanted to hear.”

Does this sound like someone we know?

Oh my god! I figured it out, I think i know exactly how to nail obama.

Not only do i respond to threads on a few websites, but I really go into threads I am not really interested in I go to anyway bcause I can sometimes find a a link that will. Last night I read on Riverdaughters web site, a comment with a link to the chicago trubne talking about how obama supporters had interfered with a radio’s due to the fact that they had the author of “the case on against barack Obama” This morning I went back to the site, because the computer at my job, allows text and pictures but no video, i wanted to check out the link. unfortunately the video didn’t really have anything to do with the topic, however, i saw something else that interested me. the article stated that obama unleashed a well plan e-war on this station. All of a sudden it hit me. One thing that chills me and fascinates me in the digital age is that you be tracked, people could at one time commit a crim and then uses their cell phones to create alibis, well since there is a cell tower and in most places, they can pin point your exact location. same thing with the Internet, people’s ip addresses and histories are stored with in their own computer. now if barack obama did launch the web smear on WGN, and admit to it then it means that you could trace obama’s people back to the palin smears through their email, IP number and their own history.

The McCain/Palin Honeymoon is over:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html
You PUMAs seem to love backing losing candidates. You guys sure are gluttons for punishment. As far as this current financial crisis, blame Phil Gramm for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which McCain himself voted for, that started the deregulation process that lead to yesterday’s debacle.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9246.html
Yeah, you PUMAs sure know how to pickem, huh?

LJ,

Could you clarify your statement “he learned his lesson the hard way with the Keating five scandal?”

For those who may not know, The Senate Ethics committee that investigated the Keating Five cleared McCain of all charges against him and did not find his actions to be improper. They cited him only for “poor judgment.”

My take on your comment is that McCain learned a lesson about the appearance of impropriety rather than being complicit in the wrongdoing and learning from that mistake.

Thanks.

Obama Drama will not be syndicated.

Great post Mr Johnson.
OT:
Can NQ reach into the arcives and re-post the the article with the video of Ayers and Chavez in Venezuala?

I do think the only way to break the iron love grip of the MSM and Obama is to dump as much dirt as there is on Obama and pray.

Larry, its up to you to come up with some smoking guns like the Whitey tape and the documents from Pakistan and Indonesia you discussed previously re Obama’s citizenship and passport use.

Step it up.

you can watch Palin and McCain at cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/

I’ve seen posters here trying to make the absurd claim that the Republican party, their policies in practice and specifically John McCain and Phil Gramm are somehow not responsible for the current financial debacle.

Here’s a radical idea. Try reading the actual truth of the matter for a change:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/a-nation-of-village-idiot_b_127340.html

Two, four, six, eight
What would we appreciate?

Attack ads, attack ads, BAIPA and Ayers attack ads…

LIVE on FOX:

Palin speaking now in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, answering Biden’s crazy claim that paying higher taxes is about Patriotism:

“This isn’t about Patriotism. It’s about Barack Obama’s poor judgment.”

Crowd roars!!!

Palin speaking about McCain’s judgment and warnings about Fannie and Freddie.

Crowd in Iowa is loving it!!!

Chants of “We Want Sarah!” and “We Want John!” are loud!

In a McCain-Palin Administration, we will never forget that we are there to work for you, the people of America! And that always begins with putting Country first!”

“We’re going to get government back on the side of the people. Country will come first!”

Amen, Sarah!!

McCain-Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12

Not a SINGLE news organization, outside of Fox News (primarily Hannity lol) is even mentioning this. Bill O’Reilly is kissing Obama’s ass so heartily it’s embarrassing and the rest of the MSM doesn’t intend to mention it. Every now and again over the past couple of days, an expert appearing on CNN will try to defend McCain, but they usually shoot that individual down. It’s shameful.

Sarah Palin in Cedar Rapids, Iowa just now, speaking on the nedd for energy independence:

“It is a matter of national security and future prosperity. We need American resources produced by American workers and brought forth by American ingenuity. And we can do this!”

YES WE CAN!!

Crowd is going wild!!

BOOYAH!!

Obama’s history of accepting foreign contributions, a very suspicious trail of odd donation amounts:

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/obamas_foreign_contributions/

Obama campaign seeks to suppress truth via Google search:

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/09/obama-suprresse.html

I love this one…apparantly he knows beeter than us what we should think:

Obama Quote of the day!

“The one thing that I want to insist on is that, as I travel around the country, the American people are a decent people. Now they get confused sometimes. You know, they listen to the wrong talk radio shows or watch the wrong TV networks, um, but they’re, they’re basically decent, they’re basically sound.”

just stupid right, thanks…jeez http://www.TrunkReport.com

I love this one…apparantly he knows better than us what we should think:

Obama Quote of the day!

“The one thing that I want to insist on is that, as I travel around the country, the American people are a decent people. Now they get confused sometimes. You know, they listen to the wrong talk radio shows or watch the wrong TV networks, um, but they’re, they’re basically decent, they’re basically sound.”

just stupid right, thanks…jeez http://www.TrunkReport.com

More quotes from Sarah in Iowa just now, speaking about Obama:

“When it comes to reform, has he ever once said, “We did, instead of “I will” ?

“John McCain and I are optimistic in solving these problems. We’ve brought about change and reform.”

Crowd is pumped up!!

McCain on now.

More quotes from Sarah in Iowa just now, speaking about Obama:

“He likes to point the finger of blame, but has he ever lifted a finger to help?”

Crowd yells NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

“When it comes to reform, has he ever once said, “We did, instead of “I will” ?

Crowd yells NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

“John McCain and I are optimistic in solving these problems. We’ve brought about change and reform.”

Crowd is pumped up!!

LOVE IT!!!

McCain on now.

McCain hiting the corruption and manipulation of the home loan system. Speaking on the abuses within the agencies. Speaking about his warnings from two years ago about Fannie and Freddie.

“Senator Obama talks a tough game on the financial markets.but the facts tell a far different story!

OH, hell yes McCain!

McCain is nailing Obama and exposing his ties to Fannie Mae.

Yes!!

McCain nailing Obama now!

While the leaders of Fannie and Freddie were lining the pockets of Obama….BOOM!

“That’s not change, that’s what’s broken in Washington today, my friends.”

Here is the video of the ties of Fannie Mae CEO to Barack America. Enjoy!

http://minx.cc/?post=273689

There are only a couple of reasons why profit-oriented special interests donate money to a candidate, right?

Either they’re hoping to buy influence directly, or they believe a particular candidate’s policies will create an environment generally more favorable for their interests and activities.

Politicians are only too happy to take campaign contributions during an election year. You’ve got to be a seriously irreputable source before your money will be turned down. I don’t believe this applies only to Barack Obama. John McCain, for example, has received over $1.2 million in contributions from the oil industry since the beginning of the year.

The issue is the extent to which a politician’s positions and actions appear to be influenced by such contributions. Whatever influence Fannie Mae, Freddic Mac, Lehman Brothers, AIG, and Bear Stearns hoped to gain with either Obama or McCain doesn’t seem particularly relevant at this point. Both have been very critical of their practices, and both are calling for increased transparency and regulation.

Obama cannot win an honest election. The electoral map does not favor Democrats and hasn’t in decades. With the Republicans well organized in the south and the right wing pumped while the Democratic Party is split–it would be impossible for Democrats to win all but their 14-15 state industrial base and even that is shakey right now. Obama has been told that if the tracking polls stay even he will lose. The reality is that 6% of the population will not vote for an AA for president. Its called the Bradley Effect. People tells the pollsters one thing while they do the opposite.

Its up to the Republican Party vigilance to keep Obama from stealing this. Let the media crow about Obama–the voters rule this year.

Well at least you Republicans aren’t pretending to be Hillary supporters anymore.

McCain hitting back on Obama in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and exposing Obama:

“His idea of reform is what his party leaders in Washnigton tell him to do.”

“I’ve fought both parties to shak up Washington, and I’m going to do it as President.”

Crowd roars!! Chants of John McCain, John mcCain!

McCain hiting the corruption and manipulation of the home loan system. Speaking on the abuses within the agencies. Speaking about his warnings from two years ago about Fannie and Freddie.

“Senator Obama talks a tough game on the financial markets.but the facts tell a far different story!”

Talked about how Obama ranks # 2 in donations from F mae.

McCain is nailing Obama and exposing his ties to Fannie Mae.

Yes!!

“While the leaders of Fannie and Freddie were lining the pockets of Obama… Oh Snap!! BOOM!

“That’s not change, that’s what’s broken in Washington today, my friends.”

“Senator Obama isn’t change. He’s part of the problem in Washington.”

Go Johnny Go!!

McCain said if he was President, he would fire the head of the SEC!

McCain commenting on Biden’s comment about taxes!!

“Raising taxes in a difficult economy is not Patriotic. It’s not a badge of honor. It’s just plain dumb.”

Crowd roars!

“I’ll lead us through this crisis by fighting for you!”

“You inspire me, my friends.”

A few hecklers are showing up now. They can’t stand that John McCain is nailing Ozero!

“The one thing that Americans want us to do is to stop yelling at each other, don’t they?”

“I have asked Senator Obama to come anywhere, anytime, any place, and we’ll do townhall meetings together. Why is it that Senator Obama won’t come here and stand on a stage with me and share his ideas and face the people. The next time people start yelling, tell them to tell him to come here and stand by me and talk with me and the voters of Iowa and America.”

Crowd in Iowa is pumped up and loving it!

(whew-quick summary there)

Take that, Ozero!!

McCain-Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12

Larry, I know this is off topic, but I heard last night that someone hacked into Sarah Palin’s email account and published them on the internet, along with family pictures. I think they even put up Bristol Palin’s cell#. This has got to be illegal. I know that with your expertise that you could find out who the scumbag is who did this. I would love it if it was someone employed by the Obama campaign.

Thanks!

McCain/Palin are rallying us. It’s just exactly what this country needs…to be a part of the solution instead of being used by Obama and his ilk.

This is our own “WWII” – to save our country from those that would destroy it in order for foreign competitors and socialists to rule.

Sounds far fetched, but wonder if it really is?

[...] Obama’s Economic and Moral Bankruptcy By Larry Johnson — September 18, 2008 at 7:42 AM http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/18/obamas-economic-and-moral-bankruptcy  [...]

[...] $1,223,737.00 McCain $258,075.00. Big difference, no? To find out how and why this happened click here. Looks like Obama has game and he played with the big boys with the doe…..starting with Rezko [...]

Larry, I must post a protest of your premise.
Capitalism gone amuck is exactly what has happened
here. The meltdown in the financial markets is
real and is the fault of unregulated markets.
I do agree that Obama is not clean on this issue,
among others. Freddie MAC is the Enron
of the Democratic party. There is no other
way to get around it. This crisis goes well
beyong Freddie and Fannie though.
Most of the nations largest financial institutions
are very much so guilty of lobbying for
losening the rules. This has been the trend
since Reagan came along. We can no longer afford
to go on this current path. We must re-regulate
a sizable part of the economy. The financial firms
must be re-regulated and broken up.
Investment banks and commerical banks must NOT
be intertwined. There are too many conflicts of interest.

It is true that Obama was against tightening lending regulations
while McCain was for it. Sadly, it was Bush who was also
on the side of Obama in opposing these rules too.
I do believe that Obama will do the bidding of Fannie and Freddie
if he is President. He will re-regulate to a certain extent
as will McCain. Neither will go as far as Hillary
would have and that is to reinstate the Glass-Steagal Act,
relagating Investment Banks, Commercial Banks, and Insurance Companies
as three seperate entities that can own no more than a 5%
stake in each other.

McCain will not push re-regulation too hard because
he is center-right on economic issues.

We needed Hillary at this time and we are stuck
with two choices who will not uproot and reform the
status quo.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This is our great challenge.
Today we face enemies abroad and financial messes within.
We must be one nation and look to a leader who has a steady hand. WHo seeks the advice in humility, not with a preordained answer.

We can be like the “Greatest Generation” and solve this. We are without question the most innovative people on the planet.
We are the most generous people ever to grace the planet. We have made the most innovation for human good.

This is one more challenge for us, shall we rise to the occasion with John McCain or shall we roll over like Barack Obama has asked us to do in Iraq and now? This is not to hard for AMERICANS.

These Colors NEVER RUN!

[...] issue. Obama will, with MSM help, blame the McCain Lobbyists and McCain will, with proper backing (See Larry’s Article) be able to place blame, in great part, on some of Obama’s Financial Advisers. [...]

[...] buddy Tony made the big bucks off taxpayer money. The only difference ies that, unlike Jim Johnson and Franklin Raines, Tony Rezko is going to [...]

[...] monies from Fannie and Freddie is utterly astonishing — read Larry Johnson’s reports here and here — and should be the #1 topic at dinner tables around the [...]

[...] — actively opposed such measures and further weakened existing regulation. Which brings us to Barack Obama’s connection to the FM mess and the demise of Lehman Brothers and Bears [...]

Barrack by Popular Demand

Behind those larger donations is a phalanx of more than 500 Obama “bundlers,” fund-raisers who have each collected contributions totaling $50,000 or more. Many of the bundlers come from industries with critical interests in Washington. Nearly three dozen of the bundlers have raised more than $500,000 each, including more than a half-dozen who have passed the $1 million mark and one or two who have exceeded $2 million, according to interviews with fund-raisers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/us/politics/06bundlers.html?scp=67&sq=Obama%20Donors%20Wall%20Street&st=cse

[...] Hate to disagree Barack, but the Dems brought this on us, go here and here. [...]

A Chicagoan’s Perspective on Obama, Rezko and Corruption
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The corner lot formerly owned by Antoin “Tony” Rezko’s wife, Rita, is next door to the home (right) of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood.
(Tribune photo by Milbert O. Brown / March 6, 2008)

How convicted influence peddler conspired with Obama Govenor Blogojevich and Univ of Chicago Hospital Board for millions in governement funding.
How Michelle Obama got her new job with them. and……..

How Michelle Obama received a 260% raise in one day to over $300,000 a year.

Rezko, Obama, and Chicago Corruption
by Abraham H. Miller
July 5, 2008
Abraham H. Miller is an emeritus professor of political science. He grew up in Chicago’s notorious 24th Ward, and he is author of a recent work of Chicago-based fiction, ‘Vorshavsky: A Chicago Story.’
If Tony Rezko were young, blonde and disappeared on a Caribbean Island, Greta Van Sustern would have been all over the Rezko trial. And that very particular Chicago definition of ‘clout’ would have been ingrained in everyone’s lexicon.
But Tony (Antoin) Rezko is simply another middle-aged, bald, Chicago developer who was involved in an influence peddling and kick-back scheme that was connected to a number of politicians, a couple of pension funds, an Iraqi businessman (prepared to upfront millions for bail) and, oh yes, Senator Barack Obama. A jury hit Tony with a conviction on sixteen felony counts out of twenty four in the indictment.
Corruption, at least corruption old-fashioned Chicago style, is par for the city’s political culture. Unlike corruption in other cities, Chicago corruption usually trickled down to the little guy. The myth is that everyone benefited. Of course, some people benefited a lot more than others.
And Chicago corruption was always underscored by a nice dose of reality. When one prominent politician was asked about directing the city’s insurance business to his relatives, he gave a resoundingly uncomplicated answer: Why would anyone bother to go into politics, if he couldn’t throw a little business to his loved ones.
We Chicagoans can resonate to the crisp truthfulness of the response.
Unlike academia where the corruption is so intense, the stakes are so small, and the justifications truly Kafkaesque, the guy on the right side of the take in Chicago could, well, like Tony Rezko, buy a great mansion in fashionable Wilmette, or like Barack Obama get a real discount on a mansion in trendy and liberal Hyde Park-Kenwood.
No further rationale would be required.
Since 1972, on average two Chicago politicians per year have been convicted of felonies. In 1991, when not one Chicago Alderman was convicted or even indicted, the Sun-Times ran that deviant event as a front-page story.
Michelle Obama spent just three years at the Chicago Law Firm of Sidley Austin, where she met Bernadine Dorn (the convicted bomber wife of William Ayers) far less than a typical associate on the career path to be partner. In a move incongruous with the alleged iconic credentials that are a mainstay of the Michelle hagiography, she took a job with the Democratic machine.
Probably some people think you leave a high- powered, prestigious law firm like Sidley Austin to take a job with the Chicago machine to save the world. But no one who knows how Chicago works is going to buy that!
Michelle was subsequently hired by the University of Chicago, ultimately ending up as the University of Chicago Hospital’s Vice President for External Affairs. Barack was chair of the Illinois Senate’s powerful Health and Human Services Committee, the position tied by some to the Rezko scandal.
If you don’t get the picture, you are definitely not from Chicago.
In 2007 the not-for-profit University of Chicago hospital turned out a profit of 143 million, and is up 118 million for 2008. The hospital is scheduled to receive a 30 million infusion from Medicaid, and will be turning some of its Medicaid patients to another hospital to free up space for its private insurance paying patients. According to the (London ) Daily Mail (online), in 2006 the hospital turned away an indigent man, who died.
When Michelle exhorts young people to turn down the profit system and do something meaningful with their lives, apparently this is not the example she means to convey.
A couple of months after her husband was sworn in as U.S. Senator, Michelle’s salary at the Medical Center was raised from $121,910 to $316,962.

It appears that Barack Obama, allegedly decent guy and agent of “change” in Washington, requested an earmark in 2006 for $1 million taxpayer dollars for the hospital where his wife works.

The Chicago Tribune reported that Mrs. Obama’s compensation at the University of Chicago Hospital, where she is a Vice President for Community Affairs, jumped from $121,910 in 2004, just before her husband was elected to the Senate, to $316,962 in 2005, just after he took office.

Do you know of anyone that has ever gotten a 260% raise?

Now, I know that there are lots of ways to talk about transactions like this involving public officials — quid pro quo, etc., but I prefer to just say that we’re dealing with good, old fashioned, public corruption here.
Now you might ask what does a community relations director at a university do? That’s really a naive question. The question is who does the community relation’s director know?
The answer became apparent when Barack was elected to the U.S. Senate and Michelle’s salary more than doubled.
Barack and Michelle were a power couple hooked into the Democratic machine. Tony Rezko cultivated them, the Chicago Way. When the Obamas bought their mansion in trendy Hyde Park-Kenwood, Mrs. Rezko bought the lot next door for asking price in a coordinated deal from the same seller. The Obamas got their house at a discount. Mrs. Rezko paid full price. Later, Mrs. Rezko sold part of the lot to the Obamas to expand their back yard.
What Rezko wanted from Obama became apparent later.
To understand the genius of Rezko, you need to understand that for generations, corruption in Chicago was partisan specific. As my mother used to say when she split her ticket, ‘You need some Republicans. Then the machine can’t steal as much.’
But then came the Chicago Combine: bipartisan corruption you could believe in. Rezko established a typical Chicago ‘pay for play’ scheme, but one that crossed party lines. You want to build a hospital, you had to pay Rezko, who paid the appropriate people who could help you play. The problem that Rezko faced was the hospital board had fifteen members and that is a lot of people to bribe and a lot of loose ends. But then Rezko had a friend who chaired the Illinois Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee.
Enter State Senator Barack Obama, who is credited as the moving force behind a piece of bipartisan legislation (Il. Senate Bill 1332) that reduced the hospital board to nine people, to be appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich (know as Governor ‘Blago’) with advice and consent of the Illinois Senate.
Blago immediately appointed three physicians, Rezko cronies with similar Middle Eastern backgrounds, all of whom were coincidentally big contributors to Barack Obama. As they say downtown, Barack knows how to walk the Chicago Way. Rezko became the guy you saw if you wanted to build a health care facility. He controlled the board’s votes.
The three appointed physicians have been convicted in the Federal probe and are rumored to be about ready to sing.

Patricia Blagojevich, the governor’s wife, is next in line for an indictment. The Chicago press is now 24/7 on active ‘Patti Watch.’

For his part, Rezko just sent a ‘I will not rat out my pals letter,’ to United States District Judge Amy St. Eve. Veteran observers of the Chicago crime scene note that the guys who don’t sing, don’t write letters. They just clam up. You write a letter because you want the other guys to be reminded to take care of your wife and kids’college is expensive.

So, what else does Rezko expect, a presidential pardon, ala Bill Clinton and Carlos Vignali, the dope dealer Clinton’s brother-in-law, Hugh Rodham, represented?
So, here’s the deal. If you don’t want a president making it in the alcove near the Oval Office, don’t elect a guy with a history as a rake and a swordsman. If you don’t want a president who can’t negotiate with the majority of his own party, don’t elect a backwoods, Southern governor with a Jesus complex. If you don’t want a president who orders the break in of the opposition, don’t elect a guy whose career was saturated by paranoia.

And if you want to make sure that the White House is not going to be tainted by corruption, don’t elect a president who grew up in the Chicago political system and whose wife thinks that the country owes her some palliative to eliminate her sense of personal shame. Because unlike the stock market, when it comes to human behavior, past performance really is indicative of future results.

Prosecutors talking to Rezko, seek to delay sentencing
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October 7, 2008

BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter nkorecki@suntimes.com
Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday to indefinitely postpone Tony Rezko’s scheduled Oct. 28 sentencing on corruption charges, acknowledging they are engaged in talks with the former top political fund-raiser for Sen. Barack Obama, Gov. Blagojevich and others “that could affect . . . sentencing.”
The Chicago Sun-Times first reported in August that Rezko might be cooperating with prosecutors. Since then, the talks, and the prosecution’s efforts to confirm information Rezko has provided, have been an open secret. In September, sources close to the investigation confirmed the talks to the Sun-Times but said there was no deal with Rezko.
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In court filings, prosecutors said they are in discussions with Tony Rezko, who was convicted of corruption charges.
(Tom Cruze/Sun-Times)

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The 53-year-old Wilmette businessman, who at one time was a top adviser to Blagojevich, was convicted in June of wide-ranging corruption tied to state deals. He could face a lengthy prison term and still faces two more criminal trials.
Several criminal-defense lawyers, who spoke to the Sun-Times only on the condition they not be named, said prosecutors have asked to interview or reinterview their clients about allegations that Blagojevich’s campaign took contributions in exchange for state contracts or appointments. One lawyer said prosecutors told him they sought the interview in response to new information provided by Rezko.
On Sunday, the Sun-Times reported the FBI has interviewed witnesses about a rehab project at the governor’s home that was done by a Rezko-owned contractor.
Federal authorities also have been reviewing real estate dealings involving Blagojevich’s wife Patti, who works in real estate, and campaign contributors including Rezko.
A U.S. attorney’s office spokesman would not comment Monday. Rezko’s lawyers could not be reached.
If a judge agrees to delay Rezko’s sentencing, it could be good news for Democratic presidential nominee Obama because the former Obama friend and fund-raiser was set to be sentenced just days before the Nov. 4 election.
Rezko… Blagojevich… Obama?
Friday, September 26, 2008
WJBC/1230 is reporting:
Could Illinois Governor Blagojevich suffer the same fate as convicted former Governor George Ryan? Sources tell CBS 2 News Chicago that Federal agents claim to have enough evidence to indict Blagojevich on fraud and conspiracy charges. However, the report says the investigators aren’t the ones who make the decision to prosecute. That would be up to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and the Justice Department in Washington.
This set of charges is, essentially, based on testimony taken at the trial of Tony Rezko. Rezko, Blagojevich, Obama, are all names that keep coming up in that trial. Blagojevich,is an Obama supporter, of course, but more than this… the two apparently have had a working relationship as close as that between Obama and confessed bomber William Ayers.
And of course the mainstream is not paying attention to this story. Gee, I can’t think of why they wouldn’t, huh? Perhaps they’re afraid of what they’ll find?
Personally, I’m waiting for Obama to make the now hackneyed statement that this is not the Blagojevich he thought he knew.