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Rezko, Giannoulias and Obama – dominoes?

We’ve known for a while that Tony Rezko is likely talking with federal prosecutors, since his sentencing after being convicted of wire and mail fraud, money laundering, aiding and abetting bribery has been indefinitely delayed. This is considered a sign that Rezko is providing information that will mitigate against his potential sentence. The absolute best way to follow the Rezko story is with the Chicago papers and Michael Sneed, of the Chicago Sun-Times had an interesting “heads-up” yesterday. Although short, for those following the Rezko story in Chicago, this is very interesting.

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Sneed hears rumbles political fund-raiser/fixer Tony Rezko, who is now singing sweetly to the feds from his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, has been talking about his “dealings” with a Chicago bank, which has political connections.

The Sneed tidbit is important because many Chicogans think the bank she alludes to is the Broadway Bank, owned by the family of 30 year-old Illinois state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

Giannoulias became state treasurer at the age of 29, despite no experience and not even having voted before, when backed by Barack Obama.

Locals think this backing was payback for Broadway Bank’s help in getting Obama a loan for his first townhouse in Chicago.

Last year, the NYPost had a very pointed story about Giannoulias.

A man who has long been dogged by charges that the bank his family owns helped finance a Chicago crime figure will host a Windy City fund-raiser tonight for Sen. Barack Obama.

Alexi Giannoulias, who became Illinois state treasurer last year after Obama vouched for him, has pledged to raise $100,000 for the senator’s Oval Office bid. Before he promised to raise funds for Obama, Giannoulias bankrolled Michael “Jaws” Giorango, a Chicagoan twice convicted of bookmaking and promoting prostitution.

Giannoulias is so tainted by reputed mob links that several top Illinois Dems, including the state’s speaker of the House and party chairman, refused to endorse him even after he won the Democratic nomination with Obama’s help.

Therealbarackobama (formerly Rezkowatch – I miss the old name), is, of course, all over this. They detail some of Obama’s dealings with Giannoulias.

Flashback: Barackopolis: Sneed reported September 23, 2008: “Obama was scheduled to attend a private Greek fund-raiser” Monday night, September 22nd, at Chicago’s Powerhouse restaurant hosted by “Obama’s basketball buddy, state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, who was hitting donors up for $28,500 for Democratic National Committee coffers.”

And TRBO believes Sneed at the Sun-Times is a solid source.

P.S. Why, you ask, does RBO hold Michael Sneed in such high esteem? Well, we can all thank her for providing the proof that Barack and Michelle not only attended that April 3, 2004, reception for Iraqi-British billionaire businessman, Nadhmi Auchi, at Rekzo’s house, but that Obama was observed delivering a toast in Mr. Auchi’s direction. RBO will place good money on anything Sneed has to say. Anytime. Anywhere. Anyhow.

In an earlier piece, TRBO shows how Obama, Giannoulias and Rezko are connected.

In 2006, when Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias was running for office, his good friend Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) not only vouched for him but also appeared in a campaign commercial in support of his campaign.

When Giannoulias visited Chicago’s SouthtownStar editorial board last week, he said that he had “met several times” with convicted political fixer Antoin “Tony” Rezko as a “banking customer,” Kristen McQueary reported June 15, 2008.

TRBO notes ominously at the bottom:

P.S. Would it surprise anyone to know that Obama’s close friend Alexi Giannoulias was tossed under the Obama bus more than two years ago—and Giannoulias still runs the Obama endorsement on his official website?

Yep. Obama did “bus” Giannoulias back in 2006, BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BANK LOANS TO A “CHICAGO CRIME FIGURE.” Here’s the link to that story, at thecapitolfaxblog.com

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday he is concerned by revelations that the bank owned by Illinois Democratic treasurer nominee Alexi Giannoulias’ family gave loans to a Chicago crime figure and said the candidate owes him and the public a full accounting.

“I’m going to take a look at what’s been going on and I’m going to ask Alexi directly what is happening,” said Obama, an early and enthusiastic backer of the first-time candidate, after a town hall meeting at York High School in Elmhurst.

“I think it is absolutely appropriate for [Giannoulias] to have to explain what exactly the nature of the relationship was, how aware the bank was of some of the illegal activities that this gentleman had engaged in in the past,” he said. “I think that is something that, as his campaign goes forward, he’s got to explain to voters.” […]

“It sounds like they hadn’t fully thought that through,” Obama said. “My recommendation to him will be that he needs to have a thorough press conference in which all of this gets completely aired and all of these questions have to be answered. I think that’s what any elected official owes to the voters.”

Wow! Obama was worried at one time about relationships. Now? Not so much. Want to see and hear Obama’s endorsement of the Illinois state treasurer? It’s still a feature of Giannoulias’ site (before it gets taken down. . .).

Back on 10/8, the Sun-Times also had a short bit saying the Rezko sentencing had been postponed.

The delay comes as evidence mounts that Rezko is providing information to federal prosecutors. The Sun-Times first reported Rezko’s meetings with the feds in August and sources close to the investigation later confirmed the talks last month.


. . . If a deal is worked out with the government, Rezko could prove to be the most valuable witness yet in an ongoing probe into state corruption under Gov. Blagojevich’s administration.


. . . Blagojevich said he hoped Rezko “tells the truth” and said he wasn’t worried about his former adviser and fund-raiser talking about him.
The governor pointed to a letter Rezko sent St. Eve earlier this year saying he wasn’t going to make up lies about Obama and Blagojevich.


Ziegelmueller said both the letter and the governor’s comments speak for themselves.


”I think everyone else can draw their own conclusions,” he said.

Some NQ stories on Rezko:

Corroborated – Rezko Speaks Prosecutors Interested in Obama Listen

Open Thread – Obama Can Try to Run but He Can’t Hide

ALSO:  The Boston Globe did a great investigative piece on Obama’s links to the housing privatization schemes — but none of the rest of the MSM picked up their great work.  Our own Un Coup De Des wrote it up brilliantly in two parts:

     (a) Boston Globe Exposé, Part I: Introducing Cecil Butler, Obama’s West Side Slumlord Patron

     (b) Boston Globe Exposé, Part II: Barack Obama (D-Slumlord) Is Aloof, Oblivious, Dangerous

And a great video by Flineo:

  • csuzeq

    off topic

    Does anyone know what is up with Andy Martin and Operatio Aloha Obama?

    http://contrariancommentary.blogspot.com/

  • Cooper

    Comment From Gretawire.

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    The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. It can influence undecided voters

    in swing states.

    Please do two things — takes 20 seconds.

    1) Click on link and vote YES!

    Here’s the link: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

    2) Then send this to every McCain-Palin supporter you know, and urge them to vote and pass it on.

    The last thing we need is PBS saying their

  • Mr. X

    I’ve heard that Rezko will not rat on Obama. What’s the scoop on that?

  • Kal

    That’s based on a letter Rezko filed with the court last spring re something, bail or something, and should not be taken as dispositive of what might be going on re BO right now.

  • OldCoastie

    At best, you’ve got to think Obama is the most naive fellow on the face of the earth or just a really stupid sumbitch…

  • Kal

    This is me replying to MrX up above re Rezko and BO.

  • Angel

    Oh this is rich. Obama says,

    “It sounds like they hadn’t fully thought that through,” Obama said. “My recommendation to him will be that he needs to have a thorough press conference in which all of this gets completely aired and all of these questions have to be answered. I think that’s what any elected official owes to the voters.”

    Glad you feel that way 0bama.

    I think you need to have a thorough press conference in which all these questions about your birth certificate, college years, ties to ACORN, Rezko, Ayers, Wright, Odinga, et. al gets completely aired and all of these questions answered. After all, that’s what any elected official owes to the voters. Right?

  • catherine

    Even if Rezko did’nt rat on Obama rest asured all the other dominoes will to save their skins. If Rezko’s smart he’ll do it first so he can get a better deal regarding sentencing.

    Thank God for the Witness Protection program!

    PUMA!!!!

  • Kal

    Wow! Fox is running a detailed story on BO’s connections to ACORN throughout his career, and spelling out each thing ACORN did that added to the lowering of credit standards in the mortgage business —>> financial meltdown.

    It’s well done. Each point of connection between ACORN and BO is documented with a copy of a letter, newsletter, newspaper story, etc., and lots of video clips.

    Quite the story for someone who may not have heard it before.

  • missE

    “My recommendation to him will be that he needs to have a thorough press conference in which all of this gets completely aired and all of these questions have to be answered. I think that’s what any elected official owes to the voters.”

    You first Obama.

    Thanks for this post LisaB. This housing story needs to be told over and over. It is easy for folks to understand. We should join the protesters at Obama rallies in asking; what about the black community, Obama?

  • //Yahoo ALforHill

    I heard today that Mr. Obama will be in Chicago campaigning or fundraising (don’t remember which). It never ceases to amaze me even during the primaries when some stink was coming out about Rezco, he hightailed it back to Chicago. Maybe to slip him a note don’t worry man, I got your back, I’ll be the Prez soon. Don’t be hoodwinked, or bamboozled, okey dokey.

  • //Yahoo ALforHill

    And he has the nerve to say Mac/Palin and their supporters are making racist remarks. He makes me sick.

  • Andrew

    really! I hope they aren’t talking about Palin anymore. Obama tried real hard to find something dirty and it came out looking silly.

  • Ann Arbor for Palin

    Chicago politics is as corruptive as a third world country.

    Obama, if unfortunately elected, will C-H-A-N-G-E this country to be as corruptive as Chicago.

  • Sarracuda In So Cal

    You ALL gotta check out this youtube video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU

    Obama talks about ACORN and how they shaped his political agenda

  • TexasBuckeye

    I’m so glad you pointed that out! I saw the same hipocrisy. McCain needs to jump on that statement, issue a press release, and publicly call for Obama to hold a press conference to clear up the details of his associations.

    But, that won’t happen. Obama can’t clear it up. He’s guilty. Everybody knows it.

  • Will Smith

    Saturday, October 11, 2008
    The Bill Ayers James Rosen Knows
    Posted by: Duane R. Patterson at 3:11 AM

    We know Barack Obama’s line – Bill Ayers lived in my neighborhood, that he met him a couple of times on a board, he thought Ayers had been rehabilitated. Believable?

    James Rosen of Fox News conducted a half hour phone interview with Mr. Ayers, the unrepentant terrorist and co-founder of the Weathermen Underground, in May of 2004 as part of his research into his John Mitchell biography, The Stong Man. Listen and read, and then judge for yourself whether Obama’s claim that the radical beliefs of an associate and friend of fifteen year weren’t known to him is believable or not.

    Copyright James Rosen, 2004

    BA: It’s easy sitting in America with all of our wealth and privilege, and all of our layers and layers of denial. It’s easy to say, to point to all the evil out there in the world and say but we’re good people, we’re good people. And of course, the problem there is that we fail to actually look at our history and our impact on the world. And so if you say something, if you point out what’s happened in the last two weeks, oh, that’s an aberration, and un-American. I love that. Donald Rumsfeld says it’s un-American. When this began, George Bush said we’re going to go in there and shock and awe.

    JR: Right.

    BA: What the hell is shock and awe? It’s murdering innocents, it’s humiliating people, it’s devastating a country, and so we’re doing it now up close and personal.

    JR: Well, it’s interesting, I think that a lot of people, a lot of liberals are galled by George W. Bush, and have a more visceral hatred for him than they did even Richard Nixon, because he is Nixon with a bit of telegenic charm, which Nixon lacked.

    BA: Well, he’s very charming, and charm does get you pretty far in American politics. It’s kind of frightening.

    BA: I don’t think our move was so much towards violence. I think that what we did was to look at this situation of 2,000 people a day being murdered and try to figure out a couple of things. One is how can be effectively resist the war when we thought our charge was to convince the majority of the American people to oppose it. We did, and still the war went on, and still the murder went on. So what do you do? And in that moment, SDS and every other organization came unglued, and people went different ways. Some people joined the Democratic Party, tried to build a peace wing within it, some people went to factories, some people ran away to Europe, some people ran away to the hills of California. What we did was try to build the capacity to survive what we saw was an impending American fascism. We didn’t want to, we looked at the conspiracy trial, which we were very close to, and we didn’t want to spend two years defending ourselves. That seemed like a complete waste of energy and time. And so we said to ourselves, what are we going to do?

    JR: Which, by the way, Mitchell was responsible for, I mean, had authorized in a way that Clark had specifically declined to bring.

    BA: Right, exactly. And so this is what we saw. We saw the movement either being targeted like Fred Hampton and shot in the head, or targeted like the Chicago 7, dragged into federal court where they had to spend zillions of resources and energy and people hours defending themselves against this completely corrupt government, and this completely corrupt Justice Department on this completely corrupt charge. So yeah, we found that an appalling alternative, and so we set about building a clandestine organization. And the whole point was to survive them, and then possible to take the fight to them against the war and against empire generally.

    JR: Would you say that the, what the lesson of Days Of Rage was, was that this could not be accomplished by a direct confrontation?

    BA: No, I don’t think there was, I don’t think we concluded that exactly, but I think we were moving in a direction that said demonstrations, you know, we’ve tried to demonstrate, we’ve tried to petition our government, we’ve gone door to door and knocked on doors, we’ve talked to our neighbors, we’ve talked to, you know, our parents, our Republican parents, and everybody agrees with us. But we can’t stop the war. So what do we do? And I think the Days Of Rage was, in many ways, mis-calibrated top to bottom. I mean, I think we thought that, you know, the militants had to have their day in the leadership, and that we had always provided the shock troops for the big demonstrations, but we’d never actually set the terms and the tone and the slogans, and so on. But I think we had, by that time, so isolated ourselves and alienated ourselves from our allies that it was pretty much an empty exercise.

    JR: Is it your understanding that the only people who ever died as a result of any of the WU’s activities were the three who died in the townhouse?

    BA: Absolutely.

    JR: Is that true?

    BA: Absolutely true.

    JR: Okay.

    BA: And no one else died, and that was both, you know, you could say it was a happy chance, but it was also by design. And I describe in some detail the struggle within us about, within each one of us as well as among us, about how far, how are you willing to take that step into what I consider the abyss of violence. And we really never did, except for that moment in the townhouse. And I try to imagine what went on there, but the reason I don’t completely buy your thing about violence is because I actually think destroying property in the face of that kind of catastrophe is so restrained, and I don’t see it as a big deal. I mean, the Catholic left, when the Berrigan Brothers climb into nuclear silos and hammer on the warheads, is that terrible terrorism and violence? I don’t get it.

    JR: Right.

    BA: I don’t see where the equivalency is. Yes, they’re crossing a line. Yes, they’re breaking the law. Yes, they’re using weapons. But they’re also not hurting anybody. They’re not killing anybody. Meanwhile, in the background, 2,000 people are being lined up in a pit and shot.

    JR: Right.

    BA: And where those things become equivalent is, just boggles my mind.

    JR: What were your own emotions as you saw the Pentagon, which for you has been for many years a symbol of this kind of horror, you know, when you saw a plane slam into it or…

    BA: Well, I never saw that actually, because I don’t think that was broadcast.

    JR: That’s true. They had some still photographs, but not…yeah.

    BA: The World Trade Center was, I mean, I think my reaction was much like yours unless you, I mean, I don’t know you, but I mean the only group of people that I know who weren’t weeping for the next several weeks were the people who were busy typing legislation into their computers.

    JR: Well, and Palestinians were seen dancing in the streets about the two, yeah.

    BA: You know, I think that was also a bit overwrought in the American press. I think that’s…but I think there is an indication, I mean, you know, in Chile, there was a demonstration that day about the overthrow of Allende. And you know, we have a bit of, well, everybody in the world knows that Americans are geographically challenged, and historically challenged. We don’t have a sense of who we are or where we are. So I think every American that I know was weeping over the next several weeks and devastated and shocked. And was that an act of pure terror? It absolutely was. And there are many other acts of terror carried out by our government, even recently, that are comparable. And there are other acts of terror that have gone on in places like Bosnia that we forgot to notice. So I have very mixed emotions about how it’s been…well, put it this way, I have no mixed emotions about terrorism being always evil, always wrong. But what I think is crazy is to use that moment to advance a right wing agenda that, on every front, every uterus must be examined, every tree chopped down, every oil well dug. I mean, it’s absolute madness, and September 11th is the answer that’s given to anything that these fanatics would like to do.

    JR: When you become so heavily, emotionally, intellectually and physically invested in a goal such as we must stop this war, we must stop the killing…

    BA: Right.

    JR: …and you fail to achieve it, or at least in a certain time frame, how do you go on living? You know, how do you not succumb from just a complete heartbreak?

    BA: Well, I think that that’s a good question emotionally, but I think that, you know, what…one of the problems I think that Americans have, all of us, is that we feel that we ought to be able to have a simple solution to a complex problem, and we ought to be able to cure a virus with a pill, or stop a war because…I mean, one of the things I feel like I’m combating today with young people is the feeling of disappointment and heartbreak that after the largest anti-war mobilization in history on February 15th, 2003, we failed to stop him from going to war. And so the feeling is oh, we were a completely failure. I don’t quite see it that way. I think that in the Vietnam period, that we built a robust, complicated, multi-tiered, multi-faceted anti-war movement. It actually played a very powerful role in limiting the options of the war makers. Had there not been an anti-war movement, I think there would have been nuclear weapons used in Vietnam. They would have flooded the dykes. That was on the drawing boards. General Haig wanted to bomb the dyke system and kill millions more. And I think the anti-war movement both in the United States and in Europe limited that option. So I don’t take it as a complete defeat. The war lasted ten years. That’s ten years longer than it should have lasted. But it didn’t last thirty years. It didn’t last forty years. Three million people were needlessly killed, but not thirty million, and not three hundred million. So you know, it’s horrible, and I was completely invested, I lived and breathed it day and night, and I think I was on the side of justice, and ultimately I think it’ll be seen that way.

    http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog

    Btw you can listen to actual interview hughhewitt site

  • candymarl

    Yes, if Obama thinks full disclosure is necessary then he should release all of his papers before the election not the day after.

    Wasn’t it Obama and his camp that berated all of the other candidates until they opened their records? Then why can’t Obama do the same? If there’s nothing there we all move along.

  • http://JohnMcCain.com Galt, Master Thrall of Planet Triskelion

    We’ve known for a while that Tony Rezko is likely talking with federal prosecutors, since his sentencing after being convicted of wire and mail fraud, money laundering, aiding and abetting bribery has been indefinitely delayed.

    The news reports don’t reveal too much but it seems he might be singing like a canary to save his own ass.

  • Illinois_gal

    OBAMA AUTHOR ANDY MARTIN INVITES INTERESTED “SHOE LEATHER” RESEARCHERS TO JOIN HIM IN HAWAII

    MARTIN WILL LEAD A RESEARCH TEAM THAT WILL INVESTIGATE “THE LOST OBAMA” IN HAWAII

    “WE ARE DOING THE JOB THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA REFUSE TO DO,” SAYS MARTIN

    (NEW YORK)(September 23, 2008) Andy Martin has an invitation for those who want to join in the effort to research and investigate the “Lost Obama.” “Join me in Hawaii.” Martin will lead a research team in Hawaii October 15-22.

    “We have a plethora of leads for Obama in Hawaii, and we have numerous stories with a Hawaii angle,” says Martin. “We have been forced to do the job the mainstream media refuse to do. The Internet rules!

    “ContrarianCommentary.com is making available free participation in this research expedition. We are not collecting a penny from anyone. People who want to join us and share the research effort can make their own travel arrangements and hotel accommodations in Hawaii.

    “We will link up on October 15th, and break up on the 22nd. We will have a full week to do in-depth investigation and reporting.

    “It is strange that the media have ignored Obama’s Hawaii years. How many stories have you seen on his formative period? Virtually none. Obama was not shaped by Chicago; he pitched up there as an adult. ‘Barry O’ was shaped by his unconventional family in Hawaii. As a general election approaches, media usually write profusely on a candidate’s teenage years. There has been an iron curtain of silence imposed on Obama adolescence. All of us were teens once; we know how critical that development period is to our adult character. Truly, this is a period in Obama’s life that the media have tried to forget; they have created ‘the lost Obama.’

    “We will lead team volunteers as they help assemble a true picture of Obama in Hawaii. It is a unique opportunity to see news and analysis in the making. All people have to do is provide us with a paid reservation and we will allow them to join the team. We will assemble in Honolulu at our hotel. And from then on, the sky’s the limit as we conduct our field research on Barack Obama. We will assemble each morning and each evening to share ideas, results, suggestions, conclusions and the like,” says Martin.

    Persons who are interested in joining ContrarianCommentary.com’s research team in Hawaii October 15-22 may contact Andy Martin.

  • Jackie

    RE:Comment by candymarl | 2008-10-11 20:27:58

    That is one more power play, Do as I say not as I do.

  • Ann Arbor for Palin

    Rezco probably is waiting for President BHO to pardon him.

  • lark

    What kind of stupidity asks a question on qualification for the presidency on a person that is a governor. It is as if no governor has ever won the office before.

  • typewriterstreaming

    Maybe he can get to the bottom of the non existent birth certificate that in Barry’s mind originates somewhere in Hawaii – even if he and his sister can’t get their stories straight.

  • typewriterstreaming

    I have voted in the poll a number of times from different computers and the score is always 49% 49%. PBS is gas lighting the Palin supporters.

  • John Smith

    Did anybody hear that the McCain campaign will spend 160 million in the last two weeks of the campaign?

  • McTampaBayacuda

    Don’t be hoodwinked, or bamboozled, okey dokey.

    Obama’s code for start accusing non-supporters of being racist.

  • oppo

    Is it just me & my overactive imagination or their a slight change in the press?

    Exhibit A: politico.com – two distinctly “cranky-towards-obama” pieces today (ACORN [probe, and calling him out for being vague & indecisive re: economy);

    Exhibit B: CNN “special investigation” – into candidate health concluded McCain in excellent shape, based on thousands of pages of doc; Obama’s one pager? What the hell is he playing at?

  • WasLNbutNoBamaBotsKeepStealingMyName

    somebody said they heard it on FOX, but I don’t know for sure.

  • http://JohnMcCain.com Galt, Master Thrall of Planet Triskelion

    Corrupt + election is like oil + vinegar, they don’t mix.

  • WasLNbutNoBamaBotsKeepStealingMyName

    Hmmmm…interesting, no?

  • yttik

    I haven’t voted yet, but they say I already did.

  • http://JohnMcCain.com Galt, Master Thrall of Planet Triskelion

    Hiding his HIV status? Lung cancer? High blood pressure? Heart disease? The Precious can only blame himself for the unanswered questions.

  • jbjd

    Are you saying that CNN broadcast the fact, BO only released a one-page letter in lieu of his medical records? When?

  • hadenough

    Trips to rehab?

    Because obama refuses to release his medical records we have no idea how many times obama has been in rehab and for what substances.

  • csuzeq

    yes, but that CNN report was old.

  • jdona

    hillaryclintonforum.net has a video with Obama plainly stating that in his administration ACORN would help him “set his agenda”. Go watch it. http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=35450

  • Wiley

    Then the question is: Would Rezko be willing to wait 4 to 8 years for a pardon? No way would 0bama pardon Rez until he’s on his way out the door…

    Rezko could serve himself better by rolling over now with a good plea agreement and be back in Syria in a much shorter time span.

  • http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/this_could_be_the_game_changer.html THIS MAY BE IT

    http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/this_could_be_the_game_changer.html

    THIS IS A 10 MINUTE YOU TUBE THAT MAY BE THE GAME-CHANGER WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

    SORRY, I HAVEN’T VIEWED IT (SLOW CONNECTION). IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT BO BEING INELIGIBLE.

    IF YOU CAN TAKE A MINUTE AFTER VEIWING AND COMMENT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ALSO, PASS IT AROUND.

  • WyattBeck

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  • hank48188

    That is where Obama’s Family was hanging with Frank Marshall Davis, the Communist and Sexual Pervert. They probably knew other Commies there too. Obama’s Grandfather thought Davis wiould be a Good Mentor for young Obama, to help twist his mind like the rest of the Family did to him for years. Just look at his Family, how could you come out of that even somewhat normal, thsi guy doesn’t have baggage, he has Steamer Trunks.

  • Mar

    I suggest Mr. X look up a John Kass column in the Chicago Tribune from the time that the story about that letter appeared. Kass wrote that it is likely Rezko wanted some favor to be quiet and the letter was a way of hinting at it. In the column, Kass wrote that the ones who protest the loudest about remaining quiet are the first to talk.

    Rezko is also facing more charges on an additional indictment and perhaps has come to see that it is time to make a deal to avoid extensive prison time. In a conversation on the Spike O’Dell radio show after the recent reports that Rezko was talking, Kass compared the process of talking to the Feds as the first one on the bus, gets the best seat (i.e., the first to talk gets the best deal).

  • catherine

    Hahahaha keep slinging mud. It’s not going to stick.

    Most of what you’re trying desperately to link to McCain/Palin are non-stories. Obama is not guilty by association. He is guilty by PARTICIPATION!

    PUMA!!!!

  • hank48188

    Abramoff Ratted out everyone he knew and got 4 years. Rezko will be telling all, the FEDS won’t go for any bullshit, it he lies to them they will really give it to him. Rezko will be telling them stuff, that is why thay are going after the Broadway bank folks, these people will usually start talking too. I’m in Detroit, Kwame’s Dad was his bag man, the FEDS were tapping his phone for 18 months. When the FEDS approched people they learned about from the Phone taps they all talked real fast, went before the Grand Jury and told all to save themselves. People are weak, they all Rat, Like Tony Soprano said “What ever happen to the strong silent type”?

  • nationalert

    That one page report was conducted approx. 15 months ago.

    I’ve seen the report. It contains little of substance. One page for a 48 year old male is very suspicious. Its not impossible, but not likely either.

  • sayitisntso

    Ayers is a socioipath, totally insane, sick individual, and liar. Young people are NOT upset about the Iraqi war. He’s combating young people’s heartbreak and disappointment????????? Oh, Please!

    Psycho!

  • Andrew

    WATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU

  • WildChild

    bloody vikings!!!

  • imustprotest

    OMG the Obamabots are really losing it. I hope the mental hospitals are prepared for Nov 5th when all the Obamamaniacs start really melting down!

  • http://mbc MBC

    I e-mailed it to 20 of my closest friends and also included my local Congressman. I also mentioned to all my friends that Rep. Jason Altmire supports Barack Obama.

  • WyattBeck

    IMUSTPROTEST: Lets see…Your parents are cousins, you were molested by a family member, you are married to a blood relative and have a child with ’special needs’, and you hit your spouse because your sexual organs are inadequate. IT’S YOUR GOD GIVEN BRAIN DAMAGE THAT DOESN’T ALLOW YOU TO BELIEVE THE FACT CHECKED ITEMS IN MY PREVIOUS POST. ‘DENIAL & ANGER’ IS HOW YOU LIVE IN YOUR PERVERTED TRUTH.
    Love Me………and now you will have to LOVE PRESIDENT OBAMA! The Anti Obamaicans aren’t just melting, they’re being flushed. Just turned David Axelrod from the Obama Campaign onto all your liable rants…..hehe……wait till he contact you…hehe…….

  • imustprotest

    They have medication for your problems I’m sure. You should check in to the nearest mental hospital.

  • WildChild

    so BOBO is flushing me but I have to love him? We always had this sneaky suspicion that you BOBOweenies were into water sports.

  • imustprotest

    LOL! :)

  • Postmaster

    I hope Obama goes to see Rezko while he’s there and a reporter gets a photo. WoooHOOOO!

  • Zeke

    As short as I can:
    Rezko and Obama hook up as a result of the Chicago Machine, an amalgam entity which is “Just the way things get done” in Chicago. If you want a contract from the city, you gotta pay someone a bribe to do it.
    To get the government to play ball too, you have to get someone in who will do what you want. Obama and Ayers see Rezko as a means to an end… he’s already a dirty player so everyone knows him. Rezko sees Obama asa a means to an end too and they jump in to bed together.
    Obama gives Rezko a huge deal which nets him over $800,000 within his first month in office. They are a team. Obama wants a new place to live, Rezko hooks him up with a mob bank and Obama gets a sweet loan on a townhouse.
    This townhouse loan deal is what hooks Obama to the guy Rezko is currently singing about, Giannoulius, who, if pressured, will do what Rezko is doing because the last guy to sing gets the longest prison sentence. Since Obama has committed fraud on the big house purchase he did with Rezko, (the lot deal) Rezko has more to lose on that bust. But if Rezko can roll over on somebody other than his buddy Barry, its all good.
    Giannoulius, in order to keep from going down for the count would then be expected by the feds to roll over on Obama to keep from a long prison stretch.
    Thus, if all goes well, Obama gets busted and the others get light sentences.
    I left out a ton so add on anything else you guys want…

  • Zee

    This poll is at least a month old…

  • http://www.deadenders.wordpress.com scott in jupiter

    barky would pardon Rezko right away so he could appoint him to run HUD.

  • Zeke

    Did you enjoy this little verbal masturbation dickhead?
    I hope so because you’ll be banned shortly.
    You are a small, small thing… unfit for response…
    Funny though, I have absolutely no pity for what is about to happen to you and your small, small world.
    You deserve all you get

  • IndieDogg

    Here is what Barack Obama said [quoting from above article] about his banking buddy as Obama was tossing his pal under the proverbial bus [I've taken some editorial license -- think Ayers]:

    “I think it is absolutely appropriate for [Obama] to have to explain what exactly the nature of the relationship was, how aware [Obama] was of some of the illegal activities that this gentleman had engaged in in the past,” he said. “I think that is something that, as his campaign goes forward, [Obama's] got to explain to voters.” […]

    “It sounds like they hadn’t fully thought that through,” [he] said. “My recommendation to [Obama] will be that he needs to have a thorough press conference in which all of this gets completely aired and all of these questions have to be answered. I think that’s what any elected official owes to the voters.”

    How about somebody running for President of the United States?

    What’s that old thing about the goose and the gander?

  • Bitter Knitter

    That is the fact. It was a letter from his doctor proclaiming that he is in fact in good health. But no records or results of any kind were released.

  • Oby

    Actually there are no more mental hospitals, Reagan shut them down. Sorry us crazy Obamaicans will be in the streets on Nov 5th exalting the downfall of that crazed authoritarian senator McCain.

  • IndieDogg

    Also, saw on CNN (at the Gym, had no choice) a report on Race in the Race, where they reported studies and polls indicating that there was virtually no difference between the candidates on the issue and the commentator even said there were indications that, on balance, Obama might benefit from the race issue more than he was hurt by it.

    I looked for medical attention but managed to stave off the heart attack I’d expected.

    Are these people actually waking up?

    Of course, somebody came on immediately following and talked about how you really couldn’t tell from a poll (meaning, if it’s NOT confirmed, it MUST be true) and talked about Bradley ago — from 1982 — over a quarter-century ago. That was his evidence to refute the study that CNN itself had just pointed out.

    Not much, but maybe a crack in this racial smokescreen being blown out there to obscure the fact that the DNC has nominated the least qualified Presidential candidate in the history of the United States.

  • bemused

    Surgery to repair a perforated septum? (from coke)

  • bemused

    Another one: I was in a restaurant watching CNN (on mute, mercifully) and they were fact-checking an ad: FALSE. There it was, O’s face with FALSE on it.

  • Jillie

    he’s afraid they’ll report he is smoking again.

  • ms mississippi

    Here’s video of attorney Phillip Berg who has filed lawsuit against Obama alleging Obama is not eligible for POTUS:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyspCRmJv7w

    Here’s an updated link to Berg’s legal filing: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/18/0.pdf

    Also, there’s a post on Hillbuzz about a possible Rico Law investigation involving campaign funds for Mr. O in Chicago:
    http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/clinton-supporters-sharing-evidence-for-rico-case-against-obama-campaign/

    Stay tuned, ya’ll. This thing ain’t over by a long shot. I don’t care what those polls say. Rumor is pollsters are reporting over 80% hangups instead of usual 40-50%. That means the results are skewed to Obama because Clinton Dems, Indies and Repubs aren’t answering the pollsters. Obots are.

  • John Smith

    Where did you read about this rumor.

  • John Smith

    I heard a Gallup pollster interviewed on Michael Medved’s radio show the other day confess that the number of hang-ups is normally around 40%-50%, but that this year an astonishing 80% of the people they call are refusing to talk !

    So who are the Gallup people, for example, actually talking to and how can their polls be representative of the actual electorate ? Maybe their party affiliation samples are so skewed (25% Republican, 30% Independent, 45% Democratic) because more McCain than Obama supporters are not willing to disclose their preference ??

    Proclaiming an Obama victory ‘inevitable’ before the people have had their say — based on shoddy polling, threats of voter fraud, etc. — is only making more and more disaffected Democrats and Republicans totally pissed off, and the drastically increases the chances for a McCain landslide IMO.

    * 8 hours ago
    * – 3 days left to answer.

    Additional Details

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    I find the polls very encouraging for John McCain on two fronts. First, the polls are weighted to show an Obama advantage. Second, this advantage works to McCain’s favor because Obama supporters will feel he is safe and not vote while McCain supporters will be out in full force.

    If Obama is buying 30-minute informercials his internals are not showing the same numbers as the polls. If McCain is biding his time he knows that right now he is in the lead.

  • athy

    Kal-
    Is this in You Tube yet?
    Does anyone have a link?

  • athy

    Sarracuda-
    I am cross posting this-Thank you!

  • athy

    Ms Mississippi,
    Thanks for the info & the links!

  • Khan Krum

    I got a call once from someone from Team Osama asking for support. I started doing all my Jeremiah Wright imitations at around 10 dB (“Naw, naw, naw, not God BLESS America, God DAMN* America… that’s in the Bible!”). They ended up hanging up. I felt great the rest of the evening.

    *With that crazy tonal thing he does on this word.

  • kneec29

    I’ve been reading all day about Obama’s associations with just about every unsavory politician and banker. He is tied in with them in a very large circle and I certainly have to agree with your comment. If we give him credit for being naive or being stupid (which I believe is neither one)we sure in the hell wouldn’t want him to be elected. So what we are looking at is a presidential candidate that is either (1)too naive(2)very, very stupid or (3) a very smooth-talking liar. I think he’s very good at number 3.
    If this person was just an average Joe Sixpack, he’s already be in jail with the rest of his cronies.

  • Vicki

    Want to see more about this group, including Bernardine Dohrn? Go here:

    http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-1847524043861152897

    They never repented! The women were worse than the men!

  • Vicki

    0bama is advertising non stop here in California. Do they have money to burn (if so, why did they refuse Reid a share of it?)? What is going on?

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