Clinton-Rezko world getting smaller

[ProSense]

“I don’t know the man,” Mrs. Clinton told Mr. Lauer. “I wouldn’t know him if he walked in the door. I don’t have a 17-year relationship with him.”

She added: “There’s a big difference between standing somewhere taking a picture with someone you don’t know and haven’t seen since, and having a relationship that the newspapers in Chicago have been exploring.”

According to the 1997 story in the Chicago Tribune, both Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton attended the fund-raiser for Senator Moseley-Braun on June 25, 1997. And the next day, records show, one of Mr. Rezko’s companies donated $10,000 to a state Democratic party organization that was supporting Ms. Moseley-Braun, records show.

There was no immediate way to know for sure if that is when the picture was taken. But it is the best bet right now among political insiders familiar with Mr. Rezko. Mrs. Clinton attended another fundraiser for Ms. Moseley-Braun in October 1998, but President Clinton was not there.

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Mr. Rendell is a longtime friend of the Clintons and a chairman of the Democratic National Committee under Mr. Clinton. At the committee, he proved to be a prodigious fund-raiser; in 2000, under his watch, the committee accepted $15,000 from Tony Rezko, a Chicago businessman who was once a fund-raiser and friend of Mr. Obama and who is now scheduled for trial on federal charges of business fraud.

Mrs. Clinton made a connection between Mr. Rezko and Mr. Obama on Monday in a televised debate, criticizing her rival for associating with a “slum landlord.”

The Clinton campaign had no comment on the Rezko-Rendell connection.

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Rendell's ties to the Clintons include having served in 2000 as general chairman of the Democratic National Committee, a position made possible by then-President Bill Clinton.

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Governor Rendell is a close friend of former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, leading some to speculate that he may not run since Senator Clinton is in the race for President. He has also been suggested as a possible Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in a future Democratic administration, and has hinted that he would be amenable to appointment as Secretary of Transportation. His successful tenure as District Attorney of Philadelphia has led many to believe he could also be considered for the position of Attorney General in a future Democratic administration.

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[boston bean]

1. lol

[ClericJohnPreston]

2. Nonsense is back

literally.

[ccpup]

3. DNC is all they got

at some point, the desperate attempts by the 'Bamabots to run, run, run away from Rezko just become pathetic and sad.

[ProSense]

9. No: Hillary received $130,000 from an lawyer linked to Rezko.

Hillary received $130,000 from an lawyer linked to Rezko.

[maddiejoan]

15. Which is about as nefarious

as it would be if Clinton received 130,000 from Obama.

[ProSense]

18. Clinton received $130,000 from same Rezko-linked lawyer Obama had to return money from.

Clinton received $130,000 from same Rezko-linked lawyer Obama had to return money from.

[maddiejoan]

20. and Obama IS a Rezko linked lawyer.

next.

[ProSense]

22. Facts: 8 things you need to know about Obama and Rezko

8 things you need to know about Obama and Rezko

[TwilightZone]

25. Translation: I just painted myself into a corner. Here's the same link I've posted 800 times.

[ProSense]

28. Link is in the OP. Read before you react! n/t

[maddiejoan]

26. so you admit I'm right then.

thank you.

[ProSense]

29. No, you admit you're right. I think you're in denial! n/t

[maddiejoan]

31. Right

You gave me a link that shows Obama is a Rezko linked lawyer --but I'm the one in denial.

[ProSense]

33. I gave you a link that showed Hillary is desperate. n/t

[maddiejoan]

34. Seems to me

that it doesn't do anything of the kind.

But you do tend to embrace your own opinions as fact.

[ccpup]

21. unless she knew the guy for 17 years

wrote letters for him to get multi-million dollar taxpayer funded building projects, lied about a house she bought with the guy (when the guy was under an investigation that led to multiple federal indictments) and has repeatedly lied about her relationship with this guy, the 'Bamabots still got nothing.

Oh, and this lawyer you're so desperately trying to cast in a poor light is currently working with Fitzgerald as a witness in his trial against Rezko. You know, the same one Barack is listed in as "political candidate"?

I do admire your "boneheaded" determination, though.

[durtee librul]

4. Great.....another 'selective' memory

Just like Bush and his war service....all records linking her to Rezko will disappear.

Yepper, a vote for HRC is a vote for GWB....ok, well not quite that bad, but it would be status quo imho.

[MethuenProgressive]

5. You people need to make up your minds. Obama/Rezko = Pure, Clinton/Rezko = Evil.

Obamorons are spinning this so fast they're talking out of both sides of their two faces.

[paulk]

8. it's not their faces they're talking out of...

[maddiejoan]

6. Here's a pic of Hillary with a former Rezko Lawyer!!!!!!!

[ProSense]

10. Here's a picture of Hillary with Rezko

[maddiejoan]

12. Big deal

Typical fundraising pic --wasn't even a Clinton fundraiser.

:shrug:

[jefferson_dem]

23. Sounds eerily familiar.

WH on Chimpy-Abramoff picture: "The president has taken tens of thousands of pictures. This does not mean he has a personal relationship with each individual that is in those pictures."

[maddiejoan]

36. so?

Seriously --that's what you're going with?

[boston bean]

17. This ones even better!!!!!!!!

[MethuenProgressive]

11. Caption that pic of Clinton being polite to the Slumlord co-conspirator:

Obama, enthusiastically: "...and like, there's this yellow button, and like, if you push that one, nobody can ever say you voted for or against anything! Like, is that not the coolest thing, or what?"
Clinton, to her self: "VP, Edwards, Vilsak, or Richardson?"

[glowing]

13. That's pretty good..

I have to say..Clinton dropping in somewhere at a fundraiser is much different that a personal 17yr relationship.. she didn't buy and realestate from him did she?

[ProSense]

14. Caption this picture

“When I was 20 points down, I was a fine young man. The Clintons couldn’t say enough nice things about me,” Mr. Obama said, that familiar wide smile spreading across his face. “Suddenly you win Iowa, and the knives come out. Ha, ha, ha, ha.”

[MBS]

7. thanks for this, Prosense

Welcome fact-based analysis, as usual for you. Much appreciated.

[Evergreen Emerald]

16. hahahaha

unbiased and fact based...we are stooping so low for information.

[TwilightZone]

19. What part of "Democratic National Committee" do you not understand?

[ProSense]

24. What part of this, "Hillary received $130,000 from an lawyer linked to Rezko," don't you understand?

Hillary received $130,000 from an lawyer linked to Rezko.

[TwilightZone]

27. Ah, yes. You have no answer, so you just change the subject.

[ProSense]

30. This was the subject of the OP. Deflect much? n/t

[TwilightZone]

32. Yes, actually, you do deflect much.

All the time, in fact. Your entire defense of your candidate is based on "But, but...Clinton!!!"

[northzax]

38. go read Rezko's indictment

if you can swear, right here, right now, that neither senator obama nor his wife has ever done business with anyone mentioned in that indictment then you win. Can you say that?

[11 Bravo]

35. When does this cartoon end? I'm ready for the movie!

(And trust me, you have become every bit a cartoon character.)

[northzax]

37. Wait, let me see if I have this roght

bill Clinton was president of the united states, and therefore the de facto head of the democratic party. The governor of Illinois, also a democrat, raised money from some questionable sources. Therefore, bill Clinton, and his wife, took money from questionable sources? Got it.