HOLY SHIT Antoin Rezko campaigned for Barack Obama in 2004

[boston bean]

AND WAS PAID FOR IT!

http://news.dcealumni.com/1977/antoin-rezko-had-campaigned-for-obama/

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Antoin Rezko had campaigned for Obama

Antoin Rezko had campaigned for Obama

The Illinois based real estate developer Antoin Rezko was taken into custody by the Federal agents on the charges that he got millions of dollars from overseas unknown sources and he has been sent to jail for the trial of the extortion case filed against him.

Sen. Barack Obama campaigning submitted that Rezko and his family members were campaigning for Obama’s 2004 senate campaign and they were paid by Obama for their contributions in the campaigning and they were also part of the fund raising campaign. The case will be judged by U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve.

[peoli]

1. ZOMG! Obama is a bad guy! run for the hills!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. OMG, Walmart hired illegal immigrants!

ZOMG!

[ursi]

3. for crying out loud! give me a break!

[Kittycat]

4. Signs of the end times...

Complete desperation.

[napi21]

5. This is not in insurmountable problem for Barack, but he better be

careful how he handles it. Thom Hartman said today "You NEVER rise to the point where you run for President of the US hand have totally clean hands!" I believe that...always have.

[boston bean]

10. I wonder how much they were paid. I knew he was a financial officer for the campaign,

but I did not know he actually campaigned for him and his family did to and got paid as well.

[Freida5]

6. Wow! Makes you wonder about Obama judgement and his ability to select public servants

[Freida5]

9. Rezco-Kennedy-this guy can pick 'em

[BeatleBoot]

14. I get it: Hillary is a part of the past but Ted Kennedy is not

Hillary is symptomatic of everything that is wrong with Washington
but Teddy is not. Washington is broken but Teddy is not.

got it.

[Freida5]

17. Many attributed Ted Kennedy as the reason President Carter lost to Ronald Reagan

which brought in the conservative movement.

[karynnj]

35. Many have looked at Carter's approval ratings and seen

he was in trouble well before Kennedy entered.

It wasn't just Carter, entrenched Democrats lost - from Nelson, Bayh, Culver, Magnusun to McGovern.

[demo dutch]

23. Yeah really, talk about the DC establishment

[blm]

34. Clintons ACCEPTED Reagan's view of governance. Kennedy never did.

The era of big government is over. Just like the DC establishment powerstructure wanted from their tapped Dem players.

I'll stick with the liberal stalwarts over the DC powerstructure players.

[KennedyGuy]

7. Gotcha...a big oopsie for barackie

[BeatleBoot]

8. More here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#22901959

[Lucinda]

13. Thanks for the link. I was hoping for more info!

[Lucinda]

11. Well....thats interesting!

I'd like to see it in another source for confirmation...but it's certainly interesting!

[NYCGirl]

12. You have to read some of the other stuff on that site. It's hysterical! I LOVE

this one:

The residents of Florida are saying that they had a lot of young people from some years and they wished to get some experienced people to take the control of the country.

Many of the olds have already given their votes in the state Florida .John McCain, 71 one of the senior candidates in age among the republican candidates is expected to get the benefit of the old ballots.

In the Florida primaries it is predicted that Mr. McCain will be benefited from the older votes that comprise the 16.8% of total votes in the state. The republican candidate Mitt Romney is also a competitor for the old votes in the state.

http://news.dcealumni.com/1962/older-voter-to-go-for-john-mccain-in-florida/

[zulchzulu]

21. Now that's....journalism!

It looks like a Hillaryhub press release. English prose...not so much...

:rofl:

[DiamondJay]

15. As a Hillary supporter....

I DON'T CARE. Everyone is politics is associated with a few bad guys. But face it, this guy is no kenneth lay, hes small potatoes.

[zulchzulu]

16. Using an Indian news page to project a NON-STORY

Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab) would be proud of you for making an issue out of nothing.

[boston bean]

20. I do know that he was a financial officer for the campaign.

[zulchzulu]

22. And how do you know that...linkey pooh?

[boston bean]

25. here you go!

In 2003, Obama announced he was running for the U.S. Senate, and Rezko -- a member of his campaign finance committee -- held a lavish fund-raiser June 27, 2003, at his Wilmette mansion.


http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/757340,CST-NWS-watchdog24.article

[zulchzulu]

30. Thanks for the link. It illustrates perfectly why this is a NON-ISSUE!

Ok, so Rezko was on Obama's campaign finance committee and had a fundraiser! OMFG! The link also points out some great points that show, as Patrick Fitzgerald has said, did no wrongdoing.

The article mentions this:

Obama was a student at Harvard Law School and got an unsolicited job offer from Rezko, then a low-income housing developer in Chicago. Obama turned it down. (1990)

Wow. Guilty! :sarcasm:

Obama took a job in 1993 with a small Chicago law firm, Davis Miner Barnhill, that represents developers -- primarily not-for-profit groups -- building low-income housing with government funds.

One of the firm's not-for-profit clients -- the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corp., co-founded by Obama's then-boss Allison Davis -- was partners with Rezko's company in a 1995 deal to convert an abandoned nursing home at 61st and Drexel into low-income apartments. Altogether, Obama spent 32 hours on the project, according to the firm. Only five hours of that came after Rezko and WPIC became partners, the firm says. The rest of the future senator's time was helping WPIC strike the deal with Rezko. Rezko's company, Rezmar Corp., also partnered with the firm's clients in four later deals -- none of which involved Obama, according to the firm.

FIVE HOURS! Doing assistance with incorporation papers! Run for your lives!!!!

In 1995, Obama began campaigning for a seat in the Illinois Senate. Among his earliest supporters: Rezko. Two Rezko companies donated a total of $2,000.

OK, granted it was nine years before Rezko was indicted, but why didn't Obama see into the future???

The doctor sold the mansion to Obama for $1.65 million -- $300,000 below the asking price.

Take a real estate class at your local community college and the first thing they tell you is that the "asking price" for a piece of property is inflated 99% of the time.

Obama paid Rezko's wife $104,500 for a strip of her land, so he could have a bigger yard.

Obama wanted a BIGGER YARD!!!! OMFG!!!!!

The Rezko contributions were given to charity, The Chicago press has fully vetted this story for years. The attorney general in the Rezko case, Patrick Fitzgerald, has stated several times that Obama has done no wrongdoing.

[boston bean]

31. .

[barb162]

27. "Rezko, who was part of Obama’s senatorial finance committee.... "

from the Chicago Sun Times, about half way down the page



http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/749138,obama20web.article

[debatepro]

18. wasn't he indicted in 2k6?

nt

[blm]

19. Oh shit! Jackson Stephens bankrolled WalMart AND GHWBush and Clinton's political

careers, not to mention he brought BCCI to this country.

Gee - what do you suppose happened to that BCCI report when Bill took office?

[Nailzberg]

24. Such a well-written article.

[madrchsod]

26. that`s really funny

i just spent a few minutes actually reading the latest newspaper and other sources about this case....the judge was appointed by....george bush in 2002! fitzgerald is --not--pursuing any charges against obama or the governor of illinois. fitzgerald is after two guys-rezko and kelly, a guy who fitzgerald is going after for tax evasion.

sorry......obama`s not even on fitzgeralds hit list and won`t be. you`ll just have to wait till hillary wins the nomination and obama won`t vex you anymore...

[Bitwit1234]

28. Can you imagine the slashing and dashing of Hillary if she did this.

Got it would be 24/7 1/2

[DrFunkenstein]

32. Not Until the General Election

The contributions to the Clintons by people like Marc Rich's wife, Denise Rich, would blow up in her face faster than you can say "1996 Asian Campaign Finance Scandal." Or even "Norman Hsu."

[mckeown1128]

33. Did what? What did Obama do wrong? nt

[milkyway]

29. Desperate, are we? Is this even a legitmate news site? There's no byline on the article or

much of an indication of what this web site is. Supposed news articles with no attribution whatsoever are irrelevant. What's next, anonymous blog posts?