Rezko to Sing?
September 28th, 2008 at 05:58pm Mark Noonan
Don’t care what they say, but Team Obama will have some nervous moments about this:
Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a convicted influence peddler who was once one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s most trusted confidants, has met with federal prosecutors and is considering cooperating in the corruption probe of the governor’s administration, sources told the Tribune.
Rezko’s possible change of heart—after years of steadfast refusal—has sent ripples through a tight circle of prominent defense attorneys who represent dozens of potential witnesses and targets in the wide-ranging probe.
His cooperation would give prosecutors investigating the governor and his wife access to someone they have described as an ultimate political insider at the center of a pervasive pay-to-play scheme.
Rezko’s trial this year laid bare a culture of scams, bribes and backroom deals stretching from City Hall to the Statehouse. It even became fodder in the presidential campaign of Democratic nominee Barack Obama, whose fundraising and personal ties to Rezko go back more than a decade.
Rezko has made no deal in the wake of his June corruption conviction, sources familiar with the situation said, but has had preliminary talks with prosecutors before an October sentencing that could put him in prison for years. Still, there are indications Rezko has already provided investigators with information.
Four attorneys have told the Tribune in recent days that federal prosecutors have telephoned them and other attorneys either with news Rezko is talking, or armed with details only Rezko could know. The lawyers speculated prosecutors are using the preliminary talks with Rezko to shake loose more cooperation from other witnesses.
Obama is hip deep in the sewer which is Chicago Democratic politics - a sewer filled with influence peddling, kickbacks, bribes, “pay to play” and every form of corruption…Obama participated, too…unless you really want to believe, for instance, that it was just the oddest coincidence that Rezko bought that property adjacent to Obama’s home which brought down the price of the Obama Manse by a very large amount…could it be that Rezko is thinking that his very good and very long term friend Obama won’t be in a position to help him come January?
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Corruption, Democrats
74 Comments
1. liberalD | September 28th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
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2. Observer20 | September 28th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
liberalD,
It is unwise to project limits of involvement between people when you do not know all of the details. The details will be forthcoming, do not fall into the trap of saying things you may live to regret.
I don’t think you guys can win no matter what is addressed. On issues, McCain warning about Fannie/Freddie trumps Obama’s notion that McCain is Bush. On morals, the assertion that McCain cheated on his first wife with his current one is trumped by Obama’s association with terrorists, Black Liberation Theology, Saudi princes, and corruption in general.
The reality is McCain is not Bush, McCain will hopefully offer vastly different policies from Bush, McCain voted against Bush on several key legislation issues, Obama voted with Bush on several issues that may not have been wise, Obama is not new politics, is not change, is not hope, and McCain should be getting trounced right now but you can’t muster the facts to do so. You guys should have a 20-point lead with how you throw rhetoric.
That’s my reality. Perhaps your reality is different. But I figure that if Obama wins he will show himself as the liar that he is as this election has shown him to be, with the messages and hopes of the Democratic party that backed him swept under the rug, leaving liberals everywhere embattled and void of the idealism they desperately need. Blogs have come to the forefront primarily in a time of Republican presidency, and, knowing how terrible Obama supporters are at defending their candidate, I cannot wait until the conservative blogs have a chance to go on the offensive against government if the situation arises.
My dreams aren’t crushed. If Obama wins or McCain wins, I win in the end. It just changes if I’m going to spend my time ruining your ideals or defending mine. If my values are vindicated I will take equal pleasure from either.
3. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
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4. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Notice how liberalD minimizes the connection absent any real knowledge of the extent of that connection than proceeds to use vulgarity and deflection. Again, the sign of a very juvenile mind and a dangerously blind allegiance. Do we really want to continue to tolerate this nonsense and allow people like this to breathe?
I have heard Obama may withdraw his nomination to avoid the scrutiny and embarrassment.
5. js | September 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
you little libbers are so naive…anything the obamasiah machine tells you is indisputable you think…so naive…chicago politic’s and politicians…is the bottom of the sewage tank…history testifies loudly how deep corruption runs there…
and you think rezko was framed i suppose…lol
wanna buy some fresh fertilizer? go to the obamasiah…he shovels it out quicker than you can catch it…
6. js | September 28th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Most cities have one overriding claim to fame. Say Los Angeles and you think about the movies; say Paris you think art; and Detroit, cars. But when people, the world over, say Chicago, they think of something less marketable: Organized Crime. It is a stain that no amount of accomplishment or image-boosting will ever wipe clean.
The city’s grim reputation is rooted back in the Roaring Twenties when Al Capone emerged victorious from gang warfare and went on to become a household name. Oddly enough, far less is known about his successors and their grip on the city during the last half of the twentieth century. But that is when Chicago’s Mafia became the single most powerful organized crime family in American history. While Mob bosses knocked each other off on the East Coast, in Chicago they united into a monolithic force called the Outfit. They would literally control the cops, the courts and the politicians – a corrupt trifecta that Capone dreamed about, but never came close to achieving. The Outfit demanded a cut of every criminal enterprise in the region, from a lowly car theft or private poker game to a jewelry heist. To enforce this “street tax,” their Hit Men killed with impunity, knowing that crooked judges would throw out any case against them. Their bookies brazenly took bets in nightclubs, at racetracks and even in government office buildings, confident that contacts in the police department (at one point as high up as the Chief of Detectives) would warn them before the vice squad could make a raid. Mobsters ran Chicago union locals, and national organizations for the Laborers and the Teamsters. This unprecedented combination of brute force and political clout let the bosses feed at the public trough with no-show jobs for their goons and municipal contracts for themselves and their associates. Government became one of their most lucrative rackets.
In his 1969 book, Captive City, investigative journalist Ovid Demaris called the Outfit, “the most politically insulated and police-pampered ‘family’ this side of Sicily” and estimated, even then, that their take was in the billions. With such total domination of their home turf, they could wander far and wide. By the Seventies, the FBI reported that Chicago’s Mob controlled all organized criminal activity west of the Mississippi – including and especially Las Vegas. Millions were skimmed from casinos like the Tropicana and the Stardust, and bundles of cash, stuffed in green army duffel bags, found their way back to the Outfit’s bosses. Meanwhile New York’s mobsters had to content themselves with the slim pickings of Atlantic City.
Although other urban areas had their share of corruption, Chicago remained unique for its mixture of Organized Crime and political organization. The extent of Mafia influence on the city is still not fully appreciated, even by long-time residents. We think of Mobs hijacking trucks or businesses – not ballot boxes. But the ability to deliver votes and manipulate elected officials provided more muscle to the Outfit than their army of enforcers.
http://nalert.blogspot.com/2008/01/political-corruption-behind-barack_06.html
7. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
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8. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
ho-hum,
Did you even read the article there sporty? The variance issues were created by the original owner who built the house, not the Palin’s, and they simply asked the council to Planning Commission for the exception of which they granted and of which is done nearly everyday in nearly every community.
I think the real crime was the free facial.
LMAO.
9. js | September 28th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
the only thing “clean” about obama is the truth…because he doesnt use it and he doesnt need it…
10. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
ho hum,
I threw that in there to see how Pavlovian you are. You do not disappoint.
Time to lock Palin up over that free facial, right chief?
11. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Wow - js a long blathery post talking about Chicago’s history of corruption quoting a book from…. 1969 and offering zero specific instances of Obama being tied to corruption.
America is really going to sit up and take notice. It’s exciting development like the ones in your post which is going to erase Obama’s 6 point lead in the national polls, I’m sure of it.
12. js | September 28th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
actually….if rezko sings and nails obamasiah…they will probably switch up to…no…not the blond bimbo that follows billy boy around…but the puck in the zuit suit named….biden…who was…and is…already wrecking the DNC’s chances at the POTUS…
what a freak out this is for the liberals…the truth about obamasiah and his criminal ties…
13. the_lefty_fool | September 28th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
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14. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
js,
Calling liberals naive is being much too generous in assessing their level intelligence. One has to have a modicum of knowledge before one can be considered naive and that is just not evident. Special needs children can be considered brain surgeons when compared to liberals. Their blind allegiance to a failed doctrine should be evidence enough of their inability to attain objective thought.
I have noticed though that just like Pavlov dogs, anything critical of their dark master, brings out their venom.
It’s so predictable.
15. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
lefty,
Grammer, puncutation and sentence structure can help a lot in making your points.
Just saying.
16. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
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17. kmg | September 28th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
If Rezko starts talking, Rove may have more to be nervous about than Obama.
18. js | September 28th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
its so funny how everyone brings up the obama home and rezkos worthless property next to it and they cant figure out what the word payoff is….nobody buys a piece of property for over 1/2 million dollars (650k) and then turns around and sells 1/6th of it for 100k…rendering the property useless to build on…or use in any real way…
so the empty lot is now worth far, far less than 650k, far far less than 550k after they sold part of it to obama…its actually worth very little…because a lot that could be built on…no longer exists…its worthless in reality…they can never expect to recoup any where near the investment…however…obama will…his home value increased substantially…it grew…
nothing…is free…nobody gives away 650k…for nothing…not in chicago…not rezko…the facts are real…and this part of the picture is true…the rest of the truth however…lies with obama…
and we all know his record with the truth…
ZERO@@(*$(*&(#*&*
notin…nada…and thats change we need?
19. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
It’s a simple request for a code variance sport. Not an illegal zoning. It’s a setback issue, I deal with it everyday.
Calling you a moron would be a diservice to morons. But please keep shouting this one out, it will serve you well. Trust me.
I think you’ll get more mileage out of the free facial. You’ll know more about that, right sporty?
20. SEW | September 28th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
It really won’t make any difference. Liberals have no morals. Think William Jefferson and Mayor Marion Berry. They still vote for them. Think Ted Kennedy [the swimmer], Jack Murtha. Just promise to redistribute wealth and government giveaways.
21. js | September 28th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
it is predictable neo….and when they get thier butts handed to them…they change the subject…and run back to obamasiah for new material….
22. js | September 28th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
“Obama will pwn mcCain in the election”
lol
you’d probably say that about obama behind bars too…
hahaha!!! you gotta stop this…im splittin my guy laughing!!!hahaaaahaaaaaaa!~!!!~!~!~!~
23. kmg | September 28th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
“im splittin my guy”
I always had a suspicion, js…Just kidding.
24. I call (expletive deleted) | September 28th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
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25. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
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26. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I call BS,
Thank you so much for providing such a clear and unambiguous example of my post #14.
27. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Sporty,
Again, the planning commission is the body that approves requests for variances, and setback issues are something that are mitigated everyday in every community.
But again, keep on this horse, I think you’re on to something. I can only imagine that the reason you’re overlooking the free facial is because you have received those yourself.
Right sporty? You can be honest. There’s nothing wrong with it.
28. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
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29. I call (expletive deleted) | September 28th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
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30. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Oh sporty sporty sporty,
I know you you really want everyone to look the other way on an Obama corruption thread by throwing up this red herring. It’s become your modus de operandi, however, planning commission unanimously approved the REQUEST by the Palins, something that is done everyday, even with elected officials homes.
But seeing as how you’re such a stickler for ethics, let’s talk about Reids lobbyists sons, Dodds favorable loans from countrywide and Rezko’s multi million dollar Annenberg foundation funded by the efforts of Obama.
I am interested in hearing how such an ethical watchdog such as yourself feels about those issues.
31. Stan the Man | September 28th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
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32. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Sporty,
I will point out one egregious error on your part. You mentioned that Palin adjudicated her own case, which is just mind numbingly thick headed.
The planning commission either approves or denies the request and there is no involvement of court proceedings or judicial hearings.
33. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I am certainly encouraged by the new found ethics of our liberals after ignoring the dealings the last two years of Reid, Pelosi, Dodd, Frank, Johnson, Raines, Obama, and of course Jefferson.
I am sure we can clean up Washington with this level of disdain at ethical and criminal violations that has suddenly over taken the MoveOn.org crowd.
34. Mark Noonan | September 28th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Geesh - not one defense of Obama from the left…nothing but attempts to change the subject of the debate to something, anything, other than the fact that Obama’s very close friend - the convict Rezko - is getting ready to spill the beans about Chicago corruption (in which Obama is hip deep)…
35. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
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36. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Sporty,
That’s the same link. I will call my grandkids and have them log on and continue the debate with you as they are more of an equal opponent.
Why you continue to promulgate the illegal zoning screed after having your ass handed to you on this very subject and yet continue blindly push forward is beyond me. But then again, ignorance and dementia are concepts that you are much more familiar with than me.
Have a blessed evening and keep delving into that illegal zoning issue while blindly ignoring Obama’s transgressions. You’re really on to something.
37. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Seriously Noonan, explain to me exactly HOW Obama is “hip deep” in Chicago corruption? All you are is a slandering partisan. Go ahead and post some meaningful facts and evidence. All the rest is merely your opinion. Which frankly doesn’t count for much.
And by the way, how can anyone defend Obama when you haven’t made a SINGLE concrete allegation against him. Rezko may be a sleazy guy but show me ANY evidence of any impropriety on Obama’s behalf. The fact that he sold Obama a strip of land from a neighboring property at MARKET value is hardly the stuff that scandals are made of.
38. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
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39. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Free the Annenberg files form the Richard J Daley Library. That is where the real corruption with Obama lies.
FOIA anyone? And as a stickler for ethics, I am sure sporty would support me on this.
40. js | September 28th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
ill tell ya hohum
an honest man has nothing to hide
like the records for his stint in the legislature…
a man telling the truth doesnt have to blame other men…because when it all comes down to the brass tacks…you can delegate authority…but you cant delegate responsibility…
the truth is the banner that defeats dishonest men every time
and the truth is not with barak hussein obama
never was…
41. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
So sporty,
Does Palin, as mayor, not have a right to request a setback variance? Because that is all that was requested.
That’s not a difficult question, do you suppose you can muster up a response?
42. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
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43. Freedom of speech [Deleted] | September 28th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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44. Jay Gaultieri | September 28th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
If anything about the Rezko matter was going to stick to Obama it would have stuck by now. The right wing blogosphere (and just plain nutty sites likes hillaryis44.org) have been trying to gain some traction on whether Obama was involved in a shady real estate deal in Chicago with Tony Rezko for months now. One of the main tenants of the Karl Rove strategy is that if an attack fails drop it and move on to the next attack. Give this farce up already. The only people who care aren’t going to vote Obama anyway.
45. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Sporty,
It’s pretty hard to find the evidence when documents are not released and the players don’t talk. Another concept you apparently can’t wrap your mind around.
You have the intelligence of a garter snake with a learning disability. But I am assuming you will call for the release of the Annenberg files so we can get to the bottom of that, right chief?
46. T. Herman Zweibe | September 28th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
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47. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
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48. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Frederick darling,
Why are you posting under another handle? Are you embarrased by your earlier ignorant screeds. I would be.
49. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Also, neocon, I take if from your post #45 above that there is currently zero evidence regarding to any malfeasance between Obama and Rezko? Also, what are these mysterious “documents” you want realeased? All you have is innuendo, this issue has been investigated by countless journalists and all have reached the same conclusion - nothing happened. The land is on record as having been sold to Obama at market price. So what’s the issue? I really await your explanation.
50. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
“I sincerely don’t feel that Sarah used her position as mayor at the time to get that accomplished,” said Nosek, who no longer lives in the home.
But even though Palin is not on the planning commission and made a request that millions of Americans make on a daily basis; sporty, who considers himself an expert on Wasilla commission politics, feels confident to level the charge impropriety from the confines of his one bedroom apartment.
ROTFLMAO
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51. Bush -Whacked | September 28th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
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52. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
A very interesting read but not for the average Obamaton:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTgwZTVmN2QyNzk2MmUxMzA5OTg0ODZlM2Y2OGI0NDM=
53. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Attributable quotes absent any verifiable links?????
Is that how low you have sunk Bush-Whacked? Is that how desperate you’ve become? I understand the frustration when one can not mentally keep up with the flow as I witness it daily with the likes of ho-hum and SAR, but you must show some personal restraint.
Go to your happy place.
54. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
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55. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
sporty,
You have NOTHING here. But no one can convince you of this. If in fact there was impropriety, do you not think that Obama/Biden/Pelois/Moveon would be all over it? Huh?
But again, keep fighting windmills. On another issue, which happens to be the subject of this thread, do you have any comment on the possibility of Rezko revealing transgressions on Obama’s behalf when he sings?
Anything? Or would you rather eneryone be distracted by Palin’s free facial?
56. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
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57. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Incidentally, if you hadn’t noticed, this egregious ethics violation by Palin, as you so boldly assert, concluded in 2002. 6 years ago, and evidently alluded the former Governor Knowles whom she defeated in the gubnatorial race.
Now, do you suppose Knowles would have used this against her if it had any substance? Maybe?
ho-hum is the king of windmill fighters. Fight on little one!
58. neocon | September 28th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
sporty,
Are you hoping for a differnt outcome by reposting the same article?
You are excellent comic relief this evening, thanks.
59. js | September 28th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
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60. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
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61. ho-hum | September 28th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
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62. Observer20 | September 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
ho-hum,
If you managed to supply any other links that were deleted, I’m sorry but I cannot reply to their content. However, for the one article that I do see (the Yahoo one):
I’m not going to comment on A and C yet until I look at more sources. But as for B, nowhere in the article does it say Palin “promised” to get rid of the carport. Could have been a misunderstanding on the planner’s part, among other things. A promise is a promise, and a statement is a statement. This also means that an understanding is an understanding that risks being misunderstood. Mr. Krug did not state Palin promised or stated anything, but rather it was his impression that she would get rid of the carport.
The question can be asked; why was Palin’s response to Mr. Krug’s e-mail so vague? Who knows? Perhaps she was planning to get rid of the carport before the request passed. Perhaps she was plotting to be an ethics violator from the start. Any opinions we inject into her statement would be pure conjecture.
63. New Conservative | September 29th, 2008 at 12:50 am
So there was a unanimous vote that forgave zoning violations of her house. The vote forgave “all existing structures.” After reading that I wouldn’t remove the carport either. If the planning commission says it’s ok to be there, then it’s ok to be there.
http://thenewconservatives.blogspot.com/
64. ho-hum | September 29th, 2008 at 1:15 am
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65. Mark Noonan | September 29th, 2008 at 2:28 am
ho-hum,
First off - one more attempt to bring in an off topic issue and you’ll be banned. There’s just so much we’ll take here.
Now, as for Obama’s connections to Rezko - so close was Obama to Rezko that when Obama wanted to cut the price of his mansion down by more than half a million dollars, Rezko stepped in and bought part of the property for sale with the mansion - property which is entirely useless to anyone who doesn’t own the mansion - in order to cut Obama’s cost down.
If a GOPer had worked this deal with a man who has now been convicted of various acts of political corruption, you would be insisting that he be denied any office he sought, especially the President of the United States. Given this absolute fact, your refusal to hold Obama to the same standards you hold GOPers to indicates either a rather disgusting level of dishonesty on your own part, or a level of ignorance which makes your comments entirely worthless.
You pick - they are your only two choices: ignorant or liar. Try to pick any other option and you’ll be banned for off topic comments.
Yes, I’ve had about enough of your insults and nonsense.
66. phnx | September 29th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Rezko’s magnamimous discounted sale of property to Obama was actually nothing more than Rezko’s personal Community Reinvenstment Plan.
67. something else | September 29th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
phnx, Rezko sold the strip of property to Obama at a PROFIT. He also sold the remaining section of the property shorty thereafter also at a PROFIT. Both sales were at or above market value. Can either you or Noonan post a LINK to a SOURCE showing that these sales were made at a discount?
Here it the entry on Rezko from wikipedia:
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Rezko
Mark, I can’t help but notice that every time you make a wild-assed INSINUATION about Obama on this blog you fail to back it up with any meaningful sources. Go ahead and tell me whether the above account from wikipedia is (A) innacurate or (B) shows any or even particularly dubious activity on Obama’s part.
And by the way, I think the reports about Palin’s rezoning of her own illegally zoned home while mayor is HIGHLY relevant to this discussion. You are slandering Obama with zero evidence regarding the purchase and sale of a home while Palin, who claims to be an anti-corruption maverick, has been exposed for doing something much worse. Ever hear of a double standard?
If you were to claim that Bill Clinton did something terrible and I then demonstrated to you that George Bush was guilty of the same thing would that not be relevant to the discussion? You are narrowing the terms of reference to a ridiculous degree and you’re doing it simply because you don’t want Palin’s sleazy behavior exposed while you at the same moment try to slander Obama with a non-story that has been investigated for over 6 months and found to be without any basis.
68. something else | September 29th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
RE Post # 64:
Noonan, you really are pathetic. “appeals to racism” - what a joke. The fact that I accurately stated that Palin allowed a lunatic African witch hunter (which is LITERALLY what the man is) place his hands over her and chant a bizarrely intoned invokation, is an “appeal to racism” exactly how? He even prays for her potection from “witchcraft” in the video and has boasted about how he has driven witches from towns in Kenya in stories widely reported in the media last week!
I don’t blame you for not wanting anybody to see this footage, the fact that Palin consorts with such religious charlatans is pretty damning - the average American is quickly coming around to the realization that Palin is an underqualified religious extremist and the footage below proves it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkb9_zB2Pg
Also, what is the “paranoid conspiracy theory” you refer to? Where is the bigotry? And why aren’t any of neocons posts above which are similarly “off topic” deleted?
You have reached the point where the only way you can fail to lose an argument is to delete the posts of those who disagree with you. Truly pathetic - not exactly the way to get the respect of the blogosphere Noonan.
69. FmrMarine | September 29th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Mark
The question is where did this “poor” boy, community organizer, from Hawaii get 1.65 MILLION ????
These affirmative action jobs must pay pretty well!
70. ho-hum | September 29th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
So Noonan, you deleted one of my quotes above suposedly for bigotry and supposedly appealing to racism (as an Obama supporter I’m surprised to find out I’m a racist, but whatever.). You this while allowing FmrMarine to repeatedly litter this site with posts calling Obama a ‘mulatto’ and claiming that all of his achievements are due to affirmative action (when it’s a simple fact that NONE of them are).
Of course FmrMarine never gets his posts deleted for any reason - he a right wing nutjob and as such he’s just fine by you. Wonderful standards you have.
71. FmrMarine | September 30th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
hummer
you dont get deleted for the TRUTH!
live with it.
72. FmrMarine | September 30th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
blohummer
affirmative action?????
How exactly did Barack Obama pay for his Harvard Law School education?
The way the Obama campaign has answered the question was simply hard work and student loans.
But new questions have been raised about Obama’s student loans and Obama’s ties to a radical Muslim activist who reportedly was raising money for Obama’s Harvard studies during the years 1988 to 1991.
The allegations first surfaced in late March, when former Manhattan Borough president Percy Sutton told a New York cable channel that a former business partner who was “raising money” for Obama had approached him in 1988 to help Obama get into Harvard Law School.
In the interview, Sutton says he first heard of Obama about twenty years ago from Khalid Al-Mansour, a Black Muslim and Black Nationalist who was a “mentor” to the founders of the Black Panther party at the time the party was founded in the early 1960s.
As Sutton remembered, Al-Mansour was raising money for Obama’s education and seeking recommendations for him to attend Harvard Law School.
“I was introduced to (Obama) by a friend who was raising money for him,” Sutton told NY1 city hall reporter Dominic Carter. “The friend’s name is Dr. Khalid al-Mansour, from Texas.”
Sen. Obama has refused to instruct Harvard Law School to release any information about his time there as a student, or about his student loans.
As Wolfe wrote in 1970:
“Brothers from down the hall like Dudley got down to the heart of the poverty program very rapidly. It took them no time at all to see that the poverty program’s big projects, like manpower training, in which you would get some job counseling and some training so you would be able to apply for a job in the bank or on the assembly line—everybody with a brain in his head knew that this was the usual bureaucratic shuck. Eventually the government’s own statistics bore out the truth of this conclusion. The ghetto youth who completed the manpower training didn’t get any more jobs or earn any more money than the people who never took any such training at all. Everybody but the most hopeless lames knew that the only job you wanted out of the poverty program was a job in the program itself. Get on the payroll, that was the idea. Never mind getting some job counseling. You be the job counselor. You be the ‘neighborhood organizer.’”
73. phnx | September 30th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
“On December 28, 2006, Ms. Rezko sold the property to a company owned by her husband’s former business attorney.”
What a coincidence!!!! Amazing, think of that, Rezko’s attorney purchased the property.
something else you are really a naive tool.
74. phnx | September 30th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Attorney client privledge…how convenient.